Know Your Value:
http://csgobackpack.net/

My Value: http://csgobackpack.net/?nick=killerpeanut1020

Know Your Doppler Phases:
P1- Some Pink
P2- Majority Pink
P3- Blue and Green
P4- Mostly Blue
Sapphire- True Blue on both sides
Ruby- True Red on both sides
Black Pearl- True Black on both sides

Know Your Gamma Doppler Phases:
P1- Some Green
P2- Majority Green
P3- Teal + Green
P4- Puke Green (Sometimes + Teal)
Emerald- True Pure Green on both sides

What is a Kato and how do I value them?
Any stickers from | Katowice 2014 | are very valuble and increase the value of any gun they are equipped to. How I value Kato skins: Skin Analyst Price + 4-10% of Kato Sticker Price (if holo and dependant on what team). 1 Key is added to the value if it is a non Holo. (the sticker does not retain full value once equipped to a skin).

My Case Hardened Policy:
I value all case hardeneds at base market value reguardless of blue unless I get one of my price checkers to say otherwise. I can also price check Case Hardened but I will not P/C one that you are offering to trade to me for obvious reasons.

Keys, keys, the magical currency:
Keys are valued at $2.50 (USD)
"Quickselling" is buying an item with keys for 80-85% of its analyst value.
"Pure" refers to trading keys all of one type i.e. (gamma, bloodhound, huntsman, etc).
"Mixed" refers to trading keys plus other liquid items to meet the value.

How To Start Trading?:
-Have a jumping off point: Have some money to work with as you will not always make profit in any given trade but can trade for a more desired item :D
-Going from only drops is near impossible:
A lifetime of $.03 skins only gets you so far

-Look for skin giveaways:
Streamers, websites, and popular traders all can do giveaways. Enter them and hope you get lucky, after that the trading up can commence. :)

FRIENDLY PSA:

There are NO SUCH THING as HACKED or BUGGED items for CS:GO. Do NOT let anyone convince you that you have bugged items or that you cannot trade because of illegitimate items in your inventory. Do not let fake steam admins threaten to take your account for having "duped" or "bugged" items. ALL STEAM ADMINS DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO REPOSSESS ACCOUNTS BASED ON INVENTORY STATUS!

Common scams include:

-Middleman (sending goods through an outside trader who claims to distribute them to the parties)

-Site Admin (says they will rig a gambling site for you, all you have to do is buy in, except they just take your skins)

-Steam Admin (claims to be a steam admin who will ban you/ steal from you if you dont hand over your inventory)

-Float Scam (claims to have a super valuble float or pattern when in reality they don't, ALWAYS INSPECT FOR YOURSELF)

-PayPal (Agrees to play first, after you send the skins they charge back their purchase but keep your skins. Or they offer you pay second and just don't pay)

DO NOT TRADE WITH ANYONE WHO HAS A RECENT VAC BAN OR MORE THAN 5 FRIENDS TRADE BANNED!!!!

ALL THE KNIVES I HAVE OWNED (in no order):
Shadow Daggers- Crimson Web- FT
Bayonet- Damascus Steel- FT
Shadow Daggers- Urban Masked- FT
Falchion Knife- Boreal Forest- MW
Huntsman Knife- Forest DDpat- FT
Stattracked Karambit- Forest DDpat- FT
Karambit- Boreal Forest- FT
Butterfly Knife- Case Hardened- FT
Flip Knife- Doppler P2 (Pink Galaxy)- FN
Flip Knife- Tiger Tooth- FN
Flip Knife- 100% Fade- FN
Gut Knife- Vanilla- N/A
Gut Knife- Damascus Steel- FT
M9 Bayonet- Stained- WW
Flip Knife- Stained- WW
Gut Knife- Sapphire- MW
Karambit- Doppler P4- FN
M9 Bayonet- Doppler P3- FN
Flip Knife- Damascus Steel- FN
Stattracked Flip Knife- Autotronic- WW
Falchion Knife- 110% Fade- FN
Karambit- Crimson Web- FT
Bayonet- Gamma Doppler P3- FN
Flip Knife- Marble Fade- FN
Flip Knife- Doppler P4- FN
Flip Knife- Rust Coat- BS
Butterfly Knife- Fade 70/30- FN
Huntsman Knife- Slaughter- MW
Karambit- Freehand- MW
Stattracked Bayonet- Urban Masked- FT
Stattracked Huntsman Knife- Forest DDPAT- BS
Flip Knife- Gamma Doppler P1- FN
Bowie Knife- Safari Mesh- FT
Bayonet- Doppler P4- FN
Karambit- Case Hardened- FT
Gut Knife- Doppler P2- FN
Gut Knife- Gamma Doppler P3- FN
Stattracked Falchion Knife- Slaughter- MW .08
Bayonet- Stained- FT
Karambit- Case Hardened- Backside Blue Gem- WW
Stattracked Bayonet- Lore- BS
M9 Bayonet- Doppler P2- FN
Gut Knife- Ruby- FN
Huntsman Knife- Crimson Web- MW
Stattracked Karambit- Autotronic- WW
Karambit- Doppler P3- FN
Flip Knife- Lore- MW


Other High Tier Items I've Owned:
Poseidon- FN
Icarus Fell- FN P3 (.00 Float w/ Titan Holo)
Icarus Fell- FN P1
Lightning Strike- FN
AWP Blackiimov- .95
AWP Hyper Beast- FN
Vulcan- FN/FT
AK47 Fire Serpant- BS
Chantico's Fire- MW
AK-47 Aquamarine Revenge
SSG 08 Blood In The Water- MW
Poseidon- FN
Desert Eagle Blaze- FN
AWP Grphite- FN (w/ Crown Foil)
Souvenir Hand Cannon- WW
Souvenir Styx- FN
Driver Gloves- Diamondback- FT