Tf2 trading what does dirty mean

For items with higher value, higher-level "currencies" are used. Keys are used as the next tier of currency, although their equivalent in metal is often accepted as a substitute when trading. Earbuds , or "Buds" used to be a popular form of currency considered in very high value, however popular trading site Backpack. Occasionally, Traders will compensate a lack of refined metal or key with cosmetic items.

This is known as overpay. It is a less efficient way of trading that very few people do. Trading cosmetic for cosmetic is usually a bit easier if you have a close friend on steam who would like the hat s you are trading. Australium weapons are only obtainable in the PvE game mode Mann vs. Machine with a Tour of Duty Ticket.

These weapons appear to be coated with a gold-like substance, Australium. They are obtained only as strange weapons to count kills. The probability of getting an item like this from Mann vs. They are considered a valuable and expensive type of items for trade right next to Unusual Items.

For the list of available Australium weapons, see the main article. The Golden Wrench and Saxxy are untradable. Unusual items are considered to be the most valuable and expensive quality for trade in the game by a wide margin. As such, they are considered to be in their own separate tier of high prices usually given in keys. However, within its own realm of Unusual prices, the value of an Unusual item may vary wildly according to visual or thematic appeal, rarity, and general desirability.

Reputation is often used in the trading community especially in the realm of cash trading. Red Flags:. Scammers are users that attempt to steal other people's items by deceptive means. They do this in three different ways:. Thus, as long as you never give items to strangers for free, never click on suspicious links, and always know the true value of both your items and theirs, you have nothing to fear from scammers.

This method is extremely ineffective now with the trade hold and additional verification. Once both parties have agreed upon a fair trade and they are happy, the scammer instead offers a similar item of less value, and hopes that the victim won't notice the difference.

Fortunately, this method is much harder to pull off now because extra verification is needed before the trade can be completed giving the victim an extra chance to notice. This is a type of impersonation scam. Fake bots are accounts that send you offers for items in exchange for nothing, usually to 'deposit' them into a site, which after being deposited, cannot be withdrawn.

The Scam usually goes like this:. This is another type of impersonation scam. Some traders use middlemen to be a mediator when trading highly valuable items to make sure the items go to the right people and prevent most types of scams.

However, middlemen can be impersonated and take the valuable items without giving it to the respective users. Dirty unusuals are unusuals that were either duplicated and replaced by steam support. Another way for an unusual to become dirty is via gifting it.

Quade View Profile View Posts. Duped is something people get mad about so they can ask for less than a hat's full value even though it has no real effect. Clean means that it isn't duped. Virtual View Profile View Posts. Wait, people are telling me now that clean means the item ID decreases and duped means it increases. Is that true and if so, does this changes the case of an unusual trade a lot?

View Profile View Posts. Originally posted by Virtual. Gremlinton View Profile View Posts. Wait a sec, I thought valve no longer returns items wtf. Originally posted by Gremlinton :. Per page: 15 30 Recommended Posts.

Posted July 18, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options ShadowMan Posted July 18, If your item has scammers in the history it is not clean, meany people forget this. Tasty Salamanders Posted July 18, Gren Posted July 18, CourtneyWendysCommercials Posted July 18, Archived This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

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