Bjorn Posted December 27, 2013 That stuff was going on almost immediately. People had servers up running automated buying programs, and even less hardcore guys were sharing Greasemonkey scripts to do it in a browser window. If you look at card history graphs, every once in awhile you'll see a $0.10 card that sold a single unit for $10.00. I often wonder if that's some automated buying program that glitched out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted December 27, 2013 Yeah, I'm pretty the Idle Thumbs podcast mentioned something about bots in the Steam market place in the Xmas podblast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted December 27, 2013 why don't those bots glitch on my cards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted December 27, 2013 I actually did a little bit of speculative buying and selling right when cards first came out, but it didn't take very long before I realized that my time was just not worth it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ucantalas Posted December 27, 2013 I don't even speculate. I just play the games I like, and then sell any cards I get immediately.I have purchased several games using nothing but the money from selling these cards, including things like Terraria and Tomb Raider Legend. I'm quite happy with the system right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shammack Posted December 27, 2013 I don't even speculate. I just play the games I like, and then sell any cards I get immediately. I guess that's the only reasonable course of action at this point. That kinda bums me out because I actually enjoyed collecting the cards and crafting badges, for some reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted December 27, 2013 I just collect the cards and craft badges. Very rarely craft, but craft nonetheless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ucantalas Posted December 27, 2013 I guess that's the only reasonable course of action at this point. That kinda bums me out because I actually enjoyed collecting the cards and crafting badges, for some reason. The main reason for me is that I'm just not interested in collecting and crafting anything. So instead of just letting it sit and rot in my inventory I figured I might as well sell them. People who want them can get them, and I get little bits of money I can use to put towards new games for me to play. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted December 27, 2013 I craft badges because I want more steam friend slots... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Professor Video Games Posted December 27, 2013 The main reason for me is that I'm just not interested in collecting and crafting anything. So instead of just letting it sit and rot in my inventory I figured I might as well sell them. People who want them can get them, and I get little bits of money I can use to put towards new games for me to play. Yeah I'm with you. The benefit of collecting cards is crafting for things I have no desire for like backgrounds and emoticons or you can sell them and get actual money to buy future games with. Seems like an easy choice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted December 27, 2013 I kept a spreadsheet of my card sales for several months until I got lazy about keeping track of it. When I quit updating it, I had sold $129.15 worth of cards. I'm probably around $200 worth of card sales at this point. Both my wife and I have Steam accounts, and I was selling the cards off both. Some of that I spent on buying the cheapest games with cards, just because they had cards, until I realized that the drop rate on Boosters is low enough that it wasn't really profitable. Still, most of those cards are from games that I wanted anyways (or Humble Bundles I was going to buy anyways), so selling the cards has ended up letting me buy a ton of games that I otherwise wouldn't have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Leego Posted December 27, 2013 I craft badges because I want more steam friend slots... What's your target friend slot allocation? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted December 27, 2013 I have no idea... I don't even know how many slots I have. Oh I found it... I have 470 slots in total, and currently 27 allocated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Leego Posted December 27, 2013 Mmm-hmm. Your slot to friend ratio is approximately 17:1. As a Non-Speculative Trading Card Idler-Sellers, I'm on about 10:1 which is adequate for my needs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted December 31, 2013 I left Deadly Premonition running this afternoon to get the trading cards for it, and saw that I got the card for Swery65. The text for it is, "I never expected this to be loved by so many gamers...love you all!" I may actually have to craft the badge for DP, not sure I can bring myself to sell the cards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted January 2, 2014 Does anybody want to trade the Payday Snow Globe card for the Football Manager (?) one? It's the only dupe I have left from the globes and the Payday one is the only one I'm missing to forge one final badge. EDIT: Never mind, I just got the a trade now and I got a stupid skin that was only worth 30 cents. XP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted January 7, 2014 I made a cool odd two euro moneys selling cards over the holidays. Think of the third of Dishonored I could buy now as soon as it goes on sale again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted January 7, 2014 You could have bought Spelunky! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites