(Official response) Trading Cards - Counter does NOT reset

You do have a point. We'll see how it goes.

It depends on how you read it.

It says DOTA2 and Team Fortress 2 have a different mechanic because they are f2p games. It does still mention a drop limit, though. The only question is whether you can reset or increase that limit with future in-game purchases.

Valve might have decided that the number of cards should be related to the price of the game. In that case, they could have decided that continual in-game purchases should increase how many cards you can get from that game. (Which would also conveniently encourage people to spend more money in those games.)

It sounds like there are a lot of problems with the system, anyway. Features aren't working. Card drops aren't working right in some games. Crafted coupons have issues. (In the thread you linked, one commenter said he ended up paying full price for a game that he had a 90% off coupon for. Another commenter received a coupon for a game that isn't sold outside of a bundle, and the couple doesn't apply for the bundle.) Steam Support won't give clear answers, which is par for the course for Steam Support.

It looks like another half-thought out and poorly executed idea for Steam, like Greenlight. Or arguably like half the stuff that Valve introduces in general. It may be in beta, but Valve really should have had it in better shape, and communicated how it works (or at least is supposed to work) better than they've done.

I'd rather expect Valve to make CardsShop where you can buy each card for $2 instead of resets.

It's possible they're using a script, but I somehow doubt that was an automated message.

The current cards have "Series 1", so that would lead me to believe they plan on having more. I could see them resetting when the new series is released, but this is BETA so nothing is concrete anyway.

The people who buy them?

Moronic. People will make a $1 purchase of a TF2 item on an alt account and get 5 more cards rather than spending $9/card.

(edit to add, I'm calling the system moronic, not you... o.O )

You could easily extend that; games only waste time, they don't do anything useful either.

well, they give you free moneeeiiiiiiis

You can also craft them into a badge and you will receive emoticons for chat, background for your steam profile and a chance of getting a discount coupon for a game.

De gustibus non est disputandum... :)

You can craft them and get a nice steam profile

Yeah. It is prolly a good idea to sell them on the market now and rebuy the ones you need later when the prices drop to approx 0.2 €

That's the point.