Will you go through my giveaways too? There's a banana with your name on it.

It's so context dependent, for example, have they continued to not activate games or was that the only game they didn't activate?

you need to make your own judgment call

My opinion is check the rest of their won giveaways. If the ones not activated all are in a certain time period(most possibly when they were still new to SG) and after that they have everything activated normally maybe let it slide since it's been long enough and it could just be that they were idiots who just didn't read the rules but found out later and corrected themselves. If however they appear to do this on a regular basis may the banhammer of justice fall on them!

reported a guy for winning payday 2 twice, her/she got a two week ban............

No option for "They should be taken out and shot!" ???

You going soft on me?

I'm sorry to bring this up to public attention but:

a 3-months user was reported for not activating half of his gifts he won in the last 2-3 weeks. He also re-gifted two of them. Ticket is still open -for one week now, it's not answered not closed. Proof is simple and straightforward, a crosscheck of his won items against his steam library.

On the contrary, during this week a friend of mine got suspended for a month for breaking the exact same rule. That was really dumb of him and a fair reaction i guess. But that fact made me wonder: Is support dealing with some tickets instantly and some tickets really slow? or is there some kind of immunity for some users? :?

Edit:
I voted "no" by the way, i think a year is way to much time for such transactions. However if the user has a pattern of not following rules that comes to now, then a year's time of misconduct should be taken into consideration.

IMO the having to activate a game rule is the stupidest rule on SG.

If you never enter a giveaway for that game again after winning, what's the difference? There is none.

Thank you Yeliena i still have my hopes high. I really don't like getting others suspended but for some people it's the only way to stop them from exploiting the system ;)

@foe, i beg to differ for too many reasons (regifting, selling, multiaccounting and the rest). ;)

Report them! Let them feel the ban hammer! D:
Burn and bans for all the heretics! D:

It really depends on how long ago imo. 1-3 months definitely report. Once it's been about 4+ months I feel like it should be left alone, SteamGifts doesn't seem to have a statute of limitation so I guess it's entirely up to you though.

Do you think that people who have murdered a year ago should still be caught and punished ?

Yes, they have broken the rules, although a long time ago, and should be punished.
No, it was a long time ago, and the police are already flooded with cases, just forget about them.

Burn them on a stick while throwing rocks @ them and laughing !

NO

it was a year ago, a small mistake.
repeat offenders should be hanged.

If he violated rules and cheated sb once it will be even easier and easier for him to do it again and again, zero tollerance for people who have propensity to behave like shithead. Castrate them all on sight

Since the rules doesn't state when a bannable offense is expired. report them.
don't have a lot of GA made, but i'll check (if possible)

The punishment for not activating win is just a 5-day suspension anyway, which, honestly, is just a slap on the wrist. Makes no difference whether it happens or not.

Just blacklist and move on.

i actually did a mistake like that,i won a game back when i wasnt really sure how the giveaways work (like 2 years ago).
guy gave me a duplicate key so i asked for a new one,and he said that he doesnt have anymore for that game and gave me a key for another game with the exact same price,i asked one of the support guys about it after some time and he said its ok. so i think long dead minor mistakes should be forgiven.

For sure. If they have yet to be punished for it, then they'll most likely think that they can get away with it, again.

Lol it depends on the severity of their actions isn't it?

Did you think about, that maybe winners can't activate their won giveaways because of region locks?

Why not? Suspension is always fun.

just for precaution, maybe chat with them first
usually they already get suspended before, but still havent activate those game now
if you report them again, that's just being mean

note, i vote punish them though

You did the right thing reporting him.
I reported one weeks ago for the same reason. He didn't activate some games he won months ago and is trading the gifts he won from me and one he won days after i gifted him.