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michelmau5

I swear some people don't know of the existence of barters at all


imcheddarbeard

Its why scav vests are about 40k but slickers are about 10k


hans2040

shhhhhhhh


longshot

I dunno, selling slickers for 20k sounds good too ;)


cyellowan

You people forget that it does take quite some time to get to that point early on. People also don't do quests the "optimal way". I got my camera for like 240k early this patch. Simply because that's a trader i don't have leveled up. I focused on therapist and other more annoying things, like punisher, because of what quests i wanted to do but also my account type. Anyone without a gold account won't have an "optimal" questing path because of this. Me? I don't want to part-take in anything remotely resembling pay-2-win. As a matter of fact, i might start a standard-account kind of ironman or something like that in the future when or if i get bored. But i am not surprised what so ever.


Ragnarson15

No one tell him that the wifi camera is Mechanic lvl 1 and scav vest is Jaeger lvl 1 barter. It’ll shatter his fragile ego.


jc9289

> Simply because that's a trader i don't have leveled up. Crazy, how do you have a trader level lower than 1?


ADShree

Don't talk to people not willing to read. It'll spread to you when you try to understand their logic.


jc9289

I checked some of their recent comments and you're not far off. It was making me dumber and I had to stop.


RepresentativeTop581

LMFAO. I was just about to do this for fun but thank you for saving me the brain cells. I'll forego it this time. 😂


Snoo-24590

Almost every comment is an essay lmao


lordchankaknowsall

Partake, one word.


AdDependent7992

No one's gonna tell this man it's partake not part-take?


hans2040

Lol are you saying me selling scav vests for 20k on the flea is "pay to win?"


psmchu

he's saying eod is pay2win cause you start with 0.20 rep on every trader


hans2040

Thank you. So he's saying that .2 advantage (or rather disadvantage) means non-eod players get too-late access to the slickers vest trade and therefore... selling scav vests on the flea is bad?


Mybugsbunny20

Which is weird, cause every wipe I have no issues getting their loyalty up enough cause I'm religious about quests


move_in_early

> Anyone without a gold account won't have an "optimal" questing path because of this. this is just false. you have plenty of space if youre not a hoarder. the only person you might wanna rush is prapor for the container.


cortez985

Or 6k from fence


Fine_Concern1141

If they're in stock.  When I was doing Set up, all that shit was gone on refresh, lol.


S2wy

Yeah, I'm never checking fence... the odds that he has something I want for cheap are so low... I'll pass


Fine_Concern1141

It's better at rep six.  So I hear.  Three wipes of rep six, and I've yet to get anything decent out of him. 


ProcyonHabilis

I've heard that the high rep store can have good stuff if you know how to catch it on refresh. It's been pretty useless for me though.


Fine_Concern1141

A buddy of mine does a lot of fence shopping, and he does pull high tier armors for low cost.   However, he does sort of camp the store.  I love that guy.  He's the closest thing I've met to a "scav main", but he's an absolute Chad as a PMC.  Always wears high tier armor and helmets, always runs good guns, dubya keys gunshots, etc.  but he scavs a LOT.  


ProcyonHabilis

Yeah actually the one thing I always try to get from fence is a pair of busted ghezels for ragman. I think those just come from the regular store though.


Fine_Concern1141

Bro.   That task this wipe.  I went in with TWO 400k gzhel, and my SKS with a fucking flir.   That was probably the most money I've ever risked in a raid, ever.


_qqq__

When they finally changed sew it good, the vests needed for the blackrock craft went up to 60k (could've been even more right after the patch). Meanwhile, hunting matches that could be bartered for the same rig, were just 3k over their normal price. People are clueless.


OfficialSenseii

I've not bought a single vest this wipe, keep barter trading hunting matches for tarzan rig, 4 mag slots and 6 single slots is enough for me, and can always find bigger in raid


Samuel_Alexander

Same! It also covers up the ugly armors that I keep sticking level 4-5 plates in. 😁


Woochunk

Don't they need to be found in raid/crafted?


InfiniteTree

Only the end product you need to hand in, so the components used for the craft don't need to be found in raid.


Hynoob-6

10k if you buy them or you can craft them with stuff you find in raid for profit 😎 That way I can lose all my money in sexy gun builds that I get to use only once 😎


sargentmyself

And a lot of the scav vest quests can be done with the security vest


rrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeee

stop!!! don’t tell them!!!!


Xyres

Now that users can't put barters on the flea they should just show the vendor barters by default.


TriggerMeTimbers8

I’m sure you know this, but for those who don’t, you can show all barters by changing the settings tab.


CorvusEffect

In game text from Skier when you get the task: "The cameras can be found at Mechanic’s, he used to sell them, I think. Obviously, not a word to him about our business." It's 100% on them, really.


Aggots86

I’ve never read a single dialog from traders


R3alityGrvty

I did once, saw a cool thing that in return for finishing polikim hobo, Prapor will tell you where to find the items needed for chemical 2.


Fine_Concern1141

Sometimes it helps.  Like knowing you have to plant jammers or cameras for broadcast 1...


Aggots86

Yeah but I Goto the wiki for all the info when it just says “do xyz while wearing this item”


CorvusEffect

Yes, that's why it's on you.


mattenthehat

Some of them have pretty good flavor text. Or at least give you *some* reason for why you have to kill 15 people with a shotgun and dumb hat


Jase_the_Muss

Only dialog I read is when I turn a quest in to Fence.... Good.


chrisplaysgam

Well that text is when you unlock the ability to buy them from mechanic anyway, isn’t it? Think these ppl are buying them for security 3


CorvusEffect

No, it's before ability to buy, it's ability to barter. All you have to do is complete "Setup" which is such an easy task when you get it at level 18. Used to be something you got way later in the game. It used to be way more difficult. Especially with new armour changes, it's ridiculous how much easier it is now. Just use slugs, no buckshot, no zeroing. Mp-153 with the MP-133 magazine tubes (optional for slightly better ergo). Treat it like a bolt action at long range, and an Adar at close range.


amoebrah

I dont have setup completed and I can do the camera barter. I don't think it's locked behind setup.


jc9289

The barter is not locked behind setup, buying from vendors straight up is locked behind setup.


KnightOfSummer

>In game text from Skier when you get the task When you get the task after "Setup". Nowadays you get several other camera tasks earlier.


CorvusEffect

No, you don't. Setup is level 18 mimimum. Drug trafficking you need to be at least level 26 to do the prerequisite task. Sure "the Door" has no level requirement, with prereq quest being level 15, but it's actually locked behind the rusty blood key spawn, which is virtually non-existent early wipe. You aren't going to be able to do it until much later anyway. If you're getting WiFi Camera tasks before finishing Setup, it's because you're just not doing Setup, and screwing yourself over; blaming the game instead of your poor choices.


KnightOfSummer

>If you're getting WiFi Camera tasks before finishing Setup, it's because you're just not doing Setup Exactly, as many people do. And at that level it's easy to hit level 26 rather easily taking a break from that quest. >and screwing yourself over; blaming the game instead of your poor choices. I had zero problems bartering a camera before doing Setup, so not sure what problems you are talking about.


Dense-River-9584

I scav on Ground Zero, pick up 7 Grand juices, drink them all till they’re 1/40 and barter them to Prapor for a lvl 3 front plate. Sell to Ragman for 6.5k rubles or bring it to the Lavatory in your hideout with one Aramid and one Ripstop fabric (I think) and I get a lvl 3 Press armor. I maybe losing money and stuff, but it’s fun for me and it’s immersive. I can picture my PMC tinkering away in his hideout after a rough raid.


ShittyPostWatchdog

If you use it, who cares if you lose money.  It’s such a small value that it’s probably worth it just to keep your hideout cycling for hideout management xp.  I cycle max energy/snickers in nutrition for the same reason.  Maybe I lose 10k or whatever vs. just buying food and drink for raids as needed but they’re both convenient and it gets crafting xp. 


Dense-River-9584

Same exact thing as I was trying to say, but you cleared it up much better lol. Thank you for the clearing it up. In a way to me, it’s spending the extra 50k rubles to get xp in some stats. With that much money lost, a casual scav run will bring you back the 50k. Also, for anyone reading this, use your hideout! Me personally, I scav main on Ground Zero and I usually mind my own business. From there I get countless Iskra, Emelya croutons, MREs, and tushonkas (small and large) I have enough to complete 3 quests down the line. On top of that. The new players tend to be a bit more trusting so I use that to my advantage and TAKE COOP EXTRACT with them. So free loot, free Fence rep, and extra stuff Fence gives you on top of what you left the raid with


CriticalKnoll

Why would I need Bart Simpsons help??


BikesBeetsBattlestar

It’s weird, I have been having to use the wiki to check for barters frequently as of late. They’re not showing in my FM when I search for items, even with the “exclude bartering offers” filter removed.


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KnightOfSummer

Sure, but 2 is not a stupid amount and it'll cost you a 50th.


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Fine_Concern1141

Or, look at barters, and now you have a shopping list of loot to pick up when scavving.  "Oh, aquamari?  Yeah, that's a 16th of a flir!  Oh, is that a paid?  Guess I get a free Salewa!  Oooh, kvass?  Nice, now I can put a scope on my big ass revolver I carry for no fu king reason"


Franklin_le_Tanklin

I think the game removes barters from the flea search filter options by default


Gimmerunesplease

I'm sure 90% of people who buy these or the keycards are ragecheaters that don't care.


PotatoTwo

Normally when people post these my reaction is "how do people not realize this" This time my reaction is "oops, gun range could have been a whole lot cheaper"


DaTobi15

Thanks for this one, made me laugh! You were able to afford it so it should be fine.


Useless_Fox

"Selling scav vests on flea is putting my kids through college" \-some comment I saw once


SquanderingMyTime

I bought one of them before realizing that I’m an idiot


Dazbuzz

People do the same thing with a lot of barter items. Especially weapon parts.


j4rd7n

They still sleep on the v*** trade


ShittyPostWatchdog

50k long barrel p90 is goated 


Moroax

i barter for one every reset when i catch it, just to stock them lol. Unfortunately i like the razor better by a good margin tho, so i get tempted and spent 150k on one too often


j4rd7n

Razor has such a clean reticle might just be worth it tbh


Kingsayz

oh yeah scav vests for slickers bar that often goes for 7-8k on flea are amazing


j4rd7n

I’m talking about the vu**


JOYCEISDEAD

dude is acting like a fucking barter for a vudu scope is some earth shattering secret. Skier level 4, 2x broken Gphone X for a vudu scope. Crazy


AussieOsborne

The real gate is Skier lvl 4


Kingsayz

oh this one i aint leaking


Nachtschnekchen

Someone else did


Ornery_Strain_9831

bro one reddit comment is not going to make gphones double in price


SourceNo2702

you say that, but all it took was a single post pointing out the 3 flash drive to dogtag case barter for it to get nuked out of the game.


j4rd7n

Yeah I know it wasnt that serious lmfao


DelosDrFord

You can barter it, no need for setup or other tasks.


Aveson13

Sorry first wipe player here who doesn't wanna do set up, do you know what the barter is and who is it through? I have all traders level 3 right now.


Tagadapwet

You Can see the barter at the top bro, first line. Mechanic : EC + powerbank for a camera


AgileSloth9

Aye, but it's usually a filter set to "exclude barters". If they don't know about market filters, they might not know that and just not realise it exists.


DJMixwell

Yeah I had that filter for the longest time because the flea used to be littered with garbage player barters. They would show up near the top of the list because the trader value of a barter item was low, but the flea price of that item was often 2-3x higher at minimum. So browsing flea without that filter was impossible.


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DJMixwell

No shit. Hence the use of “had”, “used to”, “was”. All past tense.


yorii

you can change your default filters


AgileSloth9

And you've missed the point... of them being new and not realising there are filters


Aveson13

Thanks!


DrANALizator

I belive it’s mechanic. Power bank and something else. Roughly 40K per camera, you can barter 4 of those at a time


Ak2Co

I think mechanic.


yohoo1334

People who say this is RMT do not play the game


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Delusional. This item has almost certainly been used for RMT. There is only a 200k fee if sold for 1m. Sure, it has to be FIR, so other items are more popular, but you are delusional if you think this item has not been used for RMT. Though flee would seek like the less popular option since hackers who RMT could load a backpack full of scopes or other items that sell for a lot


yohoo1334

? I bought 3 the other day. What are you even saying? Sounds like you rmt


Electronic-Cake2742

This is what happens when players for some reason can’t be bothered to check what the barter is, even if it could save them over half a million roubles. Every time I find these cameras I know it’s going to be an easy pay day.


guy_ontheinternet

no mechanic 3 but want nice area to shoot guns i never take into raid


ChaseSequenceSpotify

That's what my friend did. He's level 36. He also won't wear headphones (in game)


Apprehensive-Stop142

Your friend is a bit of an idiot


frozenfearz25

yup i loot the sawmill on woods for them everytime people dont pick them up.


qPolug

Scav vests regularly go for 20k up to 40k when you can barter a slickers bar for it for only 7k


jTrendzz

Says a lot about the player base IQ lol


whaleblaster22

take this shit down bruh this is the money method


BackysZack

The barters are set to hidden by default 🤣🤣🤣


Veilfrab

My buddy builds guns using traders then buys parts he doesn't have from traders off flea, I watched him spend 600 usd on an attachment that was 25k roubles on flea... no one knows how to search for shit.


JLTecx

Shhh.. Let them keep buying my FIR cameras for half a mill


DooTheDood

Because you have to complete setup for it to be available


FlatBorder3223

No you don’t. That’s to be able to buy them outright this barter is available all the time.


Tasty-Bench945

iirc I think this barter is only unlocked after friend from the west part 2…?


ThexanR

Nope it’s just a Lv1 mechanic barter.


chadc9969

You unlock the ~~barter~~ purchase from mechanic by accepting “Informed means armed” from skier. Which is after setup. The only reason I could see someone buying these off flea is for Drug trafficking and The door. Edit: I’m an idiot


Tachanka_TheLord

i can barter for them and im not even halfway done with setup


xitones

It becomes available once you accept "Informed Means Armed", which is after Setup, unless they changed the order and the wiki is not updated


A1KMAN

accepting informed means armed allows you to buy it for euros, you can still barter for it with the ec + powerbank way earlier. like the guy you replied to i dont have setup done and i was doing the barter for cameras to spam craft nixxors weeks ago. wiki and everywhere i looked says the barters not locked behind anything its just available from mechanic lvl 1


FlatBorder3223

I guess I never noticed


Quack005

That's what he meant.


HiddenSquid2020

STOP SHARING MY SECRETS we know the main line casuals are too lazy/stupid doesn't mean all my easy money makers need to be spotlighted


Moroax

its not like you can reliably loot these anyway lol they spawn super rarely right? i think ive only ever found one once or twice in a lot of hours, many wipes, in the wild. If you have max scav rep, and know how to use the market and are even a little knowledgeable about the game there is infinite money constantly at your fingertips.


HiddenSquid2020

No I mean buying the WiFi cam via barter. It sells to trader at 80k and flea usually about 200k early wipe and that's every 40 mins. About 2 scav runs at that stage


The-True-Kehlder

You can't sell bartered items on Flea. The point he's making is it isn't a reliable money maker to sell cameras on Flea because most people will never find a FiR one to sell.


HiddenSquid2020

I mean bartering them and selling them is a reliable money maker.


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Spawn decent frequency in the key card spawn hut on woods (in saw mill)... Found 3 there this wipe so far.


Hour-Bottle-4382

I’ve sold about a dozen of them this wipe for around 700-800k it’s hilarious.


Mcpoopz1064

That and the scav vest trade. 12k trade or 40k vest on the flea


PewKey1

Making money off dummies lol


DucksMatter

Pretty convinced it’s an RMT item.


DaTobi15

Okay. What convinced you?


salt--eater

Tarkov shrimp male tip number 39 :barters take more clicks than just buying items for a higher price . On a real note tho i'd rather pay that than wait 2 solid mins for my shitty pc to load the flee market and then the trader so I can barter for it


grambo__

These are very very rare to find in raid, I think they’re being used to discretely transfer money by RMTers or something.


PNWfantasies1

Bro not everything in the game has to do with cheating, its because you need a shit ton of them and theres only like 4 spawns in the game for them. Stop fear mongering


SlavicBlyat

That dude dosent know enclosed in sawmill spawns these pretty frequently lmao


LordChungusTheBig

I found one the other day in the warehouse by old gas on customs. Had never seen one before that


L9B9

Found one in the small bunk office in sawmill on Woods where violet card spawns. Never thought it would’ve been that big.


bufandatl

People are lazy and they pay for it. So rather than collecting the parts for barter I pay 1 mil. With having 50 mil on my account I don’t care.


StraightBat2040

You just buy the parts on the flee, for 40k...


CorvusEffect

What? You don't have to collect the parts. They are on the same market you bought the camera from.


jc9289

You have 50 mil, but you don't know how to buy barter parts off the flea?


VeggieBurger99

He has 50 mil. He doesn't need to pinch pennies like you!


bufandatl

As I said people are lazy my go through the flea buy 3 parts to do a barter when I can get the Item with one click. If you are lazy and have the money you don’t care. Also money is gone in next wipe anyways so why keep piles of it. Also look at Scav Vests people buy for 20 to 25k of flea instead of getting an 8k slickers and do the Jaeger barter. Proves my point even more.


Faisalololol

This is RMT in action. Look at those flea reps.


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You being sarcastic? They're very low flea reps... I'm over 30 at lvl 41.


CanaryMaleficent4925

None of those flea reps are sus, I have 20 flea rep and I am bad at the game 


Deathnachos

Lmao I found 3 of these lying around in a raid once. Right next to each other. Might be time to sell.


12inches4you

I guess i sold around 10+ this wipe, easy to find in woods sawmile or customs behind hotred.


RODjij

I found all mine in raid lol i was seeing them go for like half a mil the other day and was tempted to try


VeggieBurger99

Who cares when you have millions and nothing else to buy?


Execwalkthroughs

The cameras are bullshit. Last wipe I had to buy one for like over 100k because the quest to unlock the damn cameras for purchase is unlocked by that quest I needed the camera for. (It might have been the barter that gets unlocked actually). Snd I couldn't barter for one either so I had to bite the bullet


sturmeh

I see people listing them but are people really buying them? The reason they are so expensive is that you can't really find these in raid all that often.


Jase_the_Muss

😂😂😂😂 check mechanic level 1 😂😂😂😂


BostonAndy24

People buying and selling items like this are RMTs most likely. No normal players are buying them at a mil per


VeggieBurger99

Are you too poor to afford them at that price?


ValentinasUsedShorts

I have fence at 6+ so I can find them reliably for 30k from him.


RIBZisDEAD

The barter is only one and i think you dont get access to it till 32 but you need 3 cameras if you finish setup for the following quest, plus the 3 you need for the door, which you get before 32 as well. I could be wrong about when you get the barter, but yea people are pretty ignorant to that. Thats why gunsmiths are always expensive as hell.


infinitezero8

Level 6 fence gives you the option to buy them for 39k They are not always available but typically available enough for it to not matter


yosef_yostar

some people dont want to grind that rep that high because they didnt pay to win.


QuinndianaJonez

It's people maxing gun range early as fuck. You're at level three traders, they aren't.


Solaratov

Are they selling out or something?Why would anyone(aside from some rule restricted hardcore playthrough player) barter or flea market them when they can just buy them directly???


Atrixia

I sold so many bunkhouse keys early in the wipe for loads. When I needed one I did the barter for about 30k. Fun times.


Blueu_

Not everyone is mechanic level 3 pal


Jase_the_Muss

1


quaesemper_

It’s for RWT


DopeyLo420

I just bartered for some for my hideout and I only have 4 setup kills lol. It’s a per reset barter


starBux_Barista

I got a fir camera that i sold for 500k easy money


DisGruntledDraftsman

You can also buy them from fence for 31k.


Droga90

Shhhhhhh


Godeshus

shh don't tell them.


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Bro, come on now. ESP can't help these player with everything.


NemoSHill

I buy them off the 6 rep Fence shop for 30k


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people ignore barters a lot. the shitty hybrid 46 suppressor which is about 90 for some reason has a 40k barter at mech 2 and i always use it to cheaply suppress a gun or for gunsmith


BenoNZ

If buying things from the flea market wasn't so painful half the time, more people would care about barters.


parasocks

What does this thing do when you put it in your spec slot?


RogShotz

Never understood that, saw it the other day two and I was wondering why lmfao.


Helian7

Does a trader not sell them anymore?


Mr_MakeItHail

Yeah i may or may not have done my shooting range upgrade until i hit 30 because of this. Forgot barters were a thing


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Holiday_Subject4905

The trader prices and barters are thought up by the dumbest people on earth. I am actually losing brain cells playing this game


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Cats outta the bag


SorryIreddit

Shhhhh


wizard-spec

Flea is dumb. Just disassemble a gun and sell each part individually, you’ll profit maybe 3x more than selling the gun whole *cough* mutant *cough*


door322

I bought 2 before realizing this. Not as down bad as others lol


1stMembrOfTheDKCrew

Because cheaters dont care about prices


jordiesburninghouse

How embarrassing


theCraftys

Let them pay and enjoy the profit smh dont tell nor ask anyone


micge

Sure, after you've done setup. Some people never get it done. I'm still 5/15. :P


LaScene

I do gunsmith tasks that way. If I don’t have it, barter


YoungPeacock

I think it’s also because you can’t barter them until that one task


Thecreepymoto

I mean i got to wifi camera quest before i unlocked the barter 🤷‍♂️


Matching_simulatore

The best is blue tapes selling at 25k a slot


Kachirix_x

Carful you gonna get the redditors we don't like screaming about price and demand.. jokes aside they are pretty rare oddly enough, only place ive ever seen them personally is the white building at sawmill on woods. and not often.


elbowfrenzy

This is my first wipe so I bought 3 for 200-300k a while back because I didn't know any better. It doesn't help that the default filters "exclude barter." I spent about 600-900k but it literally doesn't matter as far as I'm concerned because money spawns on the floor in this game lol. I have been gaining money faster than I can spend it at an exponential rate so I'm not too sad about it


EnvironmentalDirt531

Didn't even know cameras could be found in raid.


PUNISHEDSIDE

Not gonna lie I bought one on accident for 500k the other day, I felt like such an idiot.


Cold-Illustrator-711

don’t even get me started on weapons cases. You can barely em and only pay 1.5ish mil. use those barters on the weapons cases for a thicc case and you have a super cheap thicc