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EDIT: Holy moly, you just keep coming. We're at 1000+ now.

EDIT 2: 2000+!? Jiminey crickets.

EDIT 3: 4500+. GOOD GOD.

Game changing developments

Hello gameswap,

Context

Let me start off by saying how incredibly sorry and disappointed I am at the recent turn of events. I don’t know how to accurately convey my feelings at this time so let me be just get right to the point:

I was fired this morning thanks to a few dozen phone calls from whom I assume to be redditors. At 9:12 AM, the day had barely begun but already I had 3 voicemails from the weekend. Thinking nothing of it, I decided to grab a coffee and returned to a page from the receptionist who was annoyed that a few people had been trying to reach me since ‘she got in (7:45 AM)’

I assumed that this was work related as it is not uncommon to have a busy Monday morning due to issues that arise over the weekend. The first voicemail was routine but the other two were from a redditor who – you guessed it – wanted DX:HR codes. This person who left no name or contact information, simply stated that he knows when I am getting my shipment in; he knows my name and work number and that he would let the appropriate people know that I am stealing. My heart started racing because I had been forbidden by the powers that be to let anything about this be traced back to the company (but was allowed to use the codes as I saw fit.)

With my head pounding and throat dry, I flipped to the other voicemail. This time, the mystery redditor let me know that he would be creating a throwaway account and expected a PM of all the keys that came in today for his silence. I found this despicable but he left me no other recourse. I resigned myself to the fact that I would have to do this in the evening when the keys came in, but alas the problems only escalated from here.

I resumed working, visibly uncomfortable and nervous, and this is when I got my first of many live call. The callers demands ranged from a few codes, to all the games on my pre-trade list and a select few wanted everything. Initially I denied that I had anything to do with reddit, gameswap or DX:HR but one caller recited my CEO’s home, cell and work number and knowing that it was only a matter of time before things escalated beyond my control , I decided I should come clean. I decided to inform my CEO of the developments and as I walked into his office, I heard him swearing at the ‘people from the internet.’ The receptionist, the CEO, a few people in my department and myself received a grand total of 138 unsolicited phone calls. Some were polite and were wondering if they could have one code and some were very threatening and demanded near everything I had.

I was initially suspended without pay and as I was packing up a few things, I was full out terminated for breaching company policy (that I had signed when hired). The whole ordeal has shaken my faith in humanity but my faith in reddit as a whole remains strong. Out of the many hundreds or thousands that saw my post, only 138 of you decided to be selfish.

I am sorry for disappointing everybody and rest assured that the people who sent me codes, I have NOT used them. The people who pre-traded me games, I will return them at my earliest opportunity, and the people who I promised codes for free, as soon as I get back on my feet, I will be purchasing a copy for you guys.

Tl;dr Got fired, returning pre-traded games.

Updates:

• Anybody who bought items specifically to trade with me, such as DLC for something you do not own or tiny worthless games that they have no use for and/or cannot trade away, I have a very limited number of games that I can offer you - courtesy of blueshiftlabs, phyxius149 and craftables - as compensation for your now worthless piece of software.

• I have been reading this thread and want to thank all you guys for your support. Today I will attempt to figure out if it was an inside job, and then review my options and plan for the future. EDIT: Most probably not an inside job, according to me atleast.

• Now that I have calmed down a bit, I would be happy to answer any questions you might have to the best of my ability. Gameswap in no way deserves a reputation hit due to what I consider to be mostly my fault. I disregarded the first rule of the internet - Be Cautious. (In hopes that your questions do not get lost in the sea of comments, please ask them here) Although you can post it anywhere and when I find it, I will answer it.

• More than half the games have been traded back. I will not be online much on steam with that account after tonight, so please PM me when you wish to trade back

Probably any accounts less than 8mo old. if you cho0se to ignore this, please be sure that the person you trading with has a fair amount of activity and has made many trades that are not suspicious. If trust is an issue for your swapper because you're new to reddit, then offer up your game first. See Diggidy's suggestion here as well.

we have strong evidence to believe that there is a user attempting to game us. he has so far deleted the reddit accounts we've been monitoring.

we have a fair amount of personal information and are in contact with him now in an attempt to resolve this issue as best we can.

as always any trade here is risky.

more details will be provided when we can.

please contact us if you have dealt with any of the following users:

Kallius, skymoon31, or onnywtfisthis.

also, make sure this gets to the top of the page.

EDIT: hey guys. didn't mean to be so alarmist. the 8mo thing is really just a guideline and may be excessive. it is not a rule. please see Diggidy's suggestion above on how to trade with a new or young user which will be added to the faq. trade with whoever you like. we are not going to prevent trades with young accounts or prevent young accounts from participating. Goose is guessing really 5mo as a rule of thumb. we just wanted you to be extra cautious as we work this out. always trade within your comfort zone.

through persuasive means the user in question has agreed to complete his end of the bargain. he's been given a week to do so. we'll keep you posted.

Canadian here and it feels like everyone's from the US. Very disheartening.

EDIT: I meant when making trade posts. It's really helpful.

her partner received her trade today. this was what is becoming a new problem, not a scam, but just poor communication. please remember that in a trust based system that we work with here, communication is so so very important.

my original post has been removed.

happy trading.

Hey guys. I found this nifty place via /r/all. I noticed that you guys tag your posts with your country. A while back I set up a system in /r/ILiveIn to automatically add a flag to posts.

To quote that thread:

To add a flag to your post in /r/gameswap you can do so by following these steps:

1. Locate your country code from the list below.

2. When creating a post, simply put your country code at the beginning of your title. (See this post title for an example.)

3. Your flag should automatically show up on your post.

Simple as that!

New countries in italics.

Don't see your country? Comment on this post to have it added!

Notes:

• Flag selections were based off of population and past /r/ILiveIn posts. I will be adding more when I can, and will swap out countries if I need to, so these are subject to change.

• These flags will only work on self (text) posts.

• You will need to have allow reddits to show me custom styles checked in your preferences in order to see the flags.

• The flags will only show up while viewing /r/gameswap.

• Country codes were taken from here.

That being said, I'll stick around a while to gage everyones reactions (If you don't like I can remove it, etc.).

Another note: The code can sometimes incorrectly tag a post. If you start a self post with the word "can", you're getting a Canadian flag, eh. If something like that happens a mod can tweak the CSS code to remove it. I made it so the code ignores everything but the very beginning of the title so any use of the word "can" elsewhere in the title won't trigger a flag.

The code doesn't like when you use two brackets without a space at the beginning of your title. Leave a space between your first two brackets (country code first!) to ensure the code picks up your country code!

Edit: A nice redditor gave me Psychonauts which I need to play. I'll give steam account info to mods because I don't think I should post it.

Edit 2: This grew fast! Um, drop your pitchforks everybody though. I gave relevant info to the mods and I consider this taken care of. Thank you all for the support. Moral of the story is be wary of who you trade with because the outcome may not be what you want.

Also if anyone wants a good solid trade here my current offerings

relevent information

as a side note, there was a failure in communication with the party that got screwed. he failed to follow up with the moderators on the issue so that this user could have been banned earlier.

the moderators of gameswap prefer you do not make posts bad mouthing other community members, even if they are true. the issue is that we have no time to respond and handle the situation in the appropriate and preferred manner (like how the recent RESOLVED issue with Cnelmz

in the future, posts like the recent post will be removed.

as always let us know if you have any questions.

happy trading

Here's a link for you!

(The free karma train for this job is slowing down with all these self-reddits I keep featuring!)

EDIT: like Fermit said, PM the mods by clicking this: http://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23gameswap or "message the moderators" above the moderator box or by sending a PM to #gameswap. It'll keep things nice!

Okay, we understand that you don't like getting scammed. We don't like getting scammed, and the community doesn't like getting scammed. That DOES NOT give you the right to post users' information publicly, Private Messages (note the whole private part) or other personal information. if you have information pertaining to a scammer, repress the urge to publicly humiliate them and PM the mods.

If a situation does arise, please message the mods with the user in question, screencap any PMs you have and send them to the mods only. WE will then take care of it.

Crossposting in multiple subreddits about a scammer and trying to get people riled up can only hurt your case. Harassing others may seem like the way to go, but remember that if you push those buttons too much, they may delete their accounts and proceed to do nothing, after all, it can't get much worse, right?

And in case you didn't hear it the first time: DO NOT POST USERS' INFORMATION PUBLICLY. This is not only a /r/gameswap policy but also a reddit wide policy. Posting personal information publicly, whether as a post or a comment will result in an insta-ban from the mods and perhaps a ban from reddit as well (if the admins get whiff of it).

So for clarity's sake

DO NOT

• Post user's information publicly

• Organize an internet mob after a scammer

• Take matters into your own hands. We the mods are here to moderate (and clean out the spam filter). We can handle it. Trust us.

DO

• Send the mods a PM (send to #gameswap) with the scammer's name, PM logs and other information

• Be patient

• Let the mods take care of it.

• Post console names in front of haves and wants, to make it easier to read like: USA (PS3) H: Derpington II W: Herp ES Edition

Thanks, and sorry if this seems to be a bit blunt. We just need yall to abide by reddit policy of not posting user information and not to organize internet mobs because that is never the way to go, and it will never get anything accomplished.

TL;DR

Read the title

you must have your partner respond to your post when confirming, to receive your mushroom.

we'll also continue to work on cleaning up april's list as partners confirm, but it should be current as of the time i made this post.

I'm really starting to hate when I'm waiting days on end to hear back from someone I offered to, or not sure if they're just ignoring me. Or if someone says "I PM'd" but it doesn't have a response so I don't know if it went through, not knowing if I should offer.

Is it so hard just to every offer just say "no thanks" or "I'll take this" and edit if it is up

Please upvote so more people can see (I don't get karma for it because it's a self post)

And also after you have traded something away, edit the description so no one else offers for it.

Thanks community and mods of r/gameswap for always being awesome :)

I've seen a lot of people confused over this. So I'm going to make this clear:

You can only trade games if they show up in your gift window (from the main Steam window, choose the Games menu and click "Manage Gifts and Guest Passes") as "Unsent" or "Sent".

If you have the game installed and/or it does not show up in that window, YOU CANNOT TRADE IT.

So please, help yourself and everyone else before you post an offer on /r/gameswap and double check you have the items tradeable on Steam.

See this post here in r/badkarma for more information.

Title pretty much says it. Somebody sent me a copy of Borderlands GOTY on 360 when I never set up a trade for it. Please pm me so we can work it out. I hope you can get your game back!

Very many thanks to sircod for bringing this to our attention.

I do not know if this means that others previously scammed will have an opportunity at some kind of reconciliation, but it certainly would not hurt to ask.

I imagine that Valve itself will act as a mediator, holding the games in limbo until both parties have complied. You can only trade gifts or games you have multiple copies of (turned into a gift).

This guy has recently scammed someone out of a DOTA 2 key and is now attempting to do the same under different account, so please be careful.

I have talked to him and he refuses to take responsibility for his actions.

Do not engage in any trades with anyone with that steam ID (STEAM_0:0:14851356) or similar names (Kookajamo, AG Shampane, Shampaneis, etc). In general he is looking for DOTA 2 keys (giving them to his friends it seems) and he is offering BF3/Steam Games/HoN account.

You can check someones steam ID here. If the steam ID matches the one in this post, don't trade, you will get scammed.

Be safe, be smart. If neither of you have mushrooms and if the account is newer than yours, they should go first, as is the guideline. I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH! The guideline is there to help keep you safe and from getting scammed.

I just wanted to warn the community. Keep safe and enjoy trading.

Edit: his zip code is 19711 just incase he tries to pull off trade for a physical item.

Edit 2: aka Drumstick12

A few items to discuss here;

One: Please report any comment which links to an amazon purchase page. Reddit has been overwhelmed with recent comment replies by spammers who essentially mirror the comment to which they're replying, and provide an amazon referral link which is labeled as relevant.

Two: Please refrain from requesting money as the only compensation you want for a trade. Gameswap is for trading games -- if you want to sell your game, there are several more substantial avenues. (read: Ebay and Craigslist). If you see anyone who is requesting only cash, please click the report button on the thread so we can remove it.

Finally, the community has spoken regarding constant re-posts. Please allow several days (at least 5) to pass before re-posting your identical offer/request. Folks here search, as well as review several days worth of old postings, so please don't feel like you'll be overlooked in following days.

Thanks gameswappers -- this community would literally be nothing without your support.

I'd noticed quite a few people are selling the game EETS on the TF2 board. Originally I thought nothing of it, and grabbed one, but as I looked into it, more and more people are selling them for cheaper and cheaper. I researched a bit, and learned an exploit has come out. (I'll happily return my copy if anyone knows how) But I'd hate to see the devs lose on money for something like this.

Apparently there's an iPhone game that gives you a free code when you beat the game. If your phone is jailbroken however, you can fake your signature and receive multiple copies.

Detailed guide on how to do it is actually here on the Steam Forums: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1907958 Edit: Link is down. Looks like the mods finally took action.

Also, a topic where a seller admits to using the method: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1918989

Even if I don't get my items back, I'd rather not steal, and I'm sure the community here feels the same. On that note, can we get this guy banned? He's obviously using the exploit.

Yes, even Sneak King

he finally completed his end of the bargain. complaining party seems to be satisfied, and all things considered was very understanding and a good sport.

the past post, announcing the complaint, will be removed.

let me say this:

if you are prepared to negotiate a deal with another member of the community, you need to be prepared to handle your business in a timely manner. if you are procrastinator, a slacker, or a flake this may not be the community for you.

our system is based solely on trust and the strength of the community. by delaying your end of the bargain, you put a significant strain on that trust and create unneeded stress for your partner and the community.

tldr: if you're gong to participate, make sure you have your shit together.

Portal is free on Steam until September 20th as a part of its Learn with Portals program. Go get it if you don't have it. Play it. Never offer it for trade again.

Steam download: http://store.steampowered.com/app/400/

Learn with Portals website: http://www.learnwithportals.com

It's nice to come home from a hard day of work and getting this in the mail: http://imgur.com/vXlHX?full

Thanks zonku!

You know who you are...

edit: relevant for downvoters

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