IS G2A LEGIT

[Hadi7200]

I see battlefield 5 for 1.97 on a website called G2A, is it safe, if not what precautions should i take?

[Fasauceome]

Just now, Hadi7200 said:

what precautions should i take?

Paying with paypal is the most secure way to buy something you're wary of, since they have purchase protections.

[zinton]

It's probably a scam or you think you're buying the game, but it's really just some microtransaction item or DLC. 
See if anyone else is selling it for the same price.

EDIT: also cant go wrong buying from a seller with high rep.

Old adage: If it's too good to be true, it probably is.

[Hadi7200]

28 minutes ago, zinton said:

It's probably a scam or you think you're buying the game, but it's really just some microtransaction item or DLC. 
See if anyone else is selling it for the same price.

EDIT: also cant go wrong buying from a seller with high rep.

Old adage: If it's too good to be true, it probably is.

Yep just double checked ad it was DLC...Phew

[PorkishPig]

15 hours ago, Hadi7200 said:

I see battlefield 5 for 1.97 on a website called G2A, is it safe, if not what precautions should i take?

G2A is not safe in any regard. Sure, you can get a key that works, but most if not everything you buy from G2A is keys purchased with stolen credit cards. With that in mind, keys that come from GOG, Rockstar Warehouse, and Origin have an incredibly high risk of being deactivated after purchase. If your key ends up working indefinitely, understand that your purchase is essentially scamming the developer out of that sale and you may as well have pirated it.

 

Please, for the love of god, stop supporting G2A. They are the scum of the earth. If you want to learn more, watch the video below.

15 hours ago, fasauceome said:

Paying with paypal is the most secure way to buy something you're wary of, since they have purchase protections.

G2A uses their own scummy system called G2A Pay, which introduces extra fees to use PayPal and receive buyer protection. There are no guarantees with this payment method.

[JabroniBaloney]

If you support people stealing credit card numbers, feel free to support G2A. 

[Tsuki]

please dont support grey market bullshit

[Hadi7200]

Damn bruh i got s*** on, I dont even have RAM for my first pc yet 

[DesolationGod]

https://isthereanydeal.com

 

good site to find deals... never had issues with sites linked through this

[highwolf_x]

Yeah, my friend had his credit card info stolen after buying something off G2A, so definitely shady.

[LogicalDrm]

Any site where you aren't buying from site itself, but from seller having ad on the site is not to be trusted outright. You can't know how seller has got the key. If retail for key in Origin is maybe $20-30 (Brazil etc.) and you see game sold at $10. Then seller has paid less than $10 for it. If they have paid for it. Also make sure to check ToS of the site. Many of these sites don't have any consumer protection unless you pay them for it. Kinguin, for example, has only 48h from the moment payment goes through. If you don't handle issues in that time, and have not bought any extra protection, your loss.

[aBattleBorn]

On 3/12/2019 at 5:26 AM, Hadi7200 said:

I see battlefield 5 for 1.97 on a website called G2A, is it safe, if not what precautions should i take?

 

On 3/12/2019 at 5:26 AM, Hadi7200 said:

I see battlefield 5 for 1.97 on a website called G2A, is it safe, if not what precautions should i take?

yep.

i get all of my games from g2a.

the only problem is that their customer service is shit,so just pay with paypal and that's it .

oh and check out seller feedback,buy only from seller with 90% plus positive feedback.

[Gareque]

It's safe enough to use, I've bought some things off it in the past.

 

But at the same time, the keys are not always acquired through legitimate methods.  When I found that out, I stopped using it.

 

Things like credit card scams to buy stock in game keys, then selling them on the site.  They got into a bit of trouble with it iirc.  I think it's in the past now as I recall them making a deal with epic or rare, can't remember which?  But it kinda stuck with me.

 

Nowadays I pretty much stick to Humble Bundle or CDKeys.

[Retorak]

I have bought some games from g2a in the past.
I encountered 3 types of how your purchase can go:

1. You buy a game with the g2a shield (costs more) and you are guaranteed to get a game-key. This has always worked.

2. You buy a game without the g2a shield and get an already used / not valid / other game - key. This happens quite often if you don't buy from a big seller on that platform

3. Same as above but you actually get the key, which often isn't the case.

In terms of account usage on g2a, there was a controversy about g2a taking dollars of your g2a wallet if you don't log in regulary. You can buy games without an account, though.

I would recommend cdkeys instead, never had a problem buying keys there.

[Gareque]

3 minutes ago, Retorak said:

I would recommend cdkeys instead, never had a problem buying keys there.

I had 1 problem since starting to use cdkeys and it was when I bought a game and heard nothing of the key for several days.

 

When I raised it, although showing as in stock, it turned out it wasn't, so I was given the option of a refund or wait and get it when it's back in for the same price.  Chose a refund and it went through with no problems at all.

 

So the service side is fairly decent too there.