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Theres no official prices on items and sites that have pricelist only serve to give users a quick idea of item value for when they try to sell their items
Bp.tf's own warning on their pricelist
Prices are constantly changing on items. So its better for users to figure out item values and use their own judgement and resources while trading then having something (that can be false) forced onto them.
And in (most) trades on tf2outpost the price from backpack.tf is used as a guideline.
One of the reasons why I prefer Outpost to Bazaar and Backpack.tf - the buyer doesn't have perfect knowledge about prices - thus in the case of strange weapons - you have the potential of making sales while charging full price for the strange parts.
I just prefer the extra couple of clicks to get the latest market prices on Trade.tf and know that I am getting a good deal - That's what makes Trading so much fun - for me anyway :)
And the prices shown on Bazaar.tf don't seem to hinder my trading. Even though it shows 2.33 Refined on the Strange Rocket Launchers I buy and sell, I've sold 8 for 3 Refined using buy now bots, the prices don't seem to be affected.
I found about the Buy Now Bots this week - was a bit skeptical initially - but has been pretty useful so far since I only play for a few hours on weekdays :) Anyway - back to the topic
When it comes to weapons with strange parts and painted items - I prefer Outpost as...........in short - HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT - it's easier to ''exploit'' a buyer who may just do a simple Google search and feel that the parts and paint should be valued at 100% or some users who have no idea at all and just pay much more for a ''cool'' colour or part :) The same case with some sellers - some of whom have no idea about how paint and parts affect their items and just use standard backpack prices.
As a student of ECONOMICS - The whole ''Market for Lemons'' and ''Asymmetric Information'' is what makes me love TF2 OUTPOST Trading and TF2 Trading in general (Read through my boring lecture - Thanks and hope you enjoyed it - or at least disagree so much that you want to further this conversation ) :)