Suggestion: Strange Carbonado Botkiller Sniper Rifle Mk.I at 7–9 ref

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~3.05 ref

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This suggestion was marked as bad price range and closed Thu, 15 Jan 15 12:58:22 +0000 by A Distinctive Lack of Vincent.

The price range was either too broad or did not accurately reflect how the item was traded. Therefore, this suggestion has been closed.

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Solid sales are needed at both ends of suggested range.

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First Suggestion. Feedback appreciated.

So I myself buy and sell botkillers and I've found that getting the Carbonado Sniper at 5 refs is quite impossible.

Proof:

Classifieds - http://backpack.tf/classifieds/?item=carbonado&class=sniper

1x 8.66

1x 9

2x 10 - 1 w/ Headshot kills, other w/ Long Distance kills

1x 12 - Headshot Kills

Outpost: Only looking for clean/no parts sellers

Very few clean snipers out there and out of 3 pages on the outpost, most are poorly bumped.

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/22701244 - 1x 8 refs

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/24506320 - 1x Regular KS sold for 1 key

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/24365499 - 1x Renamed Sold for 8.66 refs, 1 x clean for 8 refs

Not sure if I can use my own trades as proof but here goes

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/24565496 - Sold for 8.33 refs and a Strange frontier justice = about 10.33 refs. Sold in a day

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/24489515 - Sold another one for 10 ref pure within a day

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/23786227 - A month ago trade but sold it for 8 refs

SCM Proof: The Average price sold for the Sniper is around $1.30. $1.30/ $2.50 = .52 Keys. .52 Keys x 13.33 refs = 7 refs

Hopefully that is enough proof for the price bump. Not much on the market out there

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/24489515 - didnt sold (history)

no sold at 7 ref (exept scm(can only be used at support)) - 9ref

downvote.

The outposts weren't sold. They aren't dark and faded. You need to find sales. Also, you can't use your own trades as proof. You are trying to manipulate proof.

"The outposts weren't sold. They aren't dark and faded."

The items on display are no longer in the sellers backpacks. The dark and faded part is user input, not everyone will be curteous enough to indicate a sale that way.

It looks pretty good for a first suggestion. Some notes:

----- Listing classifieds is OK, and there's nothing wrong with them in this suggestion. Just keep in mind that they are just support.

----- You should remove KS weapons as well from this suggestion. They cannot be used as proof and take up unnecessary space.

----- Using your own trades is fine, as long as you include other trades (which you did here)

----- SCM can be used only as support. However, here, you use it to justify your low end. You cannot do that, especially when the rest of your proof suggests that anything below 8 ref will be a quicksell.

----- If you state in your own first two trades that they sold within a day, they are quicksells. This might need an even higher raise.

Overall, you definitely tried to include a decent amount of proof. However, there is no real support for 7 ref.

Edit: a couple more notes:

----- I looked through the other outpost trades. The 1st and 3rd didn't sell. You need SOLDS to raise a price, not sellers.

where does your range come from?