Julia Gillard the Honest Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 By that title, I mean hoarding a single hat with a particular effect. I'm not talking about collectors who have one of each effect for a single hat. I mean hoarding only one type of unusual. Has anyone ever done this in a way that was financially (in TF2) successful? For example, say I decided to buy every Sunbeams Your Worst Nightmare. Would I be able to then sell them for a substantial profit? I'm curious to know if anyone has actually tried this with valuable hats. The only case that I know of is a certain someone who likes N&B Coupes but he didn't exactly do that for profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddingkip Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Uhm, http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/8442248 volpii has a lot of bolts toes. But I'm quite sure he wonn't really make a lot of money as he'd accept 13.5 each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liddojunior Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Good luck buying from chewbs Anyways. You won't make much profit. But when selling, you'll have the advantage since you're the only seller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patryk ܮ Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Maybe everyone (bp.tf forums) will buy the same specific hat ? (And keep it forever ^^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bucket Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Well once I had 4 vivid luchas (still have 3.) When there's no competition, they are forced to go to you. I also had 3 planet engie caps once. I think I have made profit overall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
λngelღмander Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 There was a guy who had thirty something nuts and bolts stately steel toes, he's trying to get around ten buds for the lot of them. Which isnt much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bucket Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 There was a guy who had thirty something nuts and bolts stately steel toes, he's trying to get around ten buds for the lot of them. Which isnt much. Uhm, http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/8442248 volpii has a lot of bolts toes. But I'm quite sure he wonn't really make a lot of money as he'd accept 13.5 each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Cyan Stone in Mustard Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I saw this guy with a backpack of almost every kind of Unusual Team Captain in the game, including Burning Flames, Nut's n' Bolts and even the #1 Craft Team Captain. He's not planning on selling any either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeMcCoolName Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 this guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knavesmith Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I saw this guy with a backpack of almost every kind of Unusual Team Captain in the game, including Burning Flames, Nut's n' Bolts and even the #1 Craft Team Captain. He's not planning on selling any either.Apparently you don't know who Mattie is nor do you know what a collector is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Cyan Stone in Mustard Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Apparently you don't know who Mattie is nor do you know what a collector is. Much hate, let us forget the past and put our differences aside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeMcCoolName Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Much hate, let us forget the past and put our differences aside. implying that wouldn't have been my response either way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Cyan Stone in Mustard Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 implying that wouldn't have been my response either way I don't really see you're problem with me, you wanna be mean, go ahead, it's not gonna make anything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bakula Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I can see it being effective with the retired hats as otherwise there's always a chance more will pop into existence. For me, the closest thing I've ever done to something like that was in Neopets when I was solely responsible for inflating a worthless advent calendar prize's value from 1np to 1,000 np. I think by the time I had lost interest I owned around 4,000 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♠Derpeh♤ Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Good luck buying from chewbs Anyways. You won't make much profit. But when selling, you'll have the advantage since you're the only seller *cough* hearts panama *cough* Some guy hoarded alot of them until it was really rare awhile back and now it sells higher than burning (y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverpun Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I can see it being effective with the retired hats as otherwise there's always a chance more will pop into existence. For me, the closest thing I've ever done to something like that was in Neopets when I was solely responsible for inflating a worthless advent calendar prize's value from 1np to 1,000 np. I think by the time I had lost interest I owned around 4,000 of them. I think I'd have to agree with this in general. While there's not much chance of more showing up (why bucket's monopoly worked ), if you plan to manipulate the market as a long term investment, choosing something with a limited supply could be helpful. Overall, it's still a risky choice, however, since demand may never outstrip what you paid, even if you hold onto them for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeMcCoolName Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I think I'd have to agree with this in general. While there's not much chance of more showing up (why bucket's monopoly worked ), if you plan to manipulate the market as a long term investment, choosing something with a limited supply could be helpful. Overall, it's still a risky choice, however, since demand may never outstrip what you paid, even if you hold onto them for a long time. i still believe the tc is only as hyped up as it is because of mattie---so, hoarding/collecting can definitely work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverpun Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 i still believe the tc is only as hyped up as it is because of mattie---so, hoarding/collecting can definitely work. Except A: mattie overpays for everything, and B: the TC is also partially overhyped because its a street fighter reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeMcCoolName Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Except A: mattie overpays for everything, and B: the TC is also partially overhyped because its a street fighter reference Slug is a Futurama reference Bonk Boy is the Flash. Dragonborn is skyrim. Degroot is jimmy hendrix. Company man is deus ex So, clearly something else going on. And the tc is hyped up because mattie started collecting it....i should've waited a few months he would've been able to get his collection for much less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverpun Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Slug is a Futurama reference Bonk Boy is the Flash. Dragonborn is skyrim. Degroot is jimmy hendrix. Company man is deus ex So, clearly something else going on. And the tc is hyped up because mattie started collecting it....i should've waited a few months he would've been able to get his collection for much less. The bonk boy doesn't look like the Flash; Flash has a full hood. The BB might be a reference to Kid Flash, but all his recent versions have goggles. Either way, none of those things have as much pop cultural presence as SF. You can certainly argue the relative popularity, but SF is an old guard of video game culture, so it would make sense for that to boost the popularity of the hat, if only slightly. And mattie doesn't care about making profit or getting things for a fair price; as I already pointed out, they have overpaid for every part of their collection ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeMcCoolName Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 The bonk boy doesn't look like the Flash; Flash has a full hood. The BB might be a reference to Kid Flash, but all his recent versions have goggles. Either way, none of those things have as much pop cultural presence as SF. You can certainly argue the relative popularity, but SF is an old guard of video game culture, so it would make sense for that to boost the popularity of the hat, if only slightly. And mattie doesn't care about making profit or getting things for a fair price; as I already pointed out, they have overpaid for every part of their collection ;P TriviaThis hat was designed to resemble the DC superhero, The Flash, who, like the Scout, is famous for his speed. This hat is a spiritual successor to the Bonk'n'Flash, a hat whose materials were added to the game but was removed over concerns of copyright infringement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverpun Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Trivia This hat was designed to resemble the DC superhero, The Flash, who, like the Scout, is famous for his speed. This hat is a spiritual successor to the Bonk'n'Flash, a hat whose materials were added to the game but was removed over concerns of copyright infringement. I stand by my previous statements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Cyan Stone in Mustard Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 i still believe the tc is only as hyped up as it is because of mattie---so, hoarding/collecting can definitely work. Damn you Mattie, you've driven me mad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief D Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Damn you Mattie, you've driven me mad! Stop your off-topic shit-posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Cyan Stone in Mustard Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Stop your off-topic shit-posting. I'll leave for obvious reasons. And never come back. Then everyone will be happy. Bye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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