They did that on purpose due to some unsavory characters stealing credit cards, buying a bunch of the various "Pile o'" items, and then getting 23 of their other accounts on one server and then trading all the gained items back to themselves. Since items gained from gift packages were instantly tradable, these people would then trade for items using the items gained from the gift packages, then when the victim of the credit card theft initiated the chargeback, it would cause the poor soul who traded for the items gained from gift packages to become trade banned.
It sucks that because of the actions of a few we all have to face the consequences, but it isn't Valve's fault this time. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
