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Posted January 02, 2016
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Ultimately I don't want to help enable people running around with stolen cards
But I would think after they had purchased so much stolen crap with those cards, GOG teamed with authority could track the card(s) and, at least, block them.

You've got about twenty new GOG titles running past Kinguins front page (not that I bought anymore since Gog pulled the first one) selling for them half the price GOG does.

However I don't want to condone one company (for political reasons) attempting to sabotage another company on convenient account they believe those keys 'stolen.'

Gog could (and probably has) pulled some of my direct Gog purchases (for reasons we will never know since they don't leave any 'Dear Jon' letters) ....

....At the end of the day however if I can't tell if it's missing or not does it really matter that it's gone?

97% of my gaming time has been spent in Steam this year simply as there've been bigger sales on more modern games offering new experiences.

Anyone cry that Indievania bellied up?

Do you even remember what games you had with them?
Post edited January 02, 2016 by carnival73
Posted January 02, 2016
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CARRiON.FLOWERS: GOG stole my cat, my car, my microwave, my TV, my giant whale dildo...
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CharlesGrey: Please elaborate, good sir. Would that be a dildo in the shape of a whale, or a dildo in the shape of an actual whale dong? And if the latter, was it life-sized? And what would it be used for... ? ( Unless you keep female whales as pets, and just want to make sure they're... happy. )
I identify as a giant black whale and on the weekends an attack helicopter.
Posted January 02, 2016
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carnival73: Unh huh, ain't none of you c***s in this forum that smells like Jesus.
Just because you are too stupid to understand...

You bought keys from a third-party key dealer which were bought with stolen credit cards. That is why those games were being sold for less than you could get them on GoG. When GoG was informed of the theft and the credit card did a chargeback, your keys were removed. The reason they were not all removed at once is likely because GoG was informed of the various thefts at different times.

Its a deal "too good to be true" and it was.

They did exactly what they should. YOU are an accomplice to theft. In most countries, possession of stolen property is a crime. Some day, the legal system will catch up to these cyber crimes.
Posted January 02, 2016
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Ganni1987: Here it is, this epic thread always makes me giggle.

Quoting one of his famous lines: Well, in that case sorry to tell you but you've created the problems yourself right there, GOG doesn't provide keys to those sites and If I were you I'd stop buying from them entirely, they're a hit or miss and you seem to miss quite a lot with it.
So this is a hilarious thread backfire, then?
Posted January 02, 2016
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Sachys: GOG pulled my ex girlfriend!

Wankers!
GOG pulled my finger! Fools :D
Posted January 02, 2016
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RWarehall: They did exactly what they should. YOU are an accomplice to theft. In most countries, possession of stolen property is a crime. Some day, the legal system will catch up to these cyber crimes.
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Yeah, like retro-actively hauling all of GOG off to the pen for being in possession of warez before they cleaned them up and bought access rights.

Then riddle me this - why are thousands of other Kinguin customers and many other digital sites not having as many issues?

Are we certain this many credit card villains only prefer to shop at GOG?

No you say? Can you provide any sort of proof?

So Valve's security measures are much more up to par?

No you say? Can you provide any sort of proof?

Are we certain that some people aren't claiming fowl simply because the site is underselling them with their own goods?

No you say? Can you provide any sort of proof?
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Ganni1987: Here it is, this epic thread always makes me giggle.

Quoting one of his famous lines: Well, in that case sorry to tell you but you've created the problems yourself right there, GOG doesn't provide keys to those sites and If I were you I'd stop buying from them entirely, they're a hit or miss and you seem to miss quite a lot with it.
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Darvond: So this is a hilarious thread backfire, then?
I had three or four key store games - they pulled one back then

They waited until after this years holiday sales and now they are pulling the other two or three.

MAYBE - TBH I don't know why they pulled this recent one. Key-bought yes, but there might be some other reason such as "Our GOG patrol was looking through your window with a GOG drone and saw that you had The Legend of Kay working in PCSX2 so we felt dirty letting you keep it in your library."
Post edited January 02, 2016 by carnival73
Posted January 02, 2016
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carnival73: I had three or four key store games - they pulled one back then

They waited until after this years holiday sales and now they are pulling the other two or three.
Not everyone checks their card activity daily to see if it was used for unauthorized purchases.
Not everyone automatically withdraws any suspicious charges they see without asking their family if they used their cards.
Time from unauthorized purchases to detection and action may vary up to a few months.

No, a private company cannot identify if a charge is legitimate or not, nor can a bank do so reliably. The owner of the card must do so themselves.

So GOG didn't wait until after the holiday sale to disable the keys, they disabled them as soon as they got notice. Not to mention that since they do not notify the user, it is possible that the key was disabled during the sale, and you didn't notice it then.
Posted January 02, 2016
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JMich: it is possible that the key was disabled during the sale, and you didn't notice it then.
This would explain Wasteland 2 which I had to have G2A refund me for. I got it a month later during a GOG sale.

Well all this is adding up to is that GOG is under fire from crims and hackers because the other digi sites don't have this much heat on them.

Does GOG have a backup means to restore our library if they do succumb to a hacker/crook onslaught?
Posted January 02, 2016
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carnival73: Does GOG have a backup means to restore our library if they do succumb to a hacker/crook onslaught?
What do you mean by "restore our library"? GOG doesn't have a way for a user to delete their games, they must go through support. I assume GOG also keeps a record of their transactions, and you could also keep a copy of your receipts, just in case.

As to why people may use GOG instead of other stores to buy stuff with skimmed CCs, I guess it also has something to do with GOG not requiring an address to use the CC, unlike Steam. So the card details are all that is needed.
Posted January 02, 2016
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carnival73: Are we certain that some people aren't claiming fowl simply because the site is underselling them with their own goods?

No you say? Can you provide any sort of proof?
Given that the keys on those shady sites you frequent would have to be bought on GOG in the first place, in order to be resold elsewhere, would you mind explaining how you think the key sellers make money by selling the keys for less than they bought them for?
Posted January 02, 2016
GOG pulled my leg!

Fucking clowns!
Post edited January 02, 2016 by Randalator
Posted January 02, 2016
OP is salty.
Posted January 02, 2016
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carnival73: Several months later figuring I might not notice it.

Had some Van Helsing rip-off game (forget the title) from a key shop
GOG finally confessed they yanked it because they were not sure if it was sold by someone using a stolen card.

Stopped purchasing anything GOG from that point on.

Now they're doing a double take and pulling other key shop items I've purchase six months back.

Why don't they just pull them all at once so I can take a final inventory here, back up the rest of my library and pull out?

They pulled Legend of Kay this time. $20 when you can emulate it for free.
You got lucky. My whole account was deleted just like that. I recommend not purchasing a single game here.
Posted January 02, 2016
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carnival73: Several months later figuring I might not notice it.

Had some Van Helsing rip-off game (forget the title) from a key shop
GOG finally confessed they yanked it because they were not sure if it was sold by someone using a stolen card.

Stopped purchasing anything GOG from that point on.

Now they're doing a double take and pulling other key shop items I've purchase six months back.

Why don't they just pull them all at once so I can take a final inventory here, back up the rest of my library and pull out?

They pulled Legend of Kay this time. $20 when you can emulate it for free.
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exiled_user: You got lucky. My whole account was deleted just like that. I recommend not purchasing a single game here.
Too much salt is bad for your health,you know?
Posted January 02, 2016
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CARRiON.FLOWERS: GOG stole my cat, my car, my microwave, my TV, my giant whale dildo, my box full of dismembered heads, and my chicken sammich. They also tore down my Gaben poster and smashed my computer with a sledgehammer.

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they tore down your Gaben poster?!?!?!?'! Dem Monsters!!!! Never will buy anything from GoG again now -.-
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