With most digital items there no need to bother really, I think it would generally work itself out. But when those people take those tactics and use them on something with a more defined monetary value, like game gifts, you have to wonder, are the people with these huge lists of games they are buying for unrealistically low prices actually getting people selling to them? If so, are they just really stupid desparate people? Or are the actually participating in the laundering of goods stolen from hijacked acocunts?

Originally posted by Currier Bell:

Let the fact that the person has not had a trade in 7 months be their message that they're offering too low.

If you draw that conclusion from tf2outpost itself I would say that it is very innacurate. I use tf2 outpost to advertise my trades but I don't use the rep system unless the person I'm trading with asks it of me. I find it needlessly complicated so I don't bother.

Maybe I'm not understanding it properly, but it' a non issue for me because the only rep system that has any credibilty to me is steamtrades.com because of it's simplicity. Looking at my profile I don't even understand how I appear to others who do know the system, I've got 118 trades, 61 posts, and 1 hearts. Does that mean only 1 person has ever confirmed a trade with me? I don't know. and frankly I don't really care cause I do fine without worrying about it.