Hey there, a friend of mine won a game a few days ago. When he tried to activate it, it said that the game already was bound to another account. The giveaway creator is fairly new to the site, but he has already done several GAs, which all seem to have been received (on of these is the same game my friend won). My friend tried to contact him both on Steam and to write a comment here on the giveaway, and the creator has been online several times since then. I think it would make both parts unhappy if the don't get what they have won/get a game marked as not received on the account. I know the creator has one week to give the game, but since he seems to ignore every form of communication, I just wanted to ask, what you guys would do. Is there any better way to get in contact with him?

Have a great Sunday! =)

8 years ago

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If he ignores him, just mark as not recieved after the 7 days.
There is not much more you can do.

8 years ago
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I say that you just wait the 7 days and if nothing report the guy/girl to steamgifts mods and let them handle the situation.

I know waiting will suck, but other then that there isn't much else you can do.

8 years ago
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There's nothing to report, marking it not received is enough

8 years ago
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Ah okay.

8 years ago
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Okay, thanks guys. I just thought it was sad for both parts. The creator has already made cool giveaways in the little time he has been here and then suddenly he gets a "not received". But yeah, I guess my friend will just have to wait.

=)

8 years ago
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Well maybe he'll contact your friend when he will see the not received feedback

8 years ago
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Yeah =)

8 years ago
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Declare war!

That's what the last five decades worth of presidents here in 'murica would do anyway...

8 years ago
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But I havent got enough freedoms at the moment =0

8 years ago
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I think they sell those at WalMart pretty cheap.

8 years ago
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Unless there's oil on his profile, it's not worth it.

8 years ago
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(╯ò_ó)╯~ ┻━┻

8 years ago
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Call 911 , and send ninja cats to his house.

Also as everyone suggested , if you already tryed to contact him ... just w8 a week and mark as not received .

Also you mentioned that he made another GA for the same game ...
Mby he messd up the codes , or made 2 giveaways for the same game by accident ( happens quite often actually )

But still if there is no response after your atempts to contact him ... just w8 a week and mark as not received

8 years ago
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Yeah, I also thought he might have messed up with the two keys =/

8 years ago
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Also, where can I hire those Ninja cats? Seems like one could always use some of these.

8 years ago
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Ninja cats unfortunately are not part of the 'murican armed forces... sad panda.

8 years ago
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are u talking about me? the description is equal to me ahahaha, but i dont ignore user xD

8 years ago
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No no no, I'm not talking about you =D

8 years ago
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I had a similar situation. Won game, key was duplicated and tried to contact the creator but he didn't reply or accept my friend request. i just marked it non-recieved and never bothered again.

8 years ago
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Okay =/

8 years ago
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I have the same issue, but worse. I gifted a game to a guy by sending him the gift via e mail, but he didn't check it and I didn't receive my feedback. tried contacting him on Steam but he doesn't accept my friend request.
A private message system would be so nice to have in here

8 years ago
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The best thing to do would be to claim back the gift and ask for a reroll if you are still unable to contact him after at least 7 days after the giveaway ended

EDIT: I've just seen that it has been less than 24 hours...some people only check thair mail once a day or less

8 years ago
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I don't know if I can reclaim back the gift, since it was automatically sent by Steam to his mail after the payment step.
Anyway, I have the receipt so I can prove I sent it to him in a week or so

8 years ago
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Ha, yes, I don't think you can get it back in that case.
But check the winner's profile, if he has already won some giveaways & marked them received, there's probably nothing to worry about.

8 years ago
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A gift sent by email directly from cart is still stored in your Steam inventory. So you can find it in your inventory and return it if you think something went wrong. But since your giveaway ended a day ago, just wait a bit longer - the winner has 7 days to reclaim his win.

8 years ago
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Right! I just noticed that. I'll wait some time anyway, I just don't want to get a negative feedback due to the guy thinking I did not send him the gift after the giveaway ended.
Thanks for the answers

8 years ago
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Contact winner of other copy of same game, say: ayy what yo key? If same, sue for fraud.

8 years ago
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Hmm, well I guess this would atleast help finding out what happened =)

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