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Sxem 8 Oct, 2014 @ 7:41am
why do i see prices like "$1.61 or 1 tf2 key" when tf2 keys cost $2.30?
ive seen tf2 keys for as low as $1.90 paypal on steamtrades, but where can i get them for $1.61?

i wish i could buy tf2 keys with steam wallet, because i have lots of steam wallet, but not much paypal...

but id still buy a few tf2 keys for $1.61 each paypal...

id buy a lot if i could get them cheaply with steam wallet... i think they usually fall in price to like $2.15 or so during the winter or summer sales, but thats not much different from the regular lowest price on the market, $2.30...
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Sepp 8 Oct, 2014 @ 7:58am 
probably because it is hard to pay 0.8 keys

edit: you should maybe consider to buy the keys from the tf2 mann co store for the regular 2$ :)
Last edited by Sepp; 8 Oct, 2014 @ 7:59am
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Jur 8 Oct, 2014 @ 7:59am 
Because you can't take 0,20$ of a TF2 key. It's just rounded up.

edit: beaten by Sepp. :c They are 2€ or 2,50$ I think.
Last edited by Jur; 8 Oct, 2014 @ 8:00am
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Sxem 8 Oct, 2014 @ 8:06am 
oh, ok, thanks.
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«×þ®eDåŦ¤®» 8 Oct, 2014 @ 3:36pm 
Hi mate the 1.61 price is the inidegala 5 pack price sometimes for the monday bundle.
Total $8.03. divide [/] by 5 = $1.61. tf2 keys are accepted as some people prefer that, no other reason.
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Cow 8 Oct, 2014 @ 3:42pm 
you also have to factor in that they are probably selling the key which is like ~2.00 wallet or ~1.80-1.90 via paypal
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Sxem 8 Oct, 2014 @ 4:14pm 
the cheapest ive been able to buy tf2 keys is $2.30 wallet, in the steam market. is there someplace to buy them for $2 wallet, or were you just rounding down?
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Cow 8 Oct, 2014 @ 4:58pm 
im saying that them listing the item for 2.30 only nets them 2.00 after taxes/fees
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Sxem 8 Oct, 2014 @ 5:15pm 
ah
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thenevernow 9 Oct, 2014 @ 11:16am 
It's not that hard to fraction payments with TF2 keys. Almost all traders set prices in TF2 keys + refs (refined metal from TF2) or ToD (Tour of Duty tickets, also from Tf2). So you can pay the exact sum or pay in TF2 keys and get change back.

I understand Paypal is money and a TF2 key is not, as well as market fees, but personally I find a pricing scheme such as "$1.61 or 1 tf2 key" a bit unfair.
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Dark5751 9 Oct, 2014 @ 11:43am 
Originally posted by thenevernow:
It's not that hard to fraction payments with TF2 keys. Almost all traders set prices in TF2 keys + refs (refined metal from TF2) or ToD (Tour of Duty tickets, also from Tf2). So you can pay the exact sum or pay in TF2 keys and get change back.

I understand Paypal is money and a TF2 key is not, as well as market fees, but personally I find a pricing scheme such as "$1.61 or 1 tf2 key" a bit unfair.

Sadly I have to agree with this because its plenty of ways for seller to give change back being ref or scraps
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thenevernow 9 Oct, 2014 @ 11:45am 
Originally posted by Dark5751:
Sadly I have to agree with this because its plenty of ways for seller to give change back being ref or scraps

Why sadly? Don't you like to agree with me? :P
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Sxem 9 Oct, 2014 @ 11:56am 
yeah, id never pay $2.30 when i could pay just $1.61. why pay an extra 69 cents? how much ref is worth around 69 cents? i know a tod is $1 so thatd be too much change.
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thenevernow 9 Oct, 2014 @ 12:01pm 
$0.24 on Steamtrades.
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Sxem 9 Oct, 2014 @ 12:04pm 
so i guess in that case you shd give 2 ref as change, worth 48 cents, and then the buyer is only screwed out of 21 cents instead of 69. or 3 ref if the seller wants to screw himself out of 3 cents... :)
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Cow 9 Oct, 2014 @ 5:04pm 
the problem with ref metal though is that you cant directly sell it on the marketplace which makes it harder to unload so a lot of people dont like to deal in it, if you find the pricing unfair you can always host it yourself/use a different host
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