Bottiger
Administrator
I am please to announce Skial Middleman. Skial Middleman is a system that let's you buy and trade items in Steam Trade from other people using US dollars and/or Bitcoins.
Skial middleman is now in semi-private beta. It is now fully operational, but will be going through a testing period to ensure there are 0 problems.
Why use this instead of a "Trusted" Middleman
All commands work only when you are typing in Steam trade chat. Words in brackets indicate something you should type without the brackets. Available currency is currently USD or BTC.
remove [tradeid]
Remove one of your trades.
price [a number] [currency, defaults to USD if unspecified]
Sets the price of your current trade.
trades
Display your unpurchased tradeids
buy [tradeid]
Puts someone's trade on the screen and shows you the price.
pay [currency]
Buys the trade currently on the screen. The middleman will accept the trade once you've paid.
deposit [mtgox code]
Deposits mtgox code into your middleman balance.
withdraw [currency]
Withdraws all you have in one currency into a mtgox code.
balance
Shows how much money you have.
Skial middleman is now in semi-private beta. It is now fully operational, but will be going through a testing period to ensure there are 0 problems.
Why use this instead of a "Trusted" Middleman
- Paypal is subject to payment reversal. If you are paid with an account that happens to be stolen or the user files a charge-back on their credit card, Paypal will remove the money from your account to cover the loss even if you already traded your $1000 unusual.
- No need to gamble that a certain middleman is trustworthy or hasn't had their account stolen.
- No need to wait for a middleman to wake up when both you and your customer are awake.
- The bot will be online 24/7 and have your items available for sale 24/7.
- Pay or buy with bitcoins, a free and secure, 0-signup p2p currency.
- Upcoming support for other currencies supported by Mtgox such as Euros, Russian Rubles, Canadian Dollar, British Pound, Australian Dollar, Hong Kong Dollar, New Zealand Dollar, Japanese Yen, etc.
- Other currencies that you receive is automatically converted to the main currency you chose at market rate +2.5%. You may disable this setting at your mtgox.com account.
- There is a tiny $0.25 fee per USD withdrawal from our payment processor. There are 0 fees for withdrawing bitcoin.
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/MtGox#Withdrawing_Funds - Valve may still remove items bought with a stolen credit card or account. This is also a problem when using human middlemen, but people should know this in case there is an assumption that Skial Middleman is flawless.
- You may not trade Spiral Knights items due to their terms of service.
All commands work only when you are typing in Steam trade chat. Words in brackets indicate something you should type without the brackets. Available currency is currently USD or BTC.
remove [tradeid]
Remove one of your trades.
price [a number] [currency, defaults to USD if unspecified]
Sets the price of your current trade.
trades
Display your unpurchased tradeids
buy [tradeid]
Puts someone's trade on the screen and shows you the price.
pay [currency]
Buys the trade currently on the screen. The middleman will accept the trade once you've paid.
deposit [mtgox code]
Deposits mtgox code into your middleman balance.
withdraw [currency]
Withdraws all you have in one currency into a mtgox code.
balance
Shows how much money you have.