r/badkarma • u/baggytheo • Jul 13 '11
BAD - WilliamHayze scammed me out of Left 4 Dead 2 on /r/gameswap
As per my submission to Gameswap, I was looking for a copy of Dawn of War 2: Retribution in exchange for any combination of many extra games I had to offer:
http://www.reddit.com/r/gameswap/comments/in1tx/h_bfbc2_just_cause_2_red_faction_guerilla_l4d2/
WilliamHayze messaged me and I agreed to trade him Left 4 Dead 2 as well as Just Cause 2 for Retribution. Yesterday I added him to my friends on Steam to make the swap, and we had agreed as per our messages for me to send one game, then him to send Retribution, then me to send the second game. I sent him Left 4 Dead 2, and saw that it had been redeemed, at which point he said in Steam messages "Okay, hang on I have to buy it for you. You want to just send me the other game while I do this?" I replied that "I would be more comfortable to send it after I receive Retribution, as we agreed earlier", at which point he stopped returning communication and then eventually blocked me on Steam.
His Steam account is Nelta.
EDIT: Sorry I messed up the link to the message exchange. It's now corrected.
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u/bsturtle Jul 13 '11
Did you see this post he made 5 mo ago? Iama, or rather, was... A notorious internet scammer for 2 years.. AMA
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u/baggytheo Jul 14 '11
No, I did not.
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Jul 14 '11
expose his steam account.
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Jul 14 '11
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u/flimdex Jul 14 '11
I would have thought you liked him
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u/senae Jul 15 '11
nah, man, he's not eric. Eric is a pretty chill dude that likes everyone (occasionally much to his detriment), ericlikesyou just lets the world know that.
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u/bsturtle Jul 14 '11
I have no problem with sharing his steam account information. I don't think this would fall upon "private" personal information. (I don't have it. but if the OP is comfortable sharing.)
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u/baggytheo Jul 14 '11
His Steam account name is "Nelta" (no quotes). Has be been banned from gameswap?
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u/Remmib Jul 14 '11
You need to post this information OP.
This is also the reason I always make the other person trade first. It's to limit liability on my side, because I know that I can trust myself and I'd never screw someone else out of a trade. It's simply immoral.
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u/Lunchables Jul 15 '11
I'm the same way. Wanna trade?
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u/Remmib Jul 15 '11
Sure, but you go first :P.
I've completed 6 trades now (4 digital, 2 physical) and they all went as smooth as can be.
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u/Lunchables Jul 15 '11
Apparently I suck at making jokes. I was implying we'd have a stalemate because we would both be waiting for the other to trade first. :P
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u/Remmib Jul 15 '11
No, I got what you were saying :P...I dunno why I threw that second line in there, I guess I just felt like it.
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u/dunnoes Jul 14 '11
Do you think exposing his steam account would be too much? Because I think it's better that way, everyone can block him on steam.
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u/gkryo Jul 14 '11
Very true. I need to make sure that he is blocked from the reddit gifting steam groups.
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u/includemeout Jul 15 '11
Is it bad to go to his profile and down vote every post or thread he's made in the past 5 months?
If so, then I'm bad.
I fucking hate thieves.
EDIT: Wording.
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u/Letmefixthatforyouyo Jul 15 '11
Reddit automatically discards votes made in peoples profiles to prevent exactly that.
If you want to be really bad, you have to go to each individual thread and downvote in there.
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u/includemeout Jul 15 '11
Done.
Now what?
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u/fade2black114 Jul 15 '11
i did that too..lol i hate scammers, especially since r/gameswap is such a great way to trade games....ugh...one person can fuck it up
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Jul 15 '11
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u/Leyledorp Jul 16 '11
I'm glad that you did not make a separate post for this, and that you made it a comment. I am sorry I have but only one upvote to give, dear sir.
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Jul 15 '11
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u/moderndayvigilante Jul 15 '11
You didn't check the comments before posting this? The comment you posted was already posted 2 days ago....
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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '11 edited Jul 14 '11
Did you ever get a copy of Dawn of War? I have a copy if you still want it, no trade necessary.