No, the only third party site we allow are links to Dispenser.tf

The issue with refined for buds trades is that the vast majority are in fact spam like you say. When it comes to high volume trades such as earbuds, we know beyond the shadow of a doubt that a trade is unrealistic not because we're enforcing a price range, but that it is very likely that the trade listed both above and below it are going to offer at least 1000% more than the trade in question.

Offering low on lower tier stranges is one thing, but asking for some of the most commonly traded currency items for next to nothing when there are countless better offers is just spam.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/groups/tf2outpost/discussions/0/540744935408392466/

Let the fact that the person has not had a trade in 7 months be their message that they're offering too low. It is not for any one of us to decide if that trade is worthy or not to stay on the site.

Those prices on the listed trade are also nowhere near what I could consider unrealistic. On top of that, I can see messages from people asking them to be added. This person is doing nothing wrong and is trading how they wish. Anyone is allowed to accept the offers they put on the table or move on, and they are free to as long as they follow the rules.

And please stop throwing the word scam around in this discussion. Nothing here is considered a scam and using the word like that makes real scams less clear for others to identify and worries people who have done noting wrong, like this person:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/groups/tf2outpost/discussions/0/540744936647550563/

We're not in the position of trying to enforce prices on others, nor is it something we want to do. Opinions of Backpack.tf aside, they do not set what prices are and how "fair" an offer is. Anyone is allowed to ask for whatever they want and offer what they wish to other people for items.

The case of people attempting to get an item for a refined or so less than what others want is not what we'd consider an extreme amount to the point where we'd act on it.

Posting from previous topics on this subject:

Sadly, there isn't much more to discuss. This has come up many times and we've done all we realistically can.

From: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/groups/tf2outpost/discussions/0/540742399405362271/#c540742399404625939

"There is nothing we can do on our end. The only interaction between the phishers and outpost is them scrubbing the front page for SteamID numbers/profile links and then adding them directly through the Steam client.

If we were to remove that information, it would cripple the site and do nothing in the long term as that information can be found anywhere your profile is publicly seen.

Valve did take some action not too long ago where they limited the number of friend requests you could send out in a single day, but reversed it for some reason. "


On imposing limits on who can see trades: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/groups/tf2outpost/discussions/0/540744299979574330/

"...we cannot add any type of restriction that makes a user need a certain action completed in order to use site functions, such as hours played or amount of items in a backpack.

Bots can easily idle whatever time it takes to do that, as well as fill up pages of weapons to bypass whatever system you set up. On top of that, it could restrict legitimate users who may just be started out on the game and our site.

Really, it's all on Valve to do something about phishing at this point, we can't do much more than the steps we've already taken to combat them besides try to educate more people on the practices and common signals of a phishing scam."


And on why phishing bots do not need to be online/public to get to you: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/groups/tf2outpost/discussions/0/540743212121412369/#c540743212239182690

"...Let's pretend here that I was a phisher.

My account is perfectly normal, logged in and ready to view everyone's information. My account will then scrub the site for the information it needs, Steam ID's, Profile links, etc.

I then send that information to alt accounts Currier Bell 2, Currier Bell 3, Currier Bell 4 and more. They are the ones that send links to other users over Steam and never actually logged onto the site.

Even if we banned 2, 3, and 4, they have never been on the site. It was all Currier Bell 1 who did the work, who still looks perfectly fine and is logged on the site."

Do not use the forums to call out other people.

http://www.tf2outpost.com/user/49224

You're not banned and never have been for phishing.

Not at all.

There's a widely seen notion that selling something for what you want rather than the current "fair/real/correct" price is scamming or sharking, which is just not true. As long as you don't attempt to deceive anyone or manipulate them into buying your item for something an experienced trader wouldn't, then you have nothing to worry about.

Sorry, but we can't make exceptions to the rules.

We've closed countless trades that are in nature just likes yours where there is good intent, but they just don't qualify as a trade. We can't monitor them and they're much harder to investigate should something negative actually happen within it.

There are numerous sites dedicated to item giveaways and other various forms of community interaction, I would suggest using a related community forum or reddit page as I'm sure you'd find much more attention on those than on a trading site.