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[FkN] Trading Rules & Middle Men - Steam Account Trades
The stickied rulebook that kept fkn0wned's steam account trading from turning into a total scamfest — with a public callout of a known scammer.
A staff-posted sticky in the Steam Account Trades subforum laying out official rules for buying and selling Steam accounts: only unbanned accounts, proof screenshots required, no stolen accounts, no private hacks, and a mandatory recommendation to use one of four named trusted middlemen for secure trades. It designates a specific middleman-run account for facilitating trades and instructs scammed users to report to a moderator with chatlog proof. The post ends with a blunt public warning against a specific user accused of scamming, a small but telling glimpse of the trust issues endemic to unmoderated account trading communities of the era.
We Moderate Your Fun!
Don't trade with officerowange as he is a known scammer.— NutterNZ
no proof = no care.— NutterNZ
thesource's $20 Steam Account Listing
A low-digit Steam account, a $20 asking price, and half the buyers still needed their parents' PayPal login.
A 2007 classifieds-style thread on Fkn0wned's Steam Account Trades subforum where user thesource listed a Steam account (bragging about its low 7-digit ID) for $20 USD, insisting on a middleman for safety. Several members expressed interest over the following weeks, but the thread reads as charmingly unserious — one buyer needed parental permission to use PayPal, another wasn't sure what a 'middleman' even was, and the account still hadn't sold a month later. A nice little time capsule of early Steam account trading and teenage internet commerce.
It is a low 7 digit, for proof join me in a game if u got a steam account— thesource
what excactly is a middle man— Legit_Hacks
i will buy it need my parant permision to use paypal then ill pay u must do middleman— minitureman
andr3zit0's 3 Steam Accounts for Sale (Orange Box & Friends)
Three VAC-clean Steam accounts, PayPal only, middle-man required — and one guy just could not take a hint about points not being cash.
A member named andr3zit0 listed three used Steam accounts loaded with classic Half-Life/Counter-Strike/Orange Box titles, insisting on PayPal payment with a forum middle-man to broker the deal over MSN. Prices landed in the $46-56 range, and account #2 sold fairly quickly. A couple of members tried to offer 'fkn points' instead of real money and got politely (then less politely) shut down. Even a Co-Manager, Shifty, dropped in to say he'd have bought one if the account had lower digits, a nod to the old status hierarchy of early Steam account numbers.
Well laid out thread but I'm not interested in 8 digits. 6 or lower and I would of definitely bought one.— Shifty
Can you read ?? Thats the question...— andr3zit0
looks like no1 wants em ill give you fkn pnts for #1 if you want?— jacal
Famousss Tries to Offload Four Steam Accounts
Four Steam accounts, one VAC-banned, and a haggling session that ends with a guy complimenting someone's desktop wallpaper.
A member named Famousss listed four Steam accounts (three unbanned, one VAC banned) for sale or trade in late 2007, posting screenshots and inviting offers of cash or trades. Fellow member dshizzle negotiated back and forth, offering game keys and other accounts, and by the end of December a deal for Account 3 seemed to be forming with a middleman planned to handle the exchange. The thread trails off into classic forum filler, with Famousss asking an admin to close it and a random member complimenting his desktop background instead.
come on...noone wants any of these, put in some offers whats the worst that can happen?— Famousss
I think not. I can buy all that for about 45 dollars tops.— dshizzle
gonna have to say i love ur backround on ur desktop— chaser123
Orange Box Accounts Cheap
A banned noob hawking $30 Orange Box accounts with CS:S baked in — trading section business as usual.
A short trading post from 2007 where a low-post-count member advertised Steam 'Orange Box' accounts (which included CS:S) for $30 each, asking interested buyers to PM him. Standard account-trading fare for the era, when Steam account resale was common on cheat/gaming forums. Notable mainly because the seller's account is tagged 'Banned' in the archive, hinting at how these trades often ended.
I am selling orange box accounts for $30 each. Comes with CSS included— shadon1nja
Need a Middleman Quick — Rule Enforcement Snapshot
Guy with 34 posts begs for a trade middleman — forum says nope, read the rules.
A member called ctrL.enCore (later banned) posted a quick, all-caps plea for a middleman to help him trade a Steam account, despite not meeting the forum's 100-post minimum to trade. Other members immediately called him out for not having enough posts and pointed him to the trading rules. It's a tiny, unremarkable slice of the site's Steam Account Trades subforum — mostly notable as a snapshot of how strictly the '100 posts to trade' rule was enforced by the community itself.
HEY I NEED A MIDDLE MAN QUICK SO I CAN TRADE!— ctrL.enCore
with 34 posts :S read the rulez— Rock Superstar
nobody would help you in the rules it says 100 Posts To Trade!— jcomp6
Selling a Loaded Steam Account for $25
College won over gaming, so this guy tried to flip his CS/CZ-stacked Steam account for a $25 PayPal payout.
A short, low-key trade thread from late October 2007 in which user randomher0 offered to sell a Steam account bundled with Counter-Strike 1.6, CSS, Condition Zero, and Deleted Scenes, citing college eating into his gaming time. A couple of members asked about price, landing on a modest $25 asking figure, while others chimed in with the forum's standard post-count gatekeeping reminders for trading privileges. A tiny, mundane snapshot of the site's early account-trading culture and its posting-requirement rules.
just like $25 milk...message me and we'll...— randomher0
Get 3 more posts and youll be aloud to trade, unti...— HaSh
CSS, DODS, HL2 Trade Attempt (Shot Down by Post Count Rule)
Guy tries to trade his whole Steam library for a Gmod key — mods weren't having it.
A member named yahanwiwi posted in the Steam Account Trades subforum offering his CSS, DODS, and HL2 account in exchange for a Gmod CD key, insisting on coordinating strictly over Xfire. He fumbled the image uploads and had to repost them after resizing issues. Super Moderator NutterNZ shut the trade down, citing the forum's 100-post minimum requirement for trading and noting that broken mod tools were letting people slip into the section despite not qualifying.
i wana trade my account which has CSS,DODS, and HL2. for Gmod CD key and may be another game to add me to friends on xfire only way ill agree.— yahanwiwi
Sorry, forum rules are that you need 100 posts to trade. The mods on the forum aren't working at the moment thats why you can get into the trading section with under 100 posts— NutterNZ
Steam Accounts 4-8 Digits For Sale — Killed by 100-Post Rule
A guy hawking low-digit Steam accounts got shut down before a single reply could bite.
A member named zuppy posted a for-sale listing offering Steam accounts with short digit IDs (4-8 digits), claiming they were valid and not stolen, bundled with games like Bioshock and CoD4, and priced cheap. The thread was almost immediately met with a one-line reply from a moderator/member pointing out the forum's 100-post minimum requirement to buy/sell/trade, effectively killing the deal before it started. It's a small, quintessential snapshot of the low-stakes account-trading hustle culture on the board's Trading section.
ALL VALID NOT STOLEN ACCOUNTS. Have Proof as well. Real Cheap Then what they go for.— zuppy
You need to have at least 100 posts to buy/sell/trade— Fringo
Steam Account Trading Listing - 7-8 Digit Accounts from $4
Somebody was hawking a 'big list' of cheap Steam accounts for as little as $4 a pop.
A seller posting in Gametration.com's Steam Account Trades subforum advertised a bulk list of Steam accounts, pitching low-digit (7-8 digit) accounts as a selling point and starting prices at $4. This kind of listing was typical of the account-trading economy on cheat-scene forums of the era, where old low-numbered accounts were prized as a status symbol. The archived page itself only preserves the site's navigation chrome, so the actual thread replies and haggling are lost to time.
Looking for 6-7 Digit Steam Account (Gametration Trades)
Someone on Gametration was hunting for a low-digit Steam account — the ultimate early-Steam flex.
A short trading post in Gametration.com's Steam Account Trades subforum where a member sought a Steam account with a 6-7 digit ID, back when low account numbers were a status symbol from Steam's early years. Typical of the site's Trading section, which ran alongside its cheat database and forums for CS 1.6/Source, Battlefield, and other early-2010s gaming scenes. The archived page itself is mostly bare site chrome, with the actual trade details lost to time.
Selling COD4 - $25 (Steam Account Trades)
A $25 COD4 listing, frozen in time on Gametration's old trading board.
A brief classified-style post in the Steam Account Trades subforum offering a Call of Duty 4 account or copy for $25. The page itself is mostly site navigation chrome from Gametration.com, a cheat/gaming community with sections for CS 1.6/Source, Battlefield, Steam trading, and more. No real discussion or replies survive in the archived content, just the listing title and forum structure typical of the era's account-trading scene.
Steam Shop - Gametration.com (dead link, no content preserved)
A dead storefront thread from Gametration's Steam trading days — link's long gone, but the vibe lingers.
This page was a listing in the Steam Account Trades subforum of Gametration.com, a gaming/cheat-scene community with its own cheat database spanning Counter-Strike, Battlefield, America's Army and more. The thread itself was a 'Steam Shop' post, apparently a member's storefront for Steam account trading, but the archive only preserved the dead shell of the site chrome and navigation — no actual trading content survived. It's a small artifact showing how these early-2010s forums blended cheat distribution with informal account/item trading economies.
Dead Listing: Low-Digit Steam Account for Sale
Someone was hawking a rare low-digit Steam account — and now the listing itself is just a ghost.
A trading post from Gametration.com's Steam Account Trades subforum, advertising the sale of a Steam account with a coveted low ('-1 digit') account number, a mark of prestige in early Steam collector circles. The actual listing content is gone, with the page title itself flagged '[DEAD]' — a common fate for account trade threads once links, images, or the seller vanished. It's a small time capsule of the account-flipping economy that ran alongside cheat trading on these old gaming forums.
GENUINE BioShock CD Key Trade Listing
A one-off CD key listing from the Steam Account Trades corner of a long-dead cheat scene forum.
This page was a trade listing on Gametration.com's Steam Account Trades subforum, advertising a supposedly genuine BioShock CD key. The archived version has almost none of the original post content left, just the site's navigation chrome and breadcrumb, but it captures a snapshot of the site's structure — a gaming/cheat community with dedicated sections for CS 1.6, CS:Source, Battlefield, America's Army, Maple Story cheats, plus trading, tech, and off-topic boards. Typical of the era, key and account trading lived alongside cheat databases in the same community.