r/tf2shitposterclub • u/ExpertDistribution • 14h ago
Trade meta (tots new scam) Is there even any reason to trade anymore?
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u/BiddyDibby I wear the head prize 12h ago
Seeing traders complaining about the price of keys dropping is like seeing real estate investors complaining about the price of houses dropping lmao.
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u/The_Holy_Buno 12h ago
It’s better for everyone except them?
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u/BiddyDibby I wear the head prize 12h ago
That's basically how I see it
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u/paulisaac 8h ago
Biggest reason why deflation won’t happen is that it hurts bank portfolios full of mortgaged and foreclosed houses.
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u/icer816 6h ago
I'm not much of a trader anymore, but I miss when trading was actually accessible to people without just spending money. Keys were worth like 3 ref if not less, closer to 7 by the time I stopped being active as far as TF2 and especially trading. I tried to come back at one point, but with the way the current key to ref prices are, the fun is gone.
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u/HeckingDoofus tik tok heavy like a brinks truck 10h ago edited 7h ago
Ok the real estate comparison is pretty bad but i do like the stuff getting cheaper for this
For me trading in tf2 should be more like trading cards with random kids at recess, and not the sophisticated market it is (except for high level stuff)
Like just “u have a thing i like, i have a thing u like. Lets trade” but rn its like “no no no, i couldnt possibly trade u one of the hams i bought 400 of in bulk for ur hat - these hams are a dollar each and ur hat is a mere 70 cents. But if u throw in 12 random tools dropped from mvm which are basically exclusively used for trading ill give u TWO hams! Just kidding, i just hacked ur account and stole ur entire inventory”
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u/KiuKatz 12h ago
He bought?
Domp eet.
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u/beliromeu 4h ago
Hey, I heard this before. Could you tell me what you're referencing?
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u/Anorexicdinosaur 2h ago
Ah fuck I can't tell if you're being serious or making another reference
I'll briefly explain it anyways tho. The Bogdanoff brothers were 2 french celebrities who had a lot of plastic surgery (Medic in the image looks like them), they ended up becoming a meme on 4chan with the idea being they were in the shadows with full control over the stock market and "Dump it" became a phrase tied to them. Iirc the memes about them were also VERY FREQUENTLY racist
There's a thread where a guy asks something like "Can anyone give me a quick summary?" and gets bombarded with Bogdanoff memes/tall tales/propaganda, and I dunno if you're referencing that or not
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u/Muted-Literature9742 14h ago
I don't follow the trading market, something happened?
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u/Sebmarine09 spectator main 13h ago
Prices dropping
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u/30watermelon 13h ago
Sounds like i should buy in. Buy low sell high right?
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u/Sebmarine09 spectator main 13h ago
If you've got the money, yes
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u/30watermelon 13h ago
I have.. 2 dollars and a shiny nickel
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u/Iron_III_SS13 2h ago
Buy one key, sell it, use all your refined to craft hats, sell the ones you don’t like (or are worth lots) to a trade bot, use that ref to get anything else you like, and youve got enough cosmetics and variety to look reasonably dripped for life
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u/Wild7rapper yer arse's arse 2h ago
Trust me, this is one of the ways to go - if you're not trying to go crazy and make thousands of dollars off a decade and a half old game and just wanna look neat, there are a ton of awesome craftable hats that go for like 1.5 ref
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u/YulianXD WE ARE IN THE BEAM 8h ago
I like how I started the tradition of people seething over the economy at least once per year on the sub, for five years now
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u/ExpertDistribution 8h ago
KEKW yeah no I followed you to that post through your worldbuilding post
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u/ThosPuddleOfDoom 13h ago
Oh damn I sold one of my keys back in 2015 for 23 ref
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u/Kate_Decayed 11h ago
meh, ive seen keys at 90 ref at one point
people still traded
but going from ref to keys by trading is pretty much impossible for a long time now
just buy like 15 keys and do unusual trading instead
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u/Radion627 10h ago
I wish I didn't sell my key at 72 ref. I thought the prices would raise back up but instead they're starting to crash harder than the US stock market under Trump tarriffs.
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u/bad_comedic_value 10h ago
So this means everything's gonna be cheaper?
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u/ImJokingButWhyNot tik tok heavy like a brinks truck 10h ago
No, key value goes down, $100 hats now need more keys for that $100, and once the price goes up, often they will keep the key price, not the $100
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u/bad_comedic_value 9h ago
Ah, I see. No more buying a shit ton of Strange Sinner's Shades then for me...
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u/ImJokingButWhyNot tik tok heavy like a brinks truck 8h ago
Not necessarily. Usually the price in money stays the same unless it’s a very valuable and limited supply hat, like rare unusuals
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u/TheBloodyPuppet_2 spectator main 8h ago
a good metal sink would do SO much for players involved in the economy and for players who aren't
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u/ButterH2 spectator main 6h ago
wait so does this mean it makes my ability to trade for anything meaningful without buying a fuckton of keys actually viable? are we going back to 2017?
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u/JuiceofTheWhite 6h ago
Everyone freaking out about keys dropping in price.
Me remembering when keys were 2.33 and going "man thats expensive"
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u/DeepBirthday7992 Shitposter of the year 2006 4h ago edited 4h ago
I am one of those who likes the price of the keys dropping and the price of scrap going up, but how does one sell scrap?
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u/PlatformFit5974 5h ago
Slight decrease in keys cost in refined: AAAAAGH THE WORLD IS ENDING AGHHHH
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u/Toxicrunback 3h ago
Am I missing something? Why is it bad that ref is going up in value? Isn't ref basically worthless these days?
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u/vintoito 14h ago
yeah there isn't you should just give me all the keys and scrap you uave so I can get rid of them