WTF?? just found out steam made a one week tradelock for purchased keys... man they really know how to piss costumers off...

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Just one week. No big deal. This helps against fraud.

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against fraud is good, but if we want buy something for keys etc.. its VERY boring.

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If you have a better method, speak up. If nothing else, everyone needs to shut up and live with the new rule.

And you can always buy with your cash directly (CC/Paypal/prepaid cards) than using the keys.

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gems ;)

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I just don't see how it helps.

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It was a game reseller thingie, basically it was like this: you buy keys off the market, exchange them for game from a cheaper region, that guy sells them on the same market and gets game's price plus a little extra for him.

With new rule about region locking literally every game in cheaper regions, it seems more like an overkill.

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Yeah, that surely helps against fraud. As well as making steam games untradable for 30 days, so now either buyer or seller is forced to go first, giving another guy a chance to run away and scam him. Really helpful, just like this update.

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Or... they could just wait.

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So much this. Impatience is costly.

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Sales don't last forever. And after 30 days, the seller have no reason to sell you the game at sale's price.

Valve just want to force people to buy from their own store by removing every advantage trading has over the "traditional" purchases.

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That's retarded move. Use trade window or eat your own shit if you get scammed. That's all.

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bullshit.

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What bullshit? You are bullshit?

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no u.

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You want to elaborate on the "helps against fraud" point?

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If the items were gotten from a hijacked account or bought with stolen card information, it gives more time for Steam support / bank support to reverse the trades/purchases. At least that's what I figured, might be wrong.

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Nah, you are correct. That is the exact reason behind this.

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You can buy keys via paypal for cheaper than from the steam market, and they are tradable. I dont recommend this method if you are not an experienced trader.

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I could, but i live in germany, this is why i always have to pay fees when doing this... so its nonsense for me...

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And how much are those fees?

Keys are ~$2.35 on SCM and $1.85 via paypal. Those must be some huge fees.

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0.5% if paid by paypal balance. (loading paypal balance by bank transfer is free, but takes a few minutes to a bank day depending on bank)

3.9% if paid by credit card.

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If you can't wait, have the person buy a cheap item that's tradeable, in game item or cards, set the price to desired, then you buy the item or the other way around. They didn't do it to prevent fraud, they did it to stabilize the price of keys. They make big bucks off keys and Valve is tired of Russians and Brazilians devaluing their keys and games cutting into their profits. It has 0 to do with fraud, they don't give a crap if you get scammed.

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Closed 9 years ago by Saotoshi.