Steam Accounts/Paypal

[SaboSmith]

Did make a much longer post but it never seem to work for some reason. I have recently tried to sell a steam account, already had a fair few people interested but all seemed dodgy. I wont name names as I have no proof/evidence short of my own instincts, just curious on the things below.

Whats the point in people scamming a steam account when it can easily be claimed back? All I can think of is them hacking on the account to get it VAC banned, cant really think of another reason other than maybe selling it on again?

What can I do to protect myself from people reclaiming money over paypal? I noticed a few people asking to send as a gift with certain messages, does that help at all?

Any info/advice would be appreciated.

 

[U8one]

I could try to answer on part of your question that involves PayPal. When you send your payment as a "gift", or "personal payment" you are unable to claim the money back after you once send it, that's why a lot of people ask you to do that, they protect themselves and their money that way.

 

[g9x]

You can open a dispute on PayPal for any method.

Most people ask for a gift because it's harder to prove you didn't get anything

this whole sites market is dodgey, get a MM

 

[Marty77]

if u send as gift u cant rlly dispute. unless ur a lucky kid.

 

[Solved]

Well indeed it happenend to me a guy wanted to buy my account gave me 600$ but yea I was very happy and so on nd then he claimed it back now I lost my acc and no money so you someone send me to a thread with more info about it ?

 

[r0x0r]

Did make a much longer post but it never seem to work for some reason. I have recently tried to sell a steam account, already had a fair few people interested but all seemed dodgy. I wont name names as I have no proof/evidence short of my own instincts, just curious on the things below.

Whats the point in people scamming a steam account when it can easily be claimed back? All I can think of is them hacking on the account to get it VAC banned, cant really think of another reason other than maybe selling it on again?

What can I do to protect myself from people reclaiming money over paypal? I noticed a few people asking to send as a gift with certain messages, does that help at all?

Any info/advice would be appreciated.

I'm quite sure "donations" can't be taken back.

 

[Casperftw]

thanks for the tip ill keep this is mind when selling anything and taking a payment via paypal (Y)

 

[Error74]

Well, Here's the basic.
Steam and Paypal are both dodgy and sketchy.
The reasons are because both can be recovered so the other person is SoL.
IE: Steams can be recovered through a CD Key.
IE: Paypal payments can be chargebacked.

The moral is that there's no real unsketchy way for either when dealing through the internet.
It's all about trust on some parts.

 

[mercenaryapril77]

yeah both kind of sketchy

 

[Sindrefyrn]

It's the same with Runescape accounts. They can easily be recovered, still, people try scam it.

A while ago "Claim & Cancel" were a popular method for not getting scammed. It's basically that the buyer's is opening a claim, then closing it again. It's not so popular anymore, not sure why.

Else, sending payments as gifts should also be helpful to prevent claiming.

But remember, nothing is foolproof.

 

[rogervguy88]

I could try to answer on part of your question that involves PayPal. When you send your payment as a "gift", or "personal payment" you are unable to claim the money back after you once send it, that's why a lot of people ask you to do that, they protect themselves and their money that way.

Yeah you must be sure of the transaction and methods before doing a transaction, be aware of this!