trade banned after years of buying selling skins from csfloat

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Gruber May 12 @ 2:58pm

I am puzzled, Ive been buying cs2 skins (not the cheap ones) simply to play with for years. WhenI want another skin I just sell the old one at csfloat and buy another one at csfloat. Suddenly now I received a trade ban.

I have literally never gambled on any of those gambling cs case websites. I simply buy skins to play with..thats all. I havent even ever opened a cs case ingame since its not allowed in my country (Netherlands) and its blocked ingame. Didnt even try or consider using a VPN to circumvent this restriction, in fear of getting banned.

And now after ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ all that I get trade banned, what in the actual ♥♥♥♥.

What can I do now? Any help appreciated <3

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miamew3 May 12 @ 5:18pm

Did you recently change your name? Profile name changes cause a 4 hour trade cool down.

nullable May 12 @ 10:24pm

I don't see q trade ban on your profile. Are you one of those folks that uses the word ban to mean any circumstance you can't do what you want?

At any rate there's a number of circumstances that may trigger a trade cooldown. No need to overreact.

Lilim May 12 @ 11:35pm

Originally posted by Gruber:
I am puzzled, Ive been buying cs2 skins (not the cheap ones) simply to play with for years. WhenI want another skin I just sell the old one at {removed} and buy another one at {removed}. Suddenly now I received a trade ban.

Your account does not have a trade ban.

You recently changed your name. You should be able to trade again by now.

Nx Machina May 12 @ 11:59pm

The site you mentioned in your opening post is a known skin scam site so it is odd you posted.

Originally posted by Gruber:
I have literally never gambled on any of those gambling cs case websites.

saipht May 13 @ 2:40am

xdd

monkuJin Jul 31 @ 10:37pm

What do you mean? csfloat is not a scam site or gambling site.

Originally posted by Nx Machina:
The site you mentioned in your opening post is a known skin scam site so it is odd you posted.

Last edited by monkuJin; Jul 31 @ 10:37pm

Mr. Smiles Jul 31 @ 11:02pm

Originally posted by monkuJin:
What do you mean? [Redacted] is not a scam site or gambling site.

Which is, of course, why the spambots constantly post it's url all over the forums.

Last edited by Mr. Smiles; Jul 31 @ 11:03pm

Teksura Aug 1 @ 1:40am

You always see people go "[Known Scam Site] isn't a scam site" when what they really mean is "I personally haven't fallen victim to the scam site. Yet.". Or sometimes they mean "Okay I was scammed by them but admitting I fell for their scam makes me feel stupid so I'll defend the guys who scammed me so I don't feel bad about being scammed."

Of course you haven't fallen victim yet. Most people using them haven't. If everyone using them got scammed right away, they wouldn't have useful fools to go around insisting they're legit and drag more people into their clutches.

These sites operate with patience and care. They let you use them without issue for months, or even years. And then when your number comes up, that's when they strike. they never tell you that you're being scammed. they always give an excuse and blame Steam for you losing your items to their scam. Sometimes you deposit an expensive item and they claim they never got the item and say you need to fun a fools errand of contacting support and getting them to "fix" the issue. Sometimes you go to withdraw items and they claim that they can't send you a trade offer because of a problem with your account that doesn't actually exist. But usually they get you to give them their login details through a fake login screen with the expectation that this will log you into their site. Then they set up an API key on your account and when you're not looking, they initiate market transactions, or redirect trades, or something like that. All of this is very well known on these forums. We see it all the time.

Never trade items for "credit" on some shady website. Always treat every trade like it is the last trade you will ever do with them. Always treat every trade like they have the ability to block you and never trade with you again. Because they do have that ability. Every single trading site that requires you to make a deposit on their bots is specifically requiring you disregard the Recommended Trading Practices as provided by Support: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/18A5-167F-C27B-64A0

Last edited by Teksura; Aug 1 @ 1:42am