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Token Campaign Items - MVM, Gun Mettle etc.. Keys, Bills and Buds. Unusual particle effect values. Trading with real money. Additional Tips and info. The information contained in this guide has been compiled from many sources and includes advice and tips from a number of experienced high end traders, trade server owners, trading forum admins and other successful TF2 traders.

This guide may be modified periodically to reflect current market trends and other changes including additions made by Valve. Use this information to help safeguard your backpack, grow your collections quicker, increase profits and become a more successful trader. Please rate up if you find anything helpful. The most important thing to consider first before embarking on some serious trading is security.

The last thing you want after spending lots of time and effort is someone else gaining access to your Steam Account and stealing all your items. It happens more than you might imagine. The more successful you become the more likely you are to be targeted by account hackers and scammers. Secure your Steam Account. Check your Steam Account Settings.

An additional safeguard is to use an alternate email account from your day to day personal email. Create a new email account if necessary for use with your Steam Account and keep it private. Do not make this email address public especially within your Steam Profile or other gaming forums. In many cases hackers gain access to the email account associated with the Steam Account to change the account password so keeping your email account secret and secure is vitally important.

If you suspect there is a problem with your Steam account contact Steam Support immediately. If their Steam account is new be wary, especially when trading for high value items. Scammers will often create new accounts because they have been previously banned by Valve or have bans from trade servers and trading forums and new accounts are very easy to create.

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If their account is new ask them why then depending on their reasons decide to trade or decline. Always keep a record of the Steam ID of who you are trading with and save your chat log text especially when trading for high value items.

Either avoid or at least be very careful opening any web links that are posted in chat, either in trade chat or server chat as you may be opening a web page with that contains code designed to steal your Steam account details alongside other account info and passwords. Never install any software on the advice of someone you neither know nor trust. If for any reason you do not feel comfortable about a trade, trust your instinct and walk away. TF2 item trading is like any other market economy and like any other economy it is subject to value fluctuations and market trends.

While some trends can be quite predictable others are harder to gauge without a degree of experience. The following information shares some of that experience, starting from the basics and low end trading, following on to higher value item trading and Unusual hats and trading with real money.

Used wisely this information should help reduce the trial and error factor, prevent you from being scammed, efficiently boost your profits and help build your collections more rapidly. Unless you have a photographic memory, item value spreadsheets and websites can be useful for keeping up to date with item values and will enable you to notice trends that can help bring greater profits.

Those websites should be used as a guide only and are not necessarily a definitive list of exact market values. If you choose to refer to websites as a guide choose sites that are maintained by impartial community groups. These are generally maintained more regularly and are less open to abuse, such as price fixing, artificial inflation or under valuation to suit the requirements of whoever is hosting the site or individuals.

Never sell an item for less than you paid and if depreciation strikes, sell quick to keep losses to a minimum. Your reputation is vital for trading. Experienced traders will know this only too well. Be polite with fellow traders and stay on good terms regardless of the outcome of your trade. You never know if might meet the trader again and good friends are a major advantage when it comes to trading. Build up your reputation on your Steam Profile page, trading website or trading forum.

This single piece of advice will probably improve your rate of success more than any other section in this guide. Working together with friends significantly reduces the risk of being scammed and increases your chances of locating item sales and purchases and widens your trading scope. Make friends with trusted traders and help each other to find the items you want at the agreed prices you're willing to pay. Consider creating a private Steam Group to share your progress and keep track of your group objectives.

Being able to trade higher volumes of items in a shorter periods of time significantly reduces the time it takes for your profits to increase. Fluctuations in values for certain items and item classes can be quite predictable. Knowing what to buy and when can greatly improve your chance of making profits. Profitable traders wait until well after the festive period ends at least a month and snap up what items they can after the seasonal novelty value wears off. Item values will be at their lowest a month or two after each festive or seasonal period has ended.

Buy what you can for the lowest value, put them to the back of your backpack and forget about them. Wait until the next festive period is due again e. Not only will these items become more sought after, there is very little chance that Valve will make the same items available again so you will find yourself sitting on a pile of what are now rare and attractive items for the coming festive period.

The more you have stashed away the more profit you will make and these profits can be huge. Hold on to your festive items until a week before the festive period starts again to make the biggest profits.

Most importantly plan well in advance and be patient. Other new items on the market are initially bought and sold at a high price. New items should be sold quickly to avoid depreciation therefore keeping any profits at a maximum. Be patient if a new item becomes tradable and wait for the value to depreciate over next two or three weeks or more if necessary. A classic example of item value depreciation are Genuine [wiki. Genuine class items are usually at their peak value as soon as they become tradable.

After the first week of these items becoming tradable their value starts to depreciate.

Buying a game or Valve Store goods to hopefully profit from selling a genuine item is not advisable because of this depreciation, especially if you have little interest in playing the game you buy. Genuine item values rarely if ever go above the purchase price of the game or goods from the Valve Store.

Rare genuine items can increase in value slightly but rarely back up to the value at the time they become first tradable. Genuine item values generally stabilize after a few weeks of becoming tradable and should be treated like any other item with regards to buying and selling. Older and rare vintage items can be wise investments if bought below market value. Rare items generally increase in value over time so holding on to rare items for a period of months can increase your profits further.

Extremely rare items less than 20 in total can be very expensive and command prices of their own. When considering buying very rare or valuable items always ask yourself "how hard is it going to be to sell it again and am I likely to make a profit when I do? Trading in level or craft numbers is mostly a niche market but still popular. Whilst items with craft numbers maybe a lesser market in terms of the numbers of interested buyers, sellers or collectors, there are still significant profits to be made.

When trading for any item always be aware of craft or level number as this may add additional value should a collector of that number be interested in acquiring it. The more obscure the number generally the less value it will add. Low numbers are generally valued highest otherwise. Craft number and level collectors are often willing to pay way above the market value for these numbered items.

Like any other new items the value of strange weapons [wiki. Collectors should wait for market depreciation and generally 2 to 3 weeks should see their values stabilize.

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Once they do, buy at the lowest value possible. Crates that are rare or limited such as 30 and 40 are highly valued as not only are the crates themselves rare, their contents being equally rare fetching premium prices because of their limited numbers and exclusivity. The same rules apply to Token Campaign Items [wiki. As more people complete the tours the more items will be found and available for trading.

The greater the availability of an item the more the value depreciates. This applies to Unusal weapons and other campaign items.

Collectors should avoid paying high prices for these items and simply wait until the novelty value wears off and buy at a low price once their value has stabilized. Buying items from the Mann Co. Occasionally time-limited items are worth some investment for the future but again avoid buying them from the store.

Trade for time-limited items a few weeks after release and store in your backpack for a few months until their value starts to creep up again. When their value tops out start selling and sell HIGH. Trading wisely and reacting to changes in market trends involves a degree of foresight, planning and experience, while there is still an element of luck in accurately predicting these changes, unboxing crates has the odds stacked well against you.

Sure you may unbox a very valuable Unusual Hat first key but the odds are greatly against you. Therefore the estimated cost of consistently unboxing Unusual hats is approx: Community driven trading sites provide a good indication of the value of Buds and are valued in keys. The highest value Unusual hats are in most cases a combination of the most sought after hat type combined with the most desirable particle effect. Exclusivity can raise prices further with rare hats combined with high tier particle effects being highly sought after.

Quality can also affect the value of an Unusual hat. Clean items being the most valuable in ALL cases i. Bear this in mind when trading for Unusual hats especially high and mid tiers. Trading TF2 items for real money is not approved by Valve so beware, nor do they condone it.

Valve will not investigate financial losses as a result of a cash transactions for virtual items either so embarking on cash trading requires a degree of knowledge, experience and caution. Reputation is vital for cash trading. Rep can be built up in a number of ways but is generally a history of your past trades on reputable and trusted trading forums which are managed by trusted admins. Cash buyers without a good history of trades and solid reputation will struggle to find a sellers willing to accept their money no matter how much they offer.

Upon receipt of the funds the seller then trades the TF2 items to the buyer. The Paypal transfer usually being completed within a few seconds. A seller will not be willing to part with their high value items if there is a high risk that the buyer will not pay or reverse a payment. Traders that intentionally use chargeback face being VAC banned, losing all reputation and find it impossible to regain trust again within the trading community. Once a scammer, always a scammer and no amount of apologies will reverse the loss of trust.

Finally, if you do decide to start trading in cash, start off with small amounts so you become comfortable with the process and also build up your rep as a cash buyer or seller. Assuming all goes well do not become complacent and do not forget about your checks.

Double check all the time, every time! The following guidelines will reduce some elements of risk but you should be aware that experienced traders have found themselves victims of chargeback [www. Financial losses for virtual item trades are in most cases permanent with little possibility of obtaining any form of refund. Ensure your PayPal account is secure and never divulge anything about it to anyone other than the email address used for the transfer.

Do not open web links sent by the other trader unless you know and trust them. Trusted traders will be clear and open about their account. A seller will expect the buyer to pay first before they trade their TF2 items. If you have any doubts about the other trader use a Trusted MiddleMan MM. Trusted MiddleMen can be found on reputable trade servers see Links. Let the MM direct the trade as they will verify each part of the process and assist with the transfers ensuring both sides are satisfied.

If a middleman assists you with your trade it is common courtesy to donate something to the MM as a show of gratitude and they are also more likely to assist you in the future. The MM will usually carry out security checks on both traders before the trade starts. Always agree on price before you start a PayPal transaction. A cautious seller will in most cases expect your PayPal account to be PayPal Verified [www. These requests are normal. Do not be persuaded to trade outside these guidelines.

A trusted seller will not ask you to. The STEAMREP database allowed traders to verify the integrity and reputation of traders from Steam IDs and helped many to avoid being scammed.

The guys spend many hours of their time maintaining the database, website and managing appeals to ensure STEAMREP retains it's reputation within the trading community. Hitting the TRADE button. Once you've accepted a trade the deal is done. Whist some reasonable traders may offer to trade back or do so if a mistake has been made but in most cases trade is final.

Double check before you hit the trade button. Simply ignore negative comments or people that disagree with the values you set on your items. Arguing only wastes time and is in most cases pointless. Delete negative or trolling comments or simply mute [wiki.

It pays to polite with trade server and trade forum admins. Remember, most admins will offer help and advise freely so it pays to keep on their good side. Be clear and polite and do not spam. Having a practised and appealing sales pitch can help you further still. Not only is the quicker and easier than typing your trades into chat, it gets you noticed and increase the likelihood of success.

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Scrap bankers generally offer 1 scrap metal for any 2 random weapons. While there are profits to be made from reselling some weapons, the profits are generally minimal and the process is very time consuming.

Know the rules [forums. Winning can be rewarding and tempt you to play repeatedly but if you lose you may be tempted to play again to recover your losses. Because of the random outcome there is no skill involved. Runners will offer to spycrab for items and if they win will expect you to hand over the agreed items but if they lose will often leave the server and change their screen name.

If you do spycrab make sure you log your opponents steam ID with Steamrep so if they do run you can find them and report them. Never bet more than you can afford to comfortably lose otherwise you may well see your collection of items diminish rapidly. While selling item sets can provide a slight increase in profit, it can also severely reduce the possibility of gaining a sale or increase the amount of time it takes to find an interested buyer.

Quite often 'set only sellers' have little intention of selling and post simply to show their items. Keep up to date with what new items are about to be released. Especially time limited items and seasonal or festive items. Good sources include TF2 Update news [www. Security Steam Support Steam Trading Steam Trading Policy Steam Guard Account Security Recommendations Item Values TF2spreadsheet [tf2spreadsheet. Unusual Trade Server [www. ThatDogeGamer 18 May 4: Just letting you know during Halloween the unusual chance is increased so it is best to open Crates then.

NeoXenoZ 29 Apr 4: This seems a bit complex for me. PhantomWolf 28 Feb 4: For everyone asking key prices check Calculator.

Snedic 22 Feb 7: This is an incredible help. I have a question about unusuals and particle effects- Effects can only be purchased on an item right? Like how a strange part can be bought separately from a weapon and added to it, a strange can't be bought separately this way; Only with an item already. Nerfit 16 Dec, 6: Edo the th New Place 15 Nov, 1: So do any of those site in the last section keep track of decorated weapons and the like?

Because none of them seem to. Spectrenaut Trading 1 Sep, 2: What about the encomomy of un-priced unusuals?

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I have a strange unuusal Fortunate Son with the effect Circling Peace Sign. I'll state this, it does have a base price, but, it is for the non strange version.. I need some detailed advice. Someone could add me or something or discuss?

Hassan 8 Jul, Good Guide, Really helped me. BeAR 7 Jul, 5: Amazing guide good job m8!

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