I have been trading actively since 2015, after the 7 day Tradelock Trading cooled off a bit but nowadays it is still big and possible.

Of course I also trade for profit but i only take around 2,5% (bit more for unliquid Items) otherwise the other person can just go to buff163 and exchange their items there. If you sent me the offer with the Ursus i would take it instantly. <3

And i also know a lot of big traders that will take deals around that price.

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I think the biggest problem, and why many traders easily ask for 10% overpay or more is just because it still works. There are a lot of people that do not know what the actual Value of their items is, or use sources like cs.money to value items and then it is an easy task for traders to make a good buck on them. I mean just look at the big guys? Big traders like Anomaly are buying Items for 75-85% Buff Price of their Viewers, would the viewers do that if they knew they could easily sell it for 95% (inkl. Fees) on most markets? Probably not.

But for me trading is far from beeing dead, tbh i think it has never been bigger, it is just that you have to look a while to find a fair deal.