Worst Trading Experiences?

[General Synnacle]

Mine would be when I was a freshly hatched noobie, just out of the wo- F2P nest, and finally became a P2P "bird". I had around $35, and thought dumbly that unusuals represented a player's skill level (and to a degree, I was right, but that only applies to veteran players who have played for so long, and/or earned the unusuals themselves), so I stupidly bought a slightly overpriced unusual from the Steam Market: an Australium Gold-painted Aces High Magistrate's Mullet, worth about 13-14 keys, for $32. I still have it to this day, and every time I pass through the item in my backpack, I cringe in despair for my horrible decision back then, and glad to see how much I've improved since then.

[Michael Jay]

Well at least you learned from it, some people go by not knowing their mistake. I'd say mine was a while after becoming a P2P which I had traded for so I knew the general ropes of trading. I really wanted a game and got too impatient for a good price, and due to my interest I blinded myself I was being scammed. Not too severe, but severe enough for me to regret it. I enjoy the game either way, but I learned that patience when trading is a wonderful thing. Never rush into a trade. Back up and think about your decision and if it's worth it for sure.

[David Leatherhuff]

I had a bunch of ref from selling keys, so I tried to buy about 50 or so cards from the card bot on Scrap.

I had to wait about 35 minutes and had to redo the trades several times as they wouldn't go through. Totally worth it for the cards though.

[EmptyEngineer]

This wasn't an actual bad trading experience, but just a bad experience with hats in general.

You see, I was an idiot and I just wanted to open as many crates as I could get my hands on. On my fifth crate, I got an Unusual Chill Chullo with Massed Flies. I then sold it to the community market and used almost all of the money for keys, saving only some for buying games with like I intended... that still relates with me today, sometimes, but I do a lot of trading and get to where I need to before I start wasting more money on things like raffles and stuff.