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Italy
1 review
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Poor support for fraud
December 7, 2024

Yesterday, someone broke into my InstantGaming account and purchased €150 worth of codes. InstantGaming's support refused to compensate for the damage, even though it was entirely the site's fault. I can say that because my InstantGaming account was linked to my Google account, which neither sent any access alerts nor showed suspicious activity. PayPal (through which the payment was made), on the other hand, identified the transactions as fraudulent within 10 minutes and refunded me.
To add salt to the wound, the customer service responses were unhelpful and even condescending.
In conclusion, not only InstantGaming ultimately had to return me the €150, but they also lost a customer

Date of experience: December 6, 2024
Ingrid B. Instant-Gaming Rep
4 months ago

Dear Customer,
Thank you for your review.
We are sorry to hear that your account has been hacked. However, please note that the security of your accounts (Instant-Gaming, PayPal, inbox) is your responsibility. We also want to clarify that due to our terms and conditions which you can read in this link https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/terms-of-use/, we are unable to refund these purchases once the codes have already been activated. We have also taken the initiative to deactivate your account so that this problem does not occur again and also to limit unnecessary risks and damages.
Thank you for your understanding,
Best regards.

Pennsylvania
28 reviews
136 helpful votes
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Scam company!
November 5, 2024

Cheaper, yes. But I never received the code for the bonus content from The Sims 4 Life and Death Expansion Pack. And they had the gallstones to get snippy with me in customer support?! There is no support! And to think that I would consider partnership. Update: They did eventually give me the bonus code, but it's for the wrong platform! I play on Xbox and they gave me the bonus code for the PC version. As I stand by my statement. Instant Gaming is a TOTAL SCAM!

Instant-Gaming attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: November 5, 2024
Florine L. Instant-Gaming Rep
5 months ago

Dear Customer.
Thank you for your review.
We apologize if our customer support was not up to your expectations.
However, as previously mentioned through our support conversation, your purchase never included this bonus content as it was not sold as a pre-order on our side. It was indeed also never advertised in the description/content of that product for Xbox Edition.
We Instant Gaming, sold the bonus separately on the release date itself.
Nevertheless, we would also like to insist that our team is always available before or after a purchase, if you require further information about a product you are interested in.
We thank you for your understanding and wish you a nice day.
Best regards.

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Always great deals and pricing at Instant Gaming and friendly customer service whenever there are queries... but... the re-requesting of already approved customers and re-doing KYC is so annoying and needs to be fixed. Otherwise I would easily give 5 stars

Date of experience: December 21, 2023
Florida
1 review
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Overall a good purchase, support was friendly and fast. Only thing that was complicated was the verification process after having purchased the game as it wasn't really stated anywhere.
But after doing it, it was all good and I received a, so far, working Windows 11 Pro key.

Date of experience: December 6, 2023
Albania
1 review
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Excellent!
October 11, 2023

Been using Instant-Gaming for years and i can say that i feel very happy with the service, it is fast, secure and have challenging price... A big thanks to the support teams as well, they always respond in short time.

Date of experience: October 11, 2023
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Brilliant website
August 31, 2023

I am really happy with Instant Gaming, but want to be totally honest about the pros and the cons!

I will start with the negatives, which is that VAT is added on top of the listed price, so it isn't quite as much of a saving as it first appears. I assume as the website operates in many counties all with separate taxation rules. Also, there is a fee to pay via PayPal, which is always my preferred method when shopping online for safety reasons. I also think that it needs to be made clearer about DLC downloads, this didn't affect me, but I have seen negative reviews about people less versed in the gaming world getting caught out.

That being said, my personal experience was really positive. I bought two DLC for less than one full price on Steam. The codes were instantly in my account and were super easy to add to Steam. They worked perfectly and I have some cool new stuff in my game. I will 100% use Instant Gaming again and am really happy with my purchases.

Date of experience: August 31, 2023
Israel
1 review
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Best key seller to date!
July 4, 2023

I'm using Instant Gaming for while. So far service is perfect without even single hitch. And only one time key didn't work, they asked a couple of screenshots for verification before refunding it. I advice everybody to go for it, and purchase normally overpriced keys at great discounts that are always available at Instant Gaming. Yeah, I'm that happy with the service.

Date of experience: July 4, 2023
Netherlands
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Total scam. I bought a code from them. This one didn't work (code was already used according to the system) They are not willing to fix this, but send me to EA with a long list of requirements. They should dive into this themselves, but they park the effort with the customer. Can't reach EA. Of course this is wrong, lost money, no game

Date of experience: October 1, 2021
Denmark
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Extremely satisfied
September 28, 2017

Ordered 15 games so far, all of them came instantly. Sometimes they ask for your ID next to the logo for security reasons but that's solved quickly and it comes with their apology for the time you had to wait. All they need is to see the name matches the name on the credit card so you can use Paint or something similar to hide the other info. Extremely professional, great prices, instant games. Highly recommended.

Date of experience: September 28, 2017
Greece
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Although I understand the need for a verification system, having to send ID can turn many customers the other way, not everyone is gonna trust a website with their information. I got my items in the end, but it was a hassle.

Date of experience: August 7, 2023

Overview

Instant-Gaming has a rating of 2.9 stars from 443 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Instant-Gaming most frequently mention credit card, total scam and personal information. Instant-Gaming ranks 15th among Video Games sites.

service
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value
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shipping
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returns
41
quality
43
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