Of course traders want profit, most of them don't do it from the goodness of their hearts. Though there are few who are really greedy. Once I found someone wanting 55 keys for BO2 / Borderlands 2. Fucking ridiculous.

Congratulations! You have just understood the basics of trading stuff!

I've dabbled a bit with Dota2 trading, but couldn't shake the feeling of sleaze for some reason. Ofc you want to get the best result from a trade, as in profit but idk. still felt sleazy. One time I even felt bad for getting a good deal, even though I knew the guy was paying way too much for what I was seling.

Then again, most ppl just care for the bottom line.

• trading allows people to get around valves scumbag regional price gouging.
• it allows people to get around regional game distribution (some games are playable in regions where they are not sold)
• it allows people to get good deals; buy a game for 5 bucks when its 75% off, trade it for 7 bucks... profit for trader, and the receiver still gets a game at a discount that is not currently going...

trading is great.

dont understand people who begrudge people who trade for profit... i mean something HAS to be in it for the trader to hold a game to be traded later, and the person recieving the trade is definately getting a great benefit... thats why i never understood people who MISS big deals, whinging that traders wont give them the exact same price that steam once sold the game at, which they missed. sure some people overprice, but thats their right. dont want to pay, walk away and find someone else :)

moar profit!!

You didn't miss anything not playing Lume - the game has "ok" puzzles, but I completed it under 60 min and the game has zero replay value.

If you want to play a nice indie point-n-click, get Puzzle Bots instead ;)

trading its from time to time work its not allways fun. And a trade its not allways good have nothing todo with money! Only with is the deal good for ME or not (i dont care it is a good deal for the other). This money words commes mostly from guys who want trade a cheap bundlegame against full games

I usually trade for getting games cheaper not for ''money profit''

He's talking about actual trading, not people reselling games for whatever reason. And in actual trading, it's not so obvious that profit is the sole reason. Mutual benefit, sure, but one-sided profit? Why? Trading is not dealing.

I trade mainly for money profit because I'm unemployed

I have the ship 2 pack, give me skyrim and u have profit!
The ship complete = 20$, I have 2 pack = 40$, Skyrim is 30$ = profit! ADD ME NAU!

it gives many reasons for trading but heh look you talking about but first i see you have a private profile so what you hidden then thats the first point i would not trade with you i dont see you have the game or how many games you have then your reputation. thats all points i look first before i trade so i understand a guy who not want trade keys with you to many scammers are out there and with a private Profile trade its absolutely a nogo

I try to avoid trading as much as I can, really, however when I do trade I usually give in ;-; I'm more of a giver than taker

I personally trade for profit, more so because I'm tight on funds.

I'll trade keys, gifts, etc to feed my gaming habit otherwise I have to bare with what I have. Thank god for the trading card update otherwise I wouldn't have anything to trade.

For instance I traded 5 dollars worth of games for a skyrim + 2 DLC, I then traded the Skyrim + 2 DLC for TF2 keys which I then sold on the market place for 30 or so dollars which I then used to buy some trading cards (wanted to get to level 10 before I started playing the TCG games) and then used the rest to buy games I want but don't have the money for.

i hav 4 dotas they worth 30 dollars trade skyrim for 2 of em!

A bit of them trade for games they want for them or because they cant get it in that region(rstriction,prizing), but the mayority portion just want profit, they want most demanded games at % max discount know or more but they offer them for the actual discount for new games to them or for more profit.

Then sometimes you will encounter adicted traders with 500+ games/gifts in his inventory and still bitching about 0.0x $ price in your trade and lastly when trading keys or money you find scammers with tons of pages of +rep in his fake profiles.

well, not at me.. i usually traded and i got a worse deal lol, i just trade when i need something fast and dont have enough money on pp/credit card

It's always been about profit.

The trick is to make the person you're trading with think they're making more of a profit. I personally don't like trading at all, so much greed and desperation.

I tend to trade only hats <-> metals.
Any other trade is always just not going to happen.

I really hate trading, the community is so.. weird. Yes, they only want profit. The only time I traded something was because I really wanted the game I got and had no money to buy it. I live on a lower price area for Steam (Brazil) but I really don't have the patience to abuse that.

It has always been so. A really good trade is when both parties profit from it, but some traders just attach some really low value to what the other sides trades, making the whole thing wrong at times.

I only trade to get games I cannot buy myself (eg: GFWL).

I doubt if Steam game trading can generate large profit. People can earn much more from doing actual works than trading digital games. So, imo, those who seek profit for Steam game trading most likely are young teenagers who do not have other sources of income.

Most traders trade for profit you will rarely see someone who wants to trade for something they want to play

Should I buy go home dinosaurs ? can I make profit ?
It seems that the price of all cards already has gone down... I would max get 1.25€ out of the 4 cards.

I don't trade for profit. When I trade, I either play the game I receive or I giveaway the game I receive.