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this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2024
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I didn’t know they could do that.
If anyone feels a way about it, there are places where you can get your content back.
This has always been the reason that key sites are not recommended. People steal credit card numbers and buy a key with that number. They then turn around and sell that key on a key site. The bank then does a charge back and the key gets voided, even if it's been redeemed. So now you're out the cost of the game, the game itself and the scammer keeps the money.
This may be true for sites like G2A but Humble?
That's how I feel but they didn't know that it was even possible. Even G2A has a policy that helps the buyer in those situations, YMMV. It really depends on circumstance but the tech is there. Like the headline says, you own nothing.
Could one not just then do a charge back themselves?
On a credit card? Yes. On a debit card or gift card? No.
I’ve recently learned that debit cards now have benefits like chargebacks that credit cards were the sole keepers of for decades. Debit cards were losing too much ground to credit cards so they started doing the same things.
Good to know.