Vince Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 so, I dont know really where to start.I'll start at the beginningDecember: 2011My friend convinces me to buy a minecraft account. I bought a minecraft account and joined 2 servers in the course of 3 months. I eventually became staff on the two servers and I started up a server that summer. I made friends on these servers, in particular a person with the name _i_am_a_helper_ We added each other on a few different gaming platforms and we played a lot, a verity of different games. One of the servers I was staff on started a steam group, so I made a steam account (may 5th 2012). I later left that server and stayed with another server and my own server until early 2013. I was using a laptop at the time and in December of 2012 I built my own $1,000 computer. I started playing tf2 and of course added my friend on steam. I learned about trading and started to trade. I had like a bud when my friend unboxed with some of my keys and got an unusual. I bought in with $20 and started trading and was eventually scammed when i was "cashing out". My friend loaned me a bud and I started up again, this time it went up and up and up. By the end of the summer I had close to 30 buds. This friend was always around we traded and loaned each other stuff. Eventually I kept trading and pulling in the profit. My friend and I liked to troll a lot on different servers and that was normally done by making huge ass trades. I started suggesting full time for backpack.tf after the summer and became a regular around the place. I did a lot of high tier suggestions and I joined the forums, I liked the community and stayed. I kept trading and had close to 60 buds by November. I had issues in November which is where the alt thing happened. Got trade banned, etc, I started to paypal trade then and I kept trading up to 100 buds by March and it kept going and going. I then bought a knifestorm fancy fedora for my friend with 21 buds so he could give it to a friend. He gave it to a friend, but the thing is he used credit to buy it. To date he had only repaid about 13 of the 21 buds. We kept trolling, perhaps about once a month. He held onto the fedora for a while (he gave it to his friend in may). And that leads me to today where he took advantage of me and ran with over $3,000 in virtual hats. I quicksold all of my remaining stuff and was offically done trading. I however do not plan on leaving the community or leaving steam.http://steamcommunity.com/id/myballsitchbad is the friend I've known for yearstl:dr I was taken advantage of and lost money out of itI am NOT leavingI would also like to thank some people who have been helpful (sorry if i forgot some and in no certain order)Geel9 - he let me list some items on marketplace before and helped with submitting a reportCaptain Big Balls - someone to talk to and someone who was always there for meChigga - got me into unusual trading sold me a hearts tree for 3Chimera - someone who was always therePie Roe Us! - someeone who kept me up to date on trading stuffAwesome Mc Cool Name - someone who was always there to help me price a tradeKaushu//Woifi//Polar Bear//Bucket - helped me improve my pricing suggestions and told me how to fix them (and mvm)Alex From Security - someone who always understood meSanta Heavy - someone who was there to talkFaceman - someone who kept me in the gameNick Fury - someone who was there to play mvmDuscoda - thanks for the pda and someone who was there to chat withLiddo Junior - kept me up to date with paypal pricesArokhantos - someone who was always there to chatBakgrund - someone who was there to talk about tradingPyroman - someone who was there to helpd0 - for selling a mn boaChewbs - a good mvm playerGrimes - someone who was always there to trade with ;3Diamond Havoc - because he didnt take 8 pure on a bubbling pulloverand the backpack.tf community for being there in the good and badthank you,vince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.G.B. Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 wow u should write a book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praise Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 It's heart breaking that dear friends would do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimes Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 No mention of Grimes #ThirdWheelin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitteh #Everybodys Friend Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 But howw arr wee gona 1:1 our summur cerds noww? ;( Sorry to hear that, mate. $3000 is more than I have ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators OverduePixels Posted June 24, 2014 Administrators Share Posted June 24, 2014 so, I dont know really where to start. I'll start at the beginning December: 2011 http://steamcommunity.com/id/myballsitchbad is the friend I've known for years http://steamcommunity.com/id/pokeguy135/ is his brother tl:dr I was taken advantage of and lost money out of it I am NOT leaving thank you, vince That is a lot of money, did you report your "friend" anywhere yet? Or you didn't screenshot anything since he was trustworthy to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 That is a lot of money, did you report your "friend" anywhere yet? Or you didn't screenshot anything since he was trustworthy to you? reported him to steam i dont have enough for a SR report afaik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autogen Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 From the title, I honestly thought you were talking about Vince, the shamwow guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators OverduePixels Posted June 24, 2014 Administrators Share Posted June 24, 2014 reported him to steam i dont have enough for a SR report afaik Damn, he is banned in a lot of sites for scamming and sharking. I would be very careful to be friend with someone who has committed crimes before even if they have learned their lesson. http://rep.tf/76561198070607716 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeMcCoolName Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 tl:dr I was taken advantage of and lost money out of it d0 - for selling a mn boa On the bright side, at least you don't have to sell a MN BoA. Life Lesson #1: If someone has "A Virus Named Tom" avatar, unfriend them and run....run far...far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swaveboard SKREECH))) Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 And thats why I don't trust my friends with even a key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators OverduePixels Posted June 24, 2014 Administrators Share Posted June 24, 2014 And thats why I don't trust my friends with even a key. Then you have trust issues. With the person he has been trusting was already banned on few sites for scamming and sharking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeMcCoolName Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 And thats why I don't trust my friends with even a key. Good idea.... I can honestly count the number of friends (that I don't know irl) that I would lend anything of any real value to. Then you have trust issues. With the person he has been trusting was already banned on few sites for scamming and sharking. Ehh, not really...Its the internet, you really shouldn't trust anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Nieroda Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 d0 - for selling a mn boa HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHHAHAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pain Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 " And that leads me to today where he took advantage of me and ran with over $3,000 in virtual hats." Stuff like this is why I am sometime "stuck up" and don't lend stuff out. It's the internet. People do something wrong and have no actual consequences. Sure, you can ban them, but nothing is stopping them from making an alt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faceman™ Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 welp, good luck in the future man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www. Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swaveboard SKREECH))) Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I lent a friend a key once. ONCE. It never came back. 1 Key... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitteh #Everybodys Friend Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I lent a friend a key once. ONCE. It never came back. 1 Key... KILL THAT AWFUL FRIEND D:< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 But howw arr wee gona 1:1 our summur cerds noww? ;( Sorry to hear that, mate. $3000 is more than I have ever had. yeah when i need to 1:1 cards ;3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators OverduePixels Posted June 24, 2014 Administrators Share Posted June 24, 2014 Ehh, not really...Its the internet, you really shouldn't trust anyone. If you can't trust a little bit, then don't do paypal trading at all. Again, he was already a marked scammer on Outpost, Scrap.tf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seminal Inhalation Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 "My friend convinces me to buy a minecraft account" Well there's your problem right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaughingLollipop Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 > make friend with scammer > be suprised when scammer steals items oh and this little tidbit.... http://www.tf2outpost.com/user/299812 what timing! amazingly scammed of $3k when under investigation for scamming..... AMAZING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimes Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Then you have trust issues. With the person he has been trusting was already banned on few sites for scamming and sharking. Um.... This whole incident kind of proves the trust no one thing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators OverduePixels Posted June 24, 2014 Administrators Share Posted June 24, 2014 Damn, he is banned in a lot of sites for scamming and sharking. I would be very careful to be friend with someone who has committed crimes before even if they have learned their lesson. http://rep.tf/76561198070607716 If you can't trust a little bit, then don't do paypal trading at all. Again, he was already a marked scammer on Outpost, Scrap.tf. Um.... This whole incident kind of proves the trust no one thing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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