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akwilla

This is something weird. I won Warfront Defenders: Westerplatte from Lootboy. I sent it here and it was a duplicate key. Well, happens. Lootboy can make those kind of mistakes. I decided to buy a game from Fanatical and give this key. Also a duplicate. I asked from replacement ffrom Fanatical - third duplicate. Me and the winner decided to delete giveaway but still - three duplicate keys from two sources? This is very, very weird. Anyone has ideas what happened? Some kind of massive steal of keys?

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Mayanaise

I'd be surprised if Fanatical was selling dupes (it happens, but it's rare, and they're really good to deal with generally).
I assume you've made sure the other guy is trustworthy?

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akwilla

The third key I didn't give anyone, just try it myself immidiately after taking it from Fanatical

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Mayanaise

Ok, that answers that question then.
Well, Fanatical are still required to give you a good key or a refund if they can't resolve it.

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jbondguy007

As Maya said, Fanatical still owes you a key though, so I'd contact them and let them know the key is still used. Be wary not to mentioning you're trying to gift/trade the keys though, or they'll mark you as a trader and refuse to offer support.

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z00rox

you can always ask Steam as to when those keys were redeemed

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thebap

Probably its never redeemed, revoked keys also giving same error as duplicate. Probably game developer revoked keys by mistake. It happens sometimes.

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lext

Usually these revocations get tagged on Barter. Yes, I've had many different keys from various bundles that don't work even when I've just revealed them for the first time and immediately try them on my account.

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Sooth

If it happens across multiple sites, it's almost always an issue with the developer/publisher behind the game (which in turn makes it unclear whether or not you'll be able to get a working key, as well as making it clear to the storefronts in question that there's a widespread issue). At that point it's best to ask for a refund [which most storefronts will usually give as store credit]. I hear Lootboy offers replacement games, as well, so you may be able to get it sorted at every front.

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