Is It Safe To Sell A Steam Account?

Now i know that Valve don't like people selling accounts but is there any security risk to myself if i sell it? I have changed my personal info with that account so that nothing about myself is on there and it has forgotten my card details. So is there anything else that iam unaware of?

Thanks a lot guys :D

unless you are selling to person that you already know, you will face a scammer, who will demand to know the id and password, and never send you the payment.

there are too many scammers...they know that Valve won't do anything even if they steal your account because it was you who broke the EULA in the first place.

unless you are selling to person that you already know, you will face a scammer, who will demand to know the id and password, and never send you the payment.

there are too many scammers...they know that Valve won't do anything even if they steal your account because it was you who broke the EULA in the first place.

chapman86

Now i know that Valve don't like people selling accounts but is there any security risk to myself if i sell it? I have changed my personal info with that account so that nothing about myself is on there and it has forgotten my card details. So is there anything else that iam unaware of?

Thanks a lot guys :D

Daytona_178

Ebay wont allow you to sell Steam accounts because its digital property. Some people can get around it by selling say, a letter with the info conveniently contained inside and what they are purchasing is actually the letter but ... ebay has been known to shut that down too. Same reason you cant sell MMO accounts or items on ebay.ColdfireTrilogy

If i was you i would sell it at Ebay or to a friend.

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Now i know that Valve don't like people selling accounts but is there any security risk to myself if i sell it? I have changed my personal info with that account so that nothing about myself is on there and it has forgotten my card details. So is there anything else that iam unaware of?

Thanks a lot guys :D

nchan

Buying used hard copies is equally stupid imo. Making and acquiring backups of games is something your average pc gamer can do. The only thing of value is the original cd-key, which the original owner will still have, even if he sells (aka shares) it with you.

[QUOTE="nchan"][QUOTE="Daytona_178"]

Now i know that Valve don't like people selling accounts but is there any security risk to myself if i sell it? I have changed my personal info with that account so that nothing about myself is on there and it has forgotten my card details. So is there anything else that iam unaware of?

Thanks a lot guys :D

True_Sounds

Buying used hard copies is equally stupid imo. Making and acquiring backups of games is something your average pc gamer can do. The only thing of value is the original cd-key, which the original owner will still have, even if he sells (aka shares) it with you.

Just dont do it, even if it is not a scammer the account will still get bannedozikool

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[QUOTE="nchan"] This is why digital copies suck. I like my stuffs in hard copies so I can resell whenever I want.nchan

Buying used hard copies is equally stupid imo. Making and acquiring backups of games is something your average pc gamer can do. The only thing of value is the original cd-key, which the original owner will still have, even if he sells (aka shares) it with you.

No, I'm inferring that buying used games from someone is a dumb idea.

[QUOTE="ozikool"]Just dont do it, even if it is not a scammer the account will still get bannedDasVolks

What's your point? Are you inferring that reselling your games is the same as making illegal copies of your games? Anyway, the difficulty of reselling his games prove digital business sucks. nchan

No, his point is that used games that somehow bind to digital data like a cdkey or an account is equally stupid.

Also, from the developer/publisher's viewpoint, yes, it is the same.

Steam account purchases happen a lot. I don't believe Valve really make that big off deal out of it, like you said he could've just moved etc. I believe the problems start when you start selling the same account for the second, third or fourth time.

Steam account purchases happen a lot. I don't believe Valve really make that big off deal out of it, like you said he could've just moved etc. I believe the problems start when you start selling the same account for the second, third or fourth time.

_Pedro_

Dynamic IP?

[QUOTE="DasVolks"][QUOTE="ozikool"]Just dont do it, even if it is not a scammer the account will still get bannedDaytona_178

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"][QUOTE="DasVolks"] Not true, I bought a Steam account from some random dude off the internet. Didn't get scammed or banned. Maybe I was just lucky.DasVolks

[QUOTE="DasVolks"][QUOTE="Daytona_178"] Well how could valve know you bought an account from somewhere, as far as they know you could have just moved house therefore your IP address has changed permanently.wooooode

I'm not encouraging you but if you're going to sell your Steam account, sell it to people you know in real life. That way you'd less likely get scammed.

I'd be careful buying a Steam account like that. What's to stop the seller from sending Valve an email a week later saying that their account was hacked? They'll have the cd-keys and credit card info to get the account back. I guess the same thing could technically happen with an MMO account too.

I wouldn't sell it off of eBay. Do what others have said and try to sell it to a friend. Its much safer.

[QUOTE="DasVolks"][QUOTE="Daytona_178"] Well how could valve know you bought an account from somewhere, as far as they know you could have just moved house therefore your IP address has changed permanently.wooooode

Sell it to someone you know, don't post your ID ANYWHERE, because some asspained kid will report you.RichardStallman

I'd be careful buying a Steam account like that. What's to stop the seller from sending Valve an email a week later saying that their account was hacked? They'll have the cd-keys and credit card info to get the account back. I guess the same thing could technically happen with an MMO account too.

PTMags

also the big risk involved.

[QUOTE="wooooode"][QUOTE="DasVolks"] Exactly why I bought the account...they don't really have any way to prove it.STAR_Admiral

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=470929 Against their EULA to sell a Steam Account. newtrash

steam can say what they want, but people paid for those games and they will sell them if they want to.

[QUOTE="newtrash"]http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=470929 Against their EULA to sell a Steam Account. simardbrad

steam can say what they want, but people paid for those games and they will sell them if they want to.

[QUOTE="newtrash"]http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=470929 Against their EULA to sell a Steam Account. simardbrad

steam can say what they want, but people paid for those games and they will sell them if they want to.

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[QUOTE="newtrash"]http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=470929 Against their EULA to sell a Steam Account. gamer620

steam can say what they want, but people paid for those games and they will sell them if they want to.

[QUOTE="gamer620"][QUOTE="simardbrad"]

steam can say what they want, but people paid for those games and they will sell them if they want to.

chandu83

Well i dont think it is safe if you had a credit card stored on the account because that may be retrievable. You can either just sell it and change your credit card number to be safe or not sell it at all.

[QUOTE="chandu83"][QUOTE="gamer620"] Any game you "buy" off of steam you do not own. Essentially you are renting the game for the lifespan of steam. gamer620

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[QUOTE="newtrash"]http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=470929 Against their EULA to sell a Steam Account. Nibroc420

steam can say what they want, but people paid for those games and they will sell them if they want to.

and they will find out if you sold it how?

plus what do they care, once they sold it... not their problem if it gets banned.

[QUOTE="nchan"][QUOTE="Daytona_178"]

Now i know that Valve don't like people selling accounts but is there any security risk to myself if i sell it? I have changed my personal info with that account so that nothing about myself is on there and it has forgotten my card details. So is there anything else that iam unaware of?

Thanks a lot guys :D

True_Sounds

Buying used hard copies is equally stupid imo. Making and acquiring backups of games is something your average pc gamer can do. The only thing of value is the original cd-key, which the original owner will still have, even if he sells (aka shares) it with you.