EC Tunnel Rant

[RevengeofGio]

Person A: WTS loot1 WTB loot2
Person B: Price on loot1? BTW I see you're looking for loot2.. I have one!
Person A: Nice! 2K on loot1... how much you selling loot2 for?
Person B: I'll pay 1.5K for loot1, 15K for loot2 according to wiki.
Person A: Hold on... loot1 is 2K on the wiki.
Person B: Yep, not willing to pay more.
Person A: But you want me to pay full price on loot2?
Person B: Yep, that's how I save so much money.
Person A: .......


I get the buy low and sell high stuff, but you can't quote prices off the wiki for your stuff then ignore it for their stuff.

[Messianic]

Person A: WTS loot1 WTB loot2
Person B: Price on loot1? BTW I see you're looking for loot2.. I have one!
Person A: Nice! 2K on loot1... how much you selling loot2 for?
Person B: I'll pay 1.5K for loot1, 15K for loot2 according to wiki.
Person A: Hold on... loot1 is 2K on the wiki.
Person B: Yep, not willing to pay more.
Person A: But you want me to pay full price on loot2?
Person B: Yep, that's how I save so much money.
Person A: .......


I get the buy low and sell high stuff, but you can't quote prices off the wiki for your stuff then ignore it for their stuff.

Sure you can. The wiki can be right on one price and wrong on another. No use complaining about any of this - it's all really arbitrary.

[Hailto]

Person A: WTS loot1 WTB loot2
Person B: Price on loot1? BTW I see you're looking for loot2.. I have one!
Person A: Nice! 2K on loot1... how much you selling loot2 for?
Person B: I'll pay 1.5K for loot1, 15K for loot2 according to wiki.
Person A: Hold on... loot1 is 2K on the wiki.
Person B: Yep, not willing to pay more.
Person A: But you want me to pay full price on loot2?
Person B: Yep, that's how I save so much money.
Person A: .......


I get the buy low and sell high stuff, but you can't quote prices off the wiki for your stuff then ignore it for their stuff.

The seller has every right to do this, just like you have every right not to accept the trade if you don't like the pricing. Deal w/ it.

[Daldolma]

i like to go into stores and argue with shop owners about the fact that they charge more than they pay for their wares

very productive

[ArumTP]

There are no fixed costs of anything in EQ. Unless you are some reseller in EC.

[Ishukone]

"HELP! MARKET PVP"

[Messianic]

EC is hard

[Barkingturtle]

Agree with everyone else.

Person B is totally justified being a blatant dickbag because tough shit.

[feanan]

This is why I never give anyone a deal on anything. As soon as you are the "nice guy" helping out someone you think is a newb or doesn't have much pp, 15 mins later you see them reselling your shit for 5k more.

fuck everyone

[Reapin]

I don't understand the people in EC. Some of them spend all of their time there. Its like the game for them is to see how much plat they can make. Being in EC is the worst part of this game. If they worked this hard for fake money that can disappear at any moment, think how far they could get putting that energy into real life assets!

[Pringles]

I really like:

Me: WTS X 12k
Them: I'll give you 8k
Me: I'll go 11k
Them: I'll give you 8k

Sorry but Im not going to cut my price 30% so you can turn around and resell it. Its your right, but it seems there are more buy low sell high people in EC than actual buyers.

[Sarius]

I don't understand the people in EC. Some of them spend all of their time there. Its like the game for them is to see how much plat they can make. Being in EC is the worst part of this game. If they worked this hard for fake money that can disappear at any moment, think how far they could get putting that energy into real life assets!


To each their own. Some people get joy out of camping a mob for 8 hours for the chance that a) a rare item will drop or b) they will get to /ran and win a valuable item. Other people like to play the vendor game for items or accounts. I actually find it exhilarating when I scoop up an item for what I perceive to be a low price and then end up sitting on it for weeks or selling it for a loss.

[Reapin]

I am not slamming them, I just don't understand them.

I am sure many find my joy in dueling bizarre.

[Lojik]

Let them sit in the tunnel and make money, who cares. I get bored in EC after 5 minutes. The less time I spend in EC, the more time I can spend leveling or making more lewtz.

[JurisDictum]

Bazaar/ auction hall systems are blatantly better. I've never heard an argument against them that wasn't utter nonsense.

[pharmakos]

Person A: WTS loot1 WTB loot2
Person B: Price on loot1? BTW I see you're looking for loot2.. I have one!
Person A: Nice! 2K on loot1... how much you selling loot2 for?
Person B: I'll pay 1.5K for loot1, 15K for loot2 according to wiki.
Person A: Hold on... loot1 is 2K on the wiki.
Person B: Yep, not willing to pay more.
Person A: But you want me to pay full price on loot2?
Person B: Yep, that's how I save so much money.
Person A: .......


I get the buy low and sell high stuff, but you can't quote prices off the wiki for your stuff then ignore it for their stuff.

and its ridiculous that they'll actually say to ya "yup thats how i make money," as if that somehow justifies their greedy behavior.

but i've definitely had people say that to me

i wish they'd at least make up some excuse rather than just saying "yup i'm greedy"

[Arclyte]

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[Strifer]

time to go and edit the wiki