Well, I don't really like GMG now...

It's gone downhill since playfire, but their keys shouldn't be region locked. :o

fascinating

So you bought it from Estonia and wanted to give it to someone in a completely different region (India). How is that their fault? They sold it to a buyer in Estonia, not India.

Also, if you did some research you might have seen that titles from Bethesda often have keys for different regions....

Its unfortunately your fault my friend, you bought it in one country, but gave it to a friend in a country that is different.

GMG has pretty good support in my experience. Contact them and it will all get sorted out.

Most likely they sold you a key for Skyrim (Digital Dist) package, which has restricions applied. I believe selling this key without informing you about the restrictions may violate eu consumer law, so keep chatting with them. You might also want to contact your local Consumer Complaints Board.

Fallout was not made available in India because of the brahmins. Not sure what's the case with Skyrim.

bless u

sorry dude but i feel it is your fault... should have done some looking into it first, at least send CS a email asking if or seeing if it is possible to gift a copy to another region in fear of region locked keys. you bought the key in EU and you got what you paid for, a working key for EU. I dont think a refund is in order because you did get what you paid for. It is similar to this, if i buy a Nissan Skyline here in the Philippines as a gift for a friend in the US, is it Nissan's fault they didnt tell me the car is illegal in the US and give me a refund? No, i got what i paid for. extreme example but it is the same argument.

This is not the first time GMG scammed someone with their region locked shit.

They don't inform you in advance where a game would and wouldn't work and they won't refund the money to you. That's why I stop patronizing those scammers.

Yes, they've been pretty bad, such as having people buy what to all appearances were blank keys and worked as blank keys in closed beta, but that turned out to actually be region locked as soon as open beta started.

And it won't be long before they get sued, if they keep this act up. International barriers won't protect them forever, particularly if they're going to be doing business in places with strong consumer protection laws, like the EU.

Totally with OP. Region lock should be advertised before payment.
I also have a very bad opinion about GMG and its unfair euro conversion (they are aware of regions in this case). Playfire is probably the start of the end, as someone said.

I dont think that is the OP's fault, i mean YES he bought a key working for his region but as far as i know not enough information is scam and we are looking for a case were the OP want to gift the game with NO warning about region locks BUT if we were talking about a giveaway and the winner could not activate it because it is blocked? in that case probably everyone would agree with OP, just saying...

Some of you said that it is against the law. I did some searching and fount out that it is. Here is what the law sais:

Wherever you buy a product or service in the EU, whether in a shop or online, the trader must provide you with certain clear, correct and understandable key information about the product or service before you make the purchase.

Was in same situation once. They say that there is a statement in their terms and conditions that "All key is for your personal use only" So they wouldn't do anything.

I stopped using gmg when they did the currency changes.

Try to connect from your contry as your friend's account and activate the key ? Dunno if it would work I just thought of that a second ago XD

Maybe you find someone looking for an EU-Version of the game who is willing to buy you an India Version of the game. With giving him some money on top.

How is it his fault when there is no region mentioned there in the store page , this is a new low for gmg disgraceful

I abandoned them since they switched to EUR in my region. I hope they go down deep as an eXample to any other greedy bastards who try to steal my money using currency rate differences...

Iv traded keys before from GMG and they worked in other regions...... And i dont know why is all the hate on GMG and PF.. they do amazing deals, yeah indeed the currency changes changed almost everything, but still they have some awesome deals which u wont find on better price anywhere...

I stopped to buy from GMG since Rebellion and them started to suck their privates on each other online because of Sniper Elite 3.

Clearly GMG fault, they should have informed you about this. I would keep bugging CS until they will issue you the refund.