G2A is Charging Users for Being Inactive

G2A is an infamous digital marketplace for selling game keys, with many citing the website's shady practices for selling stolen keys. Now the site has come under fire for charging users for an "inactivity fee".

These fees are issued to users who don't log onto the site for 180 days and charges the user 1 Euro each month. If the wallet doesn't have the adequate funds the account is terminated.

“If User does not log in through the Website to User’s account [sic] for over 180 (one hundred eighty) days, the Company is entitled to charge the User’s G2A Wallet inactivity fee in amount of EUR 1 (one) per each month, or less, if there is no sufficient funds on the User’s G2A Wallet to charge entire inactivity fee. The Company is also entitled to terminate User’s G2A Wallet, if there is no sufficient funds on it which allows to charge the inactivity fee. Charged inactivity fee is not returnable. The User is to be informed about terminating his account.”

In the same Reddit thread, an apparent G2A account gave a response in an attempt to try to help users. It ended as terribly. 

“It costs money to upkeep accounts (IT infrastructure, server maintenance, etc.) and if someone does not use the account, it doesn’t make sense to upkeep it. We don’t require these users to buy anything, just log in at least once every 6 months, just so that we know they are still with us. As a financial institution we are also monitored, supervised, and audited and have to back up and explain all our accounts and the funds stored on these accounts. Once an account may be considered “abandoned,” we take certain steps to make sure we are in line with all regulations, jurisdictions and laws.”

This isn't the first time G2A has been under fire and with this new issue it's likely users will go elsewhere.

Adam Siddiqui, NoobFeed
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