is it worth it to turn cards to gems?

[fabton]

as the title says is it worth it to turn cards to gems?

[Nevermore]

nope

[Midnight Sky ✨🌙✨]

I don't know how much gems are worth as items for trading. I say look at trade forums and get an idea of how much gems go for when traded for whatever you want then compare it to what you can get with just cards. Basically, just do your research and use what you find to make an informed decision.

That's what I'd do.

[☯ Zeroxia]

It depends. I haven't checked much into it. But some card, foil cards, backgrounds and emoticons sell for really low but they are worth a 100 gems. So maybe you can get a booster pack cheaper that way and make a small profit. I am not sure if you will make a profit or save money. You'll have to check for yourself.

[Charlie]

I only did it for Badge

[666]

ok

[Achelon]

Considering the low gem amount you get from cards, probably not, it'd be better if you sold them on the market and put that towards a sack of gem instead (which holds 1000 gems).

You can do the math yourself (since the card gem value varies): Sack of gem goes for 0.61 currently, how many cards would it take you to get to that 0.61? Say it's 15 cards, now how much would you get in total (gem value) from transforming those 15 cards? If it's less than 1000 gems it's not worth it, if it's above 1000 gems, it is worth it.

[Teksura]

Originally posted by fabton:

as the title says is it worth it to turn cards to gems?

Not even a little bit.

Look at it this way. You can get 1000 gems on the market for 70 cents right now. So, you can easily value 100 gems at 7c.

Looking at some of even the cheapest cards on the market, selling at 4c each, you'd still need to get back somewhere around 57 gems just to break even. Even if you factor in a 15% loss (similar to selling the card on the marketplace), you would still need a whopping 48 gems back for it to be worthwhile. For reference, Garry's Mod (6 cent card) gives 17 gem which is valued at ~1 cent. This difference becomes even more staggering as you start getting into more expensive cards.

When you craft a card into gems, you're destroying value from it. A lot of people don't realize this and a lot of people try to take advantage of them in the trading communities. While it's not unreasonable to see someone offer a few gems to "even out" a trade between 2 cards from different sets with slightly different value, you need to watch out for people who want to "pay with gems". I can't count how many times I've had people try this on me in the hopes of getting cards for basically nothing.

[J4MESOX4D]

Not at this moment in time. Perhaps when we have another auction or something but your card is probably more valuable than turning it into a few gems worth less. Even the auction was a bit flawed as people were bidding £50 worth of gems on games that only cost just over £10 in real money.

[SSS]

Im looking for steam gems, I collect I have over 10,000 I Can i give some cards or csgo cases whatever you want just either add me and send me a trade offer or we do do in a trade window. Thanks Add me!

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[Teksura]

Originally posted by G2 Hypedharry Collecting Gems.:

Im looking for steam gems, I collect I have over 10,000 I Can i give some cards or csgo cases whatever you want just either add me and send me a trade offer or we do do in a trade window. Thanks Add me!

Posting in a trading group or the Steam trading card fourms might get you better results than bumping an unrelated thread that's nearly 2 years old.

[ecznos]

Never turn cards into gems.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by scorpion:

Never turn cards into gems.

This^^

And a necro anyways.

[pogba]

is necroposting punishable?

[Teksura]

Originally posted by ilyescat888:

is necroposting punishable?

Yeeeeesss! You poor pitiful fool!

Ghost! Oil up the rack. Hotsauce, stoke the coals. This one shall suffer for their transgression.



Ok but for real. From what I've seen the mods say, it is perfectly all right if you have something to add to the thread. This includes all posts that can contribute something useful, or ask a question related to the topic not already answered in the thread. Bumping a thread to say "I agree" or something like that would be discouraged. At least, that's what the mods said the last time I saw one of them saying it.