Ursprungligen skrivet av Mesmire:

You've got two shops, one is selling a pair of shoes for €50, the other for €75. Buyers only want to buy shoes for €35 and below, since that is what the general public thinks is the actual value of the item. Now these two shops, since they do not do any market research nor care to, start branching out and soon the entire street is filled with hundreds of shops all selling at this amount, leaving the buyer unhappy and unable to purchase his goods at the price that he wanted to.

Sadly, this analogy doesn't work for the simple fact that the public cannot dictate what prices are. If this were the case, I'm sure new vehicles and the price of food would be much less than they are now.

Simply put, The TF2 economy is in no way a capitalist market, but a barter market. Each trade is different from the rest and the owners of said items get to decide what it is worth to them and at what point they are willing to part with it. While there are commonly viewed prices for items, these are in no way concrete and final, and it is nobodies right to tell the owner that they must lower the price on their item.

They are not allowed for a few reasons, depending on the type of raffle/draw you are having.

Paid raffles: These are not allowed because it is easily rigged for scammers to manipulate. Person A asks for 40 entries of a key each, winner gets an Earbud. After recieving the keys, what keeps him from running or rigging it so a friend gets the Earbud while nobody else is the wiser?

Even if they were legit paid raffles, every single person would attempt to make one, as they make guarenteed profit and would flood the site.

Free raffles: Simple reason of it not being a trade and there are already sites dedicated to it such as tf2r.com

The site has had official draws in the past, and may have them in the future, but I do not expect them to allow regular users to run them at any point.

Ursprungligen skrivet av Champelliot:

Actually, it's a different principle, if you want to buy the buds for €30, you buy a crate (or another Steam Market item) for a ridiculous price that no one else would accept. (€30) Then, the other player simply trades you the buds.

I totally misread that, but I guess 4 AM will do that to you. I thought it was a way to work around using middlemen and that element of trust that had to be done with money trades. Still, I guess this way will work for some people.

Ursprungligen skrivet av KC:

Ah, 2 comments. Now, would anyone sell me a bud via Steam Community Market?

While I apologize for misreading your first post, I do know that trading is not allowed on the forums, you may only post trades on the actual site.

Sadly, not every item is able to be put up on the market at the moment, and Valve will take more of the money in fees than paypal would. This could happen once the beta ends, however.

Use this guide and follow it in order for a report to be made.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/groups/tf2outpost/discussions/3/882959061468824187/

However, if you do not have any other proof such as screenshots of the chat, pretty much nothing can be done.

I see it as a possible help to the lower end unusual market. That area has been hurt very hard by the trend of quickbuying and "cancer" terms. Now people may not be so afraid to buy them for a reasonable price because they may be able to put it up on the market for games rather than a pitiful amount of keys from for-profit traders.

Opening up the trade market to those less apt to trading means people will have access to hats when they otherwise wouldn't due to the time investment. Cheaper hats will go into the backpacks of people who just want an unusual to wear rather than to sell off later. Supply will drop and the worst thing in terms of demand are the really ugly hats selling just as bad as they are now.

Also on the key point made earlier, I do see metal value plummeting when compared to keys. People buying from others and very few springing for the game shop is going to lower supply heavily while demand is going to skyrocket from cheaper keys.

Who's to say you didn't add him and attempt to scam him and are here to hide your tracks?
Who's to say he isn't just someone you know personally that you're upset with?
Who's to say you didn't just find some random private backpack and decide to make a topic?

Without proof, we have zero reason to believe you, calling it "just a head's up" means nothing. There are thousands of odd players out there, enough names to fill a phonebook listing all the people that need to be cautioned about. You're wasting your time if there was no proof and/or scam occurring.

Because something like a tangible good such as a dollar amount has a definite and absolute value, whereas services have levels of quality that can or can not meet the standards of buyers. Allowing services will also allow the chance of drama happening when one person does not live up to the exceptions of the other.

Simple example: An avatar buyer gives some items as a down payment to have an avatar made. Somehow this avatar does not live up to the standards of the buyer, but does to the creator. The buyer claims that they were scammed when the avatar maker did not make a good picture and has stolen their down payment. The Avatar maker claims they have lived up to their end and the other person is scamming them by not paying.

This is all subjective and can be cleared up by not allowing services where something like money is a defined trade such as X amount of currency for Y hat.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/groups/tf2outpost/discussions/0/882960501391553333/

Simple supply and demand. Even if they were even more common than they ever have been, they are seen as the most common and therefore sought after currency item for general trading. More people wanting them along with the general decline of value for other hats and misc. items over time have given them more trading value.