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(07-21-2012, 07:05 PM)
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#102
I said commons/uncommons are 2 for 1 meaning I will sell certain uncommons 2 for one key; while also selling certain uncommons with commons for one key. If you do not think it is fair I don't know what to tell you. I have at most 4-5 items in my backpacks of which were found from drops. Most of it is from "unchesting". |
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(07-21-2012, 09:34 PM)
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#103
The guys that don't like to wait for drops will just try to find someone who has what they want and want what they have for Commons and Uncommons. It isn't like TF2 because you can't get drops while idling, true. But TF2 does have a weekly cap that is pretty much a supply cap. On TF2 you get around 5~ scrap for idling every week. Which is 1.66 reclaimed. By my rates a Common is around 1 reclaimed. Hopefully this clears out the "TF2 has idling" part. Do you mean Summer items or Stranges with items that can't be bought from the Store? Look at TF2 trading if you want to understand the uncrating "profit". You are rarely going to get your key's worth out of the items you get, unless you get an Unusual. The market is flooded with those items because some guys love to gamble. Only unchested Rares usually go for a key or more. Yes, you do remove the gambling by selling them for a key, but as you can imagine as long as you can easily find people selling it for less than your price, they will go for the lowest price they can find. If you're talking about Summer items, it's still only the Rares that will go for one key or more. Tiny Skin goes for higher because of the demand and the Hook even higher because it has more demand and less supply. I don't judge whether trades are fair or not, only the two parts involved in a trade can judge trades. I'm just giving advice and trying to educate the traders with what I've learned from personal experience. I also know that the Summer items you currently hold have been dropping in price since they came out. Supply rises, demand drops. Once the items become available in the store the price will drop even more. How many rares can you sell for one key? It's hard to even sell most Commander's pieces for one key nowadays, and those are drop-only. |
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No more sharecropping
On Redmond's plantation I took the Freedom Road (07-21-2012, 10:18 PM)
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#104
Ethereal Flame Speed Demon courier?
What kind of value am I looking at for this thing? I also have tons of summer crate shit available: http://steamcommunity.com/id/bangshed/inventory/#570 I'm looking for more Wards Purchased and Couriers purchased stranges, and eventually I'll be looking for WR items when they are released.
Last edited by LukeSmith; 07-21-2012 at 10:24 PM.
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(07-22-2012, 12:39 AM)
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#105
Looking for Dragonmaw and Wyrm Shield of Uldorak
http://tf2b.com/dota/Ikuu stuff on 2nd page, might be willing to trade some other items.
http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/3012365 has people offering them for 5 buds, which are like $30 each. The buyer rejected them at that, so $100 maybe? Not really an expert on trading.
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Second-rate Anihawk
(07-22-2012, 02:14 AM)
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(07-22-2012, 06:06 AM)
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#109
The simple fact that you just can't farm like you can on TF2 is enough reason for any one DotA drop to cost more than any Tf2 drop(which you proved). This will change with the official release, but for now I don't think so. I'll reiterate; just as you say there are people willing to take those chances at gambling there are folks who aren't willing to take those chances. I really think you are misunderstanding me.
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When you say "you" do you mean me or people in general? Even if Valve does release the rares in my inventory I am sure they will cost more than $2.49. Why not pay a key ($2.49) and get what you want and let that be the end of it? I have opened 5 chests in the row before and have received the same item. I don't mind because this is something I like doing. Someone out there could think..."no way..that could be me getting Demon Claive 5 times" when what they really want is a Death Wielder and will gladly pay 2 keys for it. I am really in no rush (as you can tell) the game is still in beta. Who knows what factors Valve will implement that will change the economy. Are commons/uncommons your market? I haven't had the chance to even look at your backpack but I'll tell you this, I'm not trying to "step on your toes". Edit: just got my 3 keys that valve forgot to give me and unchested 2 tiny skins and an unusual sunfire wardog bazinggggggg..
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(07-22-2012, 09:23 AM)
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(07-22-2012, 09:46 AM)
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#114
I have an extra Bounty Hunter shuriken - http://dotaholic.com/dota-2/citem/i/...cruel-shuriken
looking to trade it for anything really (other than chests). If you have any extra item you want to get rid of, PM me. |
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(07-22-2012, 10:02 AM)
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#115
reddit is pretty awful for trading stuff. only had 1 successful trade so far. last person wanted my ice tiny skin for 2 normal keys. he puts the keys in and says if i want more stuff. i said no and hes like "okay bye"
wtf? anyways, i have: 3x dragonclaw hooks - 3 summer keys each. 2 each if you want all of them tiny ice skin - 2 summer keys ice crystal bow - 1 key |
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(07-22-2012, 12:19 PM)
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#116
Invites go for 2 keys, which you can easily buy for $5. It's not justifiable to have multiple Dota 2 accounts though. If you idled 6 accounts you'd get 3.33 refined weekly, which is around 1 Uncommon at your rates. Does idling still sound worthy? I meant plural you. It applies to everyone but the guys who are lucky. People do pay so they don't have to gamble. The prices on the Summer items the day they came out were like this Uncommon - 1 Key Rare - 2 Keys Tiny - 4 Keys Hook - 6 Keys As you can see, people were willing to overpay to avoid the gamble. It was impossible to lose money opening Summer chests. Why? Because chests were rare so the supply was really low. Nowadays you'll have an hard time selling the Rare weapons for a key. Why? Because most people who wanted the weapons already have them, demand drops, and chests keep getting opened, supply rises. Nowadays, as I said, it's not as easy to get your key's worth out of the chests, even though the Summer chest is still the one with the most likely profit. Imagine this other situation. You want a Deathwielder. You decide that you'll try your luck at opening the chest. If you end up pulling an Ice Tiny you can just trade for the Deathwielder and get your key back. Why will you have an hard time selling for higher than the current black market price, even here on GAF? Well, imagine you're selling X for 3 keys, the market price is 1 key. I can come here and offer endless Xs for 2 keys, I'm still making profit, and no one will ever buy yours since it's more expensive. (Don't misunderstand this as a threat, I'm just using an example to explain why black market price matters) By the way, looking at TF2 is a good way to predict some stuff. The market will behave in similar ways since it's not too different. Why didn't I buy Summer chests at 1 key? Because I already knew that they'd end up going 40 for 1 key at the end of the event as everyone wants to get rid of them as they're going to become useless. Why don't I buy items as they come out? Because I know that supply is low and demand is high, so I'm likely overpaying for the items. Why pay twice as much when I know that they'll eventually settle at the "fair price" in a month or so. How do I know the items will end up in the Store? Because Valve always does that at the end of an event. I really advise against unchesting, it's a money sink, you won't make any profit doing it. There are people who get their keys with a lot less effort than us (scamming, sharking, whatever) who open hundreds of chest weekly. The market is flooded with Stranges and from my experience the demand for Stranges isn't really that high. If you don't mind losing money, and like to gamble hoping for a courier, go for it. And you're not stepping on anyone's toes. As I said on my first reply to you, I don't even bother selling Commons/Uncommons, I keep mine so I can trade for other Commons/Uncommons I want. Which was my advice to you. The only Uncommons I sold were Tide's Tricorn, because those went for a key a month ago. I'm sorry for the offtopics, I just decided to post in the thread rather than PMing because I feel that this could possibly help other people understanding how this economy works. Me trying to get invites for my friends on Reddit: [H] 3.5 Keys [W] 2 Invites A guys adds me, I tell him to pick items, or that I could give him a TF2 key for that 0.5. "I'll take Odachi and the new DK Helm" "Those two for both invites?" "No. 3 keys + those" "This was fun. Goodbye." But trading is awful everywhere outside of private communities. TF2Outpost is the worst. Everyone is underpaying trying to make a profit just by reselling… Reddit is awful because everyone adds you and lowballs. Not to mention the shitty Unusual courier business that goes around in there. Friends who raise the current offers on couriers between them, trying to make people believe those couriers are really worth that much. A guy bought an Ethereal Flame Speed Demon there for 45 keys, painted it orange and started asking for 200 keys…
Last edited by drkOne; 07-22-2012 at 05:00 PM.
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Junior Member
(07-22-2012, 05:38 PM)
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#117
I figured this dendro thingy would be worth something. Cant get ride of it or a tiny skin for keys at all
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No more sharecropping
On Redmond's plantation I took the Freedom Road (07-22-2012, 06:33 PM)
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#119
I'll just start updating this regularly, or reposting it with updates:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/bangshed/inventory/ [H]
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Items in italics I only have 1 of, I'll still trade them if they are listed here - and if you see something that isn't listed here just ask.
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(07-22-2012, 06:40 PM)
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#120
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(07-22-2012, 06:42 PM)
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#121
Thx drk I see what you mean. I switch strategies and you are right I have gotten some sweet items since and have met some nice folks as well.
That being said I am looking for the new DK armor or the Snake WD mask if anyone has it.
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No more sharecropping
On Redmond's plantation I took the Freedom Road (07-23-2012, 03:22 AM)
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#126
http://steamcommunity.com/id/bangshed/inventory/
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Forgot to include keys earlier, also just got another Tiny ice dress. Key me! |
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(07-23-2012, 12:06 PM)
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#127
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(07-23-2012, 03:58 PM)
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#129
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(07-24-2012, 01:54 AM)
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#134
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No more sharecropping
On Redmond's plantation I took the Freedom Road (07-24-2012, 02:26 AM)
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#135
http://steamcommunity.com/id/bangshed/inventory/
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(07-24-2012, 05:42 AM)
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#136
i have 4 summer crates and a bunch of other crates that i'm not sure anyone would trade them for. :X
i do have a girth of the swordmaster (sven) and a stone helmet (axe) that i hope i could trade for other commons since they're duplicates. and i don't even play both these heroes. http://tf2b.com/dota/skasaha if i'm asking too much please tell me what reasonable offers would be, since i'm a total noob at this. thanks! EDIT: ferny added me but went offline. i'm not sure about your timezone and whether it's night (you're sleeping) or not but i'll be offline for 2 days or so. yeah. thanks :)
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(07-24-2012, 08:56 PM)
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#138
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(07-24-2012, 09:40 PM)
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#139
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(07-25-2012, 12:14 AM)
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#140
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No more sharecropping
On Redmond's plantation I took the Freedom Road (07-25-2012, 07:21 AM)
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#141
http://steamcommunity.com/id/bangshed/inventory/
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(07-26-2012, 04:50 AM)
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#142
Also I have 2 rare sven swords I dont need if anyone is interested. Also just got the quad ravage modifier
http://tf2b.com/dota/dorkimoe I may be up for trading keys for custom couriers with effects if anyone has any |
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(07-26-2012, 02:46 PM)
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#144
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(07-26-2012, 04:59 PM)
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peanutbutterchocolate
(07-27-2012, 06:58 AM)
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