So using Buff will get you trade banned now?

[THE LORD]

According to one latest youtube video, a lot of big time traders got trade banned because they used Buff. And in the comment section, some other users also got trade banned because of Buff.

Anyone knows why? I've never used Buff before though.

[Smoke you like fendi 1991]

Hopefully 🙏🏻

[Bob Lord]

I doubt using buff in normal amounts won’t get you trade banned. The people who had problems were big traders who had received scam reports from disgruntled people (anyone can say bad things about anyone) AND receiving a lot of automatic one way trades via buff. It was deemed suspicious by valve but it seems to me the only questionable things are the reports

[ass coupé]

Originally posted by P Ø E:

Hopefully 🙏🏻

Care to elaborate?

[deathisnumb.de]

Well as Heyzeus said, Grizzly was not trustworthy and probably used his "big inventory and rep" to fool a lot of people. Tibeg was banned but is now on probation so he can trade again later on, this was probably just a fail on Valves side.
I was once community banned aswell for false reasons and my ban was lifted.
Buff is the biggest CS marketplace and a lot of big traders use them to buy/sell stuff and they have not been banned.

Valve allows sites such as BUFF and all the other marketplaces so banning people for using them is very unlikely. If Valve had a problem with BUFF they would just nuke BUFF- not us who buy there. Skins were made to be sold and traded.

[Smoke you like fendi 1991]

Originally posted by b9moehre:

Originally posted by P Ø E:

Hopefully 🙏🏻

Care to elaborate?

I only buy skins to play with. I couldent care less about the ”economy” of trading outside of steam market. Cheaper prices on market makes me being able to buy cooler skins for less money. I would just be happy if they totally banned people selling skins outside of market.

[Funz]

Originally posted by P Ø E:

Originally posted by b9moehre:

Care to elaborate?

I only buy skins to play with. I couldent care less about the ”economy” of trading outside of steam market. Cheaper prices on market makes me being able to buy cooler skins for less money. I would just be happy if they totally banned people selling skins outside of market.

they can't it can only work if they disable gift trades.
but than you can get around it by throwing some random cheap item in the trade :)

[KebZzZ]

I think they will fix it over time

[THE LORD]

Originally posted by Kazikhy:

I think they will fix it over time

And exactly how is that so?

[Valerie]

Doesn't look like it. The guy I sold my skins to, ZipelCS, isn't banned. He uses Buff all the time. Lol

[Funz]

Originally posted by THE LORD:

Originally posted by Kazikhy:

I think they will fix it over time

And exactly how is that so?

he is just trying to get the badge task or thinks it is fixing his trust.
he did that crap in a few topics.

[MechARM_]

Well, as the video said, Commercial uses of a steam account is forbidden, although one of the biggest factors of skins is their commercial value.

[the Winter Warlock]

Originally posted by R E Q:

Originally posted by b9moehre:

Care to elaborate?

I only buy skins to play with. I couldent care less about the ”economy” of trading outside of steam market. Cheaper prices on market makes me being able to buy cooler skins for less money. I would just be happy if they totally banned people selling skins outside of market.

There are four skins in my inventory I like to play with :-)

[Papa Shekels]

Originally posted by MechARM_:

Well, as the video said, Commercial uses of a steam account is forbidden, although one of the biggest factors of skins is their commercial value.

And this is something that only exists to cover their asses legally. We already had this debate 4 or 5 years ago when all the gambling sites were popping up and OPSKINS got banned. Valve knows about these sites, they let them operate as long as they do not cause major issues to players or generate too much negative press. This game blew up from skins being introduced, would not be anywhere near as popular as it is today without skins, and is more profitable than it ever would have been without skins. Valve benefits from keeping these sites around, until they cause enough harm to counteract the benefit, at which point they take action.

Thousands of people use buff every day, if it suddenly became bannable then you'd have a large chunk of the trading market die overnight. It would be pretty obvious if that ever happened, as it hasn't yet. This is a case of some big people abusing power or appearing to do so and having some action taken against them. Which is good. As anybody who trades often can tell you, scam reports very rarely lead to anything regardless of how much evidence you have, so pushing down some of the biggest offenders is a step in the right direction

[Candyy]

A Buff?

[Nodewin]

Hopefully 🙏🏻