Dec. 13, 2015, 10:39 a.m.
When trading via steam you simply only send gift after you receive keys, means after 3 days. If you trust the buyer, you can send right away, but to be on the safe side, just wait for keys to be delivered after 3 days.
According to statement from Joto, the users with escrow won't be able to use dispenser service, so the problem you are describing won't happen.
I understand that handling escrow trades and cancelations brings some implementation overhead, but ideally, i would like to see something that other trading sites implemented as well (steamcardexchange, etc.) meaning, the user deposits keys and gets credits 3 days later after the trade offer went through.
For old style trades, there could be setting, something like "Allow escrow trades", turned off by default and the bot owner could enable it if he is OK with having his games put on hold and either being "frozen" or getting taken out of trade completely. The cancelation would need to be handled then by dispenser and the items put back into the trade, but it's a hassle to implement i guess, especially since old trade style maintenance and development are rather passive now. (Maybe the same code could be used, that kicks in currently when someone sends trade offer for a gift, but instead of blocking it for 3 minutes, the gift is blocked for 3 days until the trade offer went through)
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