Cheaper games from a Facebook seller????

[dave_s13]

Anyone used something like the following link for buying digital versions of games

£35 for Red Dead Redemption 2

What's the catch? How can this be legit?


https://m.facebook.com/xbswdgames/

[defend]

They use stolen credit card details to purchase a code, that they send to you to redeem.
Best to just buy it through the correct channels.

[dave_s13]

Interesting, cheers.

[The_Jackal]

Too cheap is normally too good to be true.
I would only trust CDKeys.

[A205GTI]

or they have registered it and give you a username and password to log onto xbox as a different account where the game is stored,

[The_Jackal]

A205GTI said:

or they have registered it and give you a username and password to log onto xbox as a different account where the game is stored,

Is that actually a thing?
So your game is tied to another xbox account.

Either way it sounds dodgy. You might as well game share with a friend.

[A205GTI]

The_Jackal said:

A205GTI said:

or they have registered it and give you a username and password to log onto xbox as a different account where the game is stored,

Is that actually a thing?
So your game is tied to another xbox account.

Either way it sounds dodgy. You might as well game share with a friend.

Here you go this explains it better courtesy of Ebay

XBOX ONE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ( SECONDARY Xbox Profile )This is NOT code, or disc.You get login details to start the download of the game, you play the game with your gamertag.You can not change anything on the profile, and can not be set as Home.Profile has to stay on your console, and you have to start game with given profile every time, then switch it to your own and play with your own.You will be able to go online, earn achievements, get automatic updates and buy DLC for the game.Delivery is from 1h - 24h, to Paypal registered email, NOT BY POST.

People do buy them apparently!!!

[Mastodon2]

The_Jackal said:

Too cheap is normally too good to be true.
I would only trust CDKeys.

I don't even trust them these days after they sold me an invalid code for a game, acted like it wasn't their problem that the code didn't work and when they eventually agreed to refund me, they didn't actually give me my money back. Finally, after complaining about their false refund they did return my money but the process took way too long and they should have taken ownership of their dodgy product immediately.

As for buying these dodgy games from eBay and Facebook sellers, you'd have to be daft.

[Loyly]

You'd have to be an absolute tramp to take a risk like that for a £15 saving.

[dave_s13]

Loyly said:

You'd have to be an absolute tramp to take a risk like that for a £15 saving.

Fair comment. It was a genuine question though, I was intrigued as to how they make it work.

Given there's a general negative swing toward RDR2 I'm just gonna wait til they come up on the usual online car boot sales for a bit of a bargain.