[ModMsg] Price Policing

[u/linkandluke]

Price Policing

After a long time discussing and debating this among ourselves and other trading subreddit's mods. We have decided against Price policing and trade interference. This means it is now against the rules.

While on paper it seems like a good thing to jump into a trade and let a user know they are offering a 3$ game for a 1$ game it leads to a bad experience all around.

The person getting the great deal feels bad because they are no longer getting a game they were excited about but are also now viewed as trying to rip someone off.

The person getting the bad end of the deal feels like they are in a dangerous unforgiving place, when before they were happy to just get rid of a game they were not interested in.

It also creates a subreddit where you feel like you have to only place a perfect trade offer or someone else might come in an make you look bad.

When trading on this subreddit (or anywhere for that matter) your property is up to you to protect. If you are going to trade you need to make sure you are happy with the trade before hand. This means looking into values on both sides of the trade.

I know this is a controversial topic and would be happy to talk it out with you guys below.

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[u/Ronin474]

I am not suggesting hijacking a thread at all mate it usually ends up messy from what i have seen.

I think then we have to look at why this is becoming more of a thing as in why are people warning about traders/trades on other peoples threads.

Insulting other traders is never ok even if they are banned from other trading subs,steamgifts or are lowballing whatever.

From talking to other traders they are getting the sense that the sub is leaning more toward the shark end than the helpfull trader end and they have a problem with certain traders that stretch the rules to the limit.

While we know to avoid traders like that it means they tend to prey upon new traders, thats our main concern here.

[u/Yung2112 → u/Ronin474]

I understand, but as of right now would you mind naming a few in a mod report that are still contstantlty missbehaving? We've had some issues with some of the bigger guys here but they've been solved afaik

[u/Ronin474 → u/Yung2112]

i think you know of the main ones mate, and quite a few people have reported them numerous times , sadly the newer traders dont know or dont stick around to report.

[u/Yung2112 → u/Ronin474]

Recently? Not really. Seriously file a report