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Dreama

Dreama

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Hello, I just traded something like an Australium Ambassador for only this crap... a STRANGE PROFESSIONAL KILLSTREAK AUSTRALIUM ROCKET LAUNCHER.

All clean, no scamming, phishing or anything uncool, the guy just traded it without the knowledge of it's price.

I've never really had anything that good in my life so I'm sorta feeling like this.
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You know what the saddest part of this is?

You were proud of the trade.
 
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Did you seriously make a thread about it admiting that you sharked someone like anyone cared about your sharking in the first place, but actually expected a good response from it as-well..?
 
Looking at the history: http://backpack.tf/item/2306684842

and backpacks: http://backpack.tf/profiles/76561198065809349

It looks like he returned the item, so he probably had really no idea that it was wrong to shark people. If he really knew that it shouldn't be done, he wouldn't have made this thread anyway.

Still, I would try to improvise and say something that sounds clever: Everybody does right and wrong, the difference between good and bad people is the ability to fix their wrong deeds and make them right.
 
"I never really had anything to trade him" so why did you trade him, why didn't you send him a message and tell him the value he obviously said "thx" because he does not understand the value of the items and how to check the value of that item, that's a dick move and don't shark again or you will probably get a nice caution tag on you and all them "leet" popular traders who you look up to who have them expensive items will /lol at you and will refuse to trade with you because it will hurt their rep as a "leet" trader.

edit: If you didn't return the item like Genoc mentioned above, you will probably receive a caution tag, and if you think it doesn't matter about the tag and people won't know about it enjoy the ban on tf2 outpost you get for sharking buddy.
 
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"I never really had anything to trade him" so why did you trade him, why didn't you send him a message and tell him the value he obviously said "thx" because he does not understand the value of the items and how to check the value of that item, that's a dick move and don't shark again or you will probably get a nice caution tag on you and all them "leet" popular traders who you look up to who have them expensive items will /lol at you and will refuse to trade with you because it will hurt their rep as a "leet" trader.

edit: If you didn't return the item like Genoc mentioned above, you will probably receive a caution tag, and if you think it doesn't matter about the tag and people won't know about it enjoy the ban on tf2 outpost you get for sharking buddy.
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Sharking doesn't get you a caution tag. It's just a douche move.
 
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GenocYda said:
It can still get you banned from outpost and possibly some other sites.
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I know that. I'm making sure people here don't get the wrong idea about how caution tags are given. Cautions are for people associated with scammers who themselves are not scammers, not for people who gouge prices at strangers for their own benefit.
 
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I remembered the time when I was selling weapons for a scrap, or two craftables, and somebody wanted to trade me two pans for a regular weapon. He was pretty grateful that I wasn't a douche, and gave him .55 in change with the weapon that he wanted, he had no idea that the pans were worth a rec each.
 
You got a great deal! I just would've made it clear to the guy that he was overpaying by a good amount. Very nice nonetheless. :)
 
Jumping Kah said:
not shark n00b all we did was trade and then say "thx man"
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If you got the item well below market price, and the person you got it from was oblivious, that my friend, is a shark.

While I think sharking is douchy, the person you traded should have done his research, so you aren't 100% in the wrong here. Just don't try to justify it and say it was anything but you ripping somebody off.

In the future when you shark someone, don't make public acknowledgements of it.
 
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