Hello.

I have small issue, maybe someone will be able to help me.

Long story summarized:

  • I won a giveaway
  • I was checking my email daily (and each day I would click "Delete forever" button in my gmail's spam account, call it OCD)
  • After two days I've added the guy on Steam and asked about it
  • He send me a copy-pasted note, claiming he has sent it to my proper email
  • The moment I tried to explain I could have possibly deleted it by an accident, I couldn't sent the message anymore - he's already removed me and blocked me on Steam

So currently I cannot flag his giveaway as Received, because I didn't receive it. I also cannot contact the guy, because he blocked me...

Help (and if anything, I don't care about this gift anymore; if the guy's attention span is as much as sending a note and blocking someone, maybe it is not a site for him)

EDIT
I left my placeholder title in place.. now fixed ; )

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+1 Mark as not received.

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Just wait 7 days and mark as not received.

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I dunno about other people, but usually, adding me on the same day the giveaway ends is a sure way to end up waiting the full 7 days to receive your game.

On the other hand, I usually re-send my emails after 3-4 days if not marked received. One guy I sent the email 5 times, then eventually just re-rolled. :/

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From what I understood, he has sent it to me before I added him. It was this case of "dude, I've already dealt with you, see? (proof of an email sent), now give me a break (removed and blocked)"

I was typing my question and concern (about possibly deleting it from my spam folder), and mid sentence I saw "[User] is now offline".

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This guy sounds like a jerk. I don't think I've ever blocked a legit winner.

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So it was too much trouble for him to resend you the email? was it impossible to read the link from the screenshot? Steam didn't tell you about a gift waiting to be accepted?
If all these are no, then click no received and move on, like everyone else said.

Just curious, do many people enter giveaways for games they don't actually want? do they realise they take away chances to other ppl that MAY actually want the game?
Hey, see it this way, if the giveaway-er is giving you a hard time, perhaps you've saved someone else to suffer! YAY!

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I have a question. Because what I think has happened is this. The line he copy-pasted to me was that part from the
View created tab on the site. Something like: Gift sent - [my proper email address]. Wouldn't that option generate a SteamGifts automatic email and increase the possibility of reaching my spam folder?

I really don't like giving anyone bad feedback, especially if it's my fault of not paying enough attention.

But yet again, the moment I tried to explain it to him (I added him after two days, with the explicit intention of sorting this out), he simply blocks me after throwing the gift in my face.

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No, that wouldn't generate an automatic steamgifts email. (I'm not sure there are any steamgifts emails.)

The gift giver has to email you themselves with the gift.

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But "Gift Sent" sounds like a Steam site message and then you would have been notified with a Steam message upon next login. Correct me if I'm wrong but if it was a Steam gift, not a URL or something, then you would have gotten it even if you deleted that email.

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