The finer details of marking a gift received

Rules are rules

You have to get at least what is stated on the giveaway. If you don't and mark it as received, you both are incurring into feedback fraud

However I would mark as received Non-GOTY editions no longer purchasable, such as Batman AC.

Most games that are GOTY are in a bundle-type style where it includes the base game and then the DLC as separate entries. This makes it easier to sell and easier to understand, as you can view them. There are games that don't follow this way and I suppose if they're not listed since they're cosmetic, then it would be impossible to know. Some games simply do not have a proper placement in the list of possible giveaways to create and have to be listed as something a bit different. If I received a normal version when I was meant to receive the GOTY edition I might mark it as not received solely due to not wanting a suspension if someone were to check my profile for the DLC/other goodies in the GOTY edition. I'd probably talk to support about it if such a situation were to arise.

If I won GOTY and received the lesser version of the game I would discuss it with the game creator and then possibly mark as received. If I entered for the lesser version and received GOTY I give the man a massive thanks and mark it as received :)

I kinda agree with you on that myself, I think I'd likely put received myself :)

If I won a GOTY edition and got the non-GOTY, I'd probably give it back to the creator or not activate it and mark as not received. I wouldn't like to have to purchase all the DLC to bring a game up to the GOTY edition. If I got a GOTY from a non-GOTY giveaway, I'd thank the creator and mark as received, unless they made an honest mistake in which case I'd accept a non-GOTY from them instead.

You're told you're getting the base game + DLC, yet you only receive the base game, obviously you did not receive what you were supposed to.
You're told you're getting the base game, yet you receive the base game + DLC, you did receive what you were supposed to and a bonus as well.

Rules are rules, not suggestions. If you do not mark the giveaway accordingly, then you and the creator are risking a potential suspension or banning.

One option I got less and would be upset while the other option has bonuses and would make me pretty happy. Pretty clear cut to me /shrug

It's you getting fucked over vs you getting extra goodies you didn't expect. Very egoistic, but that's how nature works according to my model.

If I enter for a GOTY edition...and got the regular I would message that person and see why and then take proper action based on the response I get.

If its something like "So what lol, deal with it" I will mark it as not received, if he is like "Oh **** my mistake", and tried to remedy the situation or if we came to an understanding I would mark it as received.

It depends.

I don't like smartasses who think they're gaming the system. If after contacting them I found out it's deliberate and intentional, I'd probably report them. If it's an honest mistake, I can live with it, and be grateful for a free game.

If the game didn't match the description, I think the first thing to do should be to contact the gifter.

If the gifter made a mistake, and didn't actually have the other version of the game to swap for the gifted one, I'd probably contact support and see if they could upgrade the giveaway to the GOTY version (or downgrade to regular per your original example).

The person have to at least give you what the giveaway advertised. If it happens to be more, it is still at least what the giveaway advertised. If it less however, then it is less than advertised and thus should be marked as not received.

In the maybe one or two cases where what I was giving was more than what was actually in the giveaway title I just stated in the giveaway description. I think the only case would be Binding of Isaac + Wrath of the Lamb. Can't make it BoI collection because there's no soundtrack, so I just labelled it BoI and specified that it included WotL. So yeah, I think there's nothing wrong with giving away more, but it's probably easiest for all involve if you're up front about it. Hopefully the recipient would be honest and make sure they sent the right thing but it's easiest if the sender makes that clear ahead of time.

If I got a key that didn't match the description, I would contact the gifter, even if this error is in my favor. The gifter might have made an honest mistake and did not intend to give this away.

If this site wants to ban the gifter for giving away a GOTY key instead of the base game, I would look down upon the site and those who reported the gifter. Gifting MORE than stated should not be against the rules here.

If the giver gave me a base key instead of GOTY, I would still contact him. If I didn't have the game yet, I would probably still mark it as delivered. I would still let the site staff know, just in case this is a recurring thing with this gifter.

Rules are rules, and the gifter did not follow the rules. Someone out there will abuse this repeatedly if this sort of thing is common yet unpunished.

You're talking about Warhammer Dawn of War, aren't you? I think the case there is that the GOTY edition cost you nothing and counts as a bundled game, but the non-GOTY edition is still "full price". So pretending it's the base edition then sending a GOTY (or gold or whatever it's called) key is trying to cheat the contributor system.

unless you're some uptight loser, you won't care if you get goty version when you won non-goty.

only scenario when i wouldn't accept it is if he made 2 giveaways, one non-goty and one goty.