TF2 / CS / Dota 2 Keys untradable for 1 week

even if that means completely disregarding their customers? steam is doomed, dude. do you hear me? STEAM IS DOOMED!

uhh, who am i kidding? GABEN SO STRONK.

we will wait and see but i think keys will matain their price, too. at very least they won't go down like the sales before. why?

where are those keys coming from? mostly from traders that buy games cheap on their store and sell on steamtrades or whatever. now the trades will significantly drop because of this change. therefore those traders won't need much of a fund to buy games and they won't get load with so many keys either. so why would they sell so many keys on market? sure they might sell some to fulfill the orders, but selling most of them -if not all- with paypal for real money or waiting for keys' price on market to go up is a smarter move.

but like i said we'll see what will happen after a short time anyway. i don't have paypal and sales are the only chance for me to buy keys cheap so i hope i'm wrong.

As bananananana batma- I mean bananarepublic said,

People get their keys from Paypal TF2 key sellers because they have tradable keys available.Russians won't use community market to sell keys, they'll use Paypal and so on.But that wouldn't drop market prices for keys because you can easily sell a TF2 key for Paypal at 2$ almost anytime.People will stop using market, Steam will realize their mistake and revert the changes and bring an actual trade-protection system.

And they lived happily ever after.I mean we will.At least I will, I have a cheap Steam Store.

it has to do only to force customers to buy from their country store insted on russian store or other cheap stores that doesn't have the stupid euro

lol yea, seem to be fixed now

I laughed so hard on this xD

This is the one I am fearing mostly.

What's the thing with gems? I hear everyone complaining and saying volvo makez $$$$$$ from za gems.
I don't understand what gems do beside letting you bid on items. Can someone explain to me what's the thing with the gems?

Actually when you trade with trusted trader you go first with your items (keys, tickets...) and he will send you a gift minutes after.

Oh gtfo out of here with the "not really worth the risk" garbage. Yes, its very risky if you're dealing with someone who cant be trusted. But, there are dozens if not hundreds of traders on Steamtrades and other sites that have managed gift trading perfectly fine since the gift restriction has been in place. Its not stopped anything, just changed the method. I've made more than 30 trades since the new restrictions going first with keys or having the game gifted to me first. Not one issue.

Dont deal with noobs selling gifts. Deal with someone who has a track record and has proven themselves. There's more risk now, but your fears are Chicken Little garbage.

maybe spend 5min and look into the seller.

but i'm sure that 2 game account that's been trading for 3 days but has everything 2 keys lower than the rest is a sure thing. ;)

I agree. Well, I guess there goes most of my trading. Thanks for the answers!