So about an hour or 2 ago I gave away a copy of takedown. There was 2 winners though?! I only listed 1 copy, because my rep wouldn't let me have more than 3 titles total going. Even the title doesn't show the (2 copies) to the side of it. I went ahead and gave both people a copy as I got like 7 with the steam sale pack.

The problem is, if this happens on other games that I only have 1 copy of, what do I do then? Just contact support I'm guessing, but does this happen often?

Here is the trouble making listing in question.

http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/JHD1e/takedown-red-sabre

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it has happened before, not to me tho
just contact support :)

but since you already gave gifts to both, there's no point anymore, IMO

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Yeah, this would have gone a different path if I hadn't had multiple copies. I was mainly curious as if this was common occurrence. I would hate to see someone win something and then have it taken back because of a bug haha.

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It has happened in the past, normally because the site is under a lot of stress, so something like posts, threads, making a giveaway or even picking out winners will happen several times.

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Beats me why this game isn't on the bundle list yet, but anyway. To try and answer your question, you probably chose multiple copies to giveaway when making the giveaway.

edit: I see another topic, it might have something to do with the fact that when you activate the game you get 1 copy for free.

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He didn't, or it would state it in the title. Its a glitch that can happen when the site is having problems. You might have noticed how slow it is going right now? There are the problems.

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Obviously I'm new to the site, but I'm not sure this game would really qualify as a bundle. AFAIK it's just a temporary steam sale right? Do they mark those as bundles as well?

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Games have in the past when highly exploitable, such as a sale that allows you to get the game at 95% or higher discount. With this, you can get up to 7 copies to gift for a total of $4.5, or even less if purchased through the Russian store, each going for $15 CV. You just need to look at the giveaway list to see how exploited it is.

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I have the games in my steam library list blocked, but I got my copy plus 7 gift copies when I bought it. I can only imagine what the list looks like with the filter off...at there are a lot of entries on it. So at least there is some demand for it.

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It looks like this.

Takedown
Takedown
Takedown
Takedown
Takedown
Takedown
Takedown
Takedown
Takedown
Takedown
DLC
Takedown
Takedown
Takedown
Takedown
Bundle game
Takedown
Takedown
Takedown
Takedown
Takedown

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LMAO! Well, at least my contribution to the problem is finished. All of my takedown giveaways are almost timed out and I won't be getting more of them.

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I haven't been here that long either but I've seen it happen with other games that were almost "free", since it's a great way to up your CV for almost no money at all.

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I've seen that video. Disgusting. But I guess you have to see it once.

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:D

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Yeah, it's a rare issue, but this has happened before. Don't send a gift to either of them, contact support and we'll get the admin to remove a winner.

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too late :P

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that wasnt a smart move to give the copies to them

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I had the same thing happen to me today, and we aren't alone. This is not the only thread addressing this. Because I did not know this was a recurring thing, and I thought there was a tiny chance I might of messed it up,(although I was 99% sure I did not) I went and bought another copy of the game. The first copy was from a bundle, the second I paid full price for....it didn't occur to me until after I did that it would of been 9 dollars cheaper to buy another bundle...plus I could of given away more games from the second bundle too. Now I probably won't get credit for the second game I paid ten bucks for, for a second copy of a game I didn't offer in the first place. Next time I'll hold off and just contact support. I did that anyways, but not until after I sent the second copy.

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Yeah I just won one of those giveaways as well but the creator seems to have sent it to the other guy. Guess I'll have better luck next time. :P

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Same thing happened to me. At first I thought the GA was deleted because the green notification disappeared and just forgot about it, until I checked the ga page the next day.

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got 2 winners as well, still no reply from support

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1 Copy 0 Winners >:O

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2 copies, 2 winners

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1 beer, 2 girls, what to do?

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Obvious answer, you drink the beer as there's no way you could please one girl, let alone two. o_O

(I say "you" in general, not you specifically)

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Closed 10 years ago by Liroku.