Dirty, Duped Unusuals.

InsaneNos · 07-10-2012, 01:38 AM

Can anyone explain me whats a duped unusual? And why people gift unusuals? And do they increase or decrease in price?
Thanks.
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Parralelex · 07-10-2012, 01:40 AM

There was a glitch that allowed a person to double their unusual a while back. Generally they're worth less if they can be found to be duped.

And I don't know why someone would gift an unusual, but gifted unusuals are typically seen as lesser in price.

infinitemagick · 07-10-2012, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Parralelex

There was a glitch that allowed a person to double their unusual a while back. Generally they're worth less if they can be found to be duped.

Though this is true, there was a glitch that allowed items to be duped, the vast majority of dupes did not occur through this glitch but rather by Steam restoring the backpacks of people who were victims of having their accounts hijacked and unusuals stolen. The dupe glitch was only during a small window after Steam trading and in game trading were using completely different interfaces and most of the duped items were known: max head, houwar, earbuds, and a few unusuals one being a Blizzardy Drill Sgt but this wasn't a widespread thing.

spacethief · 07-10-2012, 01:45 AM

You would gift them so that your name would be on it. It's used more as a personal thing than for value, or if someone is tf2 famous you could have them "sign" something for you.

Gaius Noster · 07-10-2012, 01:53 AM

I had a beams tossle cap once, and some guy added me and offered me his gifted beams tossle cap + a bud. As soon as we traded he said something like "HAHAH PWNED NOOB" and signed off.

Back then I thought it was a good deal for me, since I planned on keeping the hat anyway. But when I came round to sell it off, every potential buyer got scared off as soon as they found out it was gifted. So yeah, gifting does impact a lot on price.

TifgoCS2 · 07-10-2012, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Gaius Noster

I had a beams tossle cap once, and some guy added me and offered me his gifted beams tossle cap + a bud. As soon as we traded he said something like "HAHAH PWNED NOOB" and signed off.

Back then I thought it was a good deal for me, since I planned on keeping the hat anyway. But when I came round to sell it off, every potential buyer got scared off as soon as they found out it was gifted. So yeah, gifting does impact a lot on price.

If you're keeping it, why do you care about it's price anyway? For me you kind of ripped this guy off, because you got free buds and.. text nobody should care about.

dontango · 07-10-2012, 03:26 AM

You could gift a hat to a friend. Then the friend stops playing or wants to trade it away for whatever reason and the result is another gifted unusual hat on the market.

Vixori · 07-10-2012, 03:34 AM

Gifting coupe will increase it price. Especially if its flies/fetti.

Blk_Mage_Ctype · 07-10-2012, 04:12 AM

This is one of the very few things that I like about the TF2 Economy, senseless devaluation of an otherwise awesome items.

I could understand an item with a gift tag being devalued if the guy who originally gifted it has a really stupid or immature name, but it seems like the mere fact that an item has a gift tag on it automatically devalues it regardless of the quality of the user's name.

The one thing that I can't make any sense of, is the devaluation of uncraftable items that are purchased on the Mann Co Store. Sure, it makes sense for ugly, bottom tier hats that nobody wants, but I will never understand for the life of me why hats that no one in their right mind would ever craft like the Team Captain are worth less in uncraftable form.
Not that I'm complaining though, because thanks to this nonsensical practice, I can now buy my favorite hats for roughly half their usual price.

dontango · 07-10-2012, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Blk_Mage_Ctype

This is one of the very few things that I like about the TF2 Economy, senseless devaluation of an otherwise awesome items.

Is it really senseless or just another reason to rip each other off?
Often what you can see is people wanting to buy a "dirty", gifted unusual and they write: "It is gifted, thats why i can only give you 50% of what you are actually asking for it."
And an hour later they will put the gifted hat up for sale and write something like: "Don't even think about lowballing because it is gifted, i love this hat and blablabla"

Salamander F2 · 07-10-2012, 05:21 AM

The whole 'extra text on an item = less value" thing is a load of carp anyways. If you're going to say that an uncraftable weapon is worthless, don't then also say that an uncraftable Vita Saw is worth 8 keys.

Hypocrites.

zippyzipp · 07-10-2012, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Salamander F2

The whole 'extra text on an item = less value" thing is a load of carp anyways. If you're going to say that an uncraftable weapon is worthless, don't then also say that an uncraftable Vita Saw is worth 8 keys.

Hypocrites.

my favorite is that "uncraftable" taunt miscs are worth FAR less than "craftable" ones..... THAT MAKES NO SENSE

Salamander F2 · 07-10-2012, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by zippyzipp

my favorite is that "uncraftable" taunt miscs are worth FAR less than "craftable" ones..... THAT MAKES NO SENSE

Haha, yeah. Another gem of the trading community.

Trilby Hat · 07-10-2012, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by zippyzipp

my favorite is that "uncraftable" taunt miscs are worth FAR less than "craftable" ones..... THAT MAKES NO SENSE

Totally agree. Nobody in their right mind would craft any taunt with another hat and if you are buying a taunt you are generally buying it to keep and use.

Cheeser · 07-10-2012, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by zippyzipp

my favorite is that "uncraftable" taunt miscs are worth FAR less than "craftable" ones..... THAT MAKES NO SENSE

Who knows but hey thanks to this craftable thing i got nine-pipe for 2 keys instead of 4.

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07-10-2012, 01:40 AM	#2
Parralelex Join Date: Jan 2012 Reputation: 801 Posts: 1,794	There was a glitch that allowed a person to double their unusual a while back. Generally they're worth less if they can be found to be duped. And I don't know why someone would gift an unusual, but gifted unusuals are typically seen as lesser in price.

07-10-2012, 01:45 AM	#4
spacethief Join Date: Jul 2011 Reputation: 209 Posts: 1,254	You would gift them so that your name would be on it. It's used more as a personal thing than for value, or if someone is tf2 famous you could have them "sign" something for you.

07-10-2012, 01:53 AM	#5
Gaius Noster Join Date: Nov 2010 Reputation: 47 Posts: 172	I had a beams tossle cap once, and some guy added me and offered me his gifted beams tossle cap + a bud. As soon as we traded he said something like "HAHAH PWNED NOOB" and signed off. Back then I thought it was a good deal for me, since I planned on keeping the hat anyway. But when I came round to sell it off, every potential buyer got scared off as soon as they found out it was gifted. So yeah, gifting does impact a lot on price.

07-10-2012, 03:26 AM	#7
dontango Join Date: Sep 2011 Reputation: 172 Posts: 1,159	You could gift a hat to a friend. Then the friend stops playing or wants to trade it away for whatever reason and the result is another gifted unusual hat on the market.

07-10-2012, 03:34 AM	#8
Vixori Join Date: Nov 2009 Reputation: 527 Posts: 2,866	Gifting coupe will increase it price. Especially if its flies/fetti.

07-10-2012, 04:12 AM	#9
Blk_Mage_Ctype Join Date: Oct 2011 Reputation: 918 Posts: 4,958	This is one of the very few things that I like about the TF2 Economy, senseless devaluation of an otherwise awesome items. I could understand an item with a gift tag being devalued if the guy who originally gifted it has a really stupid or immature name, but it seems like the mere fact that an item has a gift tag on it automatically devalues it regardless of the quality of the user's name. The one thing that I can't make any sense of, is the devaluation of uncraftable items that are purchased on the Mann Co Store. Sure, it makes sense for ugly, bottom tier hats that nobody wants, but I will never understand for the life of me why hats that no one in their right mind would ever craft like the Team Captain are worth less in uncraftable form. Not that I'm complaining though, because thanks to this nonsensical practice, I can now buy my favorite hats for roughly half their usual price.

07-10-2012, 05:21 AM	#11
Salamander F2 Join Date: Oct 2011 Reputation: 296 Posts: 798	The whole 'extra text on an item = less value" thing is a load of carp anyways. If you're going to say that an uncraftable weapon is worthless, don't then also say that an uncraftable Vita Saw is worth 8 keys. Hypocrites.