+1. Man up or insta-ban. If you really thought you could sell (um, this is giveaways, not used sales), I find it hard to believe you didn't first try and see how it's done.
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How can he using - "European Justice Court ruled that you can sell your "used" software" as an excuse is just as bad as using "I didn't know it wasn't allowed" Ignorance cannot be used in the court of law.
I know this isn't the court of law, but one of the main things he is forgetting here is - this site is not European, therefore it does not follow EU Laws & Regulations. It follows those set in place by the US Government.
I think he should just do what other people have already suggested and leave the site, he made a mistake - he didn't read rules and terms so, it's his fail.
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The underlining issue here is Steam's platform, not this website.. so;
If steam had followed the EU laws that say software licenses can be resold, then he'd not have a problem gifting his games here and he wouldn't have had to post this.
OP doesn't realise that when you buy something on steam, you actually subscribe to using the game. You don't own the game, you own a subscription to play that game for as long as steam allows. Steam owns the license to the games, and have a contract with the publishers to rent you the game, under a subscription linked to your account, for the asking price.
OP should take the issue up with steam, see point 1.
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Just leave this site,since you didn't care to read much before registering you should not really be here
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That really sucks man. It truely is unfair that you cannot trade away games you don't want to play anymore and have payed for but you probably should have checked first.
All you can do now is let the people know what happened and contact support here to let them know it was an honest mistake. If you have some money, maybe buy the winners all an Indie Gala 10 or something to make up for it but you should let them know as soon as possible, it truly sucks when you win something and then do not get it but its even worse when the person just doesn't contact you.
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if he doesnt gift the game he put in a giveaway, he will still get banned from here, so the indie gala idea would only be for fairness towards the winners, not a get out of jail free card
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Isn't it stated in the Terms of Agreement of Steam you can't sell them if they are bound to one account (which neither you are allowed to sell/gift). Pretty sure it's in there somewhere, you should read better befor you click on the 'Register/Ok-Button' =/
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No they have not. That's just wishful thinking. The EU court ruling did not target Steam, and until the legislature of the EU member states have made new laws in accordance with the court ruling it doesn't matter anyway. Read up on the actual ruling and read up on how laws work in the EU and it's member states before you tell bullshit like 'Steam's terms have been overruled'.
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there is 3 thing (Choice) you can do
first easiest thing is to buy those 3 10$ game and gave them to those 3 winner. (30 $ for a mistake is not much)
second don't give them anything and accept 3 bad feedback
third, stop using this account with this site.
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$30 bucks is quite a lot to most people, though :|
Imagine how many things you can do with 30 bucks...
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if you can nearly fill your tank for $30, your fuel prices are cheap as fuck. In England, it costs me $75-80 to fill up a small ford.
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I just commented on the part where you said 30 bucks wasn't much.
Other than that I find your phrasing of an option list more resembling of a list of things to do in order, but it is not something I intend to make an issue of.
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"third, stop using this account with this site."
No sir, it's "stop using this site" because having multiple accounts is not allowed - "Only one SG account allowed per person."
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You'd probably have to state which accounts are part of the same household and they'll 1+1 it to this forum discussion / whatever status ends up on the other account (I assume they add a comment what people are banned for so other mods can consider on their behalf)
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3 games - ~20€, isn't a big deal though .Will be a good lesson for ya.
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Well, you can always buy them and gift them to the winners, you can most probably get suspended if not. Or you can sue Valve and win the trial, but if I were you I woulnd't choose that one, I mea law is in your favour, but suing a HUGE company is not the best way to win I guess
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Steam doesn't sell you a game, they sell you a lifetime SUBSCRIPTION to said game. The game is never yours, only the non-transferable right to play it.
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Wether you consider it to be legit or not, this is still what you agreed to by using the service.
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You can sign a paper saying that you will be that person's slave for 10 years. Will it happen? Will it be law supported?
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As stated in the FAQ/Rules and Guidelines that you of course read thoroughly before making a giveaway:
Please note you cannot gift games from your Steam library. They are permanently attached to your account and not giftable.
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or acquire a steam key from elsewhere, as there are many legitimate retailers who offer games which are to be redeemed and played via Steam.
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The giveaways are all cheap games, and Limbo is on sale now, I believe. It'd cost you $22.50 to buy the games right now, or less if you tried to get them on steamtrades from a trader, the games are pretty common so you could probably get all of them for less than $10 total there easily.
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Hello,
i have created 3 Giveaways which has already ended. I thought that i could resell my games which i already player because I had in mind that the European Justice Court ruled that you can sell your "used" software.
As i tried to gift the games i noticed that it is still not possible. So what should i do now? I have no gifts to give, can i take my gifts back or should i delete my account here?
I am really sorry but I really thought that you could sell your used software! :(
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