Hello everyone. I just won a giveaway for the first time ever. I got the gift in my e-mail and when I tried to activate it, it said that it has been already used. What can I do about it?

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you can contact the giveaway creator and sort it out.

if he doesn't deliver mark the giveaway as "not received" after 7 days and move on =)

10 years ago
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Fish are supposed to be slow! damn you! ;p

10 years ago
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hehe. I like how we chose a similar wording :D

also: I need to be fast to catch Commander Keen!

10 years ago
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Sharks are not slow, though.

10 years ago
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Contact GA creator about it. He should provide you with another working copy.

If he doesn't after 7 days mark it as not received and move on :>

10 years ago
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report

10 years ago
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nope - why should he report before even contacting GA creator?

10 years ago
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I would alert the giveaway creator about it and see if he or she does anything about it.
If not, I just won't mark the gift as received and move on.

10 years ago
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It's not a good idea to mark it as received if you haven't actually activated it, as according to the rules, the gift must show up in your profile.

10 years ago
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Could you actually read? thank you.

10 years ago
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To be fair, the wording was a bit awkward, so it's not surprising it was misread.

10 years ago
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Please inform the creator of the giveaway. Most likely, the creator didn't realize that the sent game activation code was used and may provide you with a working code. After 7 days, if you have not been able to reach the giveaway creator to receive the won game, mark the item as not received on your won page.

10 years ago
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I would e-mail to the gifter and ask him for a new key. He might have simply made a mistake (forgot that the key was already used for example) etc. Most of these situations can be resolved amiably imho.

10 years ago
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10 years ago
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all of the above and...

cry into your pillow.

10 years ago
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I added the creator in Steam and I'm waiting for him to accept my friend request. I hope that this will be resolved peacefully. :P

10 years ago
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Good luck!

10 years ago
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did you check against your library? it sometimes lags when you click it, adds to your library and continues to say it's been used...obviously by you at that time ;)

10 years ago
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Thanks. By the way, even though the giveaway was closed 5 hours ago, still nobody has received his game. I'm afraid it was a fake giveaway - and it was the first ever giveaway I won. :P

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5h is nothing - people have personal lives or are just lazy - they have 7 days to send gifts :> I rarely send my GAs before 24hours - I usually just wait for them till they stockpile and when I have more free time to send them all at once :>

10 years ago
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i did this before until made a simple website where i just need to put in winners email and everything is sent in seconds :)

10 years ago
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Man, I said you that he already sent me the gift. But the gift cannot be activated because it says that it has already been used.

10 years ago
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maybe he missclicked and sent same gift to more than one user? since, i assume, you received it by mail, that can happen. just contact him ;)

10 years ago
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I added him on Steam. If he doesn't add me back, I'll try to contact him by e-mail.

10 years ago
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Normally you wouldn't get the winner's email from SG, though. A friend request over Steam might be your only option.

10 years ago
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If it was a tradeable gift, sent by mail, you can see the sender

10 years ago
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Ah. Okay.

10 years ago
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Did he gave multiple copies in his giveaway?

10 years ago
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Yep, three of them.

10 years ago
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did he have any other giveaway before this?

10 years ago
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No, he didn't.

10 years ago
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than, as history shows, there's a chance he made a giveaway without knowing how the site works. that's a possibility to keep in mind

10 years ago
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I've done this once as well, i accidently copied the same key twice. The moment i found out i send the guy another key and all was fine. Don't worry too much.

10 years ago
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I'm pretty sure it's not in my library. I checked my library a million times. The gift is not there.

10 years ago
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what did you win?

10 years ago
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Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West.

10 years ago
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Well. He/she's currently apparently playing Warframe right now, so hopefully he/she will see your friend request soon.

10 years ago
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It's ok now. He sent me the gift again and it's all good now.

10 years ago
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:-)

10 years ago
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All's well that ends well.

10 years ago
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Lol, the gift you won is very appropriate to your avatar :D

10 years ago
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Hahaha, I was thinking the same thing.

10 years ago
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Step 1. UNLEASH THE GABEN

10 years ago
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Why do you insist on having only virginal gifts? It's shallow and more than a bit creepy.

10 years ago
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What? o.O

10 years ago
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You know getting a used key is one thing worrying about it just hours after winning it is another. The gifter have 7 days after the end of the giveaway to give you the game. Just don't keep pestering the guy about it. Some people will make you wait till the last minute to give you the game just for that reason.

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Closed 10 years ago by TheLuckyShamrock.