I won a giveaway but the key that I got is not working. Steam says this key has been used. I tried to contact with the creater but I couldn't. I don't want to report him this soon. I am new here so I don't know that much about what to do and English is not my first language. Sorry if I made any mistake. Thank you.

1 year ago

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Just wait a week and mark it with the "Not received" In the https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaways/won

1 year ago
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Thank you.

1 year ago
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Just leave a message for the creator and wait for a week or so. The creator of the giveaway will contact you with a new key, or saying he hasn't any other key, and asking you to accept deletion.

I find extremely basic politeness to agree for the deletion. I always, always do. Sometimes keys get revoked sometimes they are old keys.

1 year ago
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Thank you. Yes I tried to leave a message but he/she didn't see I guess.

1 year ago
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What do you mean you can't contact the giveaway creator? Do you mean you pinged them on steam?

You can simply post in the giveaway they created for the game telling them the key didn't work. This is the easiest way to contact someone on here and probably what most people would reply to.

1 year ago
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Sorry for misunderstanding. I tried to leave a message but he/she didn't answer it. I forgot to mention it but thanks.

1 year ago
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Thank you for answering so quickly and helpfully. I send a friend request on steam if he/she accept it I am going to ask.

1 year ago
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Don't ping them on steam. Most people don't accept friend requests from strangers. Just post that the key you won isn't activating in the very giveaway itself. That'll give them a message too. And it's honestly much faster than waiting for a steam reply.

Edit- if you've already done it then just wait a few days. If within a week you don't get a reply you can simply mark it as not received. It happens.

1 year ago
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Thank you really. I just wanted to try anything to contact with him/her for him/her to stay in a good status. But if I can't get any feedback Iam going to mark it as unreceived like you said.

1 year ago
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One thing to bear in mind: don't feel like you're being "mean" by marking as not received, or even more that to be "nice" you should mark it as received - marking giveaways accurately is essential for how the site works.

1 year ago
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Yes you are right. I will do what I have to do in end anyway but I just want to ask to peaople. Maybe when the creator see the message might want to send the game by gift. Thank you.

1 year ago
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Also you can mark it as not received and if the creator sees your messages after that happens (or sees they have a not received mark so actually looks in the giveaway for your message), and then fixes the issue (gives you a working key), you can change the feedback to received (no support ticket required either).

1 year ago
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Thank you so much. I'll keep that in my mind.

1 year ago
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This is what I do if there is a problem, leave a message in the GA stating the problem then:

  1. Try new key if one is provided.
  2. Agree to deletion if no alternate key is available.
  3. Mark as not received if no response after a week.
1 year ago
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Just one key is provided for now.
If he/she make a contact I'll agree to deletion when there is no other option.
Thanks.

1 year ago
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Closed 10 months ago by ErhanT.