Suspect I Won a Fake Giveaway

its ok cause ur a freebie guy its dead obvious :)
so..
GG

Make sure it's not in your junk mail... Happened to me once. :x

Check in the junk-mail folder while you're at it.

EDIT: damn ninjas

At least you won 9 games and received it... :P

+1 ¿

As not received you mean? Why would he mark a game he didn't get as received?

That's my plan, but I was hoping to find some way to resolve it before it reached the point of having to report the submitter.

HL2:DM is free at one site,why would someone enter that :?

Hai guise, Did I forget to tell you that I lost Skyrim? No? well I will do it again in 30 mins anyway. Please pitty me :(

I guess since a week hasn't passed, there's no guarantee that mine is a fake giveaway, but it does seem like it. And yeah, it stinks. You finally get the good luck of being picked as a winner and then you don't get your prize. :(

I've always seen requests I received when I logged in to Steam, but I guess it is possible that he/she didn't see it. Maybe I'll try your suggestion later. Thanks.

Edit: I did this some time last night; no response yet.

True, but I don't think Support will do anything until 7 days have passed. I'm trying to figure out what I can do before then to avoid being forced into giving negative feedback and reporting the user/giveaway.

Right, Support here may be able to help, but not until a week has passed. Since it's only approaching 3 days now, I'm looking into prompting/reminding the submitter to gift the game. I can understand it taking a while if the person's not around, but that's not the case -- he/she has been online recently. I don't know why someone would purposely wait to complete their end of the deal, but who knows. If I can't get in touch with him/her to give a reminder, I'll have to wait out the week and hope I get it, then report the user and giveaway if I don't.

Thanks, but the invitation I sent last night is still pending. I'm at home again, and it's showing up in my client here still in the "Invitations Sent" section of my friends list. Now I know that the mobile app doesn't include that. Does anything odd happen if I try to add someone twice?

P.S. -- The user isn't online right now; I must have just missed him/her.

Yeah, I've read about fake giveaways, but didn't think I'd get caught by one (assuming it is fake). Either I'll actually get the game, since a week hasn't passed yet, or I won't and I'll report the giveaway and contact Support about the user. It won't get me the game, but it might keep others from getting caught like I did.

Congratulations, but that doesn't really relate to my issue here, does it?

I would have closed this if the situation was resolved one way or another, but it isn't. I have not received the game in question. As I said elsewhere in this thread (twice I think), I won two games on the same day. One I received and marked as received. The other I have not received, and it is that game that I am talking about in this thread.

That's why we can't have nice things.

Well, yeah. That pretty much the whole problem here; the guy (or gal) didn't get their game despite entering the giveaway and winning. It is fairly problematic for all parties involved- everyone else who entered the same giveaway -as points were lost and the poster of the giveaway has yet to be reprimanded for this. Sarcasm in your post aside, that's the message.

This is why we should be able to report jerks in this site.

Why would that annoy you? They won after all, no different than a purchase. If I choose to not deliver I would be at fault so I am obligated. I don't like impatient people either but someone adding for a giveaway is fine unless I state something like I am delivering via email. I receive friend request everyday and couldn't be bothered by getting upset or annoyed but such a common (and valid) act.

As for it being up to the gifter as to when he must deliver that is partially incorrect. As you mentioned, the gifter has 7 days. Yes he can string it out that long but who does that really reflect poorly on if you choose to make someone wait simply because they added you?

Yes, the submitter has a few more days before the week is up. However regarding adding people, the FAQ has this entry:

Q: I won a giveaway, but haven't received the gift.

A: The giveaway creator has 1 week to email it before you can mark the gift as "Not received". If it's been more than 24 hours since the giveaway ended try and add the giveaway host to Steam and remind them to send the gift.

If they add you immediately, then I agree, that's being impatient. But if they wait 1 day or more, they're just following SG's suggestion in the FAQ. And I agree with Strykerraven that stringing it out to the full 7 days just because you can isn't exactly great. I think that when a deal is made, you should try to hold up your end of it as soon as possible.

Ah, I didn't think of that. We do have one group in common, but it's the official Holiday Sale Community Group. I'm not sure I can leave a comment there or anything. But if you have a suggestion about how to use that group to try to contact the submitter, please let me know. Thanks.