rip tf2 trading?
- Thread starter Dreama
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I got out of trading a long time ago when keys were at 6 refined.
It's just a cycle of people making themselves richer and abusing an economy to do it
It's just a cycle of people making themselves richer and abusing an economy to do it
6.33 here. It is disgusting what trading has become. It is strictly for the profit maker rather than the gamer now.
Ryulise
Wicked Nasty Engineer
When I saw keys hit like 5 ref, I was like "lol I'm noping right out of here" and I'm glad. This is absurd. 15 refined for a key? Why is that even neccessary? I remember when it was 2.33 . Christ that seems like a long time ago,
You're not wrong about the bp.tf staff, there have been a lot of things bp.tf won't and will do for the benefit of their own site not caring at all about the community.During October, keys were worth about 11-12 refined, now...
well you see the difference
also there are rumors about bp.tf staff changing the prices of items unfairly just because they want them to be that price
Also, key price rising isn't really bad at all because everything is stabilizing to correspond with the key price. Since people read bp.tf like it's the bible, as long as bp.tf doesn't fuck with the prices, everything should go smoothly.
With the most recent increase as of yesterday, the price of keys via PayPal has jumped from 1.90 to 2.55, so in those terms, yes, you are an idiot for buying on the market rather than on PayPal but safety wise, that is your best decision.
That's trading in all games really.
Not Pokemon. Well it isn't boring, you don't have to deal with scammers *sometimes idiots though*.
I don't see how it's idiotic to save less than a dollar by dealing with a potential scammer. It's 60 cents.
Touche
I prefer to buy from trusted individuals who still sell keys at a lesser price than the Steam Wallet amount, while it may only be 60 cents, that could change significantly if buying 5+ Keys, heck, that's another key right there. Whenever I buy keys via PayPal, I buy at least 15, that is 9 dollars, enough to get me 3+ extra keys through mere savings. When trading with trusted individuals, there's no possibility of dealing with a potential scammer and it makes for a rather safe trade and a new friend / greater bond with an old one.
Ryulise
Wicked Nasty Engineer
even on large trade servers, a small scam (like 0.05 refined) will count against you.
Ryulise
Wicked Nasty Engineer
I can agree with that. there was a vote a while back to raise the price, and it had like 50% or less (it was in red, that I remember) and it won.
60 cents is still 3 ref, the festive set will drop at around a certain time and you could snag the parts for cheap
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You guys realize, they key value to refined is based on an increase in refined in the market, thus devaluating refined, right? It has nothing to do with people messing with things, it has everything to do with people abusing new accounts and idle in order to get a shitload of refined.
Its simple economics.
Inflation + an increase in amount of units of currency entering the market is gonna jump prices.
Its simple economics.
Inflation + an increase in amount of units of currency entering the market is gonna jump prices.
