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Steam Accounts For Sale!!!!! (2007)

A noob hawks a stack of "clean VAC2" Steam accounts — and the forum immediately clocks the screenshot's giveaway file name

A brand-new member with only two posts listed a batch of Steam accounts for sale, priced individually or as a bundle, complete with screenshots as proof. Regulars haggled over prices (including offers in forum points) before staff and longtime posters questioned whether a low-post-count member should even be allowed to trade in that section. The thread eventually turned into an accusation of account theft after someone spotted a suspicious 'steamaccounts.txt' file visible in one of the seller's screenshots, a small but telling piece of forum detective work typical of the era's trading boards.

Now look at the name of that notepad toolbar. What does it say. Steamaccounts.txt Need I say more?— -Darkness-

im pretty sure these accounts are scammed man no one needs heaps of accounts unless syblings etc..— mark660

He doesnt have 100 posts, these accounts cant be sold...— Legit_Hacks

The Market Place — Fkn0wned.Com Trading Board (late 2007)

Steam accounts, Rapidshare logins, and a signature shop — the classic 2007 forum bazaar where everyone was buying, selling, or getting scammed.

This is the archived listing page for 'The Market Place,' the trading subforum of Fkn0wned.Com, snapshotted around December 2007. It's a grab-bag of member-posted classifieds: people hawking Steam accounts (especially prized low-digit ones), Rapidshare accounts, game CD keys, a signature/GFX shop, and even a request thread for game source code. Staff had pinned threads laying out trading rules, the role of middlemen, and an explainer on why low-digit Steam accounts were so coveted, showing the board took its trade economy seriously despite the free-for-all vibe. It's a good time-capsule of the mid-2000s gray-market trading culture that thrived on gaming forums before Steam locked things down harder.

Low Digit Steam Accounts Why are they so wanted?— [Co-Manager] Shifty

Trading rules and Middlemen.— [Supervisor] mr.N0Nam3

Qwerty's Signiture Shop... Open For Business— qwerty54

Wanted: A Cheap CS:S Steam Account

One guy just wanted Source, and haggled a Half-Life bundle down to a fiver-and-up deal.

A one-post member, Chosen_Kaine, dropped a quick want-ad in The Market Place looking for a Counter-Strike: Source Steam account, offering $5-10 since he only cared about CS:S itself. A month later TeKn1qu3z answered with an account bundled with Half-Life 2, Deathmatch, and Lost Coast for $9, pointing to AIM for contact. Along the way another user, fizzer, questioned whether this kind of sale even belonged in this section rather than the points-trading area. A small, low-key snapshot of the era's casual Steam account trading scene.

Anybody have an account with just CS:S..If it has other stuff that's fine depending on price...i'm looking to pay $5-10 for one— Chosen_Kaine

isant this selling stuff for points section?— fizzer

I have one with the following games. -Half-Life 2 -Counter-Strike: Source -Half-Life 2: Deathmatch -Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Price: $9— TeKn1qu3z

32 Rapidshare.com Accounts! - The Market Place

A guy openly sold 32 phished Rapidshare premium accounts, PayPal only, no refunds if they got yanked.

A user calling himself 'Rapidshare Giveaway' posted a for-sale thread offering a batch of 32 Rapidshare premium accounts he'd obtained through phishing, with varying expiration dates and some carrying bonus points. He offered to sell in bulk or individually via PayPal, buyer pays first, and explicitly disclaimed responsibility if the compromised accounts got changed or reclaimed after purchase. A staff member chimed in with a one-line reply about grabbing the ones with points, showing the casual, unmoderated tone typical of the Market Place board at the time.

I phished 32 rapidshare premium accounts ranging expiring in a month or over a year.— Rebelz

I am not responsible if the account information is changed after purchase as all of these accounts are phished and I have no use for them.— Rebelz

Lol sell the ones with points.— Don Ruski

Brand New Rapidshare Accounts - $4 USD (Laptops' Trading Thread)

A forum vet named 'Laptops' hawks month-long Rapidshare accounts for four bucks, and staff vouch for him on the spot.

A short trading post in The Market Place where longtime member Laptops advertises brand new one-month Rapidshare accounts for $4 USD, inviting buyers to PM him or reply. Staff member Don Ruski immediately chimes in with a strong vouch, calling Laptops 100% legit and suggesting the thread be pinned. It's a small but telling snapshot of the informal trust economy that ran these old trading subforums, where reputation and staff co-signs mattered more than any formal escrow system.

Yea, i got lots, lots of people will vouch for me, selling one month brand new ones.— laptops

Laptops has my full trust and respect, 100% legit, if I were you I wouldn't even bother using the middle man.— Don Ruski