Auto buy Market Bot

[Fallen Angel]

auto buy bot not banned . true or not trust.

let discuss

my friends use auto buy market bot very long time and i try report my friends,my friends laugh.
him say market bot allowed and he say never banned yet after few year.

[Darren]

Market bots are against the SSA. It is up to Valve what to do about it however and they need to detect it first.

[Fallen Angel]

Originally posted by Darren:

Market bots are against the SSA. It is up to Valve what to do about it however and they need to detect it first.

my friends say valve can't do anything about it.so,my friends ask me try use market bot script.not need waste time on stupid steam market.so we both can enjoy games together

[Darren]

Your friend is wrong, legally Valve can terminate your Steam account (blocking access to all your games) for using a market bot. They could also ban you from the market, or a number of other penalties. Whether they will choose to do this is entirely up to their discretion when they detect you using said bot.

Are you willing to gamble 198 games on the chance they either don't notice or decide not to terminate your account?

[Darren]

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[Fallen Angel]

Originally posted by Darren:

Your friend is wrong, legally Valve can terminate your Steam account (blocking access to all your games) for using a market bot. They could also ban you from the market, or a number of other penalties. Whether they will choose to do this is entirely up to their discretion when they detect you using said bot.

my friends have 10 account,not single account have banned.earn $1000 each month.my eye drooling

[RGX12]

Whether it's against Steam's terms of service or not (although most websites do not welcome manipulation by bots), most well-written 'bots' simulate the actions of real individuals and so it is not trivial to enact any countermeasures against them. Furthermore, in my opinion stopping bot activity does not appear high on Steam's list of priorities.

[Fallen Angel]

i still not sure want to use market bot script or not.i already hard earn and have alot of expensive item.

i hate my friends 1 step ahead of me buying on market.i think he only use market bot 2 or 3 time a day.

[Fallen Angel]

the funny is i trick my friends buy my item.i put buying very high prices,after he put the buying prices over me.i faster sell my item,gain profit.only work when i know when he online.

[Darren]

Note your friends earns wallet credit not real money which means should Valve notice he is using a bot and decide to ban him he could lose all of his "earnings" immediately.

Also I'm only outlining the facts, this is what can happen. Whether or not it will depends entirely upon Valve (they decide what to do when they notice you using a market bot). Like RGX12 I don't think they are particularly actively hunting for market bot users, but if they decide to crackdown there goes your account and anything you spent on it.

[76561198001062896]

I would highly recommend NOT to use such methods, because its a few bucks extra profit may not be worth getting your account suspended.

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I'm not sure if it was bull or not but some guy did an AMA on reddit about him making thousands off of bots and then getting banned

[Fallen Angel]

Originally posted by Erebus:

I'm not sure if it was bull or not but some guy did an AMA on reddit about him making thousands off of bots and then getting banned

this happen few year ago .already outdate.now market bot can't be detect.

[Toast]

I've reported a bot on the marketplace numerous times, yet they still continue to run their script to match the highest bid on an auction. And, they will ALWAYS win the item, (since they live in a geographically "poorer" country).

Apparently the EULA doesn't apply to certain countries. Where is this written out in the terms of online conduct?

Valve has turned a blind eye to this. It's much more cost effective to let the exploitative behavior continue, than to devote resources to an actual investigation into the matter.

Money and profit speaks volumes, and that's the bottom line in all of this.