3 Trading cards sold at market, payment shows 'Pending'

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Mary Virgin May 10, 2023 @ 1:35am

3 Trading cards sold at market, payment shows 'Pending'

I was going bananas whole day seeing steam wallet at top right corner showing 'Pending' credit. I had not bought any game seeking a refund. So was not sure what happened. Checked all emails to see if any hack happened something was bought and returned. When scanning market listings page to see sold items, I noticed 3 trading cards I listed had sold but payment of all 3 showed 'pending' that was actually what was showing collectively in wallet.

How is this possible? Is this a new thing?

See Screenshot: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2973970987

Last edited by Mary Virgin; May 10, 2023 @ 1:58am

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Pierce Dalton May 10, 2023 @ 1:48am

Tuesday is maintenance day, it might have something to do with it. You should contact support if the credit remains stuck for too long.

Mary Virgin May 10, 2023 @ 1:57am

Originally posted by Pierce Dalton:
Tuesday is maintenance day, it might have something to do with it. You should contact support if the credit remains stuck for too long.

Can you even list a strange issue without going in circles and hitting only FAQs?

Just attached screenshot in main post. BTW I sold 100 cards that day none else got stuck only 3 high priced ones did.

Last edited by Mary Virgin; May 10, 2023 @ 2:00am

_veleron May 10, 2023 @ 3:01am

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/7/3821910251190183856/ ?

cwyn May 10, 2023 @ 6:27am

I got the same thing just now I literally sold something for the cheapest on the market and received an email stating "The purchase price for this item is unusual. Funds received from this sale will be held temporarily."

cwyn May 10, 2023 @ 6:28am

Originally posted by cwyn:
I got the same thing just now I literally sold something for the cheapest on the market and received an email stating "The purchase price for this item is unusual. Funds received from this sale will be held temporarily."

Now it looks like everything I sell goes straight to pending

INZANE TRADING May 10, 2023 @ 7:31am

Originally posted by cwyn:
I got the same thing just now I literally sold something for the cheapest on the market and received an email stating "The purchase price for this item is unusual. Funds received from this sale will be held temporarily."

Same here, sold rust skin for 1,1$ that is being sold for 1-1,15 range and also got money from that sale on pending and received same email. Looks like their automatic anti money laundering system that works when someone sells a skin for lets say 1000% of its value got f**** up today or smth.

Last edited by INZANE TRADING; May 10, 2023 @ 7:35am

Mary Virgin May 10, 2023 @ 10:46am

Well today 100 cards more sold I listed and none pending. Just these 3 yesterday.

Mary Virgin May 10, 2023 @ 11:13am

This is a new experience I found this email on sale of items:

An item you listed in the Community Market has been sold to XXXYYY. Your Steam Wallet has been credited 000.00 INR.

The purchase price for this item is unusual. Funds received from this sale will be held temporarily.

Funds from this sale will be held by Steam for up to five days. In the meantime, the funds will be included in your pending wallet balance. If necessary, the transaction may be reversed and the item returned to your Steam Inventory.

Steam Support cannot modify or accelerate this process. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The rate of cards were high for a while and i had infact listed at a rate lowest rate in stack. Why is it seen with suspicious?

Last edited by Mary Virgin; May 10, 2023 @ 11:15am

Ogami May 10, 2023 @ 11:30am

Originally posted by Mary Virgin:

The rate of cards were high for a while and i had infact listed at a rate lowest rate in stack. Why is it seen with suspicious?

Its a security measurement against hijacked accounts so scammers cant just sell the entire inventory of a account at lowest "buy now" price.
With this new restriction the original owner has more time to get their account back before his items are being sold by the scammer.
It triggers automatically if a items get sold a certain amount under the current average market value.

Last edited by Ogami; May 10, 2023 @ 11:31am

wuddih May 10, 2023 @ 12:29pm

it is mainly to combat transferring wallet funds and other things may be tested.

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CrispyCornFlakes Jul 9, 2023 @ 4:24am

Here I was trying to sell a card before the sale ends and they make it fkin pending thanks steam.

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Mary Virgin Jul 10, 2023 @ 8:27am

Originally posted by CrispFlake:
Here I was trying to sell a card before the sale ends and they make it fkin pending thanks steam.

You will get it at least ionw allet in 2 days amount sold.

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lukkydbz1235 Mar 15, 2024 @ 11:42am

This is so stupid lmao , i sold my card for a bit lower so that people would be interested in buying lol , but now steam thinks i am hacked? I appreciate the concern but whatever....

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