No wonder no one takes this site seriously anymore

Many years ago this site actually cared about quality of work, now it's like a race where all you need to see is a bad keyword and instantly mark the thread as invalid. Donations are high enough for you not to care it seems.

I've reported an outright obvious scammer, it's all on video of him quickswitching the goods then blocking me but because he out of nowhere brought up a random expired key THAT WASN'T EVENT PART OF THE DEAL you will just mark it as invalid? (it's also on video showing it's expired btw) Not even a caution tag was given to him.

This site is a f✿✿✿✿✿✿ joke and donators must seriously be clueless about who they're giving their money to. I assume the next step is marking threads as invalid, because someone said a mean word in shown chat. Less work for you! I honestly hope it was a mistake and you're gonna correct that person's verdict.

Why would anyone want to use this site when you act like this?

So this site is a joke, got it. Won't mark obvious scams because they pasted a random expired code that wasn't even part of deal LMAO. "We don't deal with cd keys dooooood" Also I don't know why you're here defending this decision when you were the one to make it, not like you have a bias in it...

As a third party website, SteamRep is unavoidably going to have limitations. The investigative policy thread that Horse linked has a clear explanation on why SteamRep does not review code reports. There is also an explanation on where and how to report the user directly to Valve instead. Keep in mind that SteamRep, a not for profit organization, does more to protect users from fraud than Valve, a mutibillion dollar company. The criticism is best directed towards Valve for failing to prevent fraud on their own platform.

You knew this was going to happen, why did you fall for it?

No, it doesn't have such idiotic limitations. Years ago it was perfectly fine with marking cd-key scammers without problems, but now they will find an excuse to ignore your thread. The case I reported is NOT even focused on cd-keys and it's so obvious it was a scam if you bothered to read the linked thread, yet these internet janitors refuse to act. I guess this is the new loophole - scam somebody and give random expired key lmao. "We don't act on cd-key scams dooood"

CD-codes are practically impossible to verify, and a result, it's hard to justify marking someone when there is always going to be doubt about the evidence provided. If you don't like that then that's unfortunate, but they've made that extremely clear in their investigative policy which you chose to ignore. If you're not able to read their guidelines, and place the blame for rampant fraud at their doorstep instead of Valve's, then I don't know what to tell you - that seems like a you problem.

1. Risk of Rain 2 DOES NOT come in cd-key form.

2. He clearly offered a STEAM GIFT which makes it an obvious scam even if it came in key forms.


3. He instantly blocked me right after which is an admission of guilt.

And yes, I did report it to support and I don't give a s✿✿✿ about lost items. You covering for obvious scammers is what's a problem.