Looking for some tips and help with trading steam items/games

http://www.steamtrades.com/

From here u can take a look on the trades and reputations on their profiles, one thing people usually do is : who got more rep goes first , that in case if u are trading steam keys.. obviously u will not trade with someone with negative feedback on their profile.

Watch out for the impersonators that set their steam profile as private and put fake names in attempt to fool you.

I've got 78 rep in there and never had any problems

well one tip that could help is to stay CALM at all times don't let yourself be rushed. "look both ways before you cross the road" if you have trader buddies you could also ask what they think of a trade before you make a suspicious one.

I usually use steamtrades rep only unless other people have massive amounts of rep or on another reputable site. Profile Rep isn't worth sht

Well you could learn to think for yourself..

1) only trade using he Steam trading window
2) if it sounds too good to be true, it's probably an attempt to scam you

also read this: http://www.steamtrades.com/forum/tIA8K/trading-guide-humble-advice-from-yours-truly

^^^ This!

ONLY USE STEAMS NATIVE TRADING SYSTEM,

install Enhanced Steam in your browser. this allows you to check certain profile links for a guy yourself. e.g., if someone adds you and gives you a link to his steamtrades profile with 500 rep, how can you be sure that this is really his profile? the only way is to check if this steamtrades profile is really linked to his steam profile. one way would be to use the steam profile link on steamtrades. the better/faster way is to use Enhanced Steam. open his profile on steam, copy the address (right-click, copy page url) open it in your browser and press the link to his steamtrades profile (and there is a steamrep link, too, which you should also check every time). this way you have nothing to fear from impersonators.

some more advice:

• try to trade only with high-rep people. especially with steam keys. you don't have a lot of rep yourself, so people will ask you to go first. go only first with people you are sure about.

• rep is not everything. i would trust a 10 rep guy with a 2 year old steamtrades profile more, than a 100 rep guy who got all his rep in 1 month. there have been cases (humble bundle cc fraud), where guys got extrem amounts of rep in a very short time. i am very careful with everyone who is on steamtrades for 2 months or less.

• don't let someone rush you. if he says he has no time and you have to hurry - he is maybe trying to trick you.

• if it's too good to be true... if someone offers you DayZ for 2 TF2 keys, this is an obvious scam attempt. don't just hope for the best, avoid trading with those people.

• if you want to be really, really safe, don't trade steam keys, only gifts. that way you can always get your stuff back in case of a scam. although i must say, i traded hundreds of steam keys and never had a problem.