*WARNING: Contains venting*

As someone who isn't a major trader, and is just someone who plays tf2 on occasion and would like some nice items, it's incredibly frustrating to try to buy a first and only unusual ever.

I'm looking for either a PE or GE SnS. Pretty much everyone I can find is demanding (at minimum) 3 buds pure and up.

I already have one bud, but because I don't have pages of rep here as I don't constantly trade, trying to buy 2 more has so far yielded 0 results. The one tentative offer I had (on what was a duped pair of buds anyway) was sold to someone else who was buying 33 BUDS AT ONCE before I could even reply to it.

I understand why people are cautious, I'm well aware there are a lot of scammers out there and I don't exactly blame people for wanting to be careful. That being said, I have no interest in scamming anyone, I'm just a guy who enjoys the game and would like to have ONE nice item for the class I play the most.

Anyway, sorry if this post doesn't belong here, but I just needed to vent a bit of frustration.