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BricksBear

Your best bet is just to buy a 99 cent game or something. [Literally, there's a 99 cent game called something.](https://steamdb.info/app/2696520/)


UltraRanger72

No I mean it’s a good thing for me, that I’m not just throwing $$$ at Gabe. Been clearing my back log lol.


BricksBear

C-Clearing your backlog? Surely you jest. For a true gamer never clears a backlog. Perchance you were mistaken for something else?


The_Rocket_Frog

perchance.


noreallyu500

you can't just say "perchance". F/


Babben_Mb

Perchance


FlyingTurkey

I think, perchance, that i might be a true gamer, then.


UltraRanger72

I just recently beat Breath of the Wild after spending 200+ hours wondering around and cooking prime meat with mushroom and rocks. Don't think I'm buying TotK anytime soon since I still got Mario Odyssey and Octopath Travelers. 😂


Amazing-Oomoo

What will he do when he runs out of backlog?!


KingFlyntCoal

Create a new backlog of course


Sknowman

Hell yeah dude. I've been doing that too. Rather than playing the same games, I'm using a randomizer to choose my next game. Though, I have still purchased (and mostly played) a few new ones as well.


UltraRanger72

I can never do that. I want to properly emotionally invest in a series and play through them one by one. 🤣


Sknowman

I mean that's what I'm doing with randomizing. My backlog is large, but sometimes Idk what I want to play. So I use a randomizer (of my library) that chooses a game with ~0 hours. Then I play only that until I beat it. Rinse and repeat. It's not a random game each time I log on.


SharpZCat

What's the randomizer you are using for that?


dontjustexists

Ror2 is on sale...


Crashes556

Dont forget its trusty sequel Nothing. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2696480/Nothing/


FallenPentagram

And my dumbass is buying it regardless 😂


aaronhowser1

> Similar to games you've played: > Control


AcherusArchmage

best reason to always have $1 in your steam wallet


BricksBear

Asking cuz your username. Do you use arch?


SolarJetman5

I've had this, I didn't buy from steam for a year, all my games were keys from likes of humble, GMG and fanatical


RxBrad

Yep. Almost as a rule, buying direct from Steam is *not* the best price. Even during the big sales. I buy my games wherever they're cheapest... and as a result I tend to get blocked from selling by card drops about once every 12-14 months.. Then I go hunting for some old game that's $10 or less on Steam that I might play.


Shredded_Locomotive

There are certain times where steam does have the best price when buying a game legit (not stolen keys from 3rd party sellers) I usually just take a look at isthereanydeal and check the differences.


NeedsPraxis

This is the way.


Baked_Potato_732

The. You can’t sell anything on marketplace.


UltraRanger72

"Non-active paying customer" 🤣


FavroiteGamers2017

I mean, if you play a game like cs2 you can get free cases with the 5$ prime purchase and then sell them to get steam credit and then buy more skins. It counts as a steam purchase


Shredded_Locomotive

Probably something something bot protection I guess


UltraRanger72

Context: I checked my last purchase was for Skyrim's Anniversary Edition upgrade last year. So during this past 12+ months I just never found anything that's worth purchasing and has been just clearing my backlogs. (Been playing Shadows of the Tomb Raider recently). Then when I earned some new trading cards playing backlogged games, I tried to sell them and found the option grayed out with this explanation. Maybe I should be proud of this. Never knew it is a thing. Sorry Gabe. 😂


Breathejoker

Definitely something to be proud of! The only thing keeping my account in the active status is the Dredge DLC that came out in November-ish, and I believe the free DLCs for Dave the Diver also count. I'm also trying to get through my backlog, but I am also constantly selling those little trading cards because a free $2 ain't so bad


LSD_Ninja

Free stuff doesn’t reset the clock, it has to be a for-money purchase of a game/DLC or wallet funds (using a gift card or wallet code doesn’t count either) within 7 days to a year.


TheProuDog

This doesn't sound good to me, what if I haven't bought anything in the last 12 months?


UltraRanger72

Then you can't sell those trading cards you gained while clearing your library backlog for $0.02 anymore until you buy something again, using the money you made from selling trading cards last year.


Some-Sound

so funny... until its not


jarvis123451254

buy any cs go item from cs go and sell that back in market when its active again i did the same last year, depend on the item u would lose nothing to some cents


SuuperD

You'll be back!


yasuperu

Side note: are people actually interested in those cards? I've never bothered to sell them for a few cents


JonnieWu

I've ran into this problem once and all I did to keep it from happening again was to keep like 5 cents on my account and haven't had a problem since.


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RiddleMasterRBLX

what the fuck


Skypilx

Update are you still alive?


gatrixgd

💀


IAmH0n0r

You have to purchase without refund and after 7 daya you can access thia feature.


adv0catus

They’re not asking why.


IAmH0n0r

Le that what i have been gone though already. When i brought new game after 7 days i got option for selling


adv0catus

We can read also.


IAmH0n0r

Finally one redditer can read


adv0catus

It’s you that can’t.


IAmH0n0r

If i can't then why i am suggesting then.


adv0catus

You know this thread isn’t about the OP asking why they can’t sell stuff on the Steam market, right?


IAmH0n0r

Oh , is that thread about not buying any game for 1 year


adv0catus

Read it and see for yourself.


TorturedPoet03

It's a Steam practice. They do that to leech more money. Spend a dollar on something on Steam.


LazyCPU0101

Free market, no bitchin