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Activated key on wrong Steam account - Best way to solve it?

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henriqueglaurelli

Title says it all.
I've won 3 gifts on my account, but activated then from remote desktop this morning. I didn't realized that someone changed the steam account logged on by the time on my pc, so went through with it.
I've already bought a second copy of one of then and will activated it on the right steam account, I have to do the same with the other two?
Is there any kind of ticket or support that I should ask for? What is the punishment for that kind of thing?

Thx in advance!

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madjoki

Contact steam support and explain. Steam support can move game to another account (if they feel like doing something instead of giving canned reply about something random).

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henriqueglaurelli

Really?? Didn't knew that is possible!
But I contact support from which account? The one with the games activated or the original one?

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MachinesAreHuman

did you ever saw that this happend?
because they say very clear, that they will not do this.

@op
had this before:

  1. buy the games (or trade for it)
  2. ask the one that gave the game to delete the giveaways (will prob. not happen)
  3. just let it be

What can happen:
you will prob. land on some blacklists, can't enter sgtools giveaways and maybe get a week or so suspended

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EvilBudgie

Once in a blue moon all members of steam support call in sick or go on vacation. That day, when nobody is supposed to be in the offices working on tickets, little elfs sneak in and perform some miracles.

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Acojonancio

Yep. The planets needed to be aligned and then steam support employees must do a blood sacrifice to summon a scholar that respond the thousands of tickets.

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henriqueglaurelli

I'm afraid of having my account deleted/suspended.
I really enjoy steamgift and would be a shame if this happens.

About buying the games: They r the kind of game with good reviews, so the price is a lil "high" for them, but not good enough to actually buy them...
I'm gonna try to trade some of them

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Lugum

Accounts don't get deleted, suspended? yes.

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Mihey3Z

I've already bought a second copy of one of then and will activated it on the right steam account, I have to do the same with the other two?

I think its fastest way, all games bundled and all of them u can find on https://www.steamtrades.com/

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henriqueglaurelli

I'm gonna take a look there...Maybe a miracle happens

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Mihey3Z

Tremorgames
Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood - 99 coins, 44 left in stock

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henriqueglaurelli

Thx! That is the one that I already had got lol
I'm searching the other two now..Killing Floor I've found on steam trade for 1.5 usd

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spigias

i have kf

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henriqueglaurelli

How much do u want for it?

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chairmankao

I could be wrong, but I thought this was in a recent bundle and could be found for well under $1.50.

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spigias

my trade section
https://www.steamtrades.com/trade/AoVHC/have-games-bundle-keys-want-games-i-dont-have

contact me at steamtrades to discuss, this is not the trade section

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henriqueglaurelli

Thx lol
But i've passed several weeks without winning anything before that

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IvankoTheFirstUA

That maight be not very interesting, but I have same lucky time.) 3-4weeks of nothing, then 2-3 in aweek.)

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SketCZ

If its some cheap or trash game just buy it or get it in trades. Solved.

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henriqueglaurelli

The value of those games is a lil high...Nothing abusive, but high for them.
I'm gonna search some bundles or anything to trade for them.

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iubjaved

only way to do this is to activate it on this account of yours, so you gotta get them anyhow. If you have something to offer, you can use steamtrades to get em easily.

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Yirg

If the more sensible suggestions fail, maybe try to offer the GA creator a game they want for their agreement to delete the giveaway.

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MysteriousMrX

You may also want to try barter.vg for trades. I haven't traded there in a while, but they make it easy to match up your wishlist with people who want what have available to trade.

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MistressLiliana

I did this once, ended up having to buy another copy of the game. I was off this site for a long while because of it since i had an unactivated gift.

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Atarlock

Well, talking about the mood in which you find the steam support guy ... it's very possible to solve this issue. Depends on what tone and words you use in the ticket :)

Have in mind that a friend of mine managed to merge two steam accounts in one, which is ... wow. He did it in just a few days after he made all the proper documentation and used a very nice form of addressing the issue. So yeah, use the steam support and be nice. It will be solved.

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