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Points for deleted giveaways aren't given back

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KeeperOfMonsters

In SG1 if you enter a giveaway and then it got deleted - you would get your points back. I thought it works same way on new site too - but apparently not. Is it a bug or a feature?
And yes - I can't support it with screens, but I can pretty much confirm it. I was at about 90 points before entering 5 GA for Bloodsports.TV and couple of other GA. After few minutes all 5 deleted - and my points are at 27 (with "refund" should be at least 70). Any way you look at - I didn't get any back. And I think that might have been the case for quite some time, it's just I never caught it like that - and otherwise it's not that obvious.
Anybody else saw points "waisted"?
Is it something that would be corrected at some point - or is it a new norm?

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jbondguy007

I've never seen points "waisted". :P

But yeah, to answer your question, isn't that because there's a slight delay before you get your points back?

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KeeperOfMonsters

Sure I can be mistaken - but I think in SG1 (and ain't that abbreviation rings a bell for fans? ;P) it was instantaneous.

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bobofatt

Point refunding upon deletion has not yet been implemented in v2, but it will be.

9 years ago
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KeeperOfMonsters

oh, ok.
Thanks, bobo!

9 years ago
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jbondguy007

Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks Bobofatt.

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UncleLothar

Thanks for the clarification Boba. I'm just wondering if you have any insider info on a general timeframe for this? E.g. weeks, months...

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bobofatt

Your guess is as good as mine. We haven't had an update here in a week, and it's not even on the "Upcoming" list.

9 years ago
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DeltaBladeX
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And then there is me. I think I entered a private giveaway yesterday?

Oh wait, never mind, I was gifted the game and left it. :P

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SilentGuy

Oh no, people just keep sending me gifts

Show-off ;-)

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sephirotha7

Even if you dont get them back they are free :P its not like all GA are getting deleted

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KeeperOfMonsters

yes, but when you lose about 100- 200 points (happend to me before) - and there are new GAs ending really, really soon - and you can't enter those - all because those points are lost... I'm not crying, but it's still sad. XD
P.S. And all in all - if it's the way it is - well, kaiidth. I just wanted to confirm that it's not just some weird bug on my end.

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Shad0WeN

The same happened to me and it sucks. Lost a ton of points from what I can only assume is some guy who thought he could gift games from his library. Yet another reason to be wary of high point giveaways that look fishy. Combine it with new users putting up giveaways that are invalid and you have a bad recipe.

How this managed to slip through the cracks I do not understand.

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LittleBibo1

Yeah, 1 fake FarCry 4 giveaway and 2 fake CoD:AW were deleted just before ending. Creator is probably laughing his ass off. Even kept commenting that they weren't fake. The bans for stuff like that should be longer.

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Shad0WeN

That's why the policies and support on this site is a joke. People who 'call out' (have to roll my eyes at the way that this is interpreted here, like no where else on the internet) get long suspensions, and those who create bad giveaways often get away with no punishment, or at worst a slap on the wrist.

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bobofatt

Calling out is 2 days, fake giveaways are 5 days to permanent.

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Shad0WeN

Spoke to a trader several days ago who got suspended for 'calling out' not a giveaway, but trying to warn the community about a scammer and he got 2 weeks for his trouble.

And I don't believe you btw. I've seen way too many people skate by with no reprimand whatsoever. And now with the new system I don't see how to look back at old giveaways that have closed or the giveaway history of a particular game (-cough- 007 Legends -cough-). Not that I would really enjoy spending my time doing so.

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bobofatt

Then it either wasn't his first time calling out, or he had other suspensions in addition. Calling out first time offense is always 2 days.

The reprimands DO happen, they're just sometimes slow to happen due to report backlog.

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Shad0WeN

And given the reaction to what seemed like a non-malicious and well-intentioned PSA, my first thought would to be to have to question just how much any past history would have been bogus as well.

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masteryoda120988

Big deal. I earn more points than I can spend anyway.

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KeeperOfMonsters

that's what she said! ;P
Honestly: I was thinking the same - until there was a dozen of giveaways for Saints Row 4 and SR 4 packs - and I was out of points faster than I could say "Gat!"

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Shad0WeN

Yep, it's all relative. It depends on what kind of stuff you are interested in entering.

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masteryoda120988

That might have mattered to me too, if I didn't already own SR 4 :-p.

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VaporeonUsedIceBeam

$593 and $148 with sales

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KeeperOfMonsters

0.o huh? That's a price for potatoes, is it?

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VaporeonUsedIceBeam

Yes. I could be one potato richer. But no....

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