I was in the same boat too Poly. The good thing is that most people selling stuff for Paypal on Outpost already have SOP rep. If you no longer have any rep like me because it was all on Outpost, make sure the seller also has a thread going on SOP. If they do, you can leave each other SOP rep. Or do what I'm going to do and get in the habit of looking for cash trades on SOP instead of Outpost.

Ok made my SOP thread. Nice job Outpost driving traffic to another site.

Thinking about it, I likely have no choice but to switch most of my cash trades to SOP. Outpost could be just as good as them, even better. But they'd rather not let you leave negative comments, and then not let you leave any comments at all. Heart system is 100% useless because rep only matters in trades that require trust. So if I'm buying a bud for 27 keys no one gives a crap what my rep is (or how many dumb hearts I have) as long as I put up the 27 keys.

TF2Outpost has everything I or anyone else could want; from simple trades up to unusuals. SOP has nothing special except for their rep threads. If you wanted to get into unusual trading using Paypal on a regular basis, then yea you should probably use SOP. However all I do is buy keys and occasionally sell some stuff via Paypal. For this the comments from sellers in my TF2Outpost rep was enough for nearly all sellers, even some who posted "SOP rep only". Now I have nothing except some Paypal comments on my Steam profile.

When SOP starts allowing rep for cash trades outside their site, I will have no problem using them. Until then, telling people to use them when they don't accept outside rep is absurd. You're basically saying use their site instead of TF2Outpost for cash trades, which some might prefer but I don't.

Then why use this site for Paypal trades? Because I like the search function and don't like the forum approach of SOP.

SourceOP clearly states in its rules that rep from trades originating outside of their site is not allowed, and even lists TF2Outpost as a site not allowed for rep. Even the people here say to get SOP rep, but I don't use their site just this one.

http://forums.sourceop.com/threads/116057-READ-FIRST-REPUTATION-APPROVAL!

"Rep left here should be limited to transactions that took place on SOP and not from other site such as TF2Outpost."

And don't tell me this rule isn't enforced. For one I've talked to people who have had friends almost get banned because they had a few rep from outside sites. And for another, if they don't enforce this rule or care about it, why is it still there?