BᴱTA Slaüsh Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 What do you think? Does an unusual matter whether it's duped or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakgrund Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Yeah it matters when you resell, because most trades use it as a retarded excuse to get it cheaper. Practically? Not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangram § Xen domU Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Yeah it matters when you resell, because most trades use it as a retarded excuse to get it cheaper. Practically? Not at all. Practically? Practically it does affect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ersin Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 It really depends on the unusual imo. Think of the Mona Lisa (inb4 someone says mona lisa has no value and is shit) being dupe/clone/copied and it's originality is gone and value goes down. A rock. Meh it doesn't matter. Why even do it? If it doesn't have any sort of value? Not the best explanation considering if the rock (cancer unusuals) gets duped it doesn't change the value, but I guess you get the idea. *Cough* Never touch cancer unusuals *Cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masky Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Depends on hat, market, effect... But if you're trading low-tier, meh, you dont have to care too much about it. Had...like more than...idk... low-tiers and never got single problem to sell, for the fact of being duped by itself(Maybe hat was super cancerous and hard to sell, but, duped didnt do anything) EDIT: Go on cancer unusuals. They are very profiting, you just need to get them for good prices. But dont new gen or robo, or unpriced, untill you get some experience. Trust me, cancers unusuals can make profit very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usurper_King? Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 yes, because some day you will get an offer you like and then they retract because your hat is duped, then you wait another 2 weeks or so to sell it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polar Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 http://forums.backpack.tf/index.php?/topic/6817-bpbs-mini-suggestion-thread-for-gifted-duped-hats/ Close to 100 pricechecks on that link now, so not an unreasonable sample size At some point I'll consolidate and do some stats comparing by generation of effect, tier of the hat / effect, class, etc. I can tell you from what I have seen so far, duping sometimes matters on hats worth ~2 buds in value and sometimes doesn't matter on hats 8 buds in value. General rule of thumb that I consider when I trade unusuals is that I don't bother checking on hats <5 buds, and on most hats it probably starts mattering at ~3 buds in value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasuke200 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I don't see how a duped hat affects value, but yes people have used that as an excuse and I have even myself have used it before as an excuse to get what i want cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Jesus Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Duping tends to matter more as the hat value goes up, and when rarity for the hat/effect is high. If you have a hat with 1:1 in the world top Halloween or Burning/Scorching/Sunbeams, and then it gets duped? It def hurts. The same as if the hat was unboxed again in a legit way, now you have 2 and maybe one guy will settle for less etc It doesn't matter as much for hats that are more common, even if they are above a certain threshold. I don't think many people would mind if their Blizzard KE was duped (even though it's past say 5 buds or whatever threshold), since you could probably find 8+ on the market at any given time regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimes Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Depends how badly duped the hat is, and if there are clean ones available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonWarlord Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Usually cheap ones won't be affected but that isn't always the case. Just dig into it a bit to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtn Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 if it's your end-game hat, and you wish it forever, duped means nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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