[PSA] Various useful trading scripts and other tools
Turns out some of these aren't very well known so I thought I'd put together a list of the ones I use. Credit to this backpack.tf forum thread for some of these.
Most of these require either Greasemonkey for Firefox or Tampermonkey for Chrome but are fairly easy to install and use. More detailed installation instructions are included in each link. Chrome extensions may or may not have an equivalent for other browsers.
Allows you to access the bp.tf history of an item on the SCM. Can be used to find the seller on Steam as well. Not always accurate though.
Adds links to the sender's outpost, bp.tf, and rep.tf to trade offers. Allows for easier background checks and research.
Adds a ton of features to trade offers, most notably item summaries for easier key/ref/etc counting, multiple item adding when sending trade offers, and the ability to decline offers that have gone Items Now Unavailable For Trade.
Adds options in the Filters box when viewing a backpack on bp.tf that allows you to compare two historical records of a backpack to see what items were added, removed, or altered. Double clicking an item also enters its item ID into the Near ID box to see with more accuracy what items were moved in a single trade. Most useful for unusual suggestors.
Adds a whole ton of features and settings to backpack.tf, full list inside.
Dims the icons of items included in your active sent offers to avoid including an item in multiple offers and causing one to go Items Now Unavailable for Trade.
Automatically checks incoming trade offers and accepts those that match a backpack.tf listing. Turns the trade offer icon on your classified listing into a lightning symbol while active. Probably helps attract buyers too. Requires a bit more work to install.
An alternative to bp.tf automatic made by trade.tf. Doesn't give the lightning icon, restricts the sale of items over 2 keys to premium users, and requires manual listing. However, it's easier to install, gives you a place in the trade.tf InstaTrades market, and comes with the Banking feature, which allows you to both buy and sell items automatically.
Gives notifications when someone posts on your trades or responds to your offer.
Another Chrome extension with a ton of added features to Steam, including SCM prices in trade offers, notifications for incoming offers, and auto-blocking/ignoring adds from profiles of a certain level or below.
An extension that displays bp.tf prices on items in trades for convenience. It still uses bud prices for unusuals, so just ignore that I suppose.
There are probably more out there but these are all the ones I personally use, unless I forgot something. Hope this was helpful!
Posted Jun 7, 2015, 7:15 PM UTC
Nice list, thanks for making it.