jimbohammers Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Hi, I bought Football Manager recently, but i had a few problems with it and the game was running really slow, so i sold it on ebay. The person who bought the game is saying it says the code on the back of the instructions has already been used and is linked to a steam account. Surely this game cant be used again, that would be crazy? How can i solve this? Do i give them my steam account details? Thanks for any help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 The game is permanently linked to your account and consequently cannot be sold on- you will neeed to refund Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbie2100 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Under no circumstances should you give your Steam account details to anyone! What you should do, if you are a nice person, is to let the deal go back, FM2012 can't be sold to a 3 party, because once its activated, it can only be used on the steam account it whas activated on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbie2100 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Delete Delete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbohammers Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 So only one person can ever use the game? What a farce! The reason i am selling it is because it was running so slow on my computer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_B Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Yep! It's one of the million-and-one reasons why adopting Steam screwed over you, the customer. But hey, at least Sega are making money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbohammers Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 Other people seem to be selling there games... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_B Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 And the people that are buying will have the same problems! (Edit: or, as suggested below, they're selling pristine copies that haven't been activated). I would suggest you write a letter to Sega complaining about the perverse way they treat their customers. They may claim that the Steam Subscriber Agreement that you are asked to agree to before buying the game (meaning you're expected to scour the small print at the back of the game then go home and log onto the internet before you buy it...) covers this treatment, but that agreement is extremely badly written. It's perfectly reasonable to read the agreement, believe you understand it, and still have no idea that you're being banned from reselling the game you thought you owned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthCraigus Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Are they selling new copies though? When you say it is running slow on your computer, what sort of game are you setting up? Maybe you could try loading less leagues or a smaller database, and use the options to make fixture processing faster etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorsmen Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Do the right thing and give the poor soul his money back, not ideal for you but very unfair on him buying something that is deemed useless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soverntear Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 tell him you we're unaware of it and refund the money. as for return shipping well you might have to foot that bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 And the people that are buying will have the same problems! (Edit: or, as suggested below, they're selling pristine copies that haven't been activated).I would suggest you write a letter to Sega complaining about the perverse way they treat their customers. They may claim that the Steam Subscriber Agreement that you are asked to agree to before buying the game (meaning you're expected to scour the small print at the back of the game then go home and log onto the internet before you buy it...) covers this treatment, but that agreement is extremely badly written. It's perfectly reasonable to read the agreement, believe you understand it, and still have no idea that you're being banned from reselling the game you thought you owned. You do not own any game you have in your possession, no-one does. What you're paying for when you buy a game is a license to use that game. Passing/selling that license on to someone else has not actually been permitted for pretty much ever, with pretty much every game (not just Football Manager 12, literally any game from any company on any format). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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