Okay, so I am in a bit of a dilemma. It won't take long for the 7 days to pass but the problem I have is, what to do if nothing happens after such?

The problem I have with it being a key give away is that, I sent it via email. So... There's many scenarios that I have to contemplate in this instance.

1-They haven't gotten time to redeem the key and give feedback for the prize.

2-If I reroll the giveaway, there's a possibility they could claim it during the duration, thus leaving me with nothing to give and getting negative feedback. (And no one wants that.)

3-They already redeemed, haven't told me and I'm stuck wondering what to do about it.

Considering it's a key, I don't think there's any way for me to know if he's actually redeemed it. Since checking his profile wouldn't mean much if he instead decided to give it to someone else. (Which wouldn't bother me, if he at least decided to tell me he got it.)

Is there any suggestions for fallback plans regarding key giveaways? Or is it a lost cause?

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Never give away keys, simple. Just throw them into the forums for Ninjas :P

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most ninjas aren't grateful

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+1

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Thats the Truth ! 99% off the Ninjas are complete assholes !

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Or giveaway keys in groups with people whom you can trust, like jade's soul

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Add the person when giving away keys.

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This. Add then PM them the key.

P.S.: I mean next time.

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As for key validation:
Get someone (yourself?) that has the game to try to add the key, steam will tell you if the key has already been claimed or not.

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Steam checks for valid keys before checking to see if you own it? That might be a useful thing if so, as then I won't be wondering if its still unused or not.

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I'm afraid it checks if you already owns the game before checking if it has already been redeemed. So there's no way to check if it's been used or not :(

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^ this

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What I do is set a contributor bar on any giveaway. Any amount, even a cent will do. The reasoning is that if someone has successfully given away something before, then that means they're likely to be more engaged with this whole SteamGifts thing and know how the system works.

Anyway, the guy has just marked his gift as received so he probably just wasn't paying attention.

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It was my first giveaway, otherwise I would have done so.

Glad he got his gift alright, now I don't have to worry so much.

Will be likely taking the advice of the people above and yours in the future, thanks!

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Closed 12 years ago by Talonblaze.