I'm not going to argue this type of thing. The vast majority of our users understand why calling others retarded in a more serious offense than not reading notes, and we expect people on our site to not insult each other, or else they will no longer be welcome for a period of time.

We have clearly drawn the line at what we consider ban-worthy, and we're not going to change that.

While both may be inconsiderate, there is a definite difference between skimming over someones notes and making an offer and you actually calling someone retarded.

Insults that are used to directly belittle others are not welcome on the site, and will earn anyone using them in that fashion a ban.

Do not trade on the forums.

We do not allow people to call out others on the forums, please report them on the site so it may be processed.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/groups/tf2outpost/discussions/0/558747922562007365/#c540742485382216907

I've looked into the matter and I see what happened. You posted in many trades about your unusual, and almost exclusively in trades that were set up for the purpose of purchasing unusuals. However, you did end up posting your message directly advertising your hat on trades set up to sell an unusual. The context of you wanting to sell to someone with buds is very much worded in a way that seems to be trade hijacking when posted on a trade with a different purpose.

That's where it was reported as advertising your hat on someone else's trade, and got you a ban. I'll lift the ban, as I can see from the number of proper posts you've made that this was not your intention.

We do not handle these types of reports on the forums. Please make a report on our site and at Steamrep so they may be handled in a standardized fashion. We also do not allow calling out others on the forums, as it has not yet been deemed if this person is a scammer.

Your report did not "go nowhere". The post that you reported was hidden just 11 minutes after the ticket was made, as it clearly was spam. However, you should have left it at that rather than using profanity to insult them.

As our rules state: "No insults. We do not tolerate any kind of abusive language or general rude attitude towards any users."

We do not accept these types of reports on the forums, please submit both a report on the person through the site and also through SteamRep so that we may review it in a standardized fashion. We will also require all the evidence that you have on the matter, because we cannot ban others based on the words of one person alone.

I've removed the parts where you list people's information, we do not allow calling out people on the forums. Like I've mentioned, we require evidence before we make our judgements and cannot allow someone's word to just be taken at face value.

As for the return of your items, the only way to do that would be to send in a Steam support ticket and wait on their judgement.

Like Nooge has said, we do not accept these types of reports on the forums, submit both a report on the person through the site and also through SteamRep so that we may review it in a standardized fashion. We will also require all the evidence that you have on the matter, because we cannot ban others based on the words of one person alone.

As for the people you have listed, one has been banned for having a private profile and another has already been banned for being an alt to a previously banned user. The last one is not yet banned, and like I said before, there will need to be evidence before we can do anything.

I've removed the parts where you list people's information, we do not allow calling out people on the forums. Like I've mentioned, we require evidence before we make our judgements and cannot allow someone's word to just be taken at face value.

Finally, the staff here at Outpost does not endorse the idea or encourage the use of setting up sting operations to try and catch people in the act. It isn't a good method of investigation and leads to bad things happening, as you've already learned.