Originally posted by Xile{t}:

that guy got a caution and was lucky too, they also link here within that thread:
http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/76561198035410021-green-is-the-colour-sr-scammer.1553/#post-4919

similar situation, scammer tag.

that was a good read ty Champelliott

Jesus that wall of text.

Originally posted by samhudson333:

If they don't know the value of their item and you do, and you take advantage of that, it's sharking.

But what if they do? Maybe they just want to get rid of it

Originally posted by Champelliot:

This: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198043093660 and
this: http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/scammer-pwned.2967/ are all you need to know, perfect case study for this situation.

So it's a caution, not a scammer mark?

Im going to guess brokering services aren't allowed

Originally posted by samhudson333:

Originally posted by Inertia (Une):

If you mean scam as in the person thought that your key is worth his bud and he trades his bud for your key, its alright. This is part of a learning process for them. Without this, everyone can be careless in trading and not give a second thought on trading with others and simply don't learn.

But usually, I treat scams as a way of learning in trades, so that next time I will be extremely cautious whenever I trade with someone (e.g. check if it is uncraft/untradeable, check its craft #, etc.). This may give you experience in the real world as well.

So I am not entirely sure admins or other traders will agree with me, but if you are scammed, you should just let it go and treat it as a learning experience. For you to actually give back the items is kind-of a good thing.

However, scamming CONTINUOUSLY may not be good. It lowers your reputation and you will soon find that you are not trustworthy anymore to the minds of other people.

This is just my opinion :D

Everything about this is wrong. Paying a key for a buds is sharking, and steamrep taggable. Any scamming ever is steamrep taggable. No amount is ok, and it should never just be let go.

But if you offer an extreme lowball, like a bud for a p energy jefe, and they took it, is it scamming or sharking? I wouldn't think so, because you didn't say its a super special bud or anything like that.

Thats not what I meant, I meant a trader gets scammed, someone scams the guy who scammed the first guy, and then the person who scammed the scammer gives the items back to the first person scammed

Thanks Sam, you can lock this now if you want

If you scam a scammer, then give the items back to the person who got scammed, are you still marked as a scammer?

Anyone?

You only get cautioned if the trade was not obvious, such as 5 buds for a sunbeams bonk boy