Is this site legit? cdkeyshere.com

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Krieger91

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Someone in the crysis 2 thread mentioned this site. I had never heard of it before... is it legit or a scam?
 
I haven't used it, but it's not coming up on resellerratings.com.
 
yeah I think I posted in the crysis2 thread about buying it, its legit, there's many websites that only sell the game key, you get an email with a photo of the serial, already bought half a dozen games from there, no problems so far..

edit: I saw this message on their website:

CdKeysHere Hi guys. Today, CRYTEK company contacted with us and they asked us to stop selling Crysis 2 CD Keys. From today we ll not be able to sell this game anymore. If you purchases before this message we ll contact you. We apologize for the situation.

weird.. looks like crytek want to milk their costumers more money than its worth :|
 
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A lot of these sites sell "grey" market keys. Meaning, they are keys that are sold in other countries for significantly cheaper due the the economy and/or to combat piracy there. Those keys are not suppose to be sold out of said countries.

It isn't uncommon for companies to ban a grey market key from your account. Some people slip by and sometimes games are just ignored but many do get the game removed from their account (EA did remove a lot of BFBC2 from peoples accounts when it first came out that bought grey market keys and valve did it when the Orange Box came out as well for just two examples).

So just a heads up on that.
 
Yeah, while the keys are legit, the reselling of them by these sites is not. Therefore, the publishers can select to nullify the validity of said keys at that point. I purchased such a key for Diablo 2 without hassle, but many people had their Modern Warfare 2 keys banned last year after buying from these sites.
 
ex0du5 said:
Yeah, while the keys are legit, the reselling of them by these sites is not.
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That's what the publishers of the game want you to think. Many countries have Trade Agreements and other Trade Laws which make these kinds of sales perfectly legal - and unlike a videogame EULA, a Trade Agreement is completely valid in a court of law.

It might be ethically wrong to sell keys which were intended for low currency countries to customers in higher currency countries - but not always legally wrong. I am not defending or supporting the practice - just pointing out that game publishers cannot say what is legal or not, it's the laws and agreements in between the governments which matter.
 
Drexion said:
That's what the publishers of the game want you to think. Many countries have Trade Agreements and other Trade Laws which make these kinds of sales perfectly legal - and unlike a videogame EULA, a Trade Agreement is completely valid in a court of law.

It might be ethically wrong to sell keys which were intended for low currency countries to customers in higher currency countries - but not always legally wrong. I am not defending or supporting the practice - just pointing out that game publishers cannot say what is legal or not, it's the laws and agreements in between the governments which matter.
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Unfortunately, you as the buyer have almost no way of knowing whether those agreements apply to the particular case/country you are in. So you are still taking a gamble - even if it is legal in your locale, if the publisher bans the key what are you going to do about it? Return it? Sue them? You have no real options here, so as always, buyer beware - just be prepared for the possibility of your key being banned (which may be a risk worth taking, depending on the discount).
 
Forceman said:
just be prepared for the possibility of your key being banned
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Absolutely correct - anyone who uses these kinds of services regularly should at least have the knowledge that there is some level of risk involved.
 
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