Yes, I did something very stupid - I bought a Dead Space 3 key off a russian site.
The key I got was for a Russian only version of the game.
Yes it was dumb, but usually the games I get this way are not restricted, and google translate did not translate properly

I emailed their support with the following:

Hello,
I did not know this version of Dead Space 3 is Russian only.
I can't understand Russian, and I have not redeemed the key, would it be possible to get a refund?
I'm sorry for the trouble
Thank you


Their reply
It made me laugh so hard.

I couldn't help but imagine Markus from borderlands sitting there typing that reply with a big ass grin on his face.


TL;DR - Bought a russian language only key by accident, asked for refund, their reply made me lol.

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sell it to a russian for 2 donkeys and a goat.

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Fuck, I got offered 2 chickens and a rat. I got ripped off, now I'm mildly upset.

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Poor Tzell, but ofc they also cannot know/check whether you used it up.

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Put (RU) at the end of your name, start trading games for TF2 keys and buy the game with keys again, this time giftable copy for steam.

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I don't think they have Dead Space 3 for steam because Origin are being greedy bastards

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Then do what he said, without the "buy the game again" thing.

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i don't get what's so funny about "No refund"?

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Usually customer support tries to be diplomatic.
Even if they say no its usually something like "We apologize but at this time we cannot offer a refund for this product. Product page clearly states yatta yatta"

Their reply has zero 'professional' customer conduct - "Hello! NO!"

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but why u need all that apologize stuff? you got your answer and since that product doesn't say that it's russian, they have nothing to apologize for :D

sry, i'm in a mood like this now, nothing to do with you...

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You mentioned the right point: MOOD.
Professional salesmen shouldn't treat anyone badly because of a bad mood.
But actually, it seems they looked at Tzell and thought: "You're on the other side of the globe. Can't reach us. F*ck you!" and lost a client forever.

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I am totally agree with you.

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I think alot of people are misunderstanding my explanation.
I don't like fake smiles and 'apologies' either and I did not want anyone to apologize to me but when I give someone else my money, I expect that someone to treat me with some basic courtesy.
Same way the letter I wrote to them was polite and not "Yo fuckheads gimme back my money!"
However, I explained I find this funny, due to the 'lazy' quick response. Their response wasn't rude just..well..funny

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You clearly said that you used translator to access the site. So why the store are even supposed to respond you in English? Its not their obligation to give explanations to foreign to them languages.

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+1

I'm a whiny american and I'd be happy with that answer. straight forward, concise, to the point, no bullshit, no fake copy/paste form apology ect. A question was asked, a question was answered. conversation concluded

Especially since the op said he had translation issues, adding a whole bunch of extra words is just inviting confusion, the support guy may have used a translator himself for allw e know

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Yup, I can attest to that coming from eastern europe. Customers are supposed to fuck themselves. Refunds and returning of products are non-existent and rip offs are fairly common.

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well at least they're honest :D

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+1 :D

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"Hello. No refund."

I lol'd, literally. It's funny.

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i had someone in my country's web-shop some time ago replying with "no". no greeting, no capital leter, just "no" and that's it :D

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Good one, few years back I ordered some albums from a music store in my country and wrote extra e-mail explaining how I want it to be delivered and that I can pay extra for that to be sure the contents won't be scratched or damaged in any form. Wrote it using formal language, of course. The answer was one short slang word meaning 'Chill, no problem'.

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I dont know, I simply laughed

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Russian is usually very evil and greedy. Do not buy anything in Russian stores.

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this is stupid :D
been using Russian stores a long time, never experienced any problems ;)

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+1

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I think the point is, if you DID experience any problems, you'd be screwed.

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+1

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+1

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Also they eat children for breakfast.

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I think it's not true.

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also they like communism

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and vodka

11 years ago
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ad other people's superbowl rings

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and hockey and bears and nuclear rockets, and using pencils in space instead of wasting funding and time making a zero gravity pen like America did, and losing the space race to America anyway(because america cheated and faked a landing(we didn't go for reals for another 2 years when we planted proof in case they ever thought to check)), and then giving Americans rides to space because we don't have our own rockets anymore, and secretly laughing at us about it

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I'm not sure if this helps. If you decide to activate the key I'm sure there are ways to change it to english.

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Thanks for the link, yeh I looked into that. And seems the only way to solve it would be to download a pirated copy and replace the language files. which kinda beats the purpose of owning it legally :P

11 years ago
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Tell us what happens when you activate it.

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Steam: "Hello. No activate."

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Maybe they are "racist fucks" as well ;_;

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No they're not. I'm sorry if I hurt you but you weren't very nice back then.

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Made me lol too, but i hope you'll atleast manage to trade it. good luck!

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scroll down for an explanation

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Remember russians will never give you a refund....xD

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At least they said hello. :)

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+1 :))

Hello. No refund.
But hello! :)

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A racism thread, good stuff.

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How is this racism?

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Have you read the thread? Read the thread.

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OP is probably of the same race as Russians. The Caucasian race, that is.

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slavs - israel ; I think it`s a huge difference in all cultural aspects tbh.

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Be that as it may, cultural aspects are irrelevant when it comes down to racial differentiation.

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slavs? huh?

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yes, russians are slavs

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Oh had a hunch thats what you meant. If you were referring to Russian and Israeli cultural difference, I can tell you that customer service in Israel tends to be awful aswell.

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:D this conversation cracked me up

11 years ago
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it's okay to rip on russians because they're white. Imagine they were blacks, tho... or muslims...

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Those things are not mutually exclusive.

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like that boston guy

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It looks like they used google translate!

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That's your own fault.
Pointless thread.

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If you bothered to read through the thread you'd realize I clearly say I did something stupid and the reason I post this is because their reply was funny.

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Pointless reply!

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how much?

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9.13$

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Yeh its around 9 bucks ish. If you want the key for a trade you can mail me (email is in my steam profile)

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That is a polite russian reply actually. I personally would promise to kill your whole family with rabid bears. And rape your dog of course.

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D:

But..what if I don't have a dog?!! I only have a cat!

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He'd buy you a dog first.

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"CATS," he said eventually, "CATS ARE NICE."

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<3

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Then elkranio is definitely going to have a slow and painful death.

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we don't need elkranio's death! seriosly! period

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Yes because clearly all Russians are nekulturny SOBs that haven't heard of civilisation, let alone the internet ...

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fuck yea, join the pigfest!

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I guess you still may be able to download some translation if the game itself doesn't let you change the language from the options menu

PD: I lol'd @russian Markus too :D

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Markus is so badass. Such a great game borderlands ;D

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Why should they apologize? On top of it the support member is not supposed to know english.

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why is he not supposed to know english?

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Russian stores deal with russian clients. If you are from Greece they should know greek? No. That's your problem

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But why are they not supposed to know English? I didn't know it was forbidden.

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at least you arent a super send lasbian

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No, but I'm stronger than an ant! If an ant was...THIS big!

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hahaahaha you are awsome

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You watch the same multi-million viewed YouTube video as I saw with slapstick comedy that most people enjoy, you must be awesome!

11 years ago
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Remember, no Russian.

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:(

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Who is it?

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The russian prime minister .

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Actually this is our president. Now I have to incite my white bear on you :(

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It's funny indeed, in the lines of "for Mother Russia!", haha. But it only shows their English is bad. Here's the reply they gave to a Russian customer regarding a refund (in translation):

Unfortunately we cannot perform a refund because you were provided with a working key and we already reported it back to the publisher.
Apologize for the inconvenience.
Best regards,
YUPLAY Support Team

So tl;dr would still be "Hello. No refund." :D

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lol

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You may want to note that they may not speak English that well and the response they gave you was the simplest way for them to convey the message. But yes, it is very Russian in its directness. :)

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domain name explains it all - Y U PLAY? :D

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Closed 11 years ago by Tzell.