Oh wait, cards say Valid until 2017. 08. 05. 18:00:00. Then just wait out your cooldown.
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Wait. Even event cards will be available until August.
And keep a secondary account that is fully market-enabled just in case. Costs 5-10 bucks only. You can use WinAuth to set it up and you won't have to worry about missing phone or number change.
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Wouldn't be the trade for that account still on 10-15day hold anyways?
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Eventually, yes. It is more of a long-term solution, especially for those who rely on actual phone apps. Having an account with a WinAuth authenticator on the side can be used in such cases. And also for gem pile merging, potential card farming, storing unneeded inventory items…
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If you use mobile auth (which is winauth for) you dont have to wait a second
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Event cards won't expire earlier than August 5. So you're still able to sell them all or buy those you're missing. Of course, you won't benefit the extra cards that come crafting badges during the sale :(
Thanks for the wishlisted one! ^_^
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you have one month to complete the badge :) but yeah waiting is annoying
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Yeah, me too until July 10th. But we have time. Plus, they are getting cheaper if you wanna buy them.
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I've had the same issue with the last season cards (last winter I think?), and yes, as others said, the cards expire 1 month after the sale, so you'll have time to trade them. It still annoys me that to them "double auth" is only with a mobile phone and can't be done using e-mail (they could use PGP if they want to go the really secure way). A mobile phone is just a hardware liability IMO.
Also wow nice GA
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Thanks for the help everyone, really appreciate it. Glad that I am not completely screwed.
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Don't worry you still have 1 month left to craft your badges. The sale cards are valid till 5th August. And while you are at it why don't you enable steamguard or WinAuth? There will be still hold at trading/selling cards or items for a week or so, but there won't be a hold at receiving cards or items.
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Worst case scenario you turn the cards into gems so you get something out of them. (mind you the conversion rate might be horrible... but it's something)
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i got similar problem. I got over 200 cards in my bot which i can use to complete many badges but i cant trade till like 20th July so rip :D
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Chill out, the cards expires in August. Also, it probably be more expensive by the time you can use the market again (good if you're planning to sell)
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you still have time to august so even 30 days cooldown should be ok for you, don't worry :)
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I turned mine into gems since i didn't want to craft the badge anyway.
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So yeah, the title says it all I guess, I won't be able to complete even a single badge since I cannot buy cards on community market or even trade them through Steam until 9 July. I should not really care but it is annoying seeing all the duplicate cards I got and knowing I can do jack**** with them. I have tried contacting support but got just generic "we can do nothing for you"
Can you think of anything I could do?
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