Steam Card market, Why are lower sales going first?

[JC]

It says on the page in the market where you buy, the highest price paid gets sold to the seller despite what they are asking right?

Why is it when i look at card sale history i see many cards being sold at lower prices that i'm paying? aka i have cards looking to buy at .05, Yet the history shows a bunch selling for .04 and .03. Shouldn't my .05 have gone before someone buying for .03?

what am i missing?

[DarkCrystalMethod]

People can set their buy price. It keeps the market interesting.

[Muppet among Puppets]

JC eredeti hozzászólása:

Shouldn't my .05 have gone before someone buying for .03?

what am i missing?

By who?
Who would pay 5 if there is one for 3?

[K-Driver]

When you put in a buy or sell order it finds the oldest matching offer.

If you put in a trading card for 3 cents it might sell for 3 cents even if there's an offer for 5 cents because the 3 cent offer is older.

[Shotgun]

JC eredeti hozzászólása:

It says on the page in the market where you buy, the highest price paid gets sold to the seller despite what they are asking right?

Why is it when i look at card sale history i see many cards being sold at lower prices that i'm paying? aka i have cards looking to buy at .05, Yet the history shows a bunch selling for .04 and .03. Shouldn't my .05 have gone before someone buying for .03?

what am i missing?

In a situation where your buy order value exceeds the lowest sell order value at the time, the sell order would fill your buy order, but at the sell order price. Sell price takes priority over buy price.

However, you might not be the only person buying at .05. If someone else has a .05 order that's older than yours, it will get filled first, and if the seller is selling at .03 or .04, that's the price that will get registered.

K-Driver eredeti hozzászólása:

When you put in a buy or sell order it finds the oldest matching offer.

If you put in a trading card for 3 cents it might sell for 3 cents even if there's an offer for 5 cents because the 3 cent offer is older.

Not fully correct.

The highest buy orders and the lowest sell orders always take priority. Your 3-cent sell order would sell to the 5-cent order (assuming it's next in line), but it would sell at the 3-cent value, meaning that the buyer would save 2 cents in the transaction. Order price always takes priority over order age; order age takes over when comparing orders within the same pricing band.

[Hodman]

Shotgun eredeti hozzászólása:

The highest buy orders and the lowest sell orders always take priority. Your 3-cent sell order would sell to the 5-cent order (assuming it's next in line), but it would sell at the 3-cent value, meaning that the buyer would save 2 cents in the transaction. Order price always takes priority over order age; order age takes over when comparing orders within the same pricing band.

Not correct:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/61F0-72B7-9A18-C70B#buyordersnewlistings

[JC]

Shotgun eredeti hozzászólása:

However, you might not be the only person buying at .05. If someone else has a .05 order that's older than yours, it will get filled first, and if the seller is selling at .03 or .04, that's the price that will get registered.

ok.. maybe this is it then, People are selling at the lower price, but other people paying the same price as me are older than mine so even though it says sold for .03, it's actually being sold to someone for the .05?