TF2 / CS / Dota 2 Keys untradable for 1 week

Way to kick the dying trade community in the balls there gaben.

Great news to start the day with! Fk volvo.

Are Valve trying to make gems the "currency" of choice? There are far fewer of them in circulation, and they are harder to acquire outside of the Steam marketplace, meaning potentially far more $$$ for Uncle Gaben.

Gems will never work as a currency as well as keys because every key can only be bought into circulation once someone pays valve a set price of 2.50 for it. Gems will probably always change in value depending on external factors.

Good thing you can still trade wallet for games through the market (seller puts up a worthless item for the price you have to pay, you buy it, he trades you the game).

;_;

ok Gabe..now is too much..no puirchase than for me.

I got the opposite problem. 50+ TF2 keys and no game that I want :(

Well that's just "great"

Never thought that could ever happen, but with tears im my eyes I must admit Origin > Steam.

ITT "waah waaah i cant get and hoard my cheap games anymore"

so what @Mayros? stop crying, no one screws anything up, its just normal business to prevent those scamming cunts...
live with it, deal with it, be happy that its way saver now!

key prices are going up

And I thought that EA screwed their customers with every possible way... money can do some crazy things with people's brains.

I see that some traders are adopting gems as new currency stating they will no longer accept keys as method of payment. I`m not sure that gems are still stable enough to fulfill this role. Price is more or less stable today (~1 €) but what happens on Thursday when the auctions stop and gems are only usable for crafting boosters...

It's not because of gems or any weird conspiracy, it's because of the price of rubles. All digital retailers are having huge problems right now with ruble-denominated transactions and Valve is no exception. The price of the currency has been rapidly falling, so selling items (especially internationally-traded ones like keys) is unfeasible.

All I can say is Fuck bitches, get money. Right?
Anyone with me?

omg just bought a courier to bet it on d2l and now this shit... fkn valve.. -,-

I'm selling useless items on the market for the agreed price.
It takes a little more work but the trade gets done.

(sold Thief for 2 tf2, put useless csgo skin on the market for 3,60. Buyer buys the skin)

How about this Valve, since I can't trade my key for a week, why do you not take my money for a week? It's not enough that they hold my money in the steam wallet, but now they hold my money and forbid me from using items I bought!?

That fat ugly pig gaben.

Why would people buy my tf2 for 2.05 euro when the store sells them for 1.79?
Both have the 1 week trade ban dont they? Am I missing something?

To be fair, they should also take my money one week later.