as a bulk buyer myself, I will defen le bulk buyers!



some ppl prefer selling all/more games in one go, the seller should be allowed to do what's convenient for them instead of having multiple seperate transactions for individual $.25 games

To be fair, he was on my friends' list already. I just didn't realize he needed bundles. I amended my post within 10 minutes at least.

Edit: Like kijib said, it's about convenience. I host for another community and I generally only sell to this group when I have extras (usually at a better price so they sell like hotcakes). If I was a designated host for GroupBuys, that would be a completely different story.

Just so you know, this group isn't the only avenue for hosting group buys or selling your leftover bundles so your rule cannot be effectively implemented.

And like what ^ said, if you're selling your bundles you'd probably prefer to get it over with quickly rather than spending a great deal amount of time dealing with each person.

Besides, another host will probably appear since the demand is so great.

Who knows, maybe the person buying in bulk is gonna do a mass giveaway? Maybe.

Originally posted by kijib:

as a bulk buyer myself, I will defen le bulk buyers!



some ppl prefer selling all/more games in one go, the seller should be allowed to do what's convenient for them instead of having multiple seperate transactions for individual $.25 games

Buying multiple games from a host is still fine.

But I think what Pipken is talking about is, when people buying multiple copies of bundles from a host at happy hour.

Yes its indeed about convenience/time, lets say there are 5 games in bundle, one person asks game A, then 2nd person asks for same game A, but also games B, C and D (with exception that he will only buy if host sells all 4, not just B,C, D)..and i think its okay, if host is okay with that, its alot faster and you get guarantee, that you will sell the games you don't need.

Originally posted by Dr Power:

Buying multiple games from a host is still fine.

But I think what Pipken is talking about is, when people buying multiple copies of bundles from a host at happy hour.

The same logic applies. Imagine you have 20 bundles and take 5 mins to deal with each person.

Would you rather deal with one person or twenty?

Well, I'm certainly not happy about that (especially now), but I can understand that hosters, who are doing this volountarily, should have the right to sell to whom they want... After all they are doing this only to help others, if they change their mind, well, it's up to them...

Still i'm not happy till I get my bundle :<

If you bulk buyers could just stop and let me buy ONE bundle, that would be nice. Thanks.

Speaking for myself, many times I buy an extra bundle along with the one I buy myself to give as a gift. I have always gone out of my way to make sure that it was ok with the sellers. For popular group buys there is usually always someone willing to host as long as there are people showing interest in buying. Unless it becomes some huge issue where no one can find bundles because they all are being bought up by a few people, perhaps it is better to let sellers make up their own minds about who they sell to and how they do it.

I guess this happy hour just got ruined by one person buying up all the bundles..

Are we gonna have to wait for that person to sell it back to the market with marked up prices? I just hope we there's another person willing to host another group buy of this.

I too hate these idiots buying up all the bundles without even posting in the forum thread first. It wastes my time.

A solution could be using a pre-order/reservation list... We used to do that here, not anymore :-/

IF you're talking about people who you suspect are selling bundles for profit, contact Jur/TRMShadow/another admin. The group's rules specifically states something along the lines that you must use the key for personal use and that you must not keep the key. You're not allowed to profit in any way from the community. If you suspect something fishy is going on, don't be hesitant to support. If someones buying up 20 happy hour keys, odds are they're reselling them and thus would be banned from the community (if I interpret the rules right).

Else with reserving one game and someone snatching up 3? People are doing a service for you at a loss to theirselves. I don't feel that under any circumstance a splitter should be forced to pick someone. If you reserve one of the best games in the bundle and someone reserves the same game plus others shittier titles, I'll split with them because they're taking what I perceive as a loss. I usually try to warn buyers that "multiple games take priority."

Ultimately, it's the splitters choice. They paid for the bundle in the first place. The splitter takes on the risk of unsplittable games and take a loss. Scams rarely happen here, but they take on the risk of scams too. As a frequent host of splits, if someone doesn't contact me within a short-while after reserving, their game is available in my mind. I'll warn them first in the post, add them, and edit the post saying "XXX has not contacted me yet." If you're buying a game, it's your responsibility to post and then message me ASAP. I don't want to get stuck with a $0.50 game repeatedly - it adds up.

Ultimately, my goal is to get rid of many games as I can and keep what I want. I had an excel list of ~$45 of leftovers that I ultimately made only $4 on splitting in bulk. If a $5 bundle with 10 games splits @ $0.50 each, I keep whatever I can't sell. Usually I want 2 games and end up getting stuck with 3-4. So I'm paying double what you're paying for what I'm splitting. I clearly have no problem with that, as I get first picks. If you want first picks and to guarantee the titles you want, buy the bundle yourself and split it. That's what splitters have to do.

The only thing I think should be a rule (if not a decency), is if a buyer promises to buy or a seller promises to buy/sell, they keep their promise. Nothings worse than someone contacting you in steam, they tell you that they'll split/buy the game, and then they back out or sell to someone else.

That being said, I think it'd be an acceptable decency for buyers to disclose how many copies of games they've bought. I've seen people snatch up 2-3 copies of games and not let anyone else get them. I'd rather my game go to someone who wants it than someone who doesn't.

Problem is most people don't sell here specifically, especially full bundles (which is what this topic is about, not individual games). While mods try to control what happens here, they can't really restrict the seller to posting their stuff here only. Bulk buyers will probably sell the keys later on. Wait a week and most of these games will be on trading sites for a key each lol

And with the limitations Indiegala seem to be implementing, demands just gonna be greater than before.

It would also be nice if more people hosted group buys for IG Happy Hour bundles, i normally end up missing out