So I am going to trade with a guy , he's going to give me a gift and I will give him a cd key. Can he revoke the gift after a few days?

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He can't.
But Steam can, if he bought the gift with fraudulent card.

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no.. this is added to your library and can't be removed

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False... so false.

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yes (Edit because of the no's before: He can revoke it if bought with cc fraud or if he does a chargeback, steam will then either remove the item from your inventory, or, if activated, from your library)

trading outside of the steam trading window always is a risk. That's why steamtrades has this rep system. Trust is the currency of the internet.

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The rep system on steamtrades is kinda useless though. Rep is oftentimes given for trades that involve little to no risk (trading solely in the trading window), and 95% of the comments are useless shit like "+rep, good trader" etc., linking neither the respectable thread, nor explicitly stating what has been exchanged

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Don't trade if he has no feedback. Or fake feedback like, on his steam profile.

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He has no feedback unfortunately, but he seems okay. I also do not have any feedback so nobody can trust me yet.

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Does he have a lot of games in his Steam account?

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Not really, he got 36 games. Looks like his account is 4 years old.

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Cant say 100% sure this guy is a scammer, I have succesfully traded with people who dont have any rep yet. What game does he offer and how many keys are you going to give him?
EDIT: If yours is a gamekey please dont trade

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Sniper Elite V2 CD Key for Payday 2 gift.

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Sounds too good to be true :)

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Hmmmm... I wouldnt take that trade, not from someone who hasnt proven to be trustworthy

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Why not? The prices are very similar.
Not to mention it's Sniper Elite V2 High Command Edition.

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Its your key vs his gift.
You probably have to sent the key 1st, after which you have to trust him.
(Scammers reaction will be: it does not work. The scammer probably activated it on a different account)
Even if he sends you the game it can be revoked by Steam because you dont know where it came from.
Thats why I recommend to trade with people who have a lot of rep, and even then you have to be cautious.
ANd no offense but Payday 2 is more valuable than Sniper Elite V2 whatever version

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Yes but Payday 2 was 10$ on STEAM for a week or so.

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Just take the trade. I gave you my opinion but please do what you like and I hope everything works out fine.

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Thank you.

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Payday 2 has much higher demand than Sniper Elite. This is not a trade I would ever take either. If you still decide to, don't be too disappointed when the other guy blocks you after you paste the CD key in or claims the key doesn't work. Also keep in mind that both steamrep and steam itself do not investigate key scams, so there is no outlet for reports if it turns out to be a scam.

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This trade looks dodgier than a nineteen dollar note...

I wouldn't touch this with my worst enemy's bargepole.

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What kind of key do you mean? TF2 key of just CD key?

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CD Key.

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Too risky then.

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if he's gifting it, yes it can be revoked.
if he's giving it to you through the trade window, it shouldn't be revoked, but if it is, Steam will not reimburse you, since the trade was not done entirely throug
h the trade window

trading with keys for gifts or gifts for keys is always risky and discouraged by Steam

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So it's better to trade it trough the trade window?

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If you trade through the trade window and your new game will be revoken you can ask support to revert that trade and get your items back. But if I recall correctly it's not applicable for gifting, both sides have to exchange some stuff (game gifts or items).

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yes, i think it's safer that way..

though there is also the chance that he could later accuse you of scamming him, as he would have inventory history he could show of giving an item and receiving nothing in return.
yeah, it's frustrating, but this is another reason why it's not recommended to trade CD keys..

but if it must be done, i personally would go with the trade window instead of gifting.
if he's an honest trader, everything should be fine

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