The only sane solution is "drawing the line" here, so to speak. Either make the cosmetic items (PCG Dosh jacket and mask) obtained THUS FAR truly exclusive (if it's ever reissued, make it NOT the same item - slight alterations perhaps?), or as previously suggested, add a simple extra item to all current and future (from the current 108k batch) key activations. That way, they could reissue the current PCG Dosh set whenever they feel like it, but people who went through the trouble of buying the magazine just for these purportedly exclusive items actually get something truly exclusive for their trouble.
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I never thought I'd be posting in any thread relating to this topic as it's been blown way out of proportion and a lot of people (Especially on the Steam forums) are being a tad too dramatic about the whole thing IMO, but I fully agree with Echo Black.
Just leave the jacket and gas mask be and never release them again, so eventually they will gain more novelty and rarity, if you care about that. Only giving something to people who redeemed the code before the giveaway isn't that good of an idea, because of this example (And yes, it's true):
I was unaware of the PCGamer magazine, and to be honest I wasn't really up to date with KF2 when the magazine was sold anyway.
I then proceeded to enjoy the game, but I took a short break. When I returned to the game, I missed the giveaway too, but became aware of both promotions through this whole debate.
I then found out that a friend of mine had an extra copy of the magazine that he kept, purposely knowing the code would be valuable and exclusive (At the time of purchase at least) who then traded the code from his magazine to me, and I redeemed it as soon as the trade was done (A few weeks after the giveaway).
So basically, using time frames alone isn't that accurate, because of this example (Albeit a strange one)
