Scrap to Unusual Redemption #2: Experiencing Setbacks

Beginning Inventory: ~4.95 ref (in metal and weapons)

Ending Inventory: ~15.55 ref (in metal, weapons, Conscientious Objector, third-party site inventory)

Trades Made: 56

Total Trades Made: 93


Series Intro | #1

Day 2 of the challenge brought with it our first major setbacks on the road to an unusual. 

Annoyingly, I experienced a Steam bug that appears to have left me with a broken, unremovable trade notification. Since the broken trade is from one of the sites I was using, I've also lost access to that site for the time being (since the site thinks we're still in the middle of the trade), which is unfortunate for obvious reasons. Additionally, and perhaps even more unfortunately, Vaccinators are no longer being bought above market price as of today, meaning that the primary method I used to make money yesterday is now impossible. 

Nevertheless, we soldier onwards. I made good profit today by buying #103 crates from various sources for around a scrap each, then reselling them to backpack.tf bots for .55 ref. I also I bought and resold some hats (including a couple of painted hats) from scrap.tf on the advice of UnknownGamer, which turned out to be relatively profitable as well. Finally, I bought and resold some battle-worn robot parts, war paints, dueling minigames, etc. (basically anything I could get my hands on) throughout the day.

My goal for today was to attain a total inventory value of 15 ref, which I accomplished. My next goal is 30 ref, but I might relax a bit on the trading tomorrow, so it's possible that it'll take me a few days to get there. Based on my experience from last time, trading becomes easier but slower-paced as your inventory grows, and I'm definitely looking forward to sitting back and making big profit (relatively speaking) instead of having to grind for every scrap once I start getting more ref to throw around. 

As of the end of today, I have two outstanding trades, one of which is to sell the Conscientious Objector I picked up and the other of which is to buy more crates. Items which are part of an outstanding sent trade offer are displayed in the bottom right corner of the ending inventory screenshot. As of the end of today I also have 1 unique Scattergun which is not displayed in the inventory screenshot (since it's on auction) but which was counted toward today's ending inventory value. 
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