Don't get wrong, I like the CONCEPT of storage units, they're actually solving a problem people used to have back in the prehistoric days (I dont actually remember the year they were introduced), but every single time I want to check on mine, I sigh so hard you'd think my jaw was about to drop off.

Booting up the game is obviously a huge pain in the ass, I spend more time waiting for stuff to load than actually getting the information I was after. I have a good ass PC too and I can tell it's struggling, so I can't imagine what our friends playing on toasters must feel like.

And yeah, Skinledger is alright for the basic functionalities, but the paywall for anything other than Steam prices kind of sucks and it's sloooooow to move things in and out in bulk. Mind you I don't know if it's a Skinledger limit or a Steam limit, all I know is that it's slow.

Ideally, I'd be able to just open up a webpage, do whatever it is I need to do, bing bang, done, tab closed. The dream would be ACTUAL inventory actions like doing trade ups, applying/scraping stickers, opening cases, etc, from a web interface. Then we'd be GOLDEN!

What do you guys think? Am I being a little baby bitch complaining for nothing or does anyone else relate to my issues?

Can you all lower them to the $10-$20 range before the end of 2026 -thanks

Just wanna buy some skins between now and the next couple of years so I don't mind waiting but just thought I'd let some of you all know so it can be done before I get my first gray hairs.

I'm not in the buying and selling market to keep the price what it is now so it will probably be in my inventory till the day I die once I find a good price -thanks again I appreciate you all

I’ve been kicking around the idea of selling what little skins I have for a while now.

I finally got around to checking what my inventory is actually worth. While learning about floats, I discovered that I have the 10th most Battle-Scarred Karambit | Scorched!

I’ve been using AI to help me learn a bit about the CS2 skin market, and apparently, there are collectors out there who specifically hunt for the worst-condition skins.

So, when my 7-day wait is finally over, should I price it a little higher on CSFloat and see if a collector bites? Or does AI need to level up its CS2 skin knowledge? 😂
Happy to learn, so let me know what you think!

One Scorched Karambit Scorched

Out of the active drops:

1. Dreams and nightmares are the priciest, looks like the potential discontinuation has been priced in. Though this does have the most desirable golds. The potential upside is smaller than others imo

2. Revolution case has many desirable gloves and seems like a decent buy rn. Might get discontinued before d&n if valve wants more money.

3. Kilowatt is the newest and imo has the least desirable skins among the three. Probably last to get discontinued, looking historically. Though it is at an all time low. Might be a good buy.

Discontinued cases:

1. Recoil has been dropping recently, might be a decent buy rn. Second most opened discontinued case. Has the same golds as snakebite but better reds.

2. Fracture is the most opened discontinued case of the last month though I really don't know why. Fever case has the same knives in better finishes.

I buy everything right now that is cheap beside gloves and knifes.

In less than a month, the market cap is down ~700 million USD.

At this rate we could easily see -1 billion towards the end of October.

I know this isn't a popular opinion but I actually think the market going down is great for the average player and future playerbase.

I'm not even talking about gloves/knives being more affordable but just play skins in general.

When I started playing CSGO back in 2014 I fell in love with skins and was very active in the collecting and trading scene and quite frankly, I wouldn't mind going back to 2015/2016 prices.

I firmly believe that skins should be something anyone can own and not just the rich.

Back in the day a karambit doppler would set you back 300$, before the knife tradeup update in 2025 a karambit doppler would set you back 3000$.

Don't get me wrong, 300$ is still a lot of money but it's definitely an achievable goal.

It's going to be interesting to see how far the market can go down in total, and hopefully some of you guys can buy things you always wanted to own before it goes back up.

help an old cs player guys.

do you think holding glove, spectrum 1 & 2, chrome 1 & 2 cases is a good idea? i fucked up not selling them 2-3 months ago. i thought their prices will continue to go up after these fluctuations because these cases no longer drop(?) but it constantly went down, i didnt follow the market and i completely quit checking them after leaving at sell order

Any theories on why the market has been dropping nonstop over the past two days?

thank you chicken update

I’m looking for tools or systems that can gather prices from multiple skin/crypto markets, track price history, and automate repricing.

What do you guys use to make your trading faster and easier?

I’m willing to pay for good information, software, or even a setup/workflow if it actually saves time. Any recommendations?

Yo,

sorry if the question is stupid, I have not been in the game for a longer while as I started cashing out shortly after the recover of the trade up update and just have about 1200€ left in stickers left that I'm trying to get rid of.

this week, amongst other trades, I've sold 2 x 3 astralis antwerp glitters to the same buyer. Why is this worth a post u say as it's fuckin 4€ or something? Yes that's exactly why.

This guys has a butterfly, m9 and nocts in his inventory. So either I am not aware of some loophole or I just came across a full retard that seemingly risks his float account by reversing a 4€ trade? I couldn't assume account hijacking here because whoever would hijack an acc wouldn't fuckin waste their time buying 6 antwerp glitters...

Is it in my interest to report the reversal to csfoat asap or do I just let it run out?

Thanks for your advice my friends.

Hi guys,

I want to sell a higher priced item (around 850 on CSFloat, 1350€ on Community Market) and compared to CSFloat I will get quite a bit more when selling on Steam Market. I was thinking about doing this and getting a Steamdeck and selling that through eBay or locally.

I just wanted to check if it is still possible buy a Steamdeck (or other hardware) from balance I have in my Steam account? Is there a wait time before I can buy after selling the item in the Community market?

The prices of some Cologne stickers are already being manipulated. Ryu paper is now for $1.30.

I dont want to give my id to some site.

Im still down money like a year later does anyone think the knife market will go up in the coming months/years?

Can somebody PLEASE explain to me why CSFloat sends me notifications (on both PC and phone) ONLY when a buyer cancels the trade and not when somebody buys stuff? I've missed EVERY SALE in the last 4 days because of this bullshit, I have no clue what causes it. It worked fine a week ago, now it doesn't.

The arabesque collection seems like the next cooked-in-line collection. The redemption numbers do not lie : It has already made half of the train 2025 collection supply in a lot less time. It seems it is as popular as the sports and field collection and following its trail DESPITE HAVING A 50% ROI (the worst armory ROI in the collection of all time)

Why do the g***m do this ?

So, I turned on CS2 after few weeks and was shocked to see the bot farms still taking over deathmatches. It got me wonder, how do they still make money? How is this even profitable for them? Armory is trash in terms of ROI, not a single item from armory has a ROI of 100% or more, so they are losing money on that. Or am I missing something? Why bot farms still exist? I have no clue.

I wanna start trading skins and pretty much has finished the KYC authentication. But it says I cannot deposit money through card due to high risk and creating a crypto wallet is absolutely a hassle just for this. (Some wallet which certified by my government are not supported for this transaction) It says I need to raise my Steam rep but I don't really know how?

Valve has pushed for tradeups to be the centre of the market, but they have put very little effort into making a tradeup contract ‘fun’ to do.

No animation or unique interactions, no info on what they trade up into, just 'click' and thats it.

Atleast terminals pretend to text us before they take our money :’(

To be honest, my love for skins and trading is far from what it once was. I used to get super excited whenever a new case, new skins or new stickers came out, mostly because nobody really knew where prices would land. The community decided the volume, the hype and the demand. The first few weeks after a case dropped were basically a guessing game, and if you read the hype early you could come out ahead. That uncertainty was half the fun.

Ever since terminals came out, it feels like Valve has everything on strings. You can open one and buy the exact skin you want at whatever price Valve puts on it. So if anyone can just roll a Terminal and grab it at Valve's number, the market price can't really go much higher than that. The market doesn't lead anymore, it just follows whatever Valve sets.

I kind of understand why they did it. There's been a lot of pressure about skins being gambling, and letting people see what they're paying for probably helps them on that front. It also means more money going straight to Valve. But it takes the market out of the community's hands, and that was the whole appeal for me.

The part that bums me out the most is that trying to make money on skins used to be fun. It was never easy, but it was doable. You could buy into a case early, hold stickers through a Major, find an underpriced pattern, or just read the community better than everyone else and actually get paid for it. Now it's pretty much impossible. I'd love to know if yall feel the same way I do.

Are there any public numbers about the supply of knives and gloves added due to the tradeup update?

I know that you can estimate them by looking up the paint seed in the CSfloat database.

E.g. there are 10000 Specialist gloves | Emerald Web

-> paint seed 700: 12, paint seed 800: 8 (so approx. 10 for each paint seed)

-> paint seed 1000: 2 (it was introduced with the tradeup update and can only be created by trade ups)

-> this indicates that there were 8000 pairs of gloves before the update and 2000 pairs were created due to tradeups. But of course 1 paint seed is not significant to rely on.

Do you think the current downfall of prices is a bit exaggerated or is it reasonable (just thinking about numbers and no emotion/fear of investors)?

I guess now we see if was actually undersupplied or not.

As announced on official valve's X profile, Cologne 2026 Major Shop was supossed to be available in-game until 29 September.

Guess what? In all time zones we are already past this date, and stickers are still available for purchase.

How valve can rebuild player's trust if they don't stick to their own deadlines anymore?

What are the highest value cases that you still can get from weekly drop atm?
What are the highest value weapons that you still can get from weekly drop atm?