Sleeping Dogs steam download $20

Ricochet

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That must be a good price. I just sold my code for $26 that I got with an AMD card.
 

polypterus

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Is this site legit? There is a lot of broken English and the FAQ page says you have to verify your account by phone.:confused:
 

motodude

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From their FAQ
4. What happen's if i receive the request for ID verification and i do not want to send any ID.

  • We will refund your order and charge you an administrative fee of 25%, also depend of the risk level in your account we may decide if we need to ban yoru account or not.
I wonder if verification might require SS#, mothers maiden name, town of birth, or other interesting info?
 

Zorander

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Nov 3, 2010
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Jumped on it without much thought. Account activation could be done either by phone or sms (I chose the latter which worked flawlessly).

Now waiting for the code to be e-mailed...
 

KaOTiK

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it's not shady

Actually it is. They are what are known as grey market keys. Keys that are sold in other parts of the world for much cheaper for a variety of reasons. These keys are meant to be only for those countries (it is in the TOS when purchasing them there but you will never see that on these key seller sites since they are knowingly breaking it).

In most cases, you will be fine buying from them and owning the game on Steam. But there have been a lot of cases where Steam will remove the game from your library and there have been some people that had their accounts banned for really abusing it as well.

So, yes, these key sites are shady as they sell the key out of their region which is only meant for there and is even outlined in the TOS with the publishers.

Best case scenario, you own the game now for much cheaper. Worst case they remove the game from your account or ban you.
 

Craig234

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Avoid gray market and just pay the price for your region, or don't buy. Be glad you live in an area with more wealth that means a higher price.
 

Zstream

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I've been buying from these guys from the past year. I don't see them being "shady"....
 

exar333

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Actually it is. They are what are known as grey market keys. Keys that are sold in other parts of the world for much cheaper for a variety of reasons. These keys are meant to be only for those countries (it is in the TOS when purchasing them there but you will never see that on these key seller sites since they are knowingly breaking it).

In most cases, you will be fine buying from them and owning the game on Steam. But there have been a lot of cases where Steam will remove the game from your library and there have been some people that had their accounts banned for really abusing it as well.

So, yes, these key sites are shady as they sell the key out of their region which is only meant for there and is even outlined in the TOS with the publishers.

Best case scenario, you own the game now for much cheaper. Worst case they remove the game from your account or ban you.

This.

Buyer beware.
 

Destiny

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I'll just wait until Steam's Thanksgiving sale.

This! :awe::thumbsup:

Unless its a multi-player game where time and experience is worth to pay MSRP - I won't touch the game unless its $20 or less...