Steam Market place - Buy orders

[[DD]GR4YB34R[DD]]

Ive noticed a new addition to the market place but cant find any related function or information. At the bottom of the market page i can now see the words.

My buy orders (0)
You do not have any buy orders.

Anyone have any info on what this relates to??

[[DD]GR4YB34R[DD]]

Just found out what its for. Looks interesting :S

[Kröll]

Originally posted by DD:

Just found out what its for. Looks interesting :S

Would you be kind enough to explain what it is? Incase other people have the same question?

[Skyhigh]

I'm also curious about this and some info would be nice DD. :)

[eram]

For now It only works for hl2 trading cards.

New Steam Community Market feature: Buy Orders!
We've updated the Steam Community Market with a new method of purchasing - Buy Orders. A buy order is an order to purchase a commodity item at or below the specified price. This order stays in place until it is fulfilled or cancelled.

Buy orders can only be used on commodity items, which are items that are all identical to each other (no variations in description or function). To start with, we only have marked Half-Life 2 Trading Cards as commodities (links below). We'll expand that as we work through any issues with the system.

You can have multiple buy orders outstanding - up to 10 times your current wallet balance. If an item gets listed for a lower price than what you have on your buy order, you will receive the lower price. The buy order with the highest price gets priority for purchasing newly listed items. If there are multiple orders with the same high price, the oldest buy order gets fulfilled first. Buy orders can be cancelled at any time, by you or the system - if the item changes, if you no longer have enough funds in your wallet, or if there are any issues during an attempted purchase.

Here are some links to Half-Life 2 Trading Cards on the market if you'd like to try out the feature (Note: all sales are final!). Please post any feedback in the market forums (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/community_market/discussions).

http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/220-Trouble%20Underground
http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/220-Bring%20the%20fight%20to%20them
http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/220-Alyx%20Vance
http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/220-Gordon%20Freeman
http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/220-City%2017%20Metrocop
http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/220-Respite
http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/220-Gordon%20%26%20Alyx%20%28Trading%20Card%29
http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/220-G-Man

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/community_market

[Skyhigh]

A cheers eram. :) Sounds like an interesting feature to save some time if your low on those wallet pennies.

[Sovi The Bear]

i hope steam put this feature fast. need to buy all those items at cheap price. :)

[N|R|Force-[BAZ]-]

[_Soj_]

Why don't they just use standard terminology like bid/ask?

The way they've implemented it can be confusing to newbies...

But, I like the idea of being able to view "the book" now...☺

[Clan Wolf]

they kinda made it worse than it was, sure place orders work and are useful but if your just wanting something asap and most do. you dont want to wait around for a place order to commence, you just buy it from the bid list.

But now you cannot get to that bid list. they created a double standard of place orders and instantly bought items, sometimes you will get a place order that will happen just as you click on buy. sometimes you wait, its a short interval but newbies dont understand this. in the end it will be ironed out and thats ok.

Atm in a frantic foil card buying frenzy its getting kinda frustrating, going through which items i bought and which i still have a place order on, did i place a order on that one? i dont know i have to go through each item i need to buy in order to make sure im not doubling up on something unnecessary.

And thats just doing it with logged in browser, the client for this ok but you know constantly backing and forwarding on a single page is somewhat frustrating mainly if you have ♥♥♥♥ a internet connection speed that plus sometimes the market place orders - glitches and from your end you cannot buy that item, usually takes a few refreshes or go through browser to get at it. but thats understandable its a new process.

But back to place orders, the market (item market) moves soo quick it puts the global stock exchange to same (in terms of speed, not matching it on volumes and pricing) I do love it, Valve ingeniously put together something that works, puts sony and microsoft consoles markets to shame.

Made a good profit last month, of $35. Had some CS:GO coins that i bought like 7 of for $2.50 each from last year not knowing at all they be worth something later, as of last month are worth more than $5 each. Sold them, made a profit. Bought some games. market predication of this is hard, but doable.

Valve created the marketplace that's a reflection of us consumers and that creation is a monster........of goodness hahaha

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

What's so difficult? If you want to buy it instantly, set a price and buy on the left. If you want to buy it at a certain price that doesn't exist yet, set it on the right.

[danielroblox6789]

how do i place a buy order?

[TirithRR]

Originally posted by Super-Grouper:

how do i place a buy order?

http://steamcommunity.com/market/
Click on the item you want.

[danielroblox6789]

and then?

[ KARR™]

Originally posted by Super-Grouper:

and then?

Click on the big BUY button and enter how much you want to buy it for.

If there are items for sale at that price (or lower) you'll get your item. If there isn't currently your order will be added until there is an item being sold for that price.

[Vemix]

Originally posted by K.A.R.R.:

Originally posted by Super-Grouper:

and then?

Click on the big BUY button and enter how much you want to buy it for.

If there are items for sale at that price (or lower) you'll get your item. If there isn't currently your order will be added until there is an item being sold for that price.

I'm ont the page I want but there is no buy order or sell option!