It's be nice if the autobump only worked for a week, then automaticly switched itself to off.
So that means your trade will be bumped for a week and after two weeks it will close it.

That would be a major pain in the ass. Maybe turn it off after 1-2 months of user inactivity (that means no login for 1-2 months).

No price discussions means no flame wars. Most people on Outpost cannot behave in a civilized manner, they will shout at you and call you names if they don't agree with your pricing.

This. ^

Because you sometimes have items in your inventory that you do not wish to sell for a specific price but would trade for the right offer. You wouldn't know what that is until somenoe offers it to you.

Originally posted by rusty-frame:

I believe that valve should've retroactively made all uncraft hats clean since this will actually promote buying from the store as there will no longer be any cheaper/dirtier alternatives. Personally i'm not complaining cause i'm still starting my collection of dirty hats.

All the clean hats are way cheaper than the store too.

They break no rules and there's no reason why you should report them, they're just stupid. The "Naval mine" had a story behind it that's why you see trades like those for it.

Those are proper idiotic trades.

Originally posted by Stray Sheep Lord of the Beef:

Ah, I see. Hopefully they won't be around TOO long then.

Why? They're here to stay, they just wanna support map makers.

Originally posted by samhudson333:

Because nobody would look at the have/ want and think "this man is paying 1 ref and 1 naughty key for 1 naughty crate" I do not consider it misleading.

If anything, that trade is a lot more "misleading" than anything else. At a first glance, is he paying in metal, keys or both? If he's paying in metal I'd assume he's paying 1 Ref like the trade suggests, but no he's paying 0.66. Why didn't he list that in the first place? Then there's the Naughty Key, if he's not paying 1 Ref + 1 Key or 1 Key for a crate why did he list it? Oh he's paying a Naughty Key for several crates, but I only see 1 crate in the wishlisht. He could have put several to make it less "misleading".

Yet you're still defending him when OP's trade was simple. Have a lot of metal, want many crates. How much she pays is irrevelant cuz nobody would assume she has 8 Ref and wants 8 crates. It's clear as sky she wasn't trying to mislead anyone.

If a craft hat is 1.33 then stop hunting for the one person who sells it for 1 Ref. If you see someone with 1 Ref in the wishlist then don't get mad if they don't sell it for that. Metal is just currency and I shouldn't be forced to represent my items down to the last scrap if I choose not to just because others lack common sense. It's not like I'm trying to deceive anyone. Not only it looks ugly sometimes, but it also takes up space for other items I could put in those slots.

There's already a rule that says you shouldn't offer items you aren't willing to trade and frankly that is enough. Someone offering a Max Head for a craft hat (when in fact he'll only pay 1 Ref) is misleading users, someone who uses currency (keys, metal) to represent what he's paying with and is buying several of the same item, or expects change, is not.

Mind you I don't think either of the trades should be closed but as you can see what's "misleading" and what's not is too subjective. If you're gonna close trades for that, you're gonna have hundreds of angry users wanting an explanation of why you closed their trades and why you left more "misleading" trades alone. Seriously, what's next? Admins banning people for offering below/above backpack.tf price? lol

Just my 2 cents.

I agree this is a stupid rule that shouldn't be enforced. What's misleading and what's not is a grey area, in fact why not close 90% of the trades on outpost because they're all "misleading" in one way or another. Most people won't trade all the things on the left for all the things on the right.

BTW I think your trade was entirely ok.