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Crass Spektakel 3 Jan, 2013 @ 1:30pm
reporting "dead" trades?
Is it ok to report "dead" trades?

I am talking about the typical key trade "buying keys for 2.33, selling for 2.66 refined" running since four months without any action from the seller. These are simply dead and totally disconnected from reality.

More recently there are a lot of "bookmark collectors"... Nearly 80% of all Key sellers - and there are a lot of them - are out of keys right now. Not just for a couple of hours but for days and weeks. When asking them why they bump without anything to sell they often state "collecting bookmarks so I get more buyers after restocking". I call this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, did anyone ever get any bookmarks on a trade lasting several weeks? And if, does that justify 80% dead trade spam?

Report them to unbump/close?
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His Wardship 3 Jan, 2013 @ 1:33pm 
It depends.

If they're bumping a 0 stock trade feel free to report.
If they're leaving it unbumped until they restock, leave it, no action would be taken.
If they have the items in their inventory, leave it, no action would be taken.
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Crass Spektakel 3 Jan, 2013 @ 8:52pm 
I like these "0 Stock => no bump" rule.

Now how about those autobump deals which are from stone age and aren't really handled by the seller anymore? Can you give us a rule of thumb when to request to unbump these? One month, three months? I think this should be better done in software, the database knows best when a trade gets orphaned.
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gukingofheart 4 Jan, 2013 @ 12:16am 
Lots of times there are autobump trades that have out of stock

Originally posted by Champelliot:
It depends.

If they're bumping a 0 stock trade feel free to report.
If they're leaving it unbumped until they restock, leave it, no action would be taken.
If they have the items in their inventory, leave it, no action would be taken.

How old of trades are you even talking about anyways?

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It's be nice if the autobump only worked for a week, then automaticly switched itself to off.
So that means your trade will be bumped for a week and after two weeks it will close it.
Last edited by gukingofheart; 4 Jan, 2013 @ 12:17am
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norby89 4 Jan, 2013 @ 1:40am 
It's be nice if the autobump only worked for a week, then automaticly switched itself to off.
So that means your trade will be bumped for a week and after two weeks it will close it.
That would be a major pain in the ass. Maybe turn it off after 1-2 months of user inactivity (that means no login for 1-2 months).
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Currier Bell 7 Apr, 2013 @ 10:22pm 
Originally posted by ☣ ฿LÜΣÐΣMӨП ☣:
The OP of a trade does not have to respond to any offer posted in a trade. If the user is active on steam and on outpost then we have no grounds to close any of their trades. IF a user has been offline for more then 16 days then we will close trades and hide the posts of that user.

Does that 16 days refer to outpost, steam or both? My main concern is that some trades made by people who seem to have not logged onto the site in months are still being autobumped on a regular basis. I know that I cannot be sure if it is just shyness or whatever, but wouldn't a system that purges trades made by users who haven't even been bothered to log onto the site for very long spans of time be a good idea?
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Ziri 7 Apr, 2013 @ 11:10pm 
Locking - Old thread.
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