View Full Version : RE: Not being allowed to sell STEAM accounts
Enverex
4 Jul 2006, 11:27pm
Valve are on to a real winner there, what better way to make lots of profit than to put a clause in basically saying that no-one can ever sell their accounts. Means no-one can get cheaper second hand games and it means you can't do anything with something you don't want anymore.
Rant over.
Meh, respect-- .
Lincoln
5 Jul 2006, 12:10am
Couldn't agree more. I wonder if it could withstand a legal challenge.
airbornflght
5 Jul 2006, 2:30am
I thought that someone sold a STEAM account here once? Or did they just put this clause in the EULA?
Lincoln
5 Jul 2006, 2:49am
I thought that someone sold a STEAM account here once? Or did they just put this clause in the EULA?
We regularly close or dump threads from the DD&TP that attempt to sell Steam accounts. One may have slipped by before we realized it was against the TOS; I don't know.
airbornflght
5 Jul 2006, 4:00am
hmm. I didnt know it was against the TOS, id like to know their reasoning for not allowing it. It almost seems that you should be able to sell what you paid for.
bothered
5 Jul 2006, 7:57am
You can understand why they do it but I agree, if I buy something I think I should own it. Just selling you the licience to play it makes it like you are renting it.
rapture
5 Jul 2006, 3:34pm
Reselling software in general is a legal grey area. Its not like selling your old games on disk any more.
Sledgehammer70
5 Jul 2006, 3:43pm
For Sale!
Steam Account with many optional games... I am selling the Downloader for Free and will include the games at regular price. For more info Follow this link... http://www.valvesoftware.com/
XD, wish I could freaking sell mine. I need to buy a domain soon!
WuGgaRoO
5 Jul 2006, 5:36pm
i love how u can't do anything with ur WoW acct. I mean NOTHING! can hardly trade high end weapons, cuz its bind on pick up...i mean.. whatever happened to good old 9 pskulls=1SOJ???
You could just give someone your sn and password and take a price for it.
Sledgehammer70
5 Jul 2006, 6:38pm
Please revert comment and follow the steps here! (http://www.short-media.com/forum/showpost.php?p=403671&postcount=8)
lol, so your saying to sell like that?
Sledgehammer70
5 Jul 2006, 7:03pm
Yup... I call it the keep your copy and tell them to buy their own method... It seems to work really good. I mean come on they get to download brand new games discounted at full price.
Kinda rediculous method for me to get 7.20$ in paypal LOL. Talking about 2 weeks of working for less then free LOL
ArenaNET with Guild Wars is the same way. So all of ya with Guild Wars for sale in DDTP....
You could just give someone your sn and password and take a price for it.
And then get charged with fraud and IP theft. :thumbsup:
airbornflght
6 Jul 2006, 3:57am
The moral of the story: Dont sell the damn accounts, your stuck with it.
sfleuriet
6 Jul 2006, 4:23am
I sold my Steam account here a while ago. I think it was about $20. Nobody ever questioned it!
Necropolis
6 Jul 2006, 8:18am
I sold my Steam account here a while ago. I think it was about $20. Nobody ever questioned it!
We regularly close or dump threads from the DD&TP that attempt to sell Steam accounts. One may have slipped by before we realized it was against the TOS; I don't know.
sfleuriet
6 Jul 2006, 8:20am
I realize that. I read it. I'm just sayin - lucky me, I sold one :p
GHoosdum
6 Jul 2006, 1:57pm
That's not something I'd freely admit if I were you...
I'm not quoting your post so that you have a chance to delete it. ;)
Enverex
6 Jul 2006, 2:18pm
Yup... I call it the keep your copy and tell them to buy their own method... It seems to work really good. I mean come on they get to download brand new games discounted at full price.
That's not funny, neither were your previous posts in this thread. I started this thread as a serious issue and being someone with very little cash, schemes like this piss me off quite considerably.
sfleuriet
6 Jul 2006, 7:45pm
That's not something I'd freely admit if I were you...
I'm not quoting your post so that you have a chance to delete it. ;)
I dont see a problem with it... :scratch:
airbornflght
6 Jul 2006, 10:35pm
I dont see a problem with it... :scratch:
except for the fact that it is illegal.
sfleuriet
6 Jul 2006, 10:44pm
Illegal means Prohibited by law. I don't care.. I was just throwing my 2 cents in that I sold one.
Enverex
6 Jul 2006, 10:47pm
How well exactly does a TOS stand up to actual legal reasoning and enforcement? i.e. when was the last time you heard of someone being arrested for breaking a piece of software's TOS? Afaik it's not illegal at all, it just means Steam can cancel the account for you breaking "their" TOS.
airbornflght
6 Jul 2006, 10:56pm
Steam can cancel the account for you breaking "their" TOS.
That too. So if I sell you my steam account, and Valve finds out, you might as well bought a paperweight from me, because it is going to be even more useless than that if the cancel it.
Enverex
6 Jul 2006, 11:14pm
Assuming they found out, which, unless the buyer or seller told them, wouldn't happen.
sfleuriet
7 Jul 2006, 5:23am
Thank you :thumbsup:
airborn - do you even have a Steam account?
airbornflght
7 Jul 2006, 12:17pm
no, im just saying what could happen considering wcs, im not one to tell people you cant do it, I just say that it might not be a wise thing to do because 'this' might happen. If you want to sell you steam account, then by all mean sell away. I dont even really game a whole lot, not enough time. I mainly play D2, Starcraft, Tribes 2 Classic, and Oblivion.
deicist
7 Jul 2006, 1:00pm
Can they not get you for breach of contract? I assume agreeing to the TOS is equivalent to signing a contract, but I've no idea if that's the case in a legal sense.
Lincoln
7 Jul 2006, 1:18pm
I think they could sue you if they wanted to, but it wouldn't be worth their time.
airbornflght
7 Jul 2006, 5:00pm
Yeh, if they did sue someone, it would be to make an example out of them, it seems like a grey area to me.
sfleuriet
7 Jul 2006, 8:45pm
airborn if you dont even have a Steam account, why are you "contributing" to this thread?
I was just told that it wasnt against their TOS to sell Steam accounts when I sold mine.
Lincoln
7 Jul 2006, 8:53pm
airborn if you dont even have a Steam account, why are you "contributing" to this thread?
For the same reason I discuss Mac-related topics even though I don't own one myself. Simmer down, mate.
airbornflght
7 Jul 2006, 9:45pm
airborn if you dont even have a Steam account, why are you "contributing" to this thread?
I was just told that it wasnt against their TOS to sell Steam accounts when I sold mine.
Because I felt the motivation to do so:cool2:
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