Hi there.

I'm interested in the statistics of other users that won some gifts.
I would like to know if my experiences are the normal standard or notably different to other users.

At first:
I won 4 gifts, what might be called "very lucky" at first sight.
One of these gifts was a developer gift, 10.000 copies, 50/50 chance.

The other 3 gifts were "normal" gifts by other users.
One of them was redeemed by the user himself, the second one was gifted to me.
Now i wait for the third one for more than 7 days and it seems, that i wont receive it as well as the first.

For me, this means a quota of 66% won but not received gifts.
Is this simply "bad luck" or is this common for everyone?

Greets and happy new year. ;)

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10 years ago*

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i vote for bad luck

10 years ago
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You can usually spot the giveaways that are likely not to follow through by looking at profiles, more so than bad luck.

10 years ago
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That might have helped for my first wrong choice.
But not for the second i think.

I just wondered about that unreliability and asked myself, if it's usual.

10 years ago
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I won 101 giveaways and only one wasn't working, 'cause creator used a personalized key.
:enough said:

10 years ago
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lol
Haven't won any.

10 years ago
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Actally messages from this site not goes to destination user email. Ask gifter to send it direct email to email or via steam.

10 years ago
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Update your account?
http://www.steamgifts.com/account

10 years ago
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It is actuall - I don't change it. Just messages send by site aren't send... 1 time happen when send gift, 1 when receive - in short time between them.

9 years ago
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Hm, i'll ask the last contributor if he tried to send a Message directly from here. Thanks!

101, seems that you found a working lucky charm? ;)

10 years ago
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I won't call it bad luck, I always check giveaway maker's SG profile, steam profile, country (for region locks) before entering the giveaway but make sure not to call out in comments, just keep your opinion at yourself and click the report giveaway button if necessary.

10 years ago
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I wont call out, dont worry about that.
Dont think anyone would benefit if i do.

10 years ago
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Always checking SG profile first and if that looks fishy also steamprofile will most likely prevent you from winning something and not receiving it.

10 years ago
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Thanks for the advices. Think i'll have to handle it this way.

Naive like i was, i thought that the majority of contributors now how things work here and at steam. -.-

10 years ago
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if it's a 50$ Game or a popular Multiplayer-Shooter ALWAYS look at the SteamProfile before entering - half of these are given away by members without any previous giveaway and less than 10 entered

If you avoid these then the rest should have a pretty good quota

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