G2A's Dirty Little Secret

G2A has a nice little racket going on with their "Shield" subscription for which you'll be charged 1 EUR monthly. Just don't try to cancel or you'll be sorry.
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[@nobodyhome9985]

This is the worst process I've seen for trying to cancel a service online.

[@superresistant0]

Oh my god, click next few times and confirm your email... the worst process I've ever seen in my life !

[@FateBoost]

SuperResistant No, click 6 hidden buttons, then give them your credit details, press another hidden button, then wait 20 mins+ for the email...

[@superresistant0]

VideoSimple So you never seen a real scam on the Internet ?

[@superresistant0]

***** No that's bullshit. You can pay in many ways like paypal and bitcoin. No need to give credit card details. Only dumb people do that.

[@FateBoost]

SuperResistant Of course I have, I was referring to g2a

[@wetlettuce4768]

It would just be easier to contact the bank and block the subscription payments...

[@nabidisla.5086]

Wet Lettuce they would sue you or go to PayPal Paypal otherwise was understandable and they blocket g2a for me and I don't had to pay the fee PayPal rocks!

[@wetlettuce4768]

Yung TedBounty Good luck enforcing a debt for a few bucks through any court....

[@nabidisla.5086]

Wet Lettuce I would bet my ass they would do

[@wetlettuce4768]

That's there loss when they have to pay hundreds of dollars to reclaim like five bucks and I still don't pay up....

[@nabidisla.5086]

Wet Lettuce Well in the past I ripped g2a off sometimes Was quite fun

[@noxris8569]

Why is nobody speedrunning G2A unsubscriptions?

[@Detonexploder]

the 20 minute cutscene demotivated me

[@farelalfarizihasan447]

Noxris next world record

[@madetobeawsome3176]

I couldn't get the Japanese version

[@manny2645]

omg yes dude this is great. I'm on it. Hahahah

[@Garagegarments]

the referee would go home out of boredom

[@TheAzumDude]

You forgot to mention that they cancel the deactivation if you dont click the link in email after 5 min :D

[@samuelbaird4983]

TheAzumDude Wow seriously

[@theohallenius8882]

Password verification email comes instantly, while cancellation email is.. well.. delayed purposely.

[@shreyasbhatt7112]

Fedir Hallenius tru dat

[@MusicU-zg8yv]

That Email thing meant that you should wait at least 20 minutes before trying again because sometimes emails are delayed

[@theohallenius8882]

No, they dispatch cancelation emails 20 minutes later on purpose, that's what I'm trying to say. I tried this myself and it's most likely the case. But changing password can be done within seconds.

[@Teddy_Bear312]

Fedir Hallenius you also have to use the mail in 10 minutes after receiving otherwise you get an error and have to do it all over again 😂😂 Fuck G2A and i will probably never buy from them again, i dont support such bussines.

[@Teddy_Bear312]

Alexander I'm not gay but I like Laurens Hamilton its is, happened to a buddy of mine

[@ibobbyman]

I started laughing so hard when it got to the sad squirrel XD

[@lightningnewt8394]

me 2

[@yassorider1954]

Me too xD

[@arturg888]

scrolled down to comments as it came to the squirrel ...

[@SkrrtCC]

bobbyreads SAME

[@Charkel]

Should have been a picture of a sad dog I would have clicked the green button

[@ValentineC137]

no idea how G2A is still somehow up and running and hasn't just been taken down

[@freddyready8756]

they are using a grey market, not really legal or illegal. or a better way to put it, no morals and its worse then pirating. pirate a game is better then buying "dirty" or stolen keys.

[@seamie6644]

Probably someone backs them up? And a majority of gamers (imo of course) enjoys a game with high quality and low cost. That's what makes them still alive.

[@Wolfangs88]

Valentine their HQ is registered in Hong Kong , paradise of scam companies and money laundering

[@Citydell]

Why are you everywhere?

[@balint1067]

Because most of the people didn't notice this pile of shit and keeps charging them

[@cyntical410]

"I thought we were friends?" Lmfao

[@AngeloRockyOfficial]

Cyntical who's lmfao a korean

[@inject5373]

SoZ Onyx his brother is lmao?

[@terrorclaw1813]

Want to know another funny thing? The email you get, you need to use it within 10 MINUTES that you receive it or you'll get an "invalid token" error. And you'll have to restart the entire deactivation process again. NEVER again will I use this scummy website.

[@DerJP]

Terrorclaw this happened to me. Since you have to wait for 20 minutes before the mail arrives, you will most likely guaranteed forget about it. Cheeky

[@neflah9398]

Terrorclaw lol

[@worstplayer8204]

DAMN!

[@BassDropMonkey]

Terrorclaw they don't send the email until the last 1 minute.

[@danielbeaston]

mmoga is a pain because of someone us just want to use paypal with it

[@epictrash7056]

- 1 friend

[@stealth_pool8780]

Mission failed Well get em next time

[@botez5671]

Stealthy_ Person booooooooooooooo

[@THCv3]

Stealthy_ Person *We'll

[@Deviiih]

+1 euro

[@SkratchersOtherWorseChannel]

Devi true

[@kemopypes4567]

they should make it, WAIT 49 hours before the email arrives.

[@RedFenceAnime]

"Sorry, you can only unsubscribe from the service in the last two days of the payment term."

[@GameToony]

Wait 49 hours, you now have a 30 second time frame to use this email. good luck have fun gg

[@lagado1lag]

lol why u waste time in the website? I just cancelled the service in my PayPal account, easy in less than 5 seconds!

[@neocodexx]

Zone not really, if the seller canmot provide you means to cancel the service or respond to your claim PayPal has full right to reimburse you in your favor. It happened to me when I couldn't login to the swtor website because their email service is broken and the confirmation email never arrived, I tried a hundred times and this is a common problem with swtor, you cannot even contact their customer service without logging in. EA did not respond to my PayPal claim and PayPal not only canceled the subscription but also refunded the last two months of paid subscription for me. And EA never responded to any of that.

[@neocodexx]

And if you cancel your PayPal subscription the seller (G2A, mmo sub...) will just automatically cancel it on their side as well as no payment has arrived. There is nothing illegal about this. It's the seller's fault i in the first place that he has not provided easier means to cancel it.

[@warlord-urbanterrorjumpstu5571]

100% legal to go into paypal preapproved payments and cancel it. PayPal is not classified as a bank and it is 100% allowed. According to seller terms on PayPal it is mandatory for sellers to allow buyers cancel subscriptions.

[@sterpumihai]

in my case the shield option remained active for some months after I have cancelled it from the paypal account. Must've been a bug or something.

[@TheFrozenBean]

www.g2a.com/r/https-www-g2a-com-r-qb808buy

[@owenalt2752]

reminded me of the "Far Cry 3: Blood Draon" tutorial

[@buttbuttersonmcbutt795]

Penguin Games oh I remember that

[@BestMeme2031]

That game was the shit

[@hokkqi5956]

"Sprinting is Like running, just faster"

[@bradsdog3032]

"To jump, jump"

[@yashlmfao]

dude this is too much...thanku for letting me know this shit

[@RazingHel]

One thing you can do as consumers is tell all the youtubers who promote this site what G2A is actually up to. Even big channels like PewDiePie are taking money from G2A to promote them.

[@Mr.Adhesive]

for the very last slide they need to make the green button deactivate it (switch the buttons).

[@MarcinKralka]

don't give them ideas!

[@illuminiangel]

My Girlfriend was wondering why I was getting angry at the computer, why I was screaming, pulling out my credit card, repeatingly checking my email and just staring at the screen... She almost left me that day... I was just unsubscribing from G2A "Shield" - Thanks again G2A, I'll miss you my old friend?

[@vraua]

if she almost left you because of a small think like that, you shouldn't be with her then

[@RedDevil2557]

Savage

[@Emastermk]

That squirrel trick won't work with people that hate furries.

[@Emastermk]

Love the video btw

[@dynamicm0n070]

DatSoldiersASpy Official yes btw your picture is nice

[@linzeracyki4659]

So everyone

[@RustyLemon]

Don't worry, it wont work with furries either, its not explicit enough

[@wetlettuce4768]

It just might be the final push an already pissed off person needs to punch their monitor meaning they can't cancel their subscription...

[@Sueshe]

I would have fucking lost it if they made the last screen's deactivate now button green

[@JakeG59]

Sueshe hahaha I was just thinking what if you just couldn't really a fucking Shit and just clicking deactivate and to make your sure paying attention they make the deactivate button green to people that fuck up have to start over

[@Peterscraps]

you know for the amount of time it would take to do that (about an hour) I could just drive down into town to my bank. Mark the G2A subscription as fraudulent and cancel it. and be back home drinking tea before I could get it done manually.

[@rockkdev]

*Last step clicks green button* Mission failed, well get em next time.

[@Stelath]

R6

[@Lonkaaa]

They charge like $1.23 every week they charged me on dec.6 then dec.9 I haven't bought anything since November wtf!!!!!!!!

[@johnmoore9588]

I almost bought ArmA 3 Apex with g2a. I didn't trust them at all, I ended up coughing up the extra $10 and just buying it on steam.

[@raaboh]

they usually dont't sell anything, sellers sell the codes and if seller has 100% positive feedback you can buy, i bought few keys and all were good

[@FatheredPuma81]

I just bought GTA 5 from scdkeys and it worked perfectly :D. I also deleted my G2A account. $10 says that cancels my subscription.

[@johnmoore9588]

Charles Barkley Lmao I wish

[@silvanolopez3216]

Nice, you supported the devs in the process too, thumbs up to you man.

[@TBags2212]

Im unsure if i'm severely autistic or not. But is this legit the process g2a uses?

[@FreezingHotCoffee]

T Bag Yeah

[@name-vf6ku]

T Bag sadly... yes

[@animatorpanimilator3492]

They find possible loop holes to manipulate and thus use "emotion/mind control" basics to get your trapped in paying for the sub..

[@fero5070]

Yes

[@hexdev]

they changed it. You have to go to g2a pay now and deactivate there.

[@theicer213]

The way they worded a lot of the pages was pretty scummy as well.

[@N4orEditor]

i bought the crews dlc with g2a, no problem. i bought gta v, no problem. my friend bought overwatch, he got scammed. im trying to say g2a is like opening some csgo cases, the odds of you getting what you really want is shit......just expect your money to go away if you buy from them.

[@LordnuggetorxD]

not really, i've bought 14 games from them and not a single one was a scam. All you got to do to have REALLY high odds is see the sellers succesfull rate (100%-90% is good, less is bad)

[@MikeM-py2hq]

And even if you get scammed, you can open a dispute on g2a and in most cases you get a replacement key or a refund.

[@LouisAndPillz]

And even if you don't want to open a dispute on G2A with their shitty customer service, you can always issue a chargeback.

[@NoFunney]

26 games, one was scam got money back. Never bought g2a shield, customer support still comes to your rescue without it.

[@DjBewchacca]

I have only used g2a a few times, never been scammed, never dumb enough to buy "random" steam keys, but I will say it is a sketchy ass site and g2a shield subscription is bullshit anyway when they make you pay for it whether you have it or not.

[@TheKnicNicks]

Someone needs to speedrun this

[@sansastarsa]

fuckin 50 shades of g2a confirmation screens

[@thebatmanhimself]

How do I know if I accidentally subscribed to that crap? I payed with paysafe every time, so a subscription is not possible. But I just want to make sure ...

[@RazingHel]

Once logged in click on the "My Account" button, if it says "G2A Shield Off" then you don't have it activated.

[@thebatmanhimself]

RazingHel I didn't make an account.

[@RazingHel]

thebatmanhimself Well I'm not sure then, if you see it pop up on PayPal or Credit Card you could dispute it I guess.

[@thebatmanhimself]

RazingHel Nope, I paid with paysafe and I didn't give them any information. I also haven't been getting any emails or anything. So I guess I'm lucky. Thanks for the replies :)

[@SkyRied1]

thebatmanhimself How you can be charged monthly if you don't even have an account on their website? Just use your brain!!!

[@AKOSAV]

porn sites do that, nothing new here

[@zrex2metagor]

you pay for porn?

[@RUBIXCUBER101]

G2A = porn??

[@botez5671]

TheBoyOutside but insteqd of the squirrel it is mia khalifa.

[@majorlanguid]

TheBoyOutside P0RN

[@igamingmp1526]

zrex2metagor If u use brazzers yes

[@1finchgreen]

great choice of music, cannon in d. love it!

[@nindew21Laughyourassoff]

Most informative video out here! Good job

[@6abial]

if youre using paypal you can just disable there with one click

[@lactate]

ive got a lot of good deals from G2A. im not stupid enough to get the G2A shield tho

[@the.batmann]

Hermit Same

[@randomdudeontheinternet9926]

Hermit same here

[@waylandsmith]

Same. I've bought probably two dozen games from G2A over the last couple years and I've never had a bad key and have never used shield. In fact, you don't even need to have an account on G2A to purchase stuff which is one of the reasons I think I liked it to begin with. Just put in your e-mail address and pay and that's it.

[@reggiexp69]

Hermit never toke it. Only once. Cause i don't know. Never had money token.. Love g2a never got used keys. Not like allcdkeys jesus or something like that. Good after sale support but kinda shady (it not a ebay site its a real site with them selling the key, that was fuking cheaper then g2a with cod infinite warfare with mwr g2a 41euro, allcdkeys 34euro. Anyway i got a fukin picture of a key worked fine made me laugh if i see a picture of a key i straight think about stolen keys from shops) anyway my oncle bought from a site cause all keys on g2a where gone for cod and this site was a 42euro. Guess key used. Email tho them and opened a case on paypal, 2 days almost mail back they gave a new key.. Guess used... Also.. Ffs so he bought the infinite warfare solo. Then in total 4 days later again a keys who worked... But every time we got a code send we activated it like 1h later... Maybe they just sold the key already don't know but all i know g2a is my best bet

[@LordAJ12345]

Just pirate it, seriously. Buying it from G2A supports a shady buisness that damages indie devs. At least one studio had to shut down because of G2A. Most developers will prefer you pirating their game than buying it from G2A. twinfinite.net/2016/06/dev-going-buy-g2a-please-pirate-game-instead/

[@Xenrel]

It's like 3 or 4 euros now per month, and ACTIVATES without user knowledge..

[@philipphoehn3883]

Wolfenberg isn't that illegal?

[@Xenrel]

Probably was hidden in some kinds of terms and conditions

[@inurmomsbedroom123]

Wolfenberg It doesn't activate without your permission. You just didn't bother to READ! The checkbox for shield is fucking massive.

[@syok4929]

Thank you for posting this

[@HelioJorgeRodrigues]

Like many users i was scam by G2A. Only last month I discover they are taking 1.50€ every month from my bank account since January 2016! They say the first month is free(1 month trial) and they forgot to say after that "free month" they will take money from your account every month! And when you cancel that shit they scam you even more, you normally pay 1euro for the shield, after you cancel it, you start to pay 3 euros! Is not even worth it buy keys in the site anymore.

[@nikj1178]

they are charging me 3eur and I didn't even do anything ever

[@HelioJorgeRodrigues]

GonnaDoStuff I advice you to block that shit in your paypal or bank, because they will not stop charging that amount! Before is to late! When I Notice that was to late... I got charge close to 20 euros in several months payment of 1.50 euros!

[@nikj1178]

GamerDemand sorry for misunderstanding, I ment without subscribtion. They used to only charge me 1 eur, then after a while 2 and emideitely 3!

[@Hans-yp3te]

eh......... will my trial end will there be trial notification end??

[@HelioJorgeRodrigues]

Dr Pantsu Nope! They don't say anything. After that trial end, they will start charging the "shield amount" every month. They never say anything about that in the first time you decide to try trial for 30 days. This is a scam, G2A purposely hide that!! They charge money without the costumer knowing. If you read across the internet, you will see loads of people complaining about the same thing. A "trial" like it says its a Trial! Its not a permanent contract!!! they clearly do that on propose!

[@willchewning3744]

Ha ha ha! Oh man, this is hilarious! This video needs more views, it''s comedy + a great review, very well done.

[@kelton7839]

Song is "Canon in D"

[@JakeG59]

Crunkbar by John pacabel I presume.

[@mikaruba3587]

Stalker Of Pripyat Pachelbel

[@JakeG59]

Mika Ruba sorry

[@tomh4754]

+Lolyou 1337 THAT KILLS PEOPLE CARRRRRRRLLLLL!

[@PATRICKSTAR-ic7wk]

GOD DAMIT CARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLLL!

[@zeronine-eightyfour]

It gets worse, I marked the days I could deactivate it in my agenda, tried it 5 days before, didnt work, 4 days before, didnt work, 2 days before, didnt work, 1 day didnt work and in the end it just got extended and they took my money. Not going to buy from G2A ever again.

[@xTheBossRules]

mugenjouproject goodluck

[@Trinexx42]

Go to your bank and tell them to block G2A.

[@zeronine-eightyfour]

Thanks, i could deactivate it after

[@zeronine-eightyfour]

i could cancel the subscription after, they still took 1.50 euro though.

[@MichaelS-vy1ku]

anyone with this issue reading in the future, just call your bank and block g2a, g2a will either contact you to cancel your service or delete it themselves.

[@fipfip3331]

I just blocked their payments on my bank account 😂

[@FranopXD]

How do u do that??

[@DjIch1]

Oh wow it's less work to launch a nuke than to deactivate this g2a crap. :D

[@HunterDominic]

On the last prompt it should have switched the text between the green box and the gray text so people who weren't paying attention would just hit the gray text again and their subscription would stay active.

[@ayylmaotv]

That squirrel gets me everytime,i've been locked in the contract and the squirrel prevents me from getting out

[@ghostwalk3026]

you're verified at 1.7k? fancy

[@GenericInternetter]

You did the same thing for this video. This could have been a 2 minute video.

[@ozmega]

gotta do dem 10 min videos for money dud

[@NeverMemory]

That is why I refuse to just hand over my credit card information to some random online services I just heard about, I gave them the Paypal link instead. Although I think G2A might have gone wise on it though; earlier that day I made several purchases with my Paypal at Steam and Humble Bundle which worked just fine but having huge issue with G2A for, which I can only assume issue on G2A's side (I've made multiple calls to both PayPal and my bank to check if the issue is on my end). Either way, with Paypal, with one quick call to Paypal support center, I was able to kill the account link in a few minutes hassle free. The whole ordeal gives me a very good idea on what Grey Market is like. High risk, high reward.

[@shortcat]

On the last screen they should make "Deactivate now" into green button "Leave G2A Shield active" into grey link.

[@MinecraftMineturtle]

Thank you for this!

[@MatchitehewXaphan]

or you can call your bank and tell them to block payment to them and the bank legally has to do it I know because I've done it

[@F22C1]

A friend recommended g2a to me. Glad I read some of the finer details of their site. That site scares me.

[@gaotun49]

they have a lot of scammers lolz

[@dabob720]

As someone who was in a high school orchestra, that canon playing in the background unearths memories best left suppressed o_o

[@julianbrand3263]

Great job!

[@damianea103]

well g2a shield might become free if they want to continue their deal with gearbox

[@triplechocolate887]

that is spooky but tbh I don't use g2a shield half the time any how

[@rickachternaam7718]

I'm already exhausted just by looking at it...

[@updoggydoggydog]

Gotta love that background music...

[@Seattle.Eastside.Aerials]

Anyone else accidently click the green button like 8 times too? Fuck that shit man smh

[@steamonkey9927]

OK, I can't work out if I'm doing this right or wrong, but I love G2A. So far I've managed to get Overwatch, For Honor, Deus Ex Mankind Divided and Battlefield one for massively discounted prices without a problem. No reoccuring fees, no problems with customer service and no failed keys (besides Overwatch which I resolved in 20 mins with one of the reps. I got a new key.)

[@vibri_]

Every time it says "Leave G2A Shield active" take a shot

[@VaultNetwork]

This has sold me the service. I have now subscribed.

[@haithamstart8925]

I actually experimented the 20 minute email, I knew it was fishy turns out it's exactly 20 minutes, *sounds legit*

[@steamedauroraborealis8208]

Huhhh... I bought a game a while ago, and the G2a shield was selected by default when I went to checkout but didn't notice it. It was only like a 2 dollar charge, so I figured fuck it I didn't want to deal with the hassle of asking for my $2 back. Did I accidentally subscribe for a montly recurring charge? Or was that shield a "just for this purchase" buy? I don't check my bank statement for every dollar that's been withdrawn, so this is kind of concerning. I don't think I even have a G2A account on their website, I just paid through paypal.

[@Barni2212]

Same here. I bought a game and after 1 month the shield grab my money.

[@natarrlie]

at the end you should have said "we hope to see you in the future"

[@PaulNZYT]

also you disable shield before checkout and it automatically re-adds the free month trial when you pay

[@kakkaputti4209]

I buy games on g2a a lot. But I havent used the shield and i havent got any problems with keys.

[@Maxibaluco]

True,just don't use the fucking shield and problem solved

[@jameelramadhanclips9102]

Chroma Virus it still charges your bank account. g2a kept popping up on his PayPal, he canceled it, then it came back

[@MrFuntzel]

Well duh if you buy something itll charge your bank account. But if you dont sign up for G2A shield then it doesnt keep charging your bank account for it. Been using G2A for a while now and never get randomly charged cause Shield is deactivated

[@seasonal_clorox_bleach8308]

kakka putti most steam dlc: 15-20€ on g2a: 2€

[@kakkaputti4209]

yep. My friend asked me to buy just case 2, but in steam it costs 15e. And I wont pay that much from that old game. But In g2a 4e :D

[@ThisFace]

Okay. I use g2a when I want to buy game, which was formerly in sale but now it isn't. I never use g2a shield. Just buy the game. Is this video means I shouldn't buy game from g2a or just saying g2a shield system is fucked up? If it means g2a shield is trash, I don't use it so it won't be problem for me. Because at least for now I never had a problem with'em. Games works properly.

[@David-xd1ii]

Thanks man I learned a lot of customer retention it's actually ingenious how the trick you, not fun I agree but looking at it from the psichology of of marketing it's brilliant.

[@anarchyofducks4964]

They should of thrown a curve ball and made the cancel g2a shield button green.

[@timdevos7549]

thank god they didn't reverse the buttons on that last promt. that would be a major dick move.

[@sbhtk050sbhtk]

how do you get to the first cancel dialog...

[@RazingHel]

I think they might have changed it since, I no longer have the shield and it no longer shows as an option in my account. Sorry.

[@sbhtk050sbhtk]

ive been paying but it didnt recognize me as a shield user and i had to get a free trail and now i need to wait 27 days to cancel that shit

[@HackBoy678]

deprived better to cancel bank payments from ur bank if ur getting scammed

[@sbhtk050sbhtk]

Cant they wont let me

[@BIGproFAN156]

I accidentally left shield on when buying something, never realized it was a monthly thing... Thanks for the information!

[@romanized]

That "I thought we were friends" one was just ridiculous

[@mranonymousstar5002]

Can't the customer sue them for the whole drama?

[@RazingHel]

You can sue pretty much anyone, it costs a lot of money though.

[@ian1064]

Mr AnonymousStar its a hong Kong based company so I wish you succes

[@mranonymousstar5002]

Now it makes so much sense.

[@vectorAU]

watches this and still buys from g2a from the squrill

[@infernodorito]

BossesFantasy hell yeah

[@1FlashDeck]

why not use kinguin ?

[@fearlesswindows]

BossesFantasy Dafuq is that?

[@officialProf]

Great music choice

[@foxo161]

this is the video equivalent of a g2a shield subscription

[@superresistant0]

Well I was expecting down sides and a dirty little secret ...not "click next 5 times and confirm your email".

[@RazingHel]

Well a dirtier little secret is that they functional as an offshore fence for stolen game keys that's a nuanced situation and not as nearly as black and white as throwing up a dozen roadblocks to prevent Shield subscribers from canceling their subscription.

[@superresistant0]

RazingHel I've been thinking a lot about it and I think blaming g2a is totally pointless. The reason why this business exist is that banks don't give a shit about the security of their bank card system and keep selling broken payment system. Those security flaws do not exist in Bitcoin for example and startups like Revolut actually solved the card fraud by allowing 4 layers of security like one button to disable e-commerce transaction or location based security. As long as bank don't give a damn, there will be card fraud businesses all over Internet. g2a is just the tip of the iceberg.

[@RazingHel]

SuperResistant It is only the tip of the iceberg but just because my video doesn't totally upend an outdated banking system isn't justification not to make it. If you look hard enough you'll always find something more deserving of your time and money. When you complain to someone about something that's upset you in life do you want them to help you tackle the problem or point out that your problem is minuscule in comparison to the problems other people face and therefore you should shut up about it? Maybe I'm misinterpreting your sentiment but I'm not going to not call out a business for being anitconsumer and fostering a healthy environment for fraudsters to turn an undeserved profit just because they aren't the root of all evil.

[@superresistant0]

RazingHel This is actually my problem because I work in fintech and payment system. I don't think that the businesses using those flaws are to blame. The flaw is in the system itself, there are many solutions to fix it but banks are just too lazy to updgrade their system. I discover g2a recently, tried their services and I found them very professional for a "shady business" : a lot of payment solutions, fast customer help in many languages, much better gui than steam, ... You have to realize that the scam from the banks is way worse than what g2a is doing : 1 - they give the customers an obsolete broken payment system 2 - they make the merchant pay high fees --> prices are getting higher to cover that 3 - you don't get a single tip about basic security so you eventually get your credit data stolen 4 - they allow you to charge back on demand (no reason asked) so the merchant lose its money --> prices are getting higher to cover that 5 - this is only getting worse every year because banks make money out of it by selling insurances to merchants

[@RazingHel]

SuperResistant You may have a point about banks allowing businesses like G2A to exist in the grey fringe but in this very video I demonstrated just how anitconsumer their "shield" monthly insurance plan is. That's not professional.

[@Jjuancc]

Just refund on paypal. If you get banne like me just use a vpn

[@Asencion]

wow thanks God

[@DexLuther]

G2A takes even longer. I had G2a Shield on a purchase. Stupid code didn't work in my region like it was advertised. Had to wait weeks to give the seller a chance to reply to the ticket, which they never did, so right there the 5 minute money back promise is bullshit. Took almost a month to get my money back. Paypay takes 10 days at most, probably even less if you give them a call and tell them about G2A. What gets me is why G2A hasn't been sued or raided by the FBI yet for the bullshit they pull constantly.

[@DexLuther]

KaZixt, yeah I did too. My point is the shield promise it bullshit. You pay extra for the security that if the key doesn't work, they'll get you a new one in 5 minutes. When the key I bought didn't work, they open a ticket and wait 2 weeks for the seller to respond to it. 2 weeks is a lot longer than 5 minutes, and in my experience the seller doesn't respond because they've already ran off with the money and moved onto using another account. So I got tired of it and called Paypal. Maybe it's because the person I spoke to had past experience with G2A customers or I got them on a good day, but I got my full refund in a day.

[@vitasartemiev]

I had to check if this was posted on April 1st.

[@2ndGenBen]

Holy shit, they do NOT want you to unsubscribe. That is dedication to make THAT MANY dialogues. They should just have a bot generate new dialogue options and make it a text-adventure game.

[@ryanlittle522]

Im 75% sure its illegal in Aus

[@kipp4805]

Wait, so I've purchased the shield only about twice, and that was the price that depended on the game. I don't actually have a g2a account as I'd rather just pay the 55 cents every purchase from PayPal. Was I buying one-time shields or was it a subscription I was buying even though every time I buy a game I usually choose not to have it active as it would cost more money. Basically do I have the subscription or have I only been purchasing the one-time shields?

[@Enkabard]

You don't need account to have active subscriptions, you just can't manage them or unscuscribe. I know it personaly.

[@nathanielpillar8012]

NEVER buy the shield AT ALL. You don't need it. It's just an excuse for them to make more money. If you get a dodgy key, you are entitled to a refund regardless.

[@nocturnal8045]

nope.

[@DJogdog]

You purchased one time protection. It is *not* a subscription.

[@kipp4805]

Thank you.

[@untitledusername3799]

great background music ;)

[@reijin90]

I think they could've topped it by switching the button-design for the cancellation and leaving shield active for the last screen

[@ghostwalk3026]

ridiculous...wow

[@shamsta21]

Isn't cd keys better You know what if that doesn't work I'll just pirate a game #PCMASTERACE

[@yourdissapointeddaddy2057]

PCPIRATERACE

[@loster5853]

this should be a try not to lough

[@youngecujoh855]

Holy crap, when it got to "I thought we were friends" I thought this was going to end up going over the table stupid hard like that captcha video from dunkey.

[@champproductions6927]

All for $1 a month

[@mcmuffiner2245]

G2A does”nt want to lose your 1$ its 100 cents for crying out loud.

[@stenky02]

Well it is small price for a single user but if every human on world gave you 1$ Suddenly you have over 7 billion dollars :D

[@Xshinobi2k8]

Are you telling me that is super sketchy site acts sketchy.... shocking.

[@RazingHel]

Have you noticed how many gaming channels on KZbin still promote it? Pewdiepie promotes them as a matter of fact, you'd think that if the site was super sketchy then the face of KZbin wouldn't be partnered with them.

[@Erynii]

I remember I had trouble getting the confirmation e-mail too

[@dimfre4kske67]

Thank you for this important information.

[@ViPSandFight]

g2a just wants to help the consumer out! g2a understands that the consumer cant help, but get tricked, bamboozled, and even scammed more often than not. G2A knows that this maddening issue keeps reoccurring over, and over again, on g2a's astonishingly, business-to-customer-friendly, awe inspiting, website... However, regarding to the greedy people who just want to take the consumer's hard earned money G2A has the solution :) and yet this is how the consumer treats his friend ):

[@razmuzen1090]

The scam went straight through your head.

[@darkkartist]

what drugs do you take man?

[@NOVA-en4ci]

Are you a G2A employee?

[@aditbanks529]

Is it easier to just delete your account and remaking it?

[@RazingHel]

I don't know if you can even delete an account with them.

[@xsjado5]

You can. They just tricked me again into getting Shield. Did multiple purchases and just missed un-clicking Shield one time... sigh. This was my second time getting tricked, they don't refund, even when you cancel Shield that very same day. So I deleted my account and will never be using their site ever again. I suggest you all do the same.

[@RazingHel]

Chris Kenworthy The first month might be on the house, which is maybe why there was no refund?

[@xsjado5]

nah, its still 2.61$. it was not free... hence why im never using them again. they just trick you into getting it, and charge you even when you instantly cancel it.

[@RazingHel]

Chris Kenworthy Well, I'm sorry to hear that for sure. Was hoping they'd get their act together better on the consumer side of their business but thanks for letting us know.

[@davidmancel1604]

Imagine someone accidentally clicking on the Leave g2a shield active after the whole process on the last confirmation screen

[@kevincorrigan1754]

That is absolutely ridiculous, im never using their services again. Ty for this

[@Distorteduke50duke50]

who really care i can tell that little hamster no any day

[@AyoTexxx]

Distorteduke50 but can you tell xhamster no?

[@sleep3417]

BEYBLADERAYO10 Fraid not

[@SirChaiinsaw]

are you suggesting a day without porn? hah, amateur.

[@Distorteduke50duke50]

i dont under stand??

[@AyoTexxx]

Distorteduke50 xhamster is a porn site

[@meowyish]

well g2a was founded by 2 jewish men. so i'm not very surprised at this, what surprises me is how some people live up to the stereotypes so well.

[@ihatenothello6449]

gas em like my granddad done it

[@habbobestfet]

LUL

[@CDLightt]

Bartosz Skwarczek Dawid Rożek The names maybe sound a bit Jewish but how do you know they are? Google doesn't say anything.

[@ihatenothello6449]

ich weiss ich hätte es machen müssen zem germans are zem real enemy

[@ihatenothello6449]

ty for 8 likes

[@maddyg309]

I appreciate you documenting this. It's good to keep eyes on the more cancerous parts of the industry.

[@TheMRFIRE999]

thanks for helping me deside wether i should or should not join G2A