So in a weird quirk of the market, so many people are underbidding one another with sacks of gems that the price is being driven down towards 20 cents, while buy orders are still up over 30 because people wnat priority in the queue.
So in a weird quirk of the market, so many people are underbidding one another with sacks of gems that the price is being driven down towards 20 cents, while buy orders are still up over 30 because people wnat priority in the queue.
People are idiots. 30 cents is parity with community chaff right now (the lowest possible price for something is .03)
So in a weird quirk of the market, so many people are underbidding one another with sacks of gems that the price is being driven down towards 20 cents, while buy orders are still up over 30 because people wnat priority in the queue.
People are idiots. 30 cents is parity with community chaff right now (the lowest possible price for something is .03)
Yep.
Or well, you can sell for lower than 3 cents you just won't get anything out of it.
Anyway, I put in 5 buy orders for 50 cents each just to see, and I ended up getting 5000 gems for 66 cents.
How do I get the 2014 Holiday Auction badge?
The Auction Badge has three levels that correspond to Auction participation. Create Gems to earn level 1, place a bid to earn level 2, and win an auction round to earn the final level.
Glancing at the auction, I will never have enough gems to ever get anything interesting, ergo, I feel no need to turn useless items into useless gems.
Economics!
Yeah. But apparently, good for booster packs. So exchanging dupes (or other unneeded junk) for gems will probably net you just enough for one booster pack.
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Pricing mistakes: I do personally think it is up to the consumer to be smart about the way they buy, and be aware of something very possibly being "too good to be true". I also think a seller has a responsibility to own up to their mistake.
My problem though is that the comparison with actual physical goods (cereal, I believe?) that was presented is disingenuous because digital sales are nothing like physical sales. One of the facets of digital sales is that they are, by their very nature, ephemeral. So while in a physical realm you cannot specifically be dinged for your cereal buying ways, there are games that will roll back, patch out, or otherwise fix exploitative material (as an example) and yes the players will pitch a fit, but that's more because the exploit was found than that they're being treated unfairly. And a company is well within their rights to do so.
However, if a company does this to much (fucks up and fixes it at to the detriment of the consumer) the consumer is well within their rights to never shop at that place again.
But if a consumer suffers at the hands of a company, either through accident or intent, and they continue to be patrons of that company, then they have little in the way of my sympathy.
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Wait since when is Bill's Hat actually marketable? This auction stuff had me looking through inventory and I swear all my TF2 stuff was unmarketable but lo and behold Bill's Hat is worth actually multiple dollars? I mean I should just sell it right?
Wait since when is Bill's Hat actually marketable? This auction stuff had me looking through inventory and I swear all my TF2 stuff was unmarketable but lo and behold Bill's Hat is worth actually multiple dollars? I mean I should just sell it right?
Bill's Hats are the classical TF2 'high end' currency (it's like a $100 bill in hat terms), so yeah, it's worth a bit.
(Note: Not actually worth $100. Only the hats with the shiny particle effects are worth that much.)
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People are idiots. 30 cents is parity with community chaff right now (the lowest possible price for something is .03)
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Yep.
Or well, you can sell for lower than 3 cents you just won't get anything out of it.
Anyway, I put in 5 buy orders for 50 cents each just to see, and I ended up getting 5000 gems for 66 cents.
.....I wonder how many other borked ones I'll get.
........I may bid on some games now. Whoops.
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He seems like a delightful fellow fellow what with his 3 games and his only friend, Trasbot abd his almost 13,000 items
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And look at that inventory? this scam pulled right before an event that used that stuff?
Scammers...
Those clever bastards.
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I wonder how much the bids will increase before then.
It seems weird that you can't see how many bids there are on an item without placing one.
Must... delist... duplicate... items...
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they will increase astronomically
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It'd be far more convenient if you could view the bids of everything on your wishlist.
Page isn't up yet, so don't know.
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Cards I don't know.
I pulled my backgrounds/emoticons, although most of the ones which craft for 100/per had already been bought.
You have a lot of gems now it seems.
Yeah. But apparently, good for booster packs. So exchanging dupes (or other unneeded junk) for gems will probably net you just enough for one booster pack.
And it apparently expires, too.
So...meh.
My problem though is that the comparison with actual physical goods (cereal, I believe?) that was presented is disingenuous because digital sales are nothing like physical sales. One of the facets of digital sales is that they are, by their very nature, ephemeral. So while in a physical realm you cannot specifically be dinged for your cereal buying ways, there are games that will roll back, patch out, or otherwise fix exploitative material (as an example) and yes the players will pitch a fit, but that's more because the exploit was found than that they're being treated unfairly. And a company is well within their rights to do so.
However, if a company does this to much (fucks up and fixes it at to the detriment of the consumer) the consumer is well within their rights to never shop at that place again.
But if a consumer suffers at the hands of a company, either through accident or intent, and they continue to be patrons of that company, then they have little in the way of my sympathy.
Is... that a lot?
EDIT: Upon review, the answer is no.
considering the 2014 holiday profile background thing has a top bid of 250k gems you tell me
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The item will only sit in your inventory for a limited time, meaning use it or lose it, no time to sell it for $Texas.
The effect itself sounds permanent.
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Bill's Hats are the classical TF2 'high end' currency (it's like a $100 bill in hat terms), so yeah, it's worth a bit.
(Note: Not actually worth $100. Only the hats with the shiny particle effects are worth that much.)
Looks like roughly 1000 gems per booster. You get to choose the game, can only choose ones which you own (you do NOT have to be booster eligible).
e: Limited to 1 booster per game, per day.
Hadn't thought of that.
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If you aren't careful, yeah. Assume 10000 gems = $3, because that's what the early movers got em for.
Edit: Uh-oh, Robot Santa's loose again. Uh, uh... while(true) nice++;
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