market listing holds

[ghostface]

seems extremely rediculous that i have to wait 7 days to remove hold seeing as how i already went through the trouble of downloading the app and autheticating my account. how many hoops do we have to jump through just to sell our items, i mean how does it make it safer holding my items for 7 days, because to me all it seems to do is change the price for items you would otherwise have sold much sooner.

[Teksura]

Originally posted by ghostface:

seems extremely rediculous that i have to wait 7 days to remove hold seeing as how i already went through the trouble of downloading the app and autheticating my account.

It'd be ridiculous if it didn't do this. Without that, there wouldn't be any point to the authenticator or the trade holds at all. Just imagine how easy it is to steal someone's items if all you have to do after hijacking their account is set up the authenticator yourself to instantly gain the ability to remove their items with no hold.

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by ghostface:

..... i mean how does it make it safer holding my items for 7 days,.......

Mobile Authenticator Added

A Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator provides additional security for your account. Adding an authenticator does not immediately remove existing restrictions. Trades created within the first 7 days of adding the authenticator will still have up to a 15 day trade hold. This allows your items to still be protected and gives you time to recover your account if a malicious actor were to ever add an authenticator to your account.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1047-edfm-2932#appadded

EDIT....................

The items are not "held" for 7 days. They are held for up to 15 days during that first 7 of adding the authenticator. This is a restriction, not a "hold". The account is restricted for 7 days.

Reason I say that is, because many people get trade holds and trading restrictions confused.

The 7 days is a one time thing. Unless you disable it of course. After that, you don't have to do it again. There will be no more trade holds after that 7 days.

[Aesthetic]

Originally posted by ghostface:

seems extremely rediculous that i have to wait 7 days to remove hold seeing as how i already went through the trouble of downloading the app and autheticating my account. how many hoops do we have to jump through just to sell our items, i mean how does it make it safer holding my items for 7 days, because to me all it seems to do is change the price for items you would otherwise have sold much sooner.

Because the vast majority of users have little to no common sense and will gladly gift their items away or click on suspicious links