Cannot sell items awarded after badge crafting for one week

[porpeller]

hi, i'm experiencing issues with the card and the background/emote obtained by crafting a badge with the steam trading cards. The items are locked for one week after crafting the badges, as if i bought them from the community marked. I tried asking steam support and they told me to write on this forum. The issue begun with the summer sale. Please help :(

[cfteague2]

Good News! Steam support will be able to help in just 7 days !

[J4MESOX4D]

Any cards purchased from the market or are earned by crafting a badge have a 7 day restriction. The only ones that aren't are the ones that are dropped for playing the game.

[porpeller]

never had this restriction with the cards earned by crafting badges, also, my friends are not affected by this problem now. How could it be that i can't sell on the community marked a summer sale card before it expires on 22 july if i craft the badge after 15 july?

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by dlp:

never had this restriction with the cards earned by crafting badges, also, my friends are not affected by this problem now. How could it be that i can't sell on the community marked a summer sale card before it expires on 22 july if i craft the badge after 15 july?

You don't get cards from crafting normal badges - you get an emoticon and background which are 7 day restricted. The last major sale which had cards earned from badges didn't have trading or market restrictions because those rules didn't exist back then.

[porpeller]

i'm getting cards for the summer sale event right now by crafting badges...

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by dlp:

i'm getting cards for the summer sale event right now by crafting badges...

I'm talking about normal badges associated with games and not the sale. Once again, any cards earned from purchasing games or crafting badges are restricted - only dropped badges from playing the Monster game can be traded or placed on the market immediately.

[porpeller]

but why this is happening apparently just to me? my friends are crafting badges, getting a summer sale monster card and selling it strait away right now, i also was able to do this on the last winter sale

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by dlp:

but why this is happening apparently just to me? my friends are crafting badges, getting a summer sale monster card and selling it strait away right now, i also was able to do this on the last winter sale

Your friends are either lying or getting their cards confused with drops earned from playing the game. The rules changed months ago where ALL cards attained from the market or bonus items from crafting badges were restricted by 7 days. This also applies to everything on the market including items.

[porpeller]

is there a devblog or something official where i can read the announcement of those changes taking places? thank you

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by dlp:

is there a devblog or something official where i can read the announcement of those changes taking places? thank you

This is really OLD news. Where have you been for the last 6 months? Plenty of info all over Google about this. Start here http://www.reddit.com/r/csgobetting/comments/2w5yy8/steam_is_now_trade_locking_all_items_purchased_on/

[porpeller]

that is about the item purchased on the market, not the one obtained by crafting badges. I personally crafted some badges a couple of days before the summer sale and was able to sell the backgrounds obtained immediately

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by dlp:

that is about the item purchased on the market, not the one obtained by crafting badges. I personally crafted some badges a couple of days before the summer sale and was able to sell the backgrounds obtained immediately

Apologies but I may have misunderstood - I kinda get it now (tiredness is playing a factor!)

So you had a completed set of drops that you've crafted but they've been restricted even though you didn't purchase any from the market? I just wonder if you crafted a badge from any that were given from crafting badges that the restriction somehow continues. I dunno - so many small issues especially with cards at present that Valve may have made a error of some sort.

[porpeller]

yes, the problem is that with these restrictions i can't sell the monster cards before they expire on 22 if i craft a badge tomorrow

[Red Eagle LXIX]

dlp, the issue comes because if you buy an item from market, or trade for said item, then use it to craft a badge, all the items that are awarded from a badge crafted with a trade/market restricted item inherit the restriction.

For the sales this is a self-damaging process now.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by dlp:

yes, the problem is that with these restrictions i can't sell the monster cards before they expire on 22 if i craft a badge tomorrow

Yep, this was raised on day one of the sale and we haven't heard anything from Valve on this apart from they will be removed when the sale is over. I just assume we have to craft what we can and if we lose any because they expire; we have to deal with it. I suppose they are trying to entice us to spend our money in the market on remainders to craft a last ditch badge......and still probably get more leftover!