TF2 Economy help needed...

If you are not premium, you can't trade them, right!? I'm not an expert, but also 3 refined metal is only like half a key. So I guess doing nothing is the best.

no miracles here... only discussing the obvious

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They are untradeable unless you go premium, so theres nothing else you can do but letting them rot in your inventory.. may I ask why you cant go premium? Because normally I´d advice to use 0,07€ Wallet-Money to go Premium and trade the 3 ref for a very cheap game or maybe something you can sell on the market like a ToD-Ticket and make at least a few cents that way.

If you crafted this you cant trade them, but if someone give you item you can trade it ( all gifted items are tradable ). If you wanna sell your droped items you need premium. all items for achievments are not tradable ( even on premium) ... i think its all.

btw.

1 tf2 key = 7-8 ref

just buy a gift catapult. $0.10 then you become premium

If you were smart and crafted your ref using normal and not achievement weapons, then the ref will be tradable as soon as you get premium.

Of course, in order to get premium to have to buy something from the TF2 store first, so you could try selling card drops on the market and then test-running a weapon then buying it for like a few cents.

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