Hi guys. I just won a game but the giveaway creator gave me a key for knights and merchants instead. I didn't activate the key he gave as I already have the game in my account. I posted a comment on the giveaway thinking he may have made a mistake and added him on steam. He did not reply to my comment and blocked me on steam. What should I do?

PS: I gave away a game recently and the winner regave it to someone else(not even his first time). What can I do?

Ninja GA!
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/u7HZO/take-on-helicopters-bundle

9 years ago*

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For both: wait a week and report away. I think that's all you can do.

P.S: Thanks for the +1 Blacklist.

9 years ago
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1st person - mark as not received after a week.

2nd person - report their ass. Would advise to check your winners before sending out the key in future - you could have asked for a reroll on the grounds that theyd done that kind of thing before.

9 years ago
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this.
and asking for a reroll can get a guy suspend - those tickets gets handled the fastest.
got a user permaban for it once (he didn't activated ~30 games)

9 years ago
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I am actually not sure if he regifted your copy :P. Looking at the fact that his account has That Game and it was last played on the 14th?

Maybe he just gifted another copy?

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He played it, but he doesn't own it.

9 years ago
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Ohhh good catch, just saw it listed at the frontpage of his profile ^^ ... damn family share and free weekends! :P

9 years ago
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trust Tempete, he knows his stuff :)

9 years ago
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better remove the link to the person as its seen as name calling [as much as i would love to post all the serial regifters as well but in the end just make a report and let the support/mods handle it :) ]

9 years ago
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I don't understand. I only posted the link to the giveaway in question?

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calling out is a bannable offense

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yes but the giveaway creator is shown on that better phrase it as :
Hi guys. I just won a game but the giveaway creator gave me a key for knights and merchants instead. I didn't activate the key he gave as I already have the game in my account. I posted a comment on the giveaway thinking he may have made a mistake and added him on steam. He did not reply to my comment and blocked me on steam. What should I do?

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Didn't knew about calling out. Alright. Edited as suggested. Thanks for the advise!

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NP sucks u didn t get your game but on the other hand it still a game u would have gotten for free anyways so not that big of a loss :)

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I still have the knights and merchants key. But I suppose it's worthless?

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just wait till the 7 days are over and mark as not received if the ga creator hasnt provided u with the right key. Dont use the key u got for a giveaway or for another account or friend cause that will backfire on you. If contacting him failed and the 7 days went by than mark as not received and move on u wont be the first and wont be the last not getting a won gift [happened to me as well :)] But seems we are both lucky in the amount of gifts won so not much room to complain [but thats just my opinion :) ]

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Looks like you won some pretty good games on here too. ;)

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Edit out the game name from your n2 question, it's calling out if the person is identifiable - and report him for regifting/not activating

9 years ago
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Removed the name. Is it fine now? Damn there's a lot of rules around here.

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People need rules, without them it would all go to shit.

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Yep, it's fine. Sorry, I've been also recently suspended for calling out, so I rather want to save you from the torment of not able to post on forums for 2 days :D

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Knights and Merchants is a free steam key from DLH.net. Pretty sure you're dealing with an intentionally fake giveaway with that new account. You've basically moved in to "calling out" territory now, so just mark it unreceived and blacklist him, then move on.

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Thank you for GA !

I DONT Suggest this way :

View attached image.
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Haha. Looks like my blacklist isn't the only list getting filled today. ;)

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Afraid I can't do that anymore. Winner already regave the gift and the new winner already marked as received so I doubt I can reclaim it.

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You certainly can't reclaim it but at least give him a good spank.

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