Steam Holiday Sale

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Xtreme2damax

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I'm trading a Last Breath for either coal or Psychonauts, Dungeons of Dreadmor and Anomaly: Warzone Earth. Also accepting the former one or two games and coal for the trade.

I also have two copies of Portal 2 and a copy of Portal if anyone can strike a decent trade with me.

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/336994

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/339080

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Ayepecks

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I'm trading a Last Breath for either coal or Psychonauts, Dungeons of Dreadmor and Anomaly: Warzone Earth. Also accepting the former one or two games and coal for the trade.

I also have two copies of Portal 2 and a copy of Portal if anyone can strike a decent trade with me.

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/336994

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/339080

What are you looking for for a Portal 2? (How much metal, hats, etc?) Obviously I already have it, but I can give my brother's account some items so he can play it.

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Xtreme2damax

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What are you looking for for a Portal 2? (How much metal, hats, etc?) Obviously I already have it, but I can give my brother's account some items so he can play it.

How much metal or keys is it worth? I am not familiar with how things are priced in the TF2/Steam economy so I check existing trades if there are any to see what stuff goes for. I am looking for refined metal, coal and holiday crate keys in return for the trade, no hats.

Speaking of coal, is crafting that useful at all? Can coal be crafted into just coupons or games as well?

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Xtreme2damax

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What are you looking for for a Portal 2? (How much metal, hats, etc?) Obviously I already have it, but I can give my brother's account some items so he can play it.

I should have mentioned that I am also looking for games that are part of The Great Gift Pile such as Psychonauts, Dungeaons of Dreadmor, Anomaly: Warzone Earth etc..

I'm down for trading the DotA 2 key,

Is that the full game? What are you looking for in return?

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Ayepecks

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How much metal or keys is it worth? I am not familiar with how things are priced in the TF2/Steam economy so I check existing trades if there are any to see what stuff goes for. I am looking for refined metal, coal and holiday crate keys in return for the trade, no hats.

Speaking of coal, is crafting that useful at all? Can coal be crafted into just coupons or games as well?

I'm not even sure, to be honest. I don't know the monetary equivalent of a refined.

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MightyJordan

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No discount on COD:MW3 :(

It's Activision, so don't expect a discount for it. They only just sold MW2 for ?9.99 for one day a few days ago, and that's two years old.

Looks like I'm only getting one game today, and that's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky to complete the collection, as I've already got Shadow of Chernobyl, and Call of Pripyat. :) Probably a good thing too, as I'm low on money at the moment, and payday isn't until Friday for me.

Oh, forgot to say I picked up the Half-Life Complete pack and Bunch of Heroes yesterday. Bit of a shame they didn't give giftable copies for HL2, Deathmatch, and Lost Coast, but even taking those out of the mix, the pack was still cheaper than buying individually, and I'll finally be able to play the first Half-Life game. :)

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MightyJordan

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Oh, just got the achievement for joining the official group, but I had to leave and rejoin to get the achievement. This time, I didn't get a lump of coal; I got something worse: a 50% off coupon for F1 2011, which I've already got. :p

Anyone up for trading it?

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giantpotato

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Oh, just got the achievement for joining the official group, but I had to leave and rejoin to get the achievement. This time, I didn't get a lump of coal; I got something worse: a 50% off coupon for F1 2011, which I've already got. :p

Anyone up for trading it?

I swear Valve must have some algorithm for generating gifts that will be useless to the recipients.

My 3 non-coal gifts so far:

25% off THQ coupon - Their games are already on discount, for more than that in most cases.

Half Life 2 + HL2: Lost Coast - Already have it

Blocks That Matter - Already have it

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Ayepecks

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I swear Valve must have some algorithm for generating gifts that will be useless to the recipients.

My 3 non-coal gifts so far:

25% off THQ coupon - Their games are already on discount, for more than that in most cases.

Half Life 2 + HL2: Lost Coast - Already have it

Blocks That Matter - Already have it

Getting any games at all are a pretty good deal... you just got Half-Life 2 for nothing.

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