Did I miss the greatest trade of my life ?
even if it was real, you felt uncomfortable with the whole thing - so you said no - that may or may not have been correct - but better to be safe than sorry - other trades will roll around that don't make you worry so much (less stress and worry is always the better way to go :)
oh and 'SUPA MEGA OOKALAYLEE - sigh, bo globe'
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I was kind of stressed, because it seems a cool opportunity, but with everything I read here, I got kind of afraid. So i just wanted to double check with the community if I was a bit paranoid or if I wasn't the only smelling something fishy. Thanks for conforting me :) !
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Dear Sir, I Am A Nigerian Prince And If You Believe That There's A MBILION-TRYLION-MILION DOLARS WORTH OF FREE BUNDLED GAMES I'd Like To Sell You . Please give me your social number, bank account acces, steam login and password and your liver (please send it in cryogenicly frozen box) . :)
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He also wanted you to remove the GA for the game, which isn't good for you here.
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Can't you remove it without consequences before the end time of the GA ?
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Don't you need a valid reason for it? I've only ever removed invite only ones when I tried to make a train when drunk and there were no helpful tools to automate it all, so might be wrong.
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Before it ends, no, only after it ends is Support required.
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(Edit for Clarification) Before the giveaway has ended:
You have to state a reason, but that can be anything. It will be removed automatically.
If someone offers to trade for a game someone else is giving away that gifter would probably choose the predefined "gift is no longer available"-option - if they accept.
They'll lose one giveaway slot though.
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Jeah, well, while nobody could or should be forced to give away their games in the end, there should be at least an automatic way to prevent abuse of the giveaway function.
Or else people would probably start making giveaways for games they just want to trade. :D
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If his profile is true, he's from East Europe. I know that game are cheaper there, but wow, that's a lot for a game be bundled right now at 5$...
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Could be just pennies, or free keys. 100$ in the Steam store doesn't mean anything.
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Thank you for conforting me, I was still wondering if I got paranoid or not haha :)
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You just missed the opportunity to get 100 games! (or 200 if they are digital homicide... and those are NOT on steam store anymore. YOU MISSED AN EXCLUSIVE DEAL)
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The price of cards for removed games will skyrocket in no time, so a free GTA V missed as well.
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I don't sell anything from them, I convert them to gem. That way they don't get the extra pennies. :P
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But do they get anything any more, since they aren't on Steam? I'd bet Volvo just keeps all the pennies.
If they do, my huge scam plan just upgraded to releasing 10k crappy games, sueing Steam and then living off the profits from very expensive card sales. :)
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I don't know, but I'd rather not take any chance. At last when I sell the gems I know for sure that they don't get anything. :P
The backgrounds/emoticons do give more gems than the cards though. And since I usually craft the badges I get a somewhat similar profit from selling the gems than I would have by selling the backgrounds/emotes.
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I wonder if this is the same user that asked someone doing a public GA if they would trade the game. also funny since they've given away so many games..
This topic makes me want to put "Trusted trader" on my profile too.
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I didn't understand what he was meaning with "contribute to SG"... He was level 1 with 5 GA, he did seems like someone caring of SG...
Well, according his standard of "Trusted", you could XD
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If it sounds too good to be true it probably is. The moment you upheld your end of the bargain they would have blocked all contact with you. Scammers target noobs because they're inexperienced and gullible, while the scammers themselves are incredibly petty and will scam you even if its only over a couple of bucks. Happens to most of us at some point.
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if I learned something here, yep that's the "If it sounds too good to be true it probably is"
But you know, when you're a noob, there is always the little doubt inside you calling you stupid to miss such an opportunity...
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Might have been real but, you didn't lose anything.
I think he was offering to trade you "$100" or max $15 CV worth for it, assuming you can give them away (I'd have asked for a list). But trading a game you already have made a giveaway for is a no-no in my book.
And asking you to remove a game trade it to them:
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That's true that I did not lose anything even if it was real, thanks for making me see this like that :)
I could have "understand" the demand if it was a game hard to find and he was really desesparate to get it. It does not cost anything to ask. But there, it's a game he can actually get for cheap currently...
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Hard to say. Could have been a scammer, could have been just somebody who was looking for that game and has some leftover bundle games. If he has a trade thread somewhere where he lists his games and says he is looking for SC2, that would be a point in his favor imo. "Trusted trader" on the profile means nothing.
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Oh, I did not think of looking for that ! I will keep it in mind if that happen again. I just thought of looking his SteamRep and his SG rep...
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Damn, I missed a great opportunity to scam someone :(
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I wouldn't assume that the guy is a scammer just by this dialogue, but I think you have made the right choice.
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Yeah, it's weird but there is plenty stuff legitely weird, so I did dnot know if it was scam or not. that's why I asked here.
Thank you.
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SCAM ALERT In other news: Sun appeared today morning!
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Sorry if you thought my thread is redundant. I just wanted the opinion of the community, because I never traded and it was the first person to ask me for a trade. I wanted to know if I did a good or bad choice (even in if the end, we will never know).
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no no don't get me wrong! it was a good choice to not trade with him! I just wanted to point out that this trade was a little obvious. you did well posting this! :)
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Oh, I thouht you were talking about the fact there is already a lot of discussion of people being scammed, my bad :)
According to few other comment, it's not SO obvious haha (Noob, noob everywhere !). I guess everyone has to put his feat on that at one point :) thanks for the advice !
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Well people that are new here should know about the fact that scammers are everywhere. Well you better keep your games (even though they are few or something) insted of getting scammed and lose them too! :)
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Is it only me wondering about that thing with having "no money on his PayPal account"?
For myself, I NEVER had deposit on my PayPal account - it is kinda just like an interim stage between the site where I bought and my bank. I am buying with PayPal nearly in all cases, so this seems really strange to me. You can't tell me that there aren't 20 bucks on his bank account...
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I think that method is not always available to everyone from the start. I think one has to first transfer money to Paypal the first few times they'll use it. Maybe that user is also not aware of the "direct" use or can't use paypal like that at all.
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It's only linked to bank accounts in couple countries. Most people just add their debit/credit card info there which gets used for paying. Debit ofc takes the money out of a bank account but that's the only link.
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Alright, I didn't know about that exactly, just could tell from my own experience.
@sappyMA: ^Probably explains the differences, since I never had to transfer money to my PayPal.
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Me neither, only withdrawn money to a bank account which they verify just like cards. One reason to transfer first is that you can send money already in PayPal with 0 fees as a "gift to family and friends" if you trust the other party, but that hardly matters unless buying from a private seller.
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I think being a non-business client never adds fees while paying, at least I never had to pay for service. Just when you receive money via PayPal.
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Sure, but some require you to add the fees on top so that they will get the right amount. When you use PayPal balance you can send it so that neither pays any fees for it.
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It's always best (and safest) to be paranoid, imo.
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Guys has "Trusted trader" write on his profile
If one has to advertise that they are trusted, then they fail the fundamental point of what makes anyone in business a trusted partner.
Anyway, looking at the conversation, it most likely was not a scam, but you would have drawn the much shorter stick in the transaction, likely ending up with a bunch of region-locked free/junk games.
By the way, if someone drops the "I don't have PayPal" tale on you, respond that the bundle site accepts other payment methods. If they try to say they don't have a card either, then ask them how did they get the games they want to trade you in the first place.
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Obviously they got some free games, sold the cards and then got rich by trading every $100 they make for $50, foolproof business plan.
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i dont have credit card, paypal unverified. yet i have 1k games in library + bunch of leftovers.
u know people can still get games by having few steam cards xD
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I note the tip for the "no Paypal" in case something similar happen again, thank you :)
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Well, tbh my cards\PP have been stuck on 0,00 since forever
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There are other payment methods. There are virtual bank cards that you can top up with direct bank transfers. Virtual currency. Services that can use a bank account without a card. Services that operate on pre-paid top-up cards like a mobile phone plan. Steam wallet codes sold in stores at some places.
I know. PayPal and bank card are just the most widely used but not the only methods. Still, many wannabe scammers don't make even this small effort to look into this and they just leave or try to come up with some obvious bullshit tale when they are presented with the question I stated above.
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i might have done it if i knew which games ill get, if freebies or crap like that then ill avoid.
thou some people offer great deals despite having no rep and dont actually backstab u with a scam xD
winks risen 2 bundled for 1$ and got one piece pirate warriors 3 ( unbundled ) for it. still not revoked :)
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YOU scammed that guy :P (it's a joke, uh !)
Well, weird legit stuff happen all the time, so yeah I really had a big doubt on it. That's why I wanted to make a poll :)
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technically that guy is the one that picked it out of a list xD.
but yea is long is u notice the way he types later on u can tell if people tend to scam u or if they well actually give u said items
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I would've been curious to see what the 100 euro worth games they were going to offer, but think you made the right call to pass
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I was so confused, I did not even thought of asking the games. I thought it would let him think i was accepting, and i did not wanted that...
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Well I have been trading quite a bit and I can say - don't trust people, trust your paranoia.
This guy who offered the deal was either a scammer or just crazy - in both cases you should've said "no" :D
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If you don't do a trade, you miss absolutely nothing, you keep your stuff. Never feel bad about missing out a trade - you can't change on it, you didn't lose anything, so why worry? :)
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i like your way of thinking, I certainly did not saw things like that on the moment. Thank you :)
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Either the games he intented to give you are absolutely shitty (bundled games or free games) or it was a scam (which is the most probable hypothesis). So, yeah, you did well to refuse it.
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As he talked of Steam gifts, I did not even thought of bundle stuff (or there is a way to turn a key in a gift that I'm not aware of).
Thank you for conforting me in my decision :)
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When I said bundled games, I mean the steamgifts term of bundled games, which is about the games that got a heavy discount in the past and give only 15% of their value as cv.
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Dude, this same guy has added me on Steam just now.
East-europe, check
Wants a game I'm currently sharing on SG, check
100 euro worth of (trade-able) games, check
Edit: He has a bazillion steam items
What do?
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The 100 euro worth of games are games he has gotten from massive giveaways. Probably 10 cheap ass games from Digital Homicide with steam store value of 100 euro.
Edit: I just found out who you are talking about. Those games are crap. Total value is bellow 1$. They are all bought at sale for less than 10 cents.
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Yeah, I told him I never trade on Steam, and that I rather not do it, so he removed me again.
</endofstory> :]
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Sorry, a bit late :/
Well, according to the thread, it was a good move to refuse I guess :)
Welcome to the club \o/ !
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Yeah, actually I opened this thread first, read it a bit, then I got distracted by someone adding me, he made me a deal, I just typed back a bit, then I opened this tab again and thought "no way! hah!"
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Guys has "Trusted trader" write on his profile, with just an unknow rep on SteamRep, and 10+/0- on SG.
EDIT : Always has been a bit scared by trade because of scammer. I was wondering if i was getting paranoid with everything I read here, but it seems that it was actually a good move to refuse. Thank you everyone for conforting me in my decision ♥
2nd EDIT : The tradition ! Thank you everyone, sorry currently I only have bundle trash :(
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/rBmm0/runestone-keeper
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/R3OWX/rollercoaster-tycoon-2-triple-thrill-pack
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/e3fnZ/punch-club
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