Should I ask this person to buy a non-region-restricted version of the game and send me that, or what?
Yep. Always a good idea to contact the creator first, as mistakes can certainly happen.
If they refuse, then simply mark "not received" and mosey along.
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If you're still looking for someone to give it to, I'd be interested in having it. :)
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it was here for 1 cent in ru store, i guess everyone have it and its probably why that guy made giveaway
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That's a really stupid way to get permabanned, I'd suggest to return it to the giveaway creator instead.
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Alright, thanks for your input, guys; I'll contact him or her and ask for the non-region-restricted version. In the meantime, I accepted his or her region-restricted gift, and I will give it back to him or her if and when he or she gives me the non-region-restricted version.
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well, i wouldn't do this...
ask for a region-free game and DON't mark it as recieved NOW... SGTools will block you from their GAs because of a not activated win...
if he can't give you a region-free key then just let him delete the giveaway; a reroll wouldn't make sense in this case... people make mistakes, he will learn from this... :)
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You should attempt to return the gift regardless of what happens next. Whether they provide you with a region-free gift or not should only determine if you mark the giveaway as "Receveid" or "Not Received", but using the restricted gift as a negotiation currency isn't really a correct thing to do.
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you can also agree to cancel the giveaway
Usually every problem has been faced before so trying the search function can get you the solution.
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Yes, this is the simpliest way to delete a giveaway.
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I would have written a message in the comments section of the giveaway, explained the problem and told the ga-creator that he has to request a re-roll.
Or that the staff can delete the givaway, so he can create one with the correct region restriction.
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Because SG doesn't have a "North America" or "U.S." option for region restriction, this is just going to happen some of the time. I don't know who thought that was a good idea...
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Yeah, we really need a North America and an Europe region as well…
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I think that you can probably activate those in any region, but they just show up only in that store.
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no idea tbh.. but if they add more regions they should add almost all.. imo even if stuff is not locked down there shouldn't be an issue with still wanting only winners from your own region on some games anyways though.
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No. We just saw a case where this wasn't true yesterday: the cheap Amazon keys for Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition can't be activated in RU.
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Not really. That has been the case with Germany for example for a while where a single country has been excluded.
There has been no confirmation of NA or EU regions. So no, we don't need filters for restrictions that don't exist.
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So meanwhile we make GAs that we can't exclude those RU users from, they win, and then we have to deal with the Fallout. Seems like an unnecessary PITA to me. And that was exactly my original point.
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Alright, so if anyone is curious, I gave the game back, especially since it was probably an innocent mistake, and I have opened a ticket to resolve the situation.
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The game cannot be activated in my region, so what should I do?
Should I ask this person to buy a non-region-restricted version of the game and send me that, or what?
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