Well, having each trade bumped individually creates intervals in the appearance of trades on the front page. It also promotes donating to outpost to increase the rate at which your trades auto bump.

I agree that those in power/influence shouldn't restrict the market, however in the same coin I cannot agree with those who try to manipulate it using groups to create the illusion of scarcity.

I don't follow your misrepresentation claims at all. Are they claiming fewer s.gunslingers exist, than actually exist? Are they claiming that most s.gunslinger owners are in their group?

In regards to the question on misrepresentation, imagine if you thought and believed from the news that all car companies were to limit their selling of cars for a period of 3 years. You start spreading that rumor around and get other people thinking the same thing. Prices of cars start rising because people will perceive that supply of cars IN CIRCULATION are decreasing thus driving up demand/price. So they are not saying the the number existing is dropping (Per se), but as I see it, it is an attempt to manipulation of the perception in the minds of the those who exist in the market

it could be that you were hijacked. I suggest checking your trade history to see who you traded those items to. Also i suggest changing your account passwords including those you use for steam guard. Also if you confirm you lost items, submit a steam ticket to valve.

If you have trouble finding how to do those I can assist you. let me know and good luck.

This suggestion has been given multiple times so i think it would be good to check the suggestions forum and support them there. Though I dont believe the idea has gained much support for various reasons, one being that if there was a bump all button, the front page would be flooded with individual users trades at various intervals all day.

In response to your misrepresentation of market conditions. You are attempting to show an image that the supply of s gunslingers in circulation is lower and warrants a rise in demand. So I don't fully understand how you can use that as a legitimate argument.

I agree that a revised rule needs to be created and explained. And yes I know about the fiasco with the bomcs and I do understand the difference you are trying to make, however I still can't agree with your group. You speak of misrepresentation, have you stopped to think about if your grouP does become popular and it's the Accepted as Legit thing? You can't possibly hope to add the majority of users with a s gunslnger and thus a small majority of the market would be misrepresenting the perceived hoarding culture of the item.

Np. Good luck on your trades and stay safe.

Launching personal attacks and ranting about your views on unusuals isn't the way to go. I suppose there is no explicit "rule" to attempting to manipulate prices, but just the sheer act of price manipulation is dirty. Even if you claim to not be making fake claims and fake purchases, just the notion of a designated group may manipulate the market.

Just because something that's shady and manipulative isn't explicitly banned doesn't give you a right to attempt to manipulate a market that affects the whole.

It appears you are still on friends only. make it fully public then it should work

Well first off i would have to say that while yes, people will hold on to their items in the hope of increasing their value over time. However what I dont agree with is an organized attempt to manipulate prices. So therefore the charge of being hypocritical is not valid here. Many groups like yours have tried to manipulate the market, BOMCs as you mentioned, Gen Archamedies, etc. You cannot deny an attempt to manipulate the price of S gunslingers in an organized fashion and therefore I would have to agree with the ban as of now.