You have to read first the rules posted here http://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOGGIFT or from the first post of this thread.

Kind of. Those were never part of the rules of the group but were actually "special rules"(as they all them on SG) made by some members for their giveaways in the past.

Okay, this might be seen as a bit of a deceitful thing (although neither against the steam terms and conditions, nor as of yet the steamgift rules), so I wished to get a clarification here. Hope it is ok.

So I entered a giveaway, but then, this being the summer sale, the game got on sale the cheapest it's ever been, so I sold off a ton of cards and bought it, because a giveaway is not a certainty.
Can I stay in the giveaway and ask for a refund on my bought game if I win? Is it up to the discretion of the giveaway creator? Not allowed at all?

Well, I don't know the correct or moral answer to that because it may be different for everybody. Some may play with the rules, the Steam Refund Policy and blind spots, but I can only asnwer for what I would do, because I have done this and always will do: I have entered giveaways for games I wanted and then these went on sale (or were on sale or in a bundle and I didn't know), so I have bought those and remove myself from those giveaways (I have posted about that in those explaining why I removed my entry), because I think if I can pay for those, then why should I be still in those giveaways? I prefer to give others a better chance to win.

Another option would be to use that gift you bought to create a giveaway for later, but I think that's almost like re-gifting what you may just won, so... it's up to you. But if you already have that game and planned to use it for yourself, then I think you should remove your entry. Finally Steam have a "proper" refund system, and the idea is to use it when necessary.

I totally understand your point of view, and can't really say anything against it- for me it is more a situation of opportunity cost- I have a limited amount of steam wallet money, so if I can win one game in a giveaway, then I can use that same money for another game I would have wanted.
Still, as I said, as far as Steam goes, it does cater (and allow) for such sort of situations. In the FAQ it mentioned that buying a game and then it comes on sale so you ask for a refund and buy it again at the new sale price is not an abuse of the refund system, and is totally allowable.
Steamgifts isn't exactly the same, but it is a somewhat similar situation.
I'll ask the giveaway creator if it is okay. Thanks!

My suspension is over.

Support never responded to me to explain. EDIT: I found the games that were the problem. I had indeed marked them as received but not actually retrieved the keys. I have redeemed the keys and I have spoken with iphgix whose giveaways they were.

Sorry for my mistake, everybody.

Cheers.

I've read the FAQs, and I think I'm okay in asking, may I please join the group? :)
http://www.steamgifts.com/user/Fantasysci5

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So some wise guy kicked me from the group without saying a thing(I pressume it is the wannabe group admin: LiquidSnake). NIce. Next time have some balls to do so.

Sorry for the late reply. Welcome to the group! I've just sent a group invite via Steam ;)

Thank you so much!

This is just a reminder to all the members: Remember that by September 24th 2015, the 5-month period allowed to members to fix their numbers under acceptable levels by the new rules announced the past April 24th will end. The members should use this time to work on their numbers, but instead just entering for too many giveaways with a huge negative gift difference will end in a permanent ban. We have seen an increase in giveaways and activity and all that thanks to all members working and making giveaways for a better and active group, many are doing good and the rest of the members really appreciate that, but in spite of all that, some seem to be set in a "I don't care" mode and doing nothing, or just entering for more giveaways. There're no more warnings, so don't wait for a warning now. People entering more giveaways with an increasing negative gift difference will be kicked from the group permanently at any time. After the 5-month period ends the rest of the members with a huge negative gift difference that didn't made giveaways in the last 5 months will be banned too. Again, there will be no more warnings about it, LiquidSnake already have mentioned this many times, and I can't be warning every member with negative numbers because, after all, every tool needed to check for those have been posted here or here and listed by many members on SteamGifts too. In case of doubts or any type of problem about the group, you know you can contact and ask any moderator of the group.

I know it sounds a little harsh, and trust me when I say I don't like to ban people because many of those I already know and have exchanged good comments and gifts. It's a little sad and I've been trying to not do that unless really there's no other way, but as a moderator I will do what I have to do for the good of the group and the people doing something for it.

To the rest of the members, many thanks for all the giveaways and the laughs, you're the core of what makes this group really great ^_^

FYI, it was posted June 18th on the Steam group page, which we are supposed to keep an eye on:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOGGIFT/discussions/1/613936673525599768/#p3

ops, wrong thread!
sorry :)

It was posted right after he did it ;) So yeah that doesnt counts you know :D

As you may know, the main (first) posts for the threads of the group (Information & Invites thread, Giveaways thread) on GOG.com have some information that is obsolete. We can't directly update these because long story short, the person who made those no longer visits this site and doesn't want to be contacted anymore. Although early this year we contacted a moderator (the good JudasIscariot) to transfer the ownership of those posts, that's not possible but he could update the information for the main post in this thread. But we don't want to always bother the GOG moderators for this, so after some thoughts and comments received that may lead to confusion between the members, we decided that we will let the members of the group decide what to do next, but first you should know:

• The page of the group on Steam ( http://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOGGIFT ) is and always be updated, and any information related to the group can be found there or from there.
• In case of any doubt, you can always ask in this thread for help and information.

Now the question is:
Should we create two new threads so we can always update the main posts when necessary, or we keep the current threads?

We will left this decision to the members, so here's is a poll you can visit to vote: http://strawpoll.me/4644411
The poll will be open for at least a week, so you have plenty of time to think and vote ;)

The options in the poll are:

#1) "Yes, two new threads should be created."
If this option wins, two new threads will be created to handle Information & Invites and Giveaways, as we do now. The old threads may be kept as a source for old data (info, links, comments, etc.), but will no longer be used for their former purposes (a final post with links to the new threads will be posted at the end of those as a reminder).

#2) "No, let's keep the current threads."
If this option wins, everything will be kept as now, with the old main posts still the same.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and vote. If you want to comment after voting, you can do it in this thread.