Half life preowned

Rincewind · 21 Jun 2007 at 18:44

i bought half life generation today for £5 from a well known competitor that's just been bought out. after getting home and trying to add it to my main steam account, it came up with a message saying it was already activated, now, what i'm unsure of is what to do now, should i contact valve with pics etc of my boxes and key etc or just take the game back?

NashTax · 21 Jun 2007 at 18:46

Take the game back, nothing Valve can do about it, the game is activated and thats it.

Good luck on your search.

Kemik · 21 Jun 2007 at 18:50

I wouldn't be too sure of that. Contacting Valve and telling them your game won't let it be activated they might remove it from the old account if you supply pictures.

Rincewind · 21 Jun 2007 at 18:51

ok cheers, wasn's sure if they would bother, i have the games on another account anyway but couldn't get them joined so it always says preloaded for half of my stuff depending which account i'm on.

-dan

Rincewind · 21 Jun 2007 at 18:51

Kemik said:
I wouldn't be too sure of that. Contacting Valve and telling them your game won't let it be activated they might remove it from the old account if you supply pictures.

that's what i thought, perhaps with a scan of the receipt etc.

machinauk · 21 Jun 2007 at 19:25

Rincewind said:
that's what i thought, perhaps with a scan of the receipt etc.

i had a similar prob with BF2142 becuase of a liar off ebay :mad:

ea just got me to fax a copy of the front and back of the manual to them and they sent me a new CD key

DaveyD · 21 Jun 2007 at 19:42

Rincewind said:
that's what i thought, perhaps with a scan of the receipt etc.

http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=70
This is what you need to do, though for £5, it's probably not worth the effort, it'll probably take ages.

Unfortunately Half-Life series second hand games are not good for buying second hand, as they come with a hell of a lot of hassle, some retailers really should know what they're buying off people.

VeNT · 21 Jun 2007 at 20:20

yeah I've seen games like WOW and EVE for sale 2nd hand at a couple of shops, like yeah, so you're saying that they are worth ANYTHING without the months sub?

Phil99 · 21 Jun 2007 at 20:33

I didn't think you had to use Steam for the original Half Life?

Rincewind · 21 Jun 2007 at 22:21

Phil99 said:
I didn't think you had to use Steam for the original Half Life?

strictly speaking, no, but strictly speaking, i already own the games, and already have them on a steam account, but made a new one upon release of HL2 for some reason, therefore seperating my two worlds...

DHR · 21 Jun 2007 at 22:43

NashTax said:
Take the game back, nothing Valve can do about it, the game is activated and thats it.

Good luck on your search.

Not true, contact customer services, send them a photo of the cd and key with yourself if need be! Worked a treat for me!

Aelred89 · 5 Jul 2007 at 23:56

DHR said:
Not true, contact customer services, send them a photo of the cd and key with yourself if need be! Worked a treat for me!

Me too

Vonhelmet · 6 Jul 2007 at 19:41

I got Episode One second hand and had them deactivate the old owner's copy so I could activate it. I didn't even need a receipt - I just sent them a photo of the manual with the key on it.