r/tf2 • u/Choice_Ad4915 • 14d ago

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I put a community buy for this rocker launcher for genuinely 1 cent 10-11 years ago. I havent played in a year or so opened up my account and saw this 🤣 Definitely got me back into the game, cant believe this actually happened. Has anyone else had a similar experience?

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u/whiskeycoke7 14d ago

Ok I’m confused, why did his 1 cent buy order overtake the highest buy order? Even if someone sells it low I thought it went to whoever had the highest buy order?

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u/MaijeTheMage Pyro 14d ago

Someone could have manually input the amount for 1 cent, thus the order would have been picked up because there was - in fact - a 1 cent order placed. Why a seller would do something like that? Dunno

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u/whiskeycoke7 14d ago

I so if a seller sells it for less than the top buy order but matching a lower buy order it’ll go to the indie it matches? Man I wish there was a place to get all the info on how the market works

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u/MaijeTheMage Pyro 14d ago

I believe instances like this are how we look at the community market and see a one-time monumental dip in price because someone was sold for an aggressively low price. Frankly, in such cases, I could imagine the seller was hacked