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I'll have to say no here. I definitely think 57.4 ref is low, but 2 buds is too high.

I'd say 1.4 Buds is about average demand currently. You'll find people one-off buy buds for 27 keys now and then, but that doesn't mean that it's the right price. Finding a single TF2OP where someone is openly willing to pay 2 buds was an anomaly.

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/2831902

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/1768737

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/2556711

There are three posts from the first page of search where the offers are 20 keys, ~31 keys, and 35 keys.

While it's not the best average due to only three samples (quickly put together) and an outlier of 20, the average is 28.66 keys or 1.1 buds.

Taking into account the 20 outlier (and this anomaly of 2 buds), I'd stick by my word for 1.4 buds.

I'd define "easy" as compared to how easy it is to find people willing to pay 24 Keys for a pair of Buds.

To do this, I can search most trading sites and find one within the first few listings.

This is not the case with Lucky No. 42s -> 2 buds, unless you can provide further proof.