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You are only allowed one appeal - it was Rejected for the reason given. Sorry but that is policy which is also again noted here.
https://forums.steamrep.com/threads/appeal-guide.66354/
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Also asking about your appeal or previous appeal attempts is against General Forum FAQ.
https://forums.steamrep.com/threads/general-discussion-faq.132723/
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You are welcome to question policy but not previous appeal attempts.

You quoted our rules about what can and cannot be discussed in general discussion by the admin, specifically about reports and appeals, and post about it anyways, this is your last warning not to.

Hangin' in there thanks papi
But I think I'm obsessed with watching the Olympics plox halp ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Keep in mind that discussions about reports you did not have accepted are not allowed in the general forum per FAQ
https://forums.steamrep.com/threads/general-discussion-faq.132723/
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This includes making a question here about it- you can however inquire about policies and requirements such as the screenshot guide/requirements.

We sometimes can review mobile but its not always acceptable as there are not dates/time stamps usually on them so we can't accept them.
Apparently you sent me a PM inquiring of this so I will address this more there.

Not without context we don't take the report and valve gives you multiple chances to decline offers given. Blindly or making a mistake on your part doesn't suggest foul play certainly not one from an uncontrolled trading bot.

That is your fault though so no not a reportable thing here - contact that site/location for support.

Being "fishy" isn't a valid reason to make a report here neither is rejecting trade offers for another value. I'm afraid you do not have a valid reason to submit a report here nor do you have any required evidence for a valid reason.

That is all something you need to address with steam/Valve if you know of someone exploiting something. You can report it to them so they can review the situation.

I'm sorry for your loss, but fishy or not, that's not something SteamRep fundamentally considers a scam. You listed your item for well below market value, someone quickly bought it, and you received the price you entered. If it weren't this particular individual, then someone else would quickly snatch it up instead, and if not that person, another buyer still. That it was probably a bot instead of a human is irrelevant. That's not fraud, theft, or an exploit, it's just how digital markets work.

If there weren't enough warnings before your mistake, you're unhappy with the "all sales final" aspect of the market, or you think there should be a safety delay before your item gets listed in case of mistakes, then that's something to take up with Valve. As to the "exploit", it's not for me to definitively rule out (between you and Valve) but there are regional timing differences between when listings on the market appear from data center to data center. Bot owners who deal with the market are competing with eachother for speed, and when hosting their bots from always-on servers will pick data centers that have minimal latency when interacting with Valve's servers so they see market listings before other bots (by like 1-10 milliseconds). That also means they see it a split second before you can, and automatically buy it up before you could possibly click through and take it yourself.

Yes, that automation and difference in latency does put human players at an unfair disadvantage (even if it's not an exploit), and yes it is something Valve prohibits, but it has also been an issue for years with no solution in sight. I think it would be nice if bots putting people at unfair disadvantages without adding any real benefit to the community went away, but like anything else in life we can't always get what we want. Usually Valve deals with things like this by making it less economical to run a bot, such as by adding buy-orders for commonly sold items that are functionally identical to one another. As to SteamRep's position, it's not our job to enforce Valve's ToS. If it weren't a bot, then with as many people looking at the market at any hour a human player would've quickly grabbed your item before you noticed instead. Also, if we banned them in our database despite our policies, it wouldn't stop these bots from interacting with the community market and snipping other "bargains".

You are asking about reporting a suspected ALT account - we don't take reports accusing accounts of being that of other users tagged or not here.
Things you have or think you have may or may not be accurate and we have certain methods we use to determine linking accounts.

Please don't submit reports for others - you must be the victim if you submit a report here.