I don't recall this hassle this year, so I am presuming it's new for this year. In fact, I seem to recall the Pile o' Gifts going on-site either Christmas Eve or Christmas day for $10 instead of $20 last year?
Seems to me it does not really "solve" any issue with credit-card fraud. But thanks for the update. On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 12:49 PM, Ben Platnick <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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