Unusual Stormy Storm El Jefe || Suggested Value: 2.3-3 buds

Intro:

I own one and am raising the value. I am obviously corrupt. Now that we have this established over roughly the past 5 weeks the price of buds and keys have increased enough to drop the listed price of the Stormy Storm El Jefe from 2.5-3.4 buds to 2-2.7 buds without any suggestion being made to prove this. On to the...

Proof:

Trade #1: http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/11482533

Reelbax sold to !Ziklank for a Holiday Headcase || Reelbax reselling the Holiday Headcase: http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/11576595

Value: ~2.8 buds pure

Time Period: posted June 4th and sold on June 8th (~4 days)

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Trade #2: http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/10976690

TheCommaCapper sold to Jug for buyout which is listed as 4 buds || Verbal conformation from seller: http://i.imgur.com/jaZ5hbL.png

Value: 4 buds

Time Period: posted May 19th || sold on May 23rd (~4 days)

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Trade #3: http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/10228234

The Red Viper accepted offer from V!d€ø to sell his Scorching Bonk Helm (~3.1 buds) for Stormy Storm El Jefe and After Eight Bill's Hat (~0.3 buds)

Value: ~2.8 buds

Time Period: posted April 20th || sold on April 22nd (~2 days)

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Trade #4: http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/9386476

Offers:

- Purple Energy Noir (~2.4 buds pure)

- Burning Flames Noir [owner adds 1 bud] (~3 buds)

Sold for Burning Flames L'Inspecteur based on Trade History: http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/10627559

Value: 3.1 buds (with unusual overpay of Burning Flames L'Inspecteur, but it is unknown if either side added sweets)

Time Period: sold March 23rd (unknown when it was posted since owner posted a lot of trades with Stormy Storm El Jefe)

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Trade #5: http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/11279007

Offers:

- Holiday Headcase by soldierboy [~2 days ago] (retracted; most likely due to him checking the price on backpack.tf which would be a shame)

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Currently on the market:

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/11659118 buyout of 3 buds posted today

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/11655902 buyout of 3 buds posted today

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/11289359 buyout of 3 buds posted little less than 2 weeks (only asking for buds or money)

Conclusion:

Consistently has been sold over the months for around 3 buds over the months. The fact that there are currently 3 trades on the market with a buyout of 3 buds does not mean much since two of them were just posted today, and secondly it usually takes longer to sell an item for the high-end. The fact that one sold in 4 days for a Holiday Headcase last week shows that sometimes the length a trade has been open does not rule it out as not being able to sell for that price. Not to mention I am not including the outlier trade at 4 buds last month, yet I am including my own sale trade since I know some will be biased against me if I decide to price it without including the price I paid since I own it.

P.S.: I ended up buying my own today for 2 buds and 16 backpack expanders (~2.3 buds pure): http://i.imgur.com/rgM2ews.png