Does someone know what this is about? and if it has already happened in the past?

Paypal Gaming Sale

*I saw it on the new Humble Bundle top contributors list.
**Oh, and before you say google it, it didn't help me much (just a bunch of info on using Paypal and selling games).

Edit: If your timer has reached ZERO and nothing happened , fret not. It just means that the people handling our money (a large chunk of us as far as i'm aware at least) either outsource jobs to shitty programmers or are themselves shitty programmers.

Oh well, the sales probably wouldn't have been that good anyway.

Edit 2: Site updated. Sales really aren't that good.

1 decade ago*

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we can discover it in 00 days : 00 h : 00 m : 00 s :)

1 decade ago
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2 days 3 hours here. D:

1 decade ago
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01days:23h:06m:42s
D:<

1 decade ago
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1 days : 21 hours XD

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01days:20h:58m:42s

1 decade ago
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-_-
I'm glad to see the human-clock profession didn't die out with the invention of the digital alarm clocks.

1 decade ago
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1 decade ago
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Niiiiice

1 decade ago
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Not really a human clock, because if you see most of us posted our hours left about the same time. That means that some people will know what the sale is before others... OR the sale will be different in the different regions.

1 decade ago
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Maybe you're right.
I'm getting redirected to 'fr' ending (French).

1 decade ago
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6h 42m left

1 decade ago
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0hr and 0mins for me. Don't know what you are looking at.

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00
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1 decade ago
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Maybe it doesn't take into account location time zones. That's why people are seeing it different.

1 decade ago
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The timer hit zero three or four hours ago for me, so it certainly seems like it... what a novice mistake.

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00days:03h:40m:04s

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Still can't see, wth

1 decade ago
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The countdown doesn't work :D

19:00 GMT is the time (three hours)

1 decade ago
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00days:00h:50m:04s

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0:0:0:0:0:0 AAND NOTHINGGGGGGGGGG WTF?

1 decade ago
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I think there is an Assassin's Creed game.

1 decade ago
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You're right. It's pretty sure the third one.

1 decade ago
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and diablo 3 reaper of souls, i also see a steam wallet tile....

1 decade ago
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And I don't have PayPal. Oh well. I kinda doubt it will be any good.

1 decade ago
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WOW! Already butthurt.

1 decade ago
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I'm not butthurt...

1 decade ago
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BUTTHURT! :D

1 decade ago
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BUTTHURT ALERT

1 decade ago
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DID SOMEONE SAY.... BUTTHURT?

1 decade ago
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Yup, so better call the waaaambulance!

1 decade ago
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BUTTHURT

1 decade ago
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haha

1 decade ago
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Hmm, I'm somehow both very excited about this and wary of a huge letdown. (Same for the next weekly sale.)

1 decade ago
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"killer offers"
inb4 20% off

1 decade ago
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That's kind of what I'm expecting too, 15-20% off of 2-3 AAAs, but for some reason I'm still hopeful.

1 decade ago
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inb4 Call of Duty.

1 decade ago
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Even CoD's had -50% off. Not Ghosts because that would be completely not understandable from Acti.

1 decade ago
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I think Ghosts has already been 50% off on steam.

1 decade ago
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Hmm, that's the fastest such a big sale of Call of Duty game ever. I'd love to see CoD War Chest on -66%+ discount.

1 decade ago
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CoD Ghosts has had 50% off already. That's how bad it was.

1 decade ago
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Wtf paypal gaming sale. I find this kinda odd.

1 decade ago
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+1

1 decade ago
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I'm kind of skeptical, out of all things that Paypal would start selling, why games? The fact that they were seemingly advertising by being the top contributor of the humble bundle as well seems fishy to me.

1 decade ago
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It is a legit website though. HTTPS and everything.

1 decade ago
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Well if I look at my Paypal transactions, a lot of them are for games - maybe their research found quite a few others like myself? That said, I find it somewhat weird too, weird that they're selling anything at all. For me though, if they were going to be selling something then games kind of makes sense. I'm sure there's lots of people out there who use Paypal to buy games, or would consider starting a Paypal account to do so and this helps promote that.

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I doubt its gaming only. Some probably got a link for fashion, others for home and so on. After all, who's better to advertise stuff for you then the one who knows where your money goes.

Also, more likely it's a deal with some retailer ore another, as Paypal don't sell stuff themselves (they get a percentage from the seller).

1 decade ago
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This would be like Bank of America opening a hotdog stand in their lobby. I find it strange as well.

1 decade ago
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Truth. And in both cases, you're dealing with abhorrent financial institutions that'll stand and watch as you choke on the product, offering no assistance, no help, and with no care for you.

Good luck! :)

1 decade ago
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reaper of souls, sounds good to me

1 decade ago
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Interesting, but most likely going to be the worst sale ever.

1 decade ago
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hmmm steam wallet credits too?

1 decade ago
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so i wasn't the only one that saw them

1 decade ago
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Buy money on sale to buy games on sale!

1 decade ago
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Win Win!

1 decade ago
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Steam wallet credit: It's Not Money™

1 decade ago
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Interesting.. :3

1 decade ago
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first blurred game looks like D3:RoS which I hope it is

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it sure does

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Nice one, good eye :)

Let's just hope it's not a 20%~30% kind of discount (Blizzard aren't into discounts. Something about cheapening the games).

Edit: If it really is Diablo, then it probably won't be on Steam (bad blood between them).

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I thought the first blur was game called Sacrifice http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Sacrifice_by_Interplay_-_box_art.jpg but i think it's not ;C

1 decade ago
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Your link didn't open, but look at Diablo III: Reaper of Souls

1 decade ago
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I'm pretty sure the blurred games covers have nothing to do with the games which will be on sale.

1 decade ago
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I recognize Reaper of Souls' and Dark Souls 2's covers.

1 decade ago
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where do you see dark souls 2? I see reaper, steam wallet and AC3

1 decade ago
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Wut. I get redirected to paypal.fr/gamingsale.

I'm not even French and the page isn't either.

1 decade ago
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Same.

1 decade ago
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Nah, so it's scam.

1 decade ago
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Except paypal.fr is owned by paypal and visiting https://www.paypal.com/gamingsale/ redirects you. So if its a scam, somebody managed to hack paypals websites and the best thing they could come up with is a fake game sale.

1 decade ago
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paypal.fr is legit, but that doesn't explain why you are redirected on it

1 decade ago
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Most likely 1$ = 1€ deals/regional pricing for EU users

1 decade ago
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Hopefully 1$ = 1 rouble...

1 decade ago
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nah, that's an utopia :D probably it's gonna be $1 = 40 roubles.

1 decade ago
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Hopefully 1$ = 1 South African Rand

1 decade ago
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Well, if i'm gonna be charged in €, they can by all means fuck off (in the nicest way possible they have access to my money).

1 decade ago
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Don't annoy them, they will go away and not give your moneys back for 6 months...

They are an evil company, Oh, I meant very very savy one!

1 decade ago
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I hope it's Reaper of Souls first up, even if its only ~10% off. Hurry up time remaining!

1 decade ago
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damn they dropped $2000 on the ebook humble bundle, second highest givers are at just $100. kinda weird they dropped that much on an ebook bundle. got people talking i guess though.

1 decade ago
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Cheap advertising, $2000 is not a lot to pay for an ad where pretty much every bundle buyer will see. It's like advertising your game on Steam's front page.

1 decade ago
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Nope it's far away from steam's front page, most of us here don't even bother with book bundle, + it's just a small top contributor text, I never read it and I can't be the only one..

1 decade ago
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But you just got to know it, even though you didn't read it directly from the source. That's also part of an ad strategy! :)

1 decade ago
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you aren't the only one.

1 decade ago
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Welcome to advertising 101.
People who buy bundles know where other people who buy bundles are. You just need to catch one or two in your net.

**Besides, I always check out the total out of curiosity to see how one bundle fairs against another (let me say that agriculture simulator one surprised me - who knew people loved riding a virtual tractor that much?!).

1 decade ago
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interesting, guess we'll find out tomorrow night

1 decade ago
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Reddit thread with comments about it

And a comment from one of the moderators
Links have been posted in this thread which have been autoremoved because they point to an unauthorised reseller. I - and others - have followed those, done some checking and have verified that this sale will involve an unauthorised key reseller.
Why did I post it? because it was going to be posted anyway.
All I can say is look how the sub has been run - we have always pointed to legit deals where when you spend your money you know exactly what you will get. We want good deals, we want want more gaming for your cash.
This sub isn't a crapshoot where you spend and hope.
When this deal goes live we will post that we honestly believe that you should ignore it.

So definitely buyer beware initially.

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"I have had my Paypal account suspended before - years ago and for no reason. It took a long time, many emails and phone calls to convince them that my account was okay. While that was happening I could not use my account. Just because someone has Paypal backing does not mean they are okay. After all, do you think everything on eBay is okay? Remember - Paypal/eBay will side with the seller first."

Beware of Paypal too according to the same moderator.

1 decade ago
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Seems totally legit. Look it up
"We are pleased to reveal that we have teamed up with PayPal as part of their global gaming sales event to bring you some very special Premium Shop offers. The offers will only be available to users who pay using PayPal. It will change each week, so keep a close eye on the portal news!"

http://worldoftanks.eu/en/news/premium/premium-shop-offer-paypal-users/

They added same link to the paypal.fr. So probably tomorrow we will see smth nice (or not :P)

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0_0
I haven't played WorldOfTanks at all, but can that offer really be worth €38.10?!

/sarcasm/ What a nice sale. /end-sarcasm/

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Once heard a friend talk about some prices, they sounded ridiculous to me so it's probably 'worth' the €38.10 for the people who are into it lol :p

1 decade ago
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That is micropayments for you! In game they are possibly decent way to cut down the grind... And those are likely mainly bought by older working people without that much play time...

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30$ (or something like that) for a tank isn't 'micro' anymore imo. That's the price of an expansionpack lol. Oh well, I'm anti most F2P's anyway but in this one the prices seem ridiculous to me (and once I heard him talk about 'special ammo' you could purchase... instant game over for me). And true, I have no idea how it ingame works so maybe it's not as bad as it sounds :p

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Nah. E-25 is a pretty nice premium tank but its not worth it. And it depends on where do you live. For someone who earns salary in euro this can be quite good. But for me 40 euro is smth like 160 PLN - and I'm not that crazy to spend such money on digital goods.

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It seems to be G2A is one of the key reseller sites going through the Paypal event as they just linked to it. I haven't used G2A before, but I've seen it mentioned on these forums multiple times for cheap keys.

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Where? :O couldn't find anything.

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Under the game

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So that's another interesting point, if they allow key resellers...
What if you buy a key and it doesn't work (e.g. used or region restricted)?! These resellers don't give refunds and Paypal officially doesn't support paying for digital goods afaik o_O

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Great, I pre-ordered Diablo 3 ROS, and then it's going on sale even before it's released. Yeah, great way to screw loyal costumers Blizzard.

1 decade ago
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Isn't it obvious that EVERY game before release is on bunch of sales? Look at Thief and other new releases.

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Yep, with a whooping 10-25% off... Of course that's neat for people that want the game, but it's not actually a 'sale'. It's more a 'standard reduction for people looking hard enough'. South Park got a 25% off on GMG, making it 30 € instead of 40 € here in €land. Certainly appreciated, but nothing that will make a cheapskate like me buy it ;)

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Well, Yeah. But people who pre-order stuff nowadays should already know that you can wait and get some pretty decent deal on pre-orders in comparison to ordinary prices.

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That's what you get for pre-ordering.

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Not Blizzard's fault really.

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If you're such a loyal costumer then you should be happy when paying more.

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The countdown has gone to zero yet I see no sale.

ITSASCAM!!! DDDD:

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;~;

1 decade ago
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It says 6 more hours on my end.

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6 hours and 57 minutes over here.

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14 hours, 23 minutes for me.

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Allow paypal.fr in your noscript. :P

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2 mins left for me!!!

1 decade ago
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But-

Why does it redirect you to Paypal.FR?

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