diff --git a/docs/api/steam.util.rst b/docs/api/steam.util.rst
index 46e73b2..a2585f3 100644
--- a/docs/api/steam.util.rst
+++ b/docs/api/steam.util.rst
@@ -22,4 +22,10 @@ util.web
     :undoc-members:
     :show-inheritance:
 
+util.binary
+-----------
 
+.. automodule:: steam.util.binary
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/steam/core/msg/structs.py b/steam/core/msg/structs.py
index ef19a00..9a88655 100644
--- a/steam/core/msg/structs.py
+++ b/steam/core/msg/structs.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 """Classes to (de)serialize various struct messages"""
 import struct
 import six
+from six.moves import range
 from steam.enums import EResult, EUniverse
 from steam.enums.emsg import EMsg
+from steam.util.binary import StructReader
 
 _emsg_map = {}
 
@@ -136,19 +138,18 @@ class ClientVACBanStatus(StructMessage):
         StructMessage.__init__(self, data)
 
     def load(self, data):
-        numBans, = struct.unpack_from("<I", data)
-        offset = 4
+        buf = StructReader(data)
+        numBans, = buf.read_format("<I")
 
-        for _ in six.moves.range(numBans):
+        for _ in range(numBans):
             m = self.VACBanRange()
-            m.start, m.end, _ = struct.unpack_from("<III", data, offset)
             self.ranges.append(m)
 
+            m.start, m.end, _ = buf.read_format("<III")
+
             if m.start > m.end:
                 m.start, m.end = m.end, m.start
 
-            offset += 4 + 4 + 4
-
     def __str__(self):
         text =  ["numBans: %d" % self.numBans]
 
@@ -179,12 +180,9 @@ class ClientChatMsg(StructMessage):
         return rbytes
 
     def load(self, data):
-        (self.steamIdChatter,
-         self.steamIdChatRoom,
-         self.ChatMsgType,
-         ) = struct.unpack_from("<QQI", data)
-
-        self.text = data[struct.calcsize("<QQI"):-1].decode('utf-8')
+        buf = StructReader(data)
+        self.steamIdChatter, self.steamIdChatRoom, self.ChatMsgType = buf.read_format("<QQI")
+        self.text = buf.read_cstring().decode('utf-8')
 
     def __str__(self):
         return '\n'.join(["steamIdChatter: %d" % self.steamIdChatter,
@@ -254,7 +252,7 @@ class ClientMarketingMessageUpdate2(StructMessage):
         def __str__(self):
             return '\n'.join(["{",
                               "id: %s" % self.id,
-                              "url: %s" % self.url,
+                              "url: %s" % repr(self.url),
                               "flags: %d" % self.flags,
                               "}",
                               ])
@@ -270,19 +268,16 @@ class ClientMarketingMessageUpdate2(StructMessage):
         StructMessage.__init__(self, data)
 
     def load(self, data):
-        self.time, count = struct.unpack_from("<II", data)
-        offset = 4 + 4
-
-        for _ in six.moves.range(count):
-            length, = struct.unpack_from("<I", data, offset)
-            url_length = length-4-8-4
-            offset += 4
+        buf = StructReader(data)
+        self.time, count = buf.read_format("<II")
 
+        for _ in range(count):
             m = self.MarketingMessage()
-            m.id, m.url, _, m.flags = struct.unpack_from("<Q%dssI" % (url_length - 1), data, offset)
             self.messages.append(m)
 
-            offset += 8 + url_length + 4
+            length, m.id = buf.read_format("<IQ")
+            m.url = buf.read_cstring().decode('utf-8')
+            m.flags = buf.read_format("<I")
 
     def __str__(self):
         text = ["time: %s" % self.time,
diff --git a/steam/util/binary.py b/steam/util/binary.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56043ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steam/util/binary.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import struct
+
+class StructReader(object):
+    def __init__(self, data):
+        """Simplifies parsing of struct data from bytes
+
+        :param data: data bytes
+        :type  data: :class:`bytes`
+        """
+        if not isinstance(data, bytes):
+            raise ValueError("Requires bytes")
+        self.data = data
+        self.offset = 0
+
+    def read_cstring(self):
+        """Reads a single null termianted string
+
+        :return: string without bytes
+        :rtype: :class:`bytes`
+        """
+        null_index = self.data.find(b'\x00', self.offset)
+        text = self.data[self.offset:null_index]  # bytes without the null
+        self.offset = null_index + 1  # advanced past null
+        return text
+
+    def read_format(self, format_text):
+        """Unpack bytes using struct modules format
+
+        :param format_text: struct's module format
+        :type  format_text: :class:`str`
+        :return data: result from :func:`struct.unpack_from`
+        :rtype: :class:`tuple`
+        """
+        data = struct.unpack_from(format_text, self.data, self.offset)
+        self.offset += struct.calcsize(format_text)
+        return data
+
+    def skip(self, n):
+        """Skips the next ``n`` bytes
+
+        :param n: number of bytes to skip
+        :type  n: :class:`int`
+        """
+        self.offset += n