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2nd hand game steamOK here's the situation.....I bought empire total war off ebay, tried to install, steam won't accept my cd key saying its a duplicate as its already linked to an account....what do I do ? I have contacted steam support.
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Re: 2nd hand game steamSounds like you've basically been scammed. When you activate a game on Steam it's tied to your account. There's no way to transfer it, so the only way to buy a second hand Steam game is to buy someone's account details off them (and even that might be against their rules, not sure). You've been sold something completely worthless.
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Re: 2nd hand game steamWell if that is true, at least it was only £5 :L(Original post by Psyk)
Sounds like you've basically been scammed. When you activate a game on Steam it's tied to your account. There's no way to transfer it, so the only way to buy a second hand Steam game is to buy someone's account details off them (and even that might be against their rules, not sure). You've been sold something completely worthless. -
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Re: 2nd hand game steam^ What he said. Steam games can only ever be activated once. Get your money back - ebay should have buyer protection. Report the seller if he refuses to refund you.
Also, it's the Steam Summer Sale at the moment, you can probably grab Total War for about £5 new there anyway. -
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Re: 2nd hand game steamCan't download games at my house, very limted data usage, that would cut out my internet for a month(Original post by kitari)
Empire: Total War is only £5.99 on steam at the moment but that deal expires at 6 so you might want to hurry. -
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Re: 2nd hand game steamIt's only £6 on Steam right now.(Original post by moorbre)
Well if that is true, at least it was only £5 :L -
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Re: 2nd hand game steamWell at least now you do have a disc, I think you can buy it online to activate it, but get the data from the disc.(Original post by moorbre)
Can't download games at my house, very limted data usage, that would cut out my internet for a month -
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Re: 2nd hand game steamWell if thats true might be worth getting it anyway...(Original post by Psyk)
Well at least now you do have a disc, I think you can buy it online to activate it, but get the data from the disc.
I think i saw something like a gift system on steam a while back, can people buy another steam user a game ?...if so it might be an idea to get the ebayer person to pay for it instead of a refund -
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Re: 2nd hand game steamThat would make sense, but good luck getting them to agree to that.(Original post by moorbre)
Well if thats true might be worth getting it anyway...
I think i saw something like a gift system on steam a while back, can people buy another steam user a game ?...if so it might be an idea to get the ebayer person to pay for it instead of a refund
