steamsteam-trading-cards
These days I want to uninstall some games to get more space for the new ones.
I have earned some trading cards playing those games I want to uninstall, but I don't know if uninstalling will make me lose my trading cards of these games. Will this happen? Or I can uninstall without any problem?
Yes,I bought an item for Dota 2 online rather than in-game shop and my progress towards the card increased,don't see why it would be different for TF2.
When you buy items online the system asks you to log-in with your steam account to finish purchase;in-game store is essentially just a simple game web browser to display the original online store(Why?It is easier to maintain one store than 2).So in the end whether you buy something online or in-game it goes thru the same account and the same system.
Also the system is retroactive,meaning all things you bought before trading cards will be counted as you bought them now.So the system will checks your receits and they are the same for both stores.
If you want to check for yourself you don't have to spent 9$,you can purchase the cheapest item you find and then check if you "progress towards next card" has increased.
The "restrictions" you're saying you've got on your account do not match up with what Steam call a "limited account" - it is probably worth contacting Steam support to discuss the issues you're having with the Steam store.
There are four methods of earning Snow Globe cards:
Vote in the "Community's Choice" sale every 8 hours, for every three times you vote you get one card (that's one free card per day)
Buying games/software from Steam: for every $10 you spend on Steam you get a Snow Globe card
Trading with other players on the Steam market
Crafting other badges will result in a Snow Globe card for each badge crafted
One thing to note is that getting Snow Globes by voting for the "Community's Choice" sale requires that you be level 5 already.
Best Answer
No, trading cards are items stored in your inventory
If you uninstall a game, the cards you've already collected will remain in your inventory.
Additionally, any progress you've made towards collecting cards and the total you've earned out of the available gifted free cards from playing will be preserved. For example, if you have collected 3 out of 4 available "free" cards that can be earned by playing a game when you uninstalled it, reinstalling the game in the future will allow you to collect the one remaining "free" card.