I heard about this a few days ago, but wanted to check it out before I posted it.
G2Play are a Polish games retailer. They are currently selling serial numbers, which I believe are gutted from retail copies, online.
Essentially, buying a serial from them is legally acquiring a serial from Valve, it just it is cheaper for them to not ship you the box, and let you download it from Steam.
At the moment, The Orange Box and Left 4 Dead are very cheap there (especially the latter), and the end result is the same as buying it digitally on Steam, except cheaper (and on your steam record, it will say you have a retail version).
I can't see any reason not to use them, I've heard lots of positive reports. If anyone wants to take the plunge, let me know how it goes.
The Orange Box, PC - £10.11
Left 4 Dead, PC - £10.11
Note: because of how they calculate currency, it is cheapest if you put it in dollars. Saves like 50 cents.
Also I converted the price into GBP and it hardly changed...
Steam serials from other places
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Fantastic find, finally got L4D and code only took about 2 mins to arrive. Cheers.
Works like a charm. Thanks for the tip!
Worked for me, I was slightly dubious about it but seems fine.
I'm getting Page Load Errors from the g2play website when I try to visit - has Valve shut them down, do you think?
Hasn't worked for me - appears to have taken my money and not sent me the key.
Received my authentication key instantly. Great stuff.
Just got a copy for my nephew, worked without a hitch.
Great tip-off.
I was a little suspicious at first, but I got my code instantly and have registered the game on Steam no problem.
Just need to d/l it now.
Thanks!
I just read that Steam may (or may not) start region locking codes, essentially making any G2play codes unusuable outside of Poland.
Apparently Steam have done this before with another site (it was Russian I believe).
I bought my code from G2play but with the current 50% off offer Steam have going on I'm thinking maybe I should've gotten it from them directly instead.
Ah well, it's working for now...
This site was good at first to get word of mouth but now people are receiving used keys or no key at all. Their checkout process doesn't work and if you just send them the money directly you will not get a key. if u email them they will say you didn't pay.
Viktor Wanli is a known thief in all eastern Europe and now in rest of Europe too. He moved hes "business" from Slovakia and Czech rep. to Romania, Poland and now to Singapore, to prevent his victims from sueing him in Europe. He trouble with police is well known and at this moment in Poland they are checking hes business for fraud on people and the polish state, because he cheated on taxes/VAT. He was selling Gold on MMORPGs too and never paid taxes for that.
Hes business, like any other keyshop too, is definitly ILLEGAL!
All this keyshops are not allowed to sell the games only as a key, but have to delive a physical media (CD/DVD).
It is like a guy would get a leasing car with the term to only him use the car, but he would sell the car to you for a half price without any documents. You drive this car and think, it must be legal,because the car works ;)
cmon guys, dont be so silly. you can download the games on torrent and co. for nothing and not give the money to this fishy guy. that would be the same what you do in buying in a keyshop.
"it must be legal, because it works"... what a naiv and childisch opinion ;)
Well, Anonymous, I can certainly understand your point. Honestly, I don't know if it is legal or not, but I have no doubt that it is moral.
The licenseholder is getting paid for each of the serials sold, and that is enough for me.
If Valve want to stop him selling these serials at low prices, it is only so that they can continue to artificially raise the Steam prices of their games over the retail releases.
All these countries are part of Europe and Europe is a free market which means any European can buy what he wants from any European country. The game publisher cannot block the keys it would be illegal.
Companies want globalization so they can manufacture and sell where they want, well guess what customers can also buy what they want and where they want!
Bought many games there and no problems ever.
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