Why are Gun Mettle Cosmetic Cases selling for so much?

[bobby]

Just curious if there is a reason.

[Diamond jozu]

its not just this case.its pretty much all the cases and even crates.those that do not drop as a 'find drop' anymore means it won't be there forever and on some cases,some items are desired much more hence people wanna unbox those desired cases as they contain nice cosmetic. They unbox it to get good unusuals and more will get unboxed during hween or smissmass or whenever limited-time unusual effects gets released.

 

More gets unboxed,lesser in quantity which leads to more in demand.

[rndmchrs]

banana

[Adolf Storms]

 

[Alecto]

1. Haven't been able to get them through drop in years. First tiered cosmetic case if I'm not mistaken
2. The one Mercenary grade hat in the case is a nice all class. So in the event you get an unusual, it's likely to be a nice all class.
3. All the Commando grade hats are pretty decent (less so the Physician's Protector but it ain't awful)
4. Banana, which happens to be worth about as much as a not-great unusual (and the Cardboard Cutthroat is pretty cool too)

So when an event rolls around such as halloween and there's new unusual effects to chase, the contents of this case make it very appealing for someone whose goal is unbox an unusual. Since there's tons of people doing the same thing, the supply slowly dwindles to the point where people can ask whatever price it is they currently go for without worrying too much about being undercut.

[xsorburax]

i buy them for the chance at mythic sacred burning flames banana would probably be the most expensive item in game beating out burning TC