User resold one of my Giveaway Keys...

He should be permanently banned for shit like that tbh

Maybe next time make GA for Level 3+ user ;) Some are bad but there is less of them on level 1 ;/ I don't trust level 1 user anymore.

I understand your frustration and I get your point, but I don't agree with what you did. I mean the key was promotional and I presume its purpose was to reach an interested gamer and to spread the word about the game. The winner was a scumbag and sold your key, key that ended to a poor soul that was interested in your game to the point that he paid for it.

By revoking the key you practically punished the gamer that was interested in giving a chance to the game not the scumbag that sold it. "youknowwhatwebsite" makes a profit regardless of the fact that the key is revoked or not.

In my opinion you should have reported the winner on SG and provide proof that the key was activated after delivering the key to the winner for an appropriate action to be taken against him as a rule breaker.

For what is worth, the "promotional" purpose of the giveaway was achieved although not as intended. I mean I suppose the buyer got the game for a "promotional" price less than the selling value of the game, even though it should have been for free. And the other aspect is the game ended being played by someone interested in it which could have resulted in future genuine sales if the gamer was satisfied with the quality and even to free publicity among his friends or in the online environment.

In the end run, from a marketing standpoint, I think the image damage to the game developer/publisher by revoking the key is worth more than the 5€ that scumbag gained from selling your giveaway key.

I would have revoked that key, reported that thief here for breaking the rules and probably/maybe warned some friends and steamgifters about him, privately because "no calling out" rule

I do feel bad for the person who traded/bought they key as they most likely are the victim.I can not say without a doubt as I have no clue of the intentions of the person who acquired said key.I am pretty sure though they bought it with the intention of it being legit and everything on the up and up.

The OP has all the right and to be honest I am not sure what I would have done in this situation if I were them.In the end, nobody comes out on the good end of this stick.I do think in the end I would have just reported the user let the person who got the key keep it.As I could not punish someone who may be innocent in the deal.

I just want to say to the OP I know these things happen but sorry you had to make this choice.I do think SG is too easy on the rule breakers imo.I think firs time offense deserves a ban until the situation is resolved by the person who committed the offense.It may be harsh but most people that commit the offense will do it again.

Maybe I am just a bit harsh but come on do people really need to be reminded a gift is not meant to be re-gifted and is bad behavior?.I know the internet is not real life but a little common sense can go a long way.

I couldn't care less about what are winners of my GAs doing with their won keys :d

And I support what some of the guys here already said - you shouldn't have revoked that key as the real victim is the one who bought it. I think he's not going to get his money back :d

i think you made the wrong choice. you did not only hurt the winner, but more than anything the guy who bought the game from him. this was a promotional giveaway, right? this means two things. first, you didn't really lose anything. so it's not that big of a deal anyway. this key didn't cost you any money. and you didn't make the GA to make someone happy, you wanted to promote the game by raising awareness and by raising the owner count on steam. well, you now have one owner less thanks to the revoking. i don't think that was in your best interest.

Wait, so you punished the guy who bought the key, but the guy who is responsible for that will enjoy his profitz regardless?

I would report the winner to make sure they are removed from the site, but I would not revoke the key, because the buyer might be a kid or someone who is new to this and it's not their fault... Instead, I would contact them on steam and let them know the person who sold them the key lied to them and stole it, and that you let them keep it, but they shouldn't buy from him again.

The buyer's money is already gone, and so is your key, so at this point you might as well just let them keep it and warn them over hurting them even more after they've already been lied to.

Plus if this was for promotional purposes, I believe the person who was willing the pay real money for the key is the exact player you'd like to keep in the game community. It's not someone who just got a free game for their library, it's someone who actually paid money because they really wanted to play the game, so they are more likely to actually play and leave reviews and screenshots.

By the way, I can't help but wonder, what was the point in digitally stalking that winner each day for three freaking months over a promotional key, up to the point that you know which days he was active and which ones he wasn't? I don't condone his actions but I find yours rather weird, to be honest.

I believe this matter escalated way beyond the threshold of normality over a subject that should have been dealt with, one week after the giveaway ended, via support. It's like you were expecting for him to do something with that key instead of reporting him.

Out of pure, utter curiosity, how long would you have continued to digitally stalk that user if the key hadn't been activated?

It's a tough question to ask... Naturally I feel bad for the person who bought the key and had it revoked... But at the same time, they are buying from the grey market, and people need to stop supporting it, so perhaps more revoked keys will be a wake up call for people to stop supporting shady sellers.

Just a hint, make a public giveaway for higher than level 2, go to http://www.sgtools.info/ and set a rule that user needs to have activated all of his won gifts. Problem solved.

You think he sold it, I think he just used the key for his main account, as there are still bots on steamgifts. That's why you should put a minimum of level 2. That way he would've had to be giving away some keys instead of just creating free and new bots. And if you ask me, I've bought some keys from G2A and Kinguin and it's always a risk to lose it, but I've never even thought about buying THAT sort of game from those websites. I mean, most likely a game like Sector Six will end up on some crappy bundle site (no offense) and be valued around 0,10 - 0,20€.

Even if he did sell the key to someone, you didn't ruin his day, you ruined the day of the person who bought it. The whole point of this website is to give those keys that you don't need, not to ruin someone's day over someone who might be cheating.

Just curious, I thought steam did not allow single keys to be revoked but only allowed it in batches that they were generated in. Or has that changed?

i can query keys through the steamworks partner page

cool, wish I could too