http://www.tf2outpost.com/user/82089
They are out there. But selling to a serious collector takes a lot of time and patience. That's one of the reasons why I don't even consider touching them.
It may seem like a lot of items are collector items, but that is because they sell slowly.
Plenty of other levels to trade with. It's only 5-6% of the items that are considered collector levels after all.

Have a look at the little circle next to the logo at the top left.

Sorry to post this here. But you made your profile comments private and are offline.
I think there was no need to lock this discussion.
It was a funny picture, not even real, but doctored. It was not a rant at all, since no one would take that seriously. I think you went a bit overboard with the rules here.
A little fun now and then can't hurt this forum, can it? It's not like the forum gets spammed with those.

Again, sorry to contact you this way. Please delete this discussion when you've read it.
Otherwise I will in about an hour at the latest myself.

lol

Originally posted by Xile{t}:

nah that's happened to me a few times when i've responded within half an hour of the offer ;)

I do that too. Because so many take ages to respond, I offer on a lot of trades until my offer gets accepted. But I also have the decency to retract my offer or at the very least hide the offer when I have what I was looking for.

So if anything, I hate it when people don't bother to retract/hide their offers that are not valid anymore.

Also, those that insist the offer is still valid even though days, weeks or even month old.

And I also hate those that don't bother to delete the sold items from their trades, and even more so those that don't close their trades when everything is sold.

And I just can't help myself but laugh at those that think backpack.tf bonus prices (collector lvl) have anything to do with what the item is worth and set ridiculous buyouts (vintage stash, fedora for buds).

Got another one: Traders that think just because sth. is limited, it therefore has to be rare and worth a lot. But I guess that is pretty much the same as the Vita-Saw point.

Ohh, and I love my uncraft Freedom Staff. It's like whacking your opponent in the face with a really big ... wait for it ... stick ;-)

Originally posted by Flickerr:

Great list! I especcially don't like when people give you an offer that you really like that is fair and then suddenly retract after agreeing to trade. It isn't exactly horrible, just annoying

That only happens to people that need ages to attend to their trades.

Originally posted by rusty-frame:

unfortunately you still can't blacklist people on outpost.

Yes you can. Just click on the "Block User" next to the Heart on their profile page.

Originally posted by Havoc:

I really agree(for the most part at least), especially with the not reading bit. When I say adding for a quick trade for generous offers, I do not mean average/a bit below average prices paid in items I don't want.

I don't see the point in such statements. If I see a trade announcing that, I already know not to even bother making an offer in the trade because most likely you are a greedy bastard looking for an idiot overpaying anyway.

Why not say like it is: If you want to make a fair offer, offer here. If you are a desperate moron that is willing to give me a lot of profit by overpaying, add me so that I can take your offer quickly before you take it to someone else.
But I guess that would be a tad too much for the notes... after all you don't want to spook them.

Either say add me and deal with the offers you get, or say offer here and see what happens.
You can't have only the best of both worlds.

Originally posted by eddy |S:Dota2 commons>2 scrap|:

it just "quicksale" trade, like almost every unusual trade on tf2op.

No it's not. A quicksale for an unusual would be up to 30% maybe even 50% off, but a quicksale for a bud would be 26 Keys at most right now.
Nobody even remotely familiar with the price of a bud would sell for 1 Key.
If someone experienced does buy for 1 Key, you can safely assume they exploited the fact that the other party did not know the value at all. He would buy that bud for a key with intent to deceive. That is sharking.

My uncraft Spy-Cicle and Gloves Of Running Urgently