Bought expansion from 3rd retailer

[Leclerc.3052]

Hello, i bought PoF&HoT from 3rd party retailer like 2-3 years ago. I read some entries in forum those 3rd party retailer may be risky (like getting banned). I have +3k hours on game with +20k achievement points but now it started to panic me out about it. So my question is, am i ok if 2-3 years passed to confirm that my keys are legit? Please give me relief about that.

[Linken.6345]

You bought a key and dident acivate it?

Well best bet is to ask anet if it is legit before applying it.

If it is already on your account, stolen credit cards can usualy only charge back within up to max 6 months i think.

Edited March 31, 2022 by Linken.6345

[Leclerc.3052]

Yeah, i applied it when i started the game with no idea.. So you think my key is clean by now?

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

If your serial key was suspect, the CS Team would have contacted you long ago.  You are fine.

Many third-party retailers are official retailers. 

[Baine.9650]

If anything, cs will now look into your account and possibly flag you for banning because you posted this thread, effectively admitting you broke terms of service

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

2 hours ago, Baine.9650 said:

If anything, cs will now look into your account and possibly flag you for banning because you posted this thread, effectively admitting you broke terms of service

What hogwash!  It is not against the ToS to purchase from a third-party retailer.  https://www.guildwars2.com/en/retailers/#Ireland-physical

[Baine.9650]

1. From TOS:
2.  
3. [You are not allowed to] Buy, sell, share, or transfer Use to the Services to or from any third party (including buying or selling Virtual Goods from or to other players for real money).
4. Sell, license, rent, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit, modify or create derivative works from, or in any way exploit the Services and/or any of the content or materials on the Services, in whole or in part, except as allowed by us or as explicitly provided by the Services.

[Linken.6345]

27 minutes ago, Baine.9650 said:

1. From TOS:
2.  
3. [You are not allowed to] Buy, sell, share, or transfer Use to the Services to or from any third party (including buying or selling Virtual Goods from or to other players for real money).
4. Sell, license, rent, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit, modify or create derivative works from, or in any way exploit the Services and/or any of the content or materials on the Services, in whole or in part, except as allowed by us or as explicitly provided by the Services.

yea thats rmt bettwen players not when you buy a key from a third party store and apply it to your account mate.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

1 hour ago, Baine.9650 said:

1. From TOS:
2.  
3. [You are not allowed to] Buy, sell, share, or transfer Use to the Services to or from any third party (including buying or selling Virtual Goods from or to other players for real money).
4. Sell, license, rent, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit, modify or create derivative works from, or in any way exploit the Services and/or any of the content or materials on the Services, in whole or in part, except as allowed by us or as explicitly provided by the Services.

So, you are accusing ArenaNet/NCSoft of advertising third-party retailers in their News Blogs and website just so they can ban those that use them?  What a silly thought!  You are aware that many purchase through Amazon, Best Buy, etc.?  That when Core released physical retail stores offered Guild Wars 2? 

 

Here's some official information (just like the ToS):  https://help.guildwars2.com/hc/en-us/search?utf8=✓&query=official+retailer&commit=Search

Edited April 1, 2022 by Inculpatus cedo.9234

[Shikigami.4013]

I have bought expansion keys and gemcards from 3rd party businesses for many years (dating back to the release of the game as a boxed physical edition, and up to the latest End of Dragons release).

A quick count came up with 7 expansions and 13 gemcards bought within the last 5 years for several accounts, there was never a single problem with any of them. Sometimes I just got/won store credit for free and didn't really have anything else I wanted to buy, so I bought gems or an expansion for an alt account or friend, just to support the game.

[GODh.3892]

There are a lot of good 3rd party retailers out there. And sometimes they have better deals than anet.

If it was a legal 3rd party retailer then i am sure that you are fine...

[TheQuickFox.3826]

• You can buy game keys from ArenaNet ==> safe-ish, but you risk a ban if your payment gets charged back. (If you want a refund you will need to ask support, and not charge back the money)
• You can buy game keys from authorized retailers ==> safe
• You can buy game keys from unauthorized retailers ==> probably still safe, but you're on your own. If the keys happen to come from fraud your account may be banned. And you will need to fight it out with the seller of the key to get your money back.
• You can buy game keys from random sources like eBay ==> probably still safe, but you're on your own. If the keys happen to come from fraud your account may be banned. And you will need to fight it out with the seller of the key to get your money back.

Edited April 4, 2022 by TheQuickFox.3826