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Well if that isn't a nice stark reminder that digital goods aren't yours.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (7 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago (6 children)

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.

[–] happysplinter 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Could one not just then do a charge back themselves?

[–] atrielienz 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

On a credit card? Yes. On a debit card or gift card? No.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] atrielienz 1 points 1 week ago
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