[OFFICIAL TRADING THREAD] *generic announcement*

[beep beep diglett]

2 pink 2 black

[cbre88x]

[quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=4892.msg187008#msg187008 date=1292009911]
lol

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it's worth 2 reclaimed. don't be an ass.

don't make me point out the lovely guide you wrote that told me so.

[Didzo]

[quote author=Didzo link=topic=4892.msg187125#msg187125 date=1292050976]
[quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=4892.msg187008#msg187008 date=1292009911]
lol

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it's worth 2 reclaimed. don't be an ass.

don't make me point out the lovely guide you wrote that told me so.
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While my lovely guide offered rough estimates, I failed to detail the conditions which affect trading and the values I assigned. I just gave rough estimates of values with not much context, though I did separate it into sections. And I thought it was pretty clear that it was not meant to be definitive. Rough guidelines =/= a comprehensive guide.

However, I will attempt to sort some things out.

To trade without looking desperate or ignorant, you need to have a ballpark price you're looking for, but then be able to feel out what the other person wants. If you really want something (such as a specific hat or any hat if you don't have many to begin with), you can either set a lower base price to hopefully get more offers, or you can be patient and wait until you can negotiate a reasonable offer. Basically, you can either set a definite price that is designed to get you an offer fast (for example: trading one tag for one reclaimed), or wait until you see someone desperate for tags and then get 2 reclaimed out of them for it.

In this case, you're taking my estimated upper limit for a tag (when someone wants one pretty bad) and combining it with the lowest possible offer for a craftable hat (when someone wants metal pretty bad). The thing that makes your trade request a little far fetched is that you're taking two extremes and combining them. Also, people who really want tags usually already have whatever hats/items they want, so metal wouldn't interest them as much and they are less likely to trade away a hat. People like naming their hats because they are rare and some people are rather attached to them. People who want metal fast want a specific item, and they want it quick. They probably won't give a flying fuck about tags, paint, or the like until they get their hands on whatever they want to craft. Basically, you're taking two unlikely offers and turning them into what someone might construe as an exorbitant asking price.

The way to profit from trading is to make little profits at a time: sell a tag for a reclaimed and a scrap, buy one for two scrap or a handful of extra polycount items, and so forth. It takes time and some finesse, but it will leave both you and the people you are trading with happy, and no one will feel cheated. If someone wants to make a ridiculous offer, let them put it up for offer first, and make sure you give them plenty of time to think it over and back out. Many of the people who put up such offers simply don't care, but if it turns out someone did care and got confused or overeager in the trade, they can fuck over any potential trades you make in the server by complaining. It makes you look bad and feel bad.

I hope that clears up some confusion.

Of course, you could just add me on Steam and talk to me there if you want me to help you figure out how I go about trading just for the sake of getting more stuff I honestly don't need.

[Greatbacon]

[quote author=cbre88x link=topic=4892.msg187142#msg187142 date=1292058430]
[quote author=Didzo link=topic=4892.msg187125#msg187125 date=1292050976]
[quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=4892.msg187008#msg187008 date=1292009911]
lol

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it's worth 2 reclaimed. don't be an ass.

don't make me point out the lovely guide you wrote that told me so.
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tl;dr  don't trade with me, I'm a goddamn Bedouin.

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[Sogo]

I kinda really want that Panama biohazard, what kinda stuff are you looking for?

[cbre88x]

[quote author=Didzo link=topic=4892.msg187145#msg187145 date=1292061979]
[quote author=cbre88x link=topic=4892.msg187142#msg187142 date=1292058430]
[quote author=Didzo link=topic=4892.msg187125#msg187125 date=1292050976]
[quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=4892.msg187008#msg187008 date=1292009911]
lol

[/quote]

it's worth 2 reclaimed. don't be an ass.

don't make me point out the lovely guide you wrote that told me so.
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tl;dr  don't trade with me, I'm a goddamn Bedouin.

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that's almost exactly how I read it actually.

[Versus]

i know didzo is really good at merciless in his trading, but that post was pretty reasonable, i usually get tags for 1 reclaimed

[beep beep diglett]

give me tags and ill work the donors name into my item somehow

[Didzo]

I suppose I'll give up on trying to compose intelligent statements and just stick to making fun of stupid trade requests.

Haters always gonna hate on my elephantine pile of rare and distinguished hattery and on my pure refined metal bling.

8)

[cbre88x]

I suppose I'll give up on trying to compose intelligent statements and just stick to making fun of stupid trade requests.

Haters always gonna hate on my elephantine pile of rare and distinguished hattery and on my pure refined metal bling.

8)

and that's why I wouldn't trade with you anyways. You don't need it. Why do you think I would ask for 2 reclaimed? You'll somehow go around and turn it into a refined or some hat that you don't even want anyways.

by the way.

shitty craftable hat= 1 refined

tag=2 reclaimed (what I've gotton for it)

2 reclaimed+1reclaimed= 1 refined ....therefore

1 tag + 1 reclaimed = 1 refined ...therefore

1 tag + 1 reclaimed = 1 shitty craftable hat


oh my..what a terrible trade that would have been with a sweetner.

[Didzo]

So what you're trying to say is...

You quoted Greatbacon without reading my post?

???

[Wyrmidon]

Looking for some gift wrap. I have almost nothing to give in return for it.  

If you want to check what you'll get for it , a weapon that isn't named. backpack

[beep beep diglett]

i have a pair of ze gongles now

still looking for snipper hats

[cbre88x]

So what you're trying to say is...

You quoted Greatbacon without reading my post?

???

Maybe you should go back and reread mine.

[beep beep diglett]

i have a pair of ze gongles now

still looking for snipper hats

traded gongles to atom for a sola topi

hats i want: trophy belt, jarate belt, bald sniper, panama

i have an assload of paint, crates, and a hard counter

[Didzo]

Traded 15 vintage weapons and a le etranger to Wyattacon for attempting to help me get TF2 running at anything above 10 FPS.

So yeah, I trade random shit in exchange for tech support, doodles (see avatar), sexual favors, and assassinations.

[backfire]

So I got a Radigan Conagher Brown and am lookin to trade it for either a nametag or another color paint.

[[SiN] Merc]

So I got a Radigan Conagher Brown and am lookin to trade it for either a nametag or another color paint.

Would a black paint be potentially acceptable?

[backfire]

Merc link=topic=4892.msg187317#msg187317 date=1292138709]
[quote author=backfire link=topic=4892.msg187316#msg187316 date=1292138618]
So I got a Radigan Conagher Brown and am lookin to trade it for either a nametag or another color paint.

Would a black paint be potentially acceptable?
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Not really. Anything but a light pink, black, and purple.

[Didzo]

[quote author=[SiN] Merc link=topic=4892.msg187317#msg187317 date=1292138709]
[quote author=backfire link=topic=4892.msg187316#msg187316 date=1292138618]
So I got a Radigan Conagher Brown and am lookin to trade it for either a nametag or another color paint.

Would a black paint be potentially acceptable?
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Not really. Anything but a light pink, black, and purple.
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I have a light brown I can trade for your dark brown.