_Zenith Wrote: It'll be a lot more discouraging for people to be able to begin trading though, since buying keys from the community is such a hassle and having to wait 7 days for keys that cost more than they should is going to ruin the experience of trading.
Valve surely cares about how discouraged you are! The point is, you'll have to use Valve's system in the end, while they make more money than before. I understand why it sucks, but if you look at it from a company's perspective, you'll understand that it makes sense to do it.
Not to mention, they put in the cooldown system to combat scams, are you telling Valve to stop caring about their users, wow Zenith! As you can see, they can use the cooldown part of PR as well : )