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Just move on.

All you can really do is mark it "Not Received" and move on.
EDIT: Nevermind, if you mark it "Not Received", it doesn't matter anyway :X

Also, update your email to the proper one. :X

Mark as not received and move on

RL could've hit her in the face. Nothing you can do about it, like all the others say, move on.

That user hasn't logged on for a week here, it might just be very well real life stuff going on.

This seems like it would be considered "calling out", even if you didn't post the giveaway link. Sorry to hear you didn't get your game, though.

I actually have her whitelisted, I'm thinking something happened and she's dealing with some problems, she hasn't made a GA since then.

They haven't been online in SG for a week now. Maybe they are really going through a rough situation and felt bothered by your insistence. Remember you can access Steam from your mobile app, which will show you as online, but that doesn't mean you're happily using the desktop client.

Thank you for the responses everyone! Since this might be considered calling out, I will edit out all of the information and move on.

EDIT: Is this actually considered calling out? She's listed on my profile so she can be looked up. If this is, I'll edit out the info.

Bumpy!

Give her a "X"

A lot of understanding people on here ,which is nice.
Though i can see how it's frustrating for the game winner.
Reminds me of that saying "Jaw Jaw not War War ".
But what do u do when someone doesn't want to jaw-jaw ?
Oh well ...Move-on :)

"She said there is a delay because she has an emergency."

From that point, after seeing the word "emergency", I would have backed off and not contacted them until 7 days minimum had passed. It sounds like you were acting anxious and continued to bother them before that.

"I changed my steam account email almost 3 years ago, but I never updated the email on my steamgifts account."

It's frequently reiterated that one needs to maintain an up-to-date email address on SG. There could have been a technical problem of some sort that caused an email to bounce or get lost or who knows. if that did happen, combined with your continued chat messaging, they may have gotten pissed off and deemed you a flake/stalker who didn't deserve the game.

If you're going to ask other people to uphold their end of the bargain, you need to have your Is dotted and your Ts crossed as well.

I have already received a gift from that person and know where she's from, she hasn't been online for a while now and she may have been a little flooded where she lives (or not). But yeah it's a possibility.

Her behavior according to your original post is not acceptable and also is wired. If you can't deliver the game for any reason then you should be honest with the winner.

Anyway, in this case i say just mark it as not received like as you already did and move on.

Hi I actually have the opposite situation and would like to share my story if that's ok. I just wanna say how this frustration can go either way.

I won a AAA title game key in a competition on a different site, but since I already had it, I decided to give it out in a giveaway. Someone won this giveaway I made and they told me this key doesn't work. I contacted the guy who gave me the key-and he was puzzled, and later gave me another key which I gave the winner for my giveaway. Guess what? they said the second one doesn't work either.

Then I bought a 3rd key (it's actually an activation link) for lots of money and I gave them it and I know for a FACT the 3rd key/activation link that I bought works because I got it from a shop myself...and again the winner said it doesn't work either..

-so then I HAD ENOUGH and made a ticket on steamgifts to let the admins help me out-still waiting after a few days but I'm not gonna buy the winner another key. i think the person i gave the 2keys and activation link probably activated them on a diff steam account or gave it to their friends -_- we just gotta move on I guess but ffs I wish everyone was honest and got on well together-this is a community after-all.

Sounds like she has a genuine problem, looking at her giveaway history as well its not as if she has a history of this, for example she has successfully given away Arkham Knight and Stardew in the past.

Perhaps she removed you from her friends list because she has a genuine issue and being bothered by people from the internet isn't something she wants in her life right now. She may have signed in by accident like I do from time to time via the mobile app.

She also could just not want to give you the giveaway.

Anyway you look at it, your only option is what others have said. Mark the giveaway as not received and move on and await a response from her in the future.

Suprised you took it this far tbh, she clearly doesn't (for whatever reason) want to send you the game, so it goes. There is nothing you can do to force her hand and nor should there be really. Time to let it go :)

Looks like her profile pic is suited for you.

Thanks again for the responses everyone! I'm going to edit out the info from the initial post. I'll move on and hope that she contacts me in the future.