If you didn't buy anything then you dont have premium

The "professors specs" don't give premium, they are awarded to players who have helped others. The only way to get premium is to buy something off the tf2 store or use an upgrade to premium gift

So it was a upgrade to premium gift? Or did you trade with him?

How did you get premium?

Don't put those phsing links in please, people might misclick

Originally posted by TaliskerTaster:

Hi Nooge

Thanks for the explanation.

Unfortunately, as soon as I saw his/its profile was set to private (does a private profile still have a 'more' drop down?), and the link was 'comminity' or whatever I removed him. :(

Are there any chat logs hidden away in the settings somewhere? So that I can get his user ID etc. then go to his profile page and report him?

A private profile should still have that drop down box so you can report it. If you remove the user (sometimes even closing the chat window) the chat history gets removed.

Originally posted by YellaBanana:

What is the limit?

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Item_drop_system

Originally posted by TaliskerTaster:

Can you explain that gobbledygook at the end a bit better please?

I had the same guy, just try the same trick with me too, but I didn't fall for it. How do I report the phishing attempt to 'the admins'? The only 'support' doc I found on Steam was from something dated 2007 with the search term 'phishing' producing exactly 3 out of date results. Useless!

Alright, here goes:

Lets say a bot has added you with the same old message that they always send. You know its a phsing link so you don't click it. GG you're smart, now you click the drop down box on the chat and visit their profile page. On their profile page there should be a drop down box labeled "More" in this menu there should be a button called "report violation" Click This.
(Shown here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/96wr0by8gr0grs9/Screen%20Shot%202014-09-10%20at%208.20.13%20AM.png?dl=0)

A window should popup that looks something like this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ce3rmjgismxa3zb/Screen%20Shot%202014-09-10%20at%208.22.49%20AM.png?dl=0

Check the box that says "Suspected Hijacker or Phsing" and either copy and paste the chat into the box below, or take a screenshot it and post a link to it in the box, either is fine. Hit the green "Submit Report" button.

Once you have done this, block and remove the bot from your friends list.

Hope this clears this up and let me know if you are still confused by anything.

Blocking them on their OP profile will stop their trades from showing in searches

Do you have a screenshot?