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PlayerAuctions has a rating of 4.5 stars from 2,816 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with PlayerAuctions most frequently mention fast delivery, top notch, and long time. PlayerAuctions ranks 1st among Virtual Goods sites.

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 97.8%
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Top Positive Review

“Some concerns at the start but all went well.”

Russell S.
10/17/24

Got nervous at the beginning but thanks to the site's staff and the seller's replies I understood what was going on. Shortly after payment I also received the order. It pays to check the delivery times of sellers because this can be anywhere from 30 minutes to a full day. Partly my fault for ignoring that.

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Top Critical Review

“Scammers liars and theives”

Corby R.
6/2/24

This website, and its staff, are liars and thieves. I have been a seller on the platform for 10 years and they are the most incompetent website Ive used. You are much better off going to eldorado.gg or g2g.com

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Thumbnail of user mariol292
Philippines
1 review
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November 28th, 2022
Verified purchase

Had successive orders and the site has never failed me. I specially like them because of the prices, seem to be cheaper plus the sellers are outstanding gamers who know the ins and outs of the trade. I plan to do more if time allows, thanks.

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Thank you very much for the consecutive orders with us, Mario.

Thumbnail of user erica308
California
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October 9th, 2015
Verified purchase

Had my hesitations from a lot of the flak you'll find on the net regarding PA. Mostly account related stuff and not much in the field of currency sales. My experience was for just currency; dealt with a player and all went well.

Thumbnail of user alistairp11
Philippines
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December 5th, 2022
Verified purchase

On paper, it sounds simple. They hold on to your money, make sure you get your order and release it to the seller only if things proceed as described.

However, by execution, it's actually a godsend. They intermediate to make sure the process is secure and if, god forbid, the seller runs away, they have your back.

Pretty good and I will use the site again. Count on that.

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Thank you very much for the detailed and kind review, Alistair. We're absolutely grateful for your appreciation and support!

Thumbnail of user jeffreyp331
Tennessee
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April 23rd, 2024

Very fast and efficient. One of the easiest purchases to make online. Simple and direct. I picked my seller, price and amount. Put in my server name and location. Paid with credit card and within seconds it was confirmed and on the way.

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Mississippi
1 review
2 helpful votes
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April 30th, 2017

Been using this site a lot, never had problems. IF only i had an apple and a elysian shield so i can block eve from eating it and ruining the world. Dat dumb $#*!. Good site though. Got my elysian shield now cause of it. Thanks

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Michigan
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January 22nd, 2019

First off, I just want to say I am not too sure how I feel about the site. I ordered a CD key for a game today, they took my money and then immediately declined it. Soo I have no cd key, and you took my money. Secondly when trying to find a way to contact or dispute something turned out to be a nightmare.

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Hello Brandon,

I'm sorry to hear about the inconvenience. I'd like to explain the process for this so you can have a better idea of how our payment system works.

Our website has an anti-fraud security system that actively monitors and tracks payments being made. Account information is checked and if there are any inconsistencies or inaccuracies, payment is declined; refunds for this should be automatic. Due to security reasons, we cannot disclose the exact reason, but I would advise you to please check your information ---- from name, address, to email address, please make sure you're using correct and up-to-date information. You can try purchasing again but if it fails, your other option would be to pay via GoCoin.

I have now escalated this case to the respective department to make sure you get your refund ASAP. If you have any questions, please send an email to support@playerauctions.zendesk.com, Brandon.

Best regards,
Richard

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Greece
1 review
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November 24th, 2018

I Just bought an account and so far so good the payment method is really secure from what i've seem and checked my credit card and everything went according to the instructions. I feel like I will use it more in the future.

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Hello Billy! Thank you so much for the kind review. I'm happy to hear about this! SiteJabber has a Q&A feature and if you ever have questions, please write there or contact us via support@playerauctions.zendesk.com. Have a great evening!

Thumbnail of user johnc216
Tennessee
1 review
2 helpful votes
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April 18th, 2014

One of the worst sites I've ever used. Tried to buy an account for my son. 2 accounts to be more accurate. The first "guaranteed" 2 hour delivery. After waiting 15 hours! I asked for a full refund. Then tried to purchase another one and it "guaranteed" a 24 hour delivery. It was around 48 hours after and with no info being told to me they banned my account.

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Hi John,
I can understand your frustration as it seems you may be a first time buyer. We operate as a consumer to consumer trading marketplace and help to secure transactions between buyers and sellers. The "delivery guarantee" time is actually a time which is determined by each individual seller. If delivery was not made within the 2 hour delivery guarantee time, then you would have been able to cancel the order with no penalty.

I can't speak to the banning of your PA account because I don't have enough information, but if you are a verified user, please provide your PA username or order ID and we would be happy review it and see what can be fixed. - jacob

Thumbnail of user seanm607
Missouri
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January 27th, 2020

I have had 81 successful purchases up till today I made a purchase and of course they make me go through verifying myself I send them countless screenshots of banking info and they keep telling me its to pixelated send it in higher definition, I'm on a ******* build kit computer on 3 monitors so I unplug all but 1 because they only take screenshots and they keep saying its to pixelated, if they can't $#*!ing review screenshots properly then how can they handle your money, also they double charged me for one order and now I have to wait till they decide to refund it. A bunch of idiots. Id give it 0 stars if possible annoying as hell

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Hello Sean,

I'm sorry you had to eventually cancel the order and request deletion of your account. We maintain this process of asking customers for clear copies of their scanned documents because pixelation on the files could mean they were manipulated through programs. This, of course, may not have been your direct intent, but to keep things consistent across the board, we enact the policy on each and every verification process we do. It's a one-time process and once it's done, there shouldn't be any need to do it again.

Your refund on any or all canceled orders will be processed automatically.

Sorry to see you go and if there's anything I can help with in the future, please use the Q&A here for a convenient means to get in touch with me about any concern.

Best,
Richard

Thumbnail of user philipk27
Wisconsin
1 review
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May 30th, 2015
Verified purchase

But when something's not quite right and you need to talk to their support, it's terrible. Super slow responses, and they seem to not even look at the info you put in before chatting...

Other than their Customer Service, it's a great site.

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Thumbnail of user bryanb39
Tennessee
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June 4th, 2014
Verified purchase

The online virtual goods marketplace is full of scams and misinformation. I've tried lots of them before but Playerauctions.com is the only place I feel confident that I will receive what I pay for in a timely fashion as well as securely. I only use PA for my virtual goods needs now and I see they are expanding into the tangible goods market now. Good for them. I can't recommend them highly enough.

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Ohio
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February 24th, 2023

The accounts I bought got locked totaling over a $400 lose. Provided a lot of proof and they keep saying that they aren't responsible for refunds. I bought the after sale insurance. That doesn't matter to them. Don't use this company. I did what player action said and tried to see if the owner of the clash of clan account had recovered it. And it got my device banned for 31 days.
The account it self even state that if the seller isn't able to help recover the account they would issue a refund. Clearly that also means nothing.

DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY, they will side with the seller ever time.

Tip for consumers:
Don’t waste your money. Your account will get locked and you will lose money

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Clash of clans account

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Hi Matt,

We have responded to this already on another site and to reiterate, I'm very sorry but without proper and compelling evidence, we cannot enact a refund. Rest assured that you have 223 days on the after-sale protection and if verifiable evidence can be sent, we may reopen the case. Just write to support@playerauctions.zendesk.com about that.

We would also like to note that the protection and refund policy is as per these terms: https://i.imgur.com/C632F9a.png

For now, we suggest you continue chatting with the seller and to seek for other forms of evidence you could send us.

Regards,
Richard

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Algeria
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October 23rd, 2023

Incompetent, unprofessional and inexperienced time wasters support literally been waiting for 8 days for my little problem to not even be solved 4 days of telling me my id was blurry and needed to take other selfies (the selfie was completely readable) I feel like they are ignoring me and trying to gain some time on me I literally don't recommend any seller to start selling on this platform! Avoid them, avoid them and avoid them and until I get my money back you bet this isn't gonna stop

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Hi, smokethisblunt,

Rest assured, we're not trying to gain time or anything with this — the delay with your disbursement affects us, too, and it's in our best interest to process this ASAP. However, the documents were indeed blurry so our agents needed to request for a clearer copy.

I've now asked for a follow up for order 11244985. We apologize for the continued inconvenience with this.

Regards,
Richard

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Philippines
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October 24th, 2022
Verified purchase

I had two orders on the site, first for an account and second for some gold on it. I used two sellers. Its a bit of a shame the first one ran out on gold but the other one I found wasnt so bad to deal with. Both orders turned out great abd the verify portion needed to be done only once (if you get asked just insist you finished it already and make sure you use the same card on the next). Great job guys and see you around.

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Happy to know about the back-to-back orders you had with us. Thank you so much for that, Angela.

Thumbnail of user susans2651
Washington
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November 5th, 2020

I would prefer to give them a negative 5 star but that is not an option. I have spent 8 days trying to finish processing a transaction with them. I have used Player Auction since 2008 but they have changed. They asked for specific documentation which I provided on six different days but it was never to their liking. They want no scanned documents only pictures. No pictures from cell phone only from your desktop computer. Too much white in the back ground of the image. So I crop out the white and then they say no cropped images. Then they want higher pixilations. Sadly I will no longer be using them. I have cancelled my transaction and am very disappointed with their customer service. There needs to be a phone number and Chat options rather than back and forth through email. All they do is send the same repetitive responses back to me rather than resolving the issues they are causing.

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Hello Susan, I already sent this reply to you and I hope you won't mind if paste the same response; please note this is not automated and is based purely on your situation:

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Thank you for explaining the details of your concern, and I'm sorry if you had inconveniences with your payment processing.

I was able to check on your ticket and the reason for the requests is as follow:

- We need payment receipts to be in screenshot form and in not in camera picture form because these are directly taken from a website
- We need pictures to be in high resolution and in clear copies because we need to see the details written in ID pictures clearly
- We have this in place because we need to eliminate any instances of photo manipulation in order to make documents as legitimate and as valid as possible

As for the cropping, this depends and in your case, your picture and the ID essentially needs to be still in full view. Cropping is ok as long as these requirements are still followed. In some instances, very much related to your case, the pictures can look too bright and we couldn't make out the details in the pic. I'm sorry and I hope this explains it.

I respect your decision to cancel the order and if there's any way I can help with another order or a follow-up concern/question, please let me know Susan — I'd be happy to help.

Best regards,
Richard

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Maryland
1 review
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July 6th, 2017

No customer service and what support you do receive is horrible. If you plan on making a purchase be prepared for the hassle. Creating an account is easy, no problems. However once you have an account and go to make a purchase be prepared to be banned/suspended. They don't even tell you why it was banned or suspended, telling you to create a support ticket. Filled out a support ticket which has just sat with no response. Extremely frustrating as they ban/suspend your account after your money has been taken.

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Hi Robert S.

I am sorry for the delay in response of our support team. Due to the number of tickets they receive that they need to manually check and investigate, they sometimes are delayed in responding to each ticket.

I'd like to assist you in this issue. Please send me a private message including your PlayerAuctions username and the Order ID so that I can check the status of your Order and what happened to it.

I will be waiting for your response.

Regards,
Bernadette

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California
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February 14th, 2024

We purchased TWO accounts totaling $935.10. After changing passwords, as instructed, we were locked out of BOTH ACCOUNTS. Site did not offer any assistance. They KNOW the sellers do this! Do NOT TRUST THIS SITE!

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Hello, Lomita,

I'm sorry to hear about this. In this review, you listed 11891288 as the order, but the payment for this order did not go through since it was declined.

Was able to see 2 different order IDs:
11664833 - November 22,2023
11910870 - December 31,2023

Unfortunately, these orders do not have after-sale protection — we require that along with valid evidence to be able to process a refund for the orders. You may read about it here:
https://support.playerauctions.com/hc/en-us/articles/4402691743257-How-does-after-sale-protection-work.

I understand you also contacted us on ticket 1600198, but we never received any proof about the case. Please note that we require this as per policy and without it, our hands are unfortunately tied.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Regards,
Richard

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Tennessee
2 reviews
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November 14th, 2017

No matter how many times I think that buying an account from this site will work, I always get scammed. I have contacted my bank to dispute the charges and have never lost with this site, because they are not a trusted seller. I would not recommend using it.

* PlayerAuctions attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Hello there, Rumad,

We're very sorry for your experience with using our website. We are now in the process of reopening and re-investigating your case for a resolution. For now, please hold off or cancel your chargeback case with the payment option as that constitutes to account suspension as per our policy, and we wouldn't be able to process your case. Once we have any updates on this, I will let you know through PM.

Kind regards,
Richard

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MK
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April 15th, 2019

I would really recommend this site! They're professional at what they are doing. And the customer support? It's awesome! Fast replies and extremely understandable. Although you should be careful who are you buying from. Only buy from good reputable sellers since it is a trading site and you can get scammed - to blame this at the company isn't really a good reason since I saw a lot of bad reviews that had this as the main reason for giving a low rating. Other than that, amazing site!

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Hello Argjend, thank you for the well thought out and kind review. We totally agree—it's what our feedback system is for. Buyers are always free to choose which seller they will buy from based on pricing, reputation, and quality of service. And if anything happens, our team will be ready to provide any form of assistance. :)

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New Jersey
1 review
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November 4th, 2015

Five months after my purchase the account was taken back by the OO. I know this happens and yup not happy but i paid for insurance. Unfortunately these guys will renege on your claim, they want proof and the way the account was pulled back no proof was possible. After i showed them the exact account using a varied name from the original purchase they still would not honor there insurance. So with in a day of filing a claim they denied it. When i fought back they canceled my account. Most dishonest group stay clear.

Thumbnail of user olivers255
Philippines
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November 2nd, 2022
Verified purchase

My order went without a hitch 100% my only grip is that they don't have Payoneer which ive been using for years but i got to verify my card with them which is apparently only a 1-time process. The seller and delivery work was amazing and I was told Id get a discount on a 2nd trip which I'l most likely take we"ll see.:>

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Thank you very much for the positive review, Oliver. We had Payoneer some time ago but their service for sites like ours ended. That said, I'm glad you found a suitable payment method for you.

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GB
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August 3rd, 2017

I bought a world of tanks account from them, then bought a boosting service to farm credits for me and unlock tank trees.

The account purchase was fine, the boosting service was not, they got my account banned.
I reach out to the booster saying that the account has been banned "we will replace it with an account"... the account offered was no where near the value of the account bought.
So I contact the website support and ask for my money back + damages.
They say we will get back to you.
A week later, no response, they removed all evidence of the messages between me and the booster seller and said they had no record of such a transaction.

FRAUDULENT, AVOID!

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Hi Masih M.,

I am sorry to hear that your account got banned. I would like to help you resolve this issue. Can you please send me the Order ID of the account thru private message. I would like to take a look and see what we can do to assist you.

I also apologize if you have not yet received any update from our support team. Allow me to make it up to you. I will waiting for your response.

Kind Regards,
Bernadette

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Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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March 28th, 2015
Verified purchase

I have been busy and it had been a while since i had played EQ. I found my account had been hacked and wasted so i had to start anew. Not really having time to raise plat i went to PlayerAuctions, like i often used to, and made a purchase and they didn't let me down. Often businesses get worse over time but the experience was has good has it ever has been, at no point in time did i feel uncertain that i was going to lose my money, in fact, it was done before i could finish a cup of coffee. Thanks much for helping get back on my game feet quickly!

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Philippines
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October 1st, 2022
Verified purchase

Found the account ive always wanted, with some caveats. One its not the character race i wanted and two the name is slightly annoying lol but for what its worth the deal closd nicely. Seller was nice and price was cheap. More importantly i can play the game at peak level and raid anytime i want. Good way to get ahead pass the competition!

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Thank you so much, JJ. Thank you for working out the caveats/quirks of the account. Happy gaming!

Thumbnail of user malikk30
Canada
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March 22nd, 2024
Verified purchase

They have fairly priced ISK, I wouldn't say they're the cheapest, but you would be buying from here for the security they provide and the large availability of sellers and stocks.

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PlayerAuctions T. – PlayerAuctions Rep

Thanks a lot for the kind rating and detailed feedback, Malik.

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PlayerAuctions runs a marketplace for buying and selling characters, virtual goods and virtual currency from massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs).

Business History

PlayerAuctions was started in 1999 by a group of gamers in the states. It was one of the first player to player marketplaces around, becoming a famous hub for earlier games such as Ultima, Diablo 2, and Everquest. It survived on a small scale for years and grew entirely organically through word of mouth, until PlayerAuctions was acquired by Itemmania in Korea.

Being rebuilt from the ground up with proprietary risk management systems, and investment meant to provide a stronger support network for gamers, PlayerAuctions was re-launched in 2008 with offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Korea. Since that time, PlayerAuctions has supported hundreds of games and activities within the wider gaming industry.

At the end of 2013 underwent a structure change to a Product structure which has shifted development focus to an agile development system which resulted in many product expansions in 2014 including Gaming Accessories, CD Key Sales, Cosplay, Trading Cards, and Software Downloads. PlayerAuctions also opened a new support center in Manila 2014 to directly manage and control the quality of services rendered to its users.

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