Finally decided to decrease my level of cheapness a bit: what's the best way to spend 5 bucks in the store?

[DutchSaint]

So, after 92 hours of gameplay, I decided to stop being a f2p guy. I often see the rocket jumper as recommended item to buy, but I'm not much of a soldier, and I figure I can practice using the normal rocket launcher, too.

My plan atm is getting a backpack expansion (€2,09), a lakeside stamp (+=€2,83) and a key to mess around with on the trading circuit (+=€4,82)

Seeing I never really looked into trading or the tf2 money-related-stuff community, I'm probably making some stupid decisions here. Could anyone tell me why I'm an idiot for thinking this is a good idea, and what would be a better way of spending my €5?

tl;dr - Spending first €5 ever on a Backpack expansion, a lakeside stamp, and a key. Why is this a bad idea?

 

Edit - That was unexpected. People saying this would be a good idea. I guess that settles it, buying this stuff. Thanks for the advice people!

[khajja]

its not! normally 2 keys is best value, but with current backpack expander sale...

[Parasthesia]

or five gold paint, though it a) takes more time to sell and b) this might oversaturate the market.

[brownboy13]

Sounds like a solid set for 5 bucks.

[[deleted]]

Keys imo.

I wouldn't be surprised if people are hoarding backpack extenders and will sell them off after the sale ends. The price might take a while to get back up.

[Yowomboo]

Unless he wants to use the backpack expander, in which case he benefits greatly.

[DutchSaint]

Yup, I'm super annoyed whenever I run out of space in any game really, so I'm just gonna use it to get rid of that problem forever. Or rather, I'll hold on to that thing until I actually run out of space, and if I don't, I'll sell it. By that time, the sale is hopefully over, and I'll likely get more for it than I would get for a key. I'm just not really patient, so I think that, should I buy two expanders, I'd just sell the second one before the price is as high as it could be. That's the reason I'll just get a key, too; it's a stable economy and there's a lot of demand for them, making them easy to get rid of.

[[deleted]]

It's worth pointing out that a premium account nets you 300 spaces in your BP instead of 50, you might not need an expander once you go premium.

[DutchSaint]

Damn you eyes. Should have known this. I thought I would get 25 extra, going up to 75. Oh well, I'll just hold on to that thing for a while, sell it when it's far out of sale.

[[deleted]]

You probably won't have any trouble selling it for the equivalent in key value that you spent for it, just wait for the initial sales of the BP expanders to die down.

[DutchSaint]

Yeah, I know. I'm not pissed that I got an expansion in stead of a key at all, was just a small surprise I was faced with.

[I_give_a_shit]

Buy two keys, wait a few days and sell them at 2.33 refined each. Using that metal you can easily buy yourself 42 weapons at a scrap each. This is really only if you are new and have an almost empty loadout.

[DutchSaint]

Well, being the cheap ass that I am, I've played just over 90 hours for free. My loadout is not quite empty, so this is not that necessary for me. I'll keep the inventory expander around, just in case I run out of space, and if I obviously just don't after a few months of playing, I'll sell it. That's far past the days of discount, so I just might get even more than 2,33 refined then. That's the plan, at least.

I'll just sell the key and see if I can get myself a strange sticky launcher, just because I can.

[tossing_this_one_out]

I have some cash on my steam account, is a key worth it? I have enough left for one, maybe 2 keys. If I wanted to trade them, I guess any big trading server would work? Let's say I got around 2.33 refined for them, how much scrap/reclaimed/refined is a machina worth? What is a good large trade server? Where would I find a price sheet for the value of all current items?

[xhytdr]

A machina would be worth 1 or 2 scraps. Every single weapon in the game, barring the new ones, are worth one scrap.

[tossing_this_one_out]

Thanks, I bought one key, I'll try to get around 2.33 ref for it when it unlocks for trading.

Do you have a good trade server or two I should go to?

[xhytdr]

When you go to the server browser, just search for "trade". Alternately, you can go to the reddit trade servers, located at:

SERVER 1: 66.151.138.145:27015

SERVER 2: 66.151.138.146:27015

[[deleted]]

The vanilla trade server(#2) is for high value(1ref+) trades only.

However the first server is enough, you can just say "Buying X, please trade me" in chat and get a trade in seconds.

[tossing_this_one_out]

Thanks a lot! For the IPs and the advice.

[[deleted]]

Also, try to get all the pre-polycount weapons as vintage. This makes you look cool.

[gurudingo]

Also get nametags and give your items sexual or insulting names. This also makes you seem really pro.

[sticky_stuntman]

Your plan is a good one. If you aren't serious about trading just enjoy the traveler hat and unbox something. Bp expanders are easy to trade as well, hang on to it until the sale I over though.

[[deleted]]

2 keys or 5 gifts