PSA: Don't buy from or sell to G2A

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Hi, as my last act of goathood, I’d like to pass on a message.
You shouldn’t do business with G2A because they’re a bunch of slimy motherfuckers.
Here is a wonderful post laying out the reasons why: http://www.fortressofdoors.com/g2a-piracy-and-the-four-currencies/

You should read the whole article, because it’s very good, but this bit works as a nice TL;DR:

When you buy a key on G2A, a lot of the time you’re buying a Steam Key
somebody bought with a stolen credit card. When the cardholder
inevitably finds out, they issue a chargeback and the credit card
company refunds them, taking the money from the store (plus a fee),
and giving it to the fraud victim. This means the store (or developer
if they’re selling direct) made negative money on the sale of that
key, as TinyBuild and IndieGameStand have detailed. However, the thief
still got paid. And so did G2A. So they do it again. And Again.

When you buy stolen G2A keys, forget “lost future sales” – money is
being taken out of developers’ and publishers’ pockets and given to
literal thieves.

And what happens when you buy stolen goods? Sometimes the stores are
able to track which keys have been fraudulently obtained, and they
cancel them. So you just saved $10 by buying a game from G2A, but now
your key’s been revoked and you have nothing. Now G2A has defrauded
you too! And no, they won’t refund your money.

…Unless you pay for G2A shield!

G2A knows that some portion of their keys are stolen and that
customers will get scared. So, they offer a guarantee – tack on a
little extra, and if your key gets revoked, we’ll replace it with a
legitimate one. And hey, it’s still cheaper than buying from the
official store, so it’s still a good deal!

Here’s a couple of videos on the topic:
TotalBiscuit’s rant on the topic:
(Jump to the 2:18:28 mark if it starts you at the beginning)
Den of Thieves:

And the original post that started this:
http://tinybuild.com/g2a-sold-450k-worth-of-our-game-keys