Yay! The creator even blocked me on steam when I added him to "remember" him of the GA I won. Waiting 1 week to mark as not received.

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True story!

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It happens. Always check the profile of the giver to see if they've actually given something before entering. There are exceptions to the rule, but if someone's giving away Rome: Total War II or something else that's expensive/new, check to see if they've given something in the past; they might not know how the site works.

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This happened to me to, the guy thought that it was sort of a free raffle type thing and so he couldn't give me the game as he didn't have it. Its surprising how many times I've read about this story on the forums as well alas I guess it happens.

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Another useful thing I tend to look for is anything written in the description. If there's nothing there, it's a big game, and the gifter hasn't (successfully) given anything, I tend to be rather skeptical

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You're lucky, mine was an actual key, it was just region restricted >_>

1 decade ago
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Wow dude that sucks.

1 decade ago
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What did ya, uhm..., win?^^

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so u added him BEFORE 7 days have passed?

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Yeah, you can add the giveaway creator a day or two before the deadline, to remind him in case he just forgot about it.

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How long did you wait before adding him?

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i had the same 8 days ago
creator won't accept my friend request and no other way for me to contact him ...

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can't be reported? :/

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I am not sure, but for some reason steam seems to automatically block you, if you remove someone from your contacts before they accepted your request...

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I can confirm this, had that problem when trading some time ago

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so if I add someone and then remove someone else, steam blocks me from the contact I added?

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No, if you remove the person before he accepted you, at least I think so.

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well, it was a cheap game, I think it was in a bundle once: Death To Spies, so I didn't even check the proofile as fakees usually give out more expensive stuff.

1 decade ago
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It could be that he removed you because you added him. Don't do that guys, wait for a guy to add you or send you an email.

1 decade ago
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I was wondering if you can tell us who is that guy so we can report it to the moderator or something like that? Its sucks.

1 decade ago
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Unfortunately you can't, if you call people out on steam gifts you will get suspended pretty sure.

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What? That's incredibly fucking stupid.

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heh, yeah in fact someone called someone out once on a giveaway I was looking at which saved me from joining it, not that I would've won but it did help me but that person got suspended pretty sure. Guess they have their reasons in this as well, and it helps lower arguments I guess and stuff like that.

"Do not call out submitters in giveaways. Please click the report button or submit a ticket, do not comment on the giveaway claiming the giveaway to be fake. "
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Under Basic Rules of FAQ

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By I think a moderator

1 decade ago
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How would you like it if your steam profile is flooded with negative comments because someone pointed something out about you in a SG thread? Or maybe hundreds of people shouting fake in your first giveaway?

1 decade ago
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well just pm OP.

1 decade ago
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congratulations, and you just had to make a forum post becuase of it, like most others, send a ticket to support if anything

1 decade ago
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congratulations, and you just had to make a forum post

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Congrats!

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Nice one. Gratz! I have 2 fake wins and I feel great about them :D

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Cool story, but this is just calling out seven days in advance.

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Closed 1 decade ago by dexterprog.