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What You NEED TO KNOW about buying CHEAP CD Keys - YouTube
Channel: Tech YES City
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recently my video editor who barely
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doesn t work picked up doom Wolfenstein
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2 and fallout 4 from Harvey Norman not
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EB Games not even Big W Harvey Norman
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the guys that sell furniture at the
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front and TVs at the back but here's a
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thing that was selling bethesda games
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for five Aussie dollars a pop that's a
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steam code DVD and retail packaging for
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less than half the price you can get it
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from online cheap resellers which brings
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us to today's slightly controversial
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topic the gray keys market now you may
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have seen me taking key site
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sponsorships in the past and to this day
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and that's because personally I don't
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see anything wrong with them
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I quite publicly use them personally but
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people in the comments section seem to
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criticize the legitimacy and legality of
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these keys and the short answer is this
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if the keys were not legitimate then
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steam would revoke games and windows
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wouldn't accept an activation but yet
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they do and they continue to to further
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emphasize the point of steam accepting
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sites like SCE keys and even the
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notorious g2a as legitimate distribution
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platform in the Steamworks key generator
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for developers the devs themselves
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offload directly to the site so much
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that it's a dedicated option if this
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option exists in the first place then
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that means technically CD keys are being
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generated deliberately for these sites
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to sell at their said prices more on
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this later the other big point some
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people love to make is the origin of the
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said keys stories of keys being stolen
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or forged for bolt distribution then
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only to be followed up with the news
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articles of said keys being revoked in
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the users library after the purchase
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have been published many a time yes once
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in 2015 Ubisoft disabled thousands of
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far cry 4 keys because they were bought
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from origin using a stolen credit card
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and then resold point in case being a
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stolen credit card and not to defend g2a
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but they are a marketplace and not a
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reseller themselves I think if we ought
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to classify a lot of these CD key
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websites as gray market and super dodgy
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then technically this context applies to
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eBay Gumtree Craigslist amaz
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and so on they technically are great
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market some or even most the time you
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don't know the seller you can't always
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verify the origin of the product if it
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works you pay and usually everything is
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okay that's how reselling works in the
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modern day but most sites will provide
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you with the money-back guarantee yes
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there are a few dodgy sellers but that's
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to be expected and has it a guest that
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there are way more eBay scams
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then there are reseller scams for
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cd-keys though we will never know since
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eBay doesn't release these statistics
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publicly however ultimately the core of
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a good business is buy low sell high so
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where do the legitimate keys come from
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usually resellers or hustlers either
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getting bolt keys from the developer or
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when the game is on sale mind you by a
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price pre-approved by the distributor
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and all the developer and still after
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all this they usually manage to make a
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price that comes under that of MSRP but
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there's also giveaways and promotional
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keys too like those you get with new
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hardware and graphics cards there are
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also another avenue for Hustler's to
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make a quick buck there's a really good
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article that I'll link in the
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description and they use the analogy of
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selling unwanted or duplicate Christmas
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presents
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case in point or point a case even
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within my home country of Australia if
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you have an Australian business number
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or ABN
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there are distributors here that can get
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you access to games under MSRP and even
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with quantities as minimal as one this
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can come under that of eb games and
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other retailers by quite a bit and
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technically if I wanted to I could start
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churning out my own CD key business just
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by making an ABN and applying for an
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account with the said company another
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strong argument and I guess suddenly
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that ties back to economics is that not
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everyone is willing to pay the same
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price so the developers release cheaper
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codes which usually don't end up costing
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them sales on their main platform and of
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course and probably the most important
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thing don't cost anything to make which
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in turn gains extra sales then it's a
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no-brainer right or wrong I just wanted
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to add that in there and lastly if
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everyone buys it at a cheaper price than
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MSRP and nobody buys it at the retail
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price then it's really just market
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research into how much you're gay
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is worth this is also the case for
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pricing in different regions the exact
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same games can be cheaper in some
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countries as opposed to others for
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example Tom Clancy's the division
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seasonpass costs 39.99 USD $39.99 euro
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which is $44 Saudi ryo 169 which is
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about $45 and Russian ruble 2399 which
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is about 33 dollars its tailoring how
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much the game costs - how much people
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are willing to pay in that specific
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region so really when it comes down to
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it lots of gray market key resellers are
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just buying cheap keys legally and then
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reselling them to people who would
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normally not pay MSRP in their own
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country and at the end of the day that's
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just how consumer behavior works anyway
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that's all for today's video guys if you
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enjoyed it then be sure to hit that like
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button and let us know in the comment
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section below where do you buy your CD
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keys from always love reading those
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thoughts and opinions as always and if
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you haven't already might want to pick
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up some merch even though I'm not
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wearing the tech yet City shirt today
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it's in the wash and I'll catch you in
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another tech video very soon peace out
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for now bye
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[Applause]
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yeah man I got the key but it didn't
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cost a favor
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are you gonna take me back to 1993
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