About the Steam Summer Getaway Cards

Hmm, maybe I should try to get a few sets...

Why must you publicly ridicule my get-rich-quick strategy???

Implying Steam wont have some major wipeout that will erase all of their data anytime in the future

It's been just 4 months, have patience. Just forget about them completely for a year or two.

Ahaha, I remember this. Tried arguing logic, but they were pretty convinced that buying a bunch of cards and sitting on them for two years was somehow going to magically balloon out profit. The problem is, these people were applying a trading theorem to something it wasn't intended for-- you know, digital specks that derive their value entirely from speculation.

The only people who profited from this were those who sold to the speculators.

Given that tons of people had the idea to keep them, they're hardly rare. Waiting for them to actually be worth anything is a veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery long term investment.

I did buy them back then and I still feel it was a good idea. It just takes time, a lot of time. And I knew that when I bought them. You got one card per day if you voted 3x per day. Plus one card for each 10$ spent. Plus one card for each badge you crafted shortly before the sale started. There are 50 million Steam users, even if only a small part of them actually spent more than 10$ during the sale or voted 3x or more that still means millions of cards were given out. People who wanted that badge who were already active Steam users during the sale already have it, so that means new Steam users or the few people who missed it will have to reduce the remaining cards. That takes time, a lot of time. Not weeks, not months - years. I'm sure in a few years the cards will be worth significantly more than they were worth when I bought them, eventually they may even be worth a lot more.

I don't care much about them right now and I didn't spend a fortune on them. I just let them sit in my inventory and check their price every few months. It's a fun little 'game', maybe I'll make a few dollars with it eventually. Nothing to write home about, but it's fun and I still believe it will happen.

EDIT: Also keep in mind that the amount of cards doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the price you pay. It all depends on the price people are willing to sell them for (similar to Dota or TF2 keys - there are lots of them, but they're still worth a lot). Right now there are tons of people who just want to get rid of these cards. Once all those 'desperate' people have sold their cards the price will go up, even if there are still ten thousands of cards out there.

I'd say, wait until next year's Summer Sale and see if they re-use the same set, or if they release '2nd Edition' cards (more likely). If there will be a higher demand for these ones at that time than there is now.

ahahaaha yeah. They are gonna be worthless for a long time (years).
Hoarding these is as stupid idea as hoarding steam gifts. Poor traders, nowadays keys are so much cheaper. :P :D

I was going to do this too.

The price went up very briefly right at the end of and just after the end of the Summer Sale IIRC (I'm talking 2-3 US cents tops). Think the number of cards on the market dipped at that time from around 45-50k for each card to 38-45k. Now we're sitting at well over 50k for all of them with most over 55k and a couple over 60k. So many cards and not enough demand.

Made badges out of mine a while back.

Assuming they won't ever drop again, then yes, they will eventually rise in value. But you'd probably get a better rate of return just putting your money in a savings account.

The real money was made by buying tons of cards early and then selling them once everybody and their mother had bots buying them for inflated prices.

i was bored yesterday so i completed 2 sets of summer getaway XD

When you think about it why would they have value for anyone else than small group of badge hoarders? The badges don't provide much real benefit. And it can be achieved from any badges...

I regard the Steam Trading Cards as some sort of funny metagame, just like with the achievements. I like to collect the badges without charging my steam wallet with any money (just what I earned selling boosters and doubles) and recently got the last level of the Summer Getaway badge due to the constantly low prices. I also thought about hoarding cards back then, but now I am thankful I just crafted one badge then and sold the rest when they still were expensive.

It looks like you'd need to wait years for price of common summer cards rise to 20 cents. And if you want to get some dollars for common card - then you'll have to write wills for your grandkids, where you force them to give those cards to their grandkids :P

Unless Valve remake badges a little, where every badge/XP would really matter.

One day... In a world far away, these cards will raise! Raise to the stars!

I don't think there are any professional brokers on this forum

it's because steam summer cards is way too many collect just to get a badge...

there are far more profitable cards like bastion. people love them because all you need is to collet 5 cards for a badge.

I would keep them if I were you

Next time there is a limited set, sell all your cards as you get them, then buy all the ones you need on the last day. Or if you can wait, buy them all in 2-3 months. On the first 4-5 days there is a limited number of the cards, and collectors are scrambling to complete their badges first, so they will pay top dollar. After 5 days, the market is flooded, and the price plummets.

I just sold off every card I got as soon as I got it, since as far as I could see they weren't doing anything but falling in value. Still do whenever I get a booster pack or cards from a game late to have cards added.

I had a full set waiting to see if it would be worth selling them. I ended up crafting the badge.

you need to hold them for at least 5 years, BAD COLLECTOR/SELLER!

I still have a couple, like most people, I'd imagine. I've kept them in case I can add them to a trade to sweeten the pot.

I don't know anyone who thought that Steam's little metagame would achieve the acclaim of rare baseball or Pokemon cards. Cards are used to craft badges. Once people get the usage out that any remaining is pretty useless. The value is only what people are willing to pay to get the badge. Anyone thinking they're going to make $500 off these cards is a bit delusional about how supply and demand works.