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I'm pretty sure they are the ones avoiding trying to be scammed, that's why they want your ID, so you can prove you are from Italy if you want it for 1.49 Euros. The regular price for everyone else on the site is 23.48 Euros. Change the language at the top and see. Of course everyone will try to scam the 94% off price if they can, but are not in the appropriate region.

Oh and use Steamgifts + all the new posts are at the top.

Calling it a scam seems like a bit much.

My guess is that this discount went viral after being posted all over the internet (which probably does include a lot of traders / resellers trying to use shady methods to buy huge numbers of keys), and the people on the front line of handling all these orders are panicking and making mistakes. That doesn't totally excuse it, but I think it's probably more incompetence than malice -- they just weren't ready for the kind of things that happen when you offer a 94% discount on a popular AAA title, below what it's ever been offered for before.

I think there's still some chance that it will get pushed up the chain, someone reasonable will look at the huge number of Paypal disputes, and they'll throw up their hands and say "give them all their keys, we'll eat whatever losses happen."

Same bro I didn't even know. I went on the thread and everyone was all exited to get they're cheap Sleeping Dogs so I thought it was like a price mistake or something and went to buy it immediately. Got the verification thing and they just took my money. I filed a dispute though.

I purchased it for 1,49 eur and got the key working, whats the problem? where is the scam, i purchased via paypal, no problems here, if u change the language the price change too, lower its ita

Well I just won a Sleeping Dogs LE giveaway and the person sent me a Steam Key for it - it worked. I'm downloading it now.

I don't know if he got it via this method, but it seems likely. So for those scared about entering Sleeping Dogs giveaways because of this post, don't be.

Welcome to Gamesrocket - Your platform for games download. Count down and start playing!

From where i need to do that countdown? from 5 hours? 6 hours passed soon.... maybe i just started from wrong number wait... i lost my count...... well .. pic a number ... just any ... sheeps.... zzz..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..z (snore).

I just bought Sleeping dogs from that page, and i activated in steam. For the people that already buy the game, chech your profile in gamesrocket. In your account is the adquired game and your key.

I'm surprised people still dont have sleeping dogs tbh. The game has had a price error in the past and was massively discounted on Origin (which provided a steam key as well).

But then again I guess people could of missed those events.

Seems like a shady place...
I will avoid it in the future just to be sure. Requesting detailed personal info is too much for my liking, and worse, after taking the money... (>_<)

well i went to the italian page of the game bought via paypal and received my key and key worked fine. And i'm from france. :)
ps: they didn't ask me that form..

Ive just buyed 2 keys from them, first from the spain region for 1.95 EUR and 1 for a guy in Australia in the Italy page for 1.49 EUR and i didnt have any problem, my paypal is from spain and verified both with credit card and bank account, i think they are just taking some precautions since a lot of accounts arent really verified in paypal, im pretty sure that if you try to pay directly with credit card you wont have any problem...

Worked for me, no issues.
My payment details are from the UK, I live in Mexico. My paypal account has been verified for many years

They RANDOMLY send the extra information request to people.. it's not about paypal account being verified or not, it's not about which country you're from, it's not about paying with Credit Card.. it's random. It's crappy nonetheless but it's not a scam, it's just really bad customer service considering they request the extra information only once they already received the payment.

don't click on it

Their reasons to ask for are is really bad. If you order one copy and have verified paypal is only reason high number of negative booking from my country. It smelt with discrimination and they can have big troubles with it.

Shady Italian site. Avoid.

I immediately sent them a request to cancel the transaction. If they don't do it today, I'm going to have to make PayPal reverse it.

They can't TAKE your money without GIVING you the purchased product. They may require verification BEFORE purchase, but not AFTER they have taken your money.

Idjuts.

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

Interesting that this seemingly Italian store has a German address...

letter came without a key, the key appeared on the site in the "my games" (Imiei giochi)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is this working for anyone form the USA. asking before i try

In the topic about the sale someone sent a part of their site rules and it said, that they require ID and stuff to confirm your maturity for certain games if you are buying them between 6am and 11pm. It may be timezone dependant so thats why some people got their codes and others needed to fill the form.

Not sure how true that is though, just a guess.

Yeah i saw all of those people having trouble with paypal and i just used my virtual mastercard, it worked out fine. I would be crazy to give them all of this information just to buy a game on the cheap XD.

Didn't ask any info from me, stop crying baby.

I didn't try this, because I had the same problem in the past with other discount key sites. You make your paiement with paypal to a .it or .de site (Europe), and receive nothing. You then ask the technical support, and are asked for the same kind of thing by a chinese representative. I've been asking for my picture, and for my ID card (full reproduction including any security/verification number printed on it, allowing a malicious people to borrow later your identity).
The paypal policy states that if there is no physical good, there is no refund / dispute policy. In other words, you cannot ask Paypal to refund you for such a key. It simply means that there is NO justification for the seller to ask for this personal information, as you have no way of cancelling the payment.
I don't know if it is a scam or just stupidity, but I stay far from this kind of deal. My 2 cents.