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If they are many, you can create a personal group and make a deal with members to accept GA deletion if the key is used/expired
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or like how I did it with the whitelist recruitment ;)
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Yeah it could work. Otherwise create a WL and write in the description that you're not 100% sure they will work and in case winner will have to accept deletion
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Considering how new you are, you probably don't want to take the risk of losing a giveaway spot in case your giveaway would either be marked Not Received or deleted. So it's probably best to just give them away outside the official Steamgifts way, like in the orphan key drop thread above.
I'm assuming you mean you're not sure the keys are used, though... because I'm quite sure keys don't expire.
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I have the exact same problem as you at the moment.
Thinking about making a puzzle and putting one GA that I now is legit and then add the other keys in the GA comments.
So at least I make sure that the ninja's don't nick it all.
but on the downside maybe the first solver will nick them all.
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Just wanted to say keys typically don't expire. If they've just been sitting there for years unused, they should be good unless it was some special deal where a key had to be activated by certain date.
edit: for example, I've given away Humble, Bundlestars, Indiegala keys etc. that had been sitting there for years before I found steamgifts. (That's actually why I came across steamgifts in the first place).
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GreenManGaming has an official policy of dropping support for keys after a week from purchase, and has been known to invalidate keys after a couple of months.
IndieGala is known for the occasional "dead" key, and their support is less than stellar in the best of times- wait too long there, and they most certainly won't help you.
None of the other sites should give you any problems as far as dead keys go, though it is worth noting that even Humble doesn't extend their support for issues after "years" of leaving your keys sitting unused. So even though sites like Humble are making strong efforts to fix bundle issues, it's still best to try and not leave keys sitting around for that long, unused.
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In the future, you may want to consider an alternative approach, unless you really don't care what happens to the keys. That thread is known for being filled with bots and ungrateful users, and has a negative reputation in that regard. There are several other threads dedicated to giving away keys (through more controlled means), and you can always do your own forum events for them [for example, asking forum users to post if they want the game, and then using https://www.random.org/ to determine a winner for the key], or key-drop them inside your giveaways.
Moreover, if the only concern is that the keys are expired, then there are plenty of people who would be willing to join and give you an 'Agree to Cancel' if necessary. It is worth noting that yes, you will lose your slots in that instance- but you can gain new ones easily enough, so it's worth just holding on to the keys a bit longer if you're especially unsure of them.
Basically, don't feel pressured to "throw your keys away", just because some users say you should, and because there's a risk of people being entitled and disrespectful by refusing to keep their promise to agree to cancel. Typically the users on this site will have your back, and at the very least, there's ways to give your keys away that are more likely to gain you openly expressed gratitude than the orphan keys thread will.
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title say it all. what you think i could do?
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