is the auction site accurate?

[tiadashi]

All this stuff was present back in the day minus the auctionsite - people who are interested in "tunnelQuest" spend the time to know the avg price on any given item without auctionsite stuff -

I was a part time "tunnelQuest'r" back in the day as on p99 but allot less now then back in the day - just use the auctionsite/wiki as a basic price if you dont know and go from there

I wouldnt listen to anyone who tries to convince you a price is wrong in the end people pay/sell what they want/willing to

[Lojik]

I think it's fairly accurate. Perfect? No, but a lot of the people who say "that site's not accurate" are just trying to rip you off themselves. The wiki is sometimes ok, but look at the last dates that data was entered...a lot of times it's 6+ months old. With big ticket items just do a fair bit of research I guess.

[Nilstoniakrath]

Players game the site... both ways. Fake traders call out prices both high and low, to fudge the calculations. A lot of the prices are legit, but you need to do a smell test on the data, and not just take it as gospel.

[Izmael]

Lol @ tunnelquesters "ruining the game" by "jacking prices up".

Fungi 40k
GEBs 1.5k
Sarnak Shield 2k
Ikky BP 8k

Prices SO high

[Jimjam]

I don't really understand why people get mad at the price they (or other people) are willing to pay for things.

If it's not worth it to you, don't buy it. If enough people agree then the price will come down. If some people value the item more than you then you have no reason to complain; you were out-bidded!

The majority of items in game are still available for you to go out and earn yourself (provided you are willing to put in the time and effort). If you aren't willing to do that then, again, it's not worth it to you so why get mad?

[EdTuBrutus]

It's not accurate because it has nothing to do with sales. It is not a record of sales. It has no knowledge of the actual price sales are conducted at.

The core problem is that there are a lot of nutty people out there that don't understand that it is just a collection of Offer prices and aren't willing to negotiate or consider that the list of Offer prices on P99 does not contain any evidence of actual sales.

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by EdTuBrutus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's not accurate because it has nothing to do with sales. It is not a record of sales. It has no knowledge of the actual price sales are conducted at.

The core problem is that there are a lot of nutty people out there that don't understand that it is just a collection of Offer prices and aren't willing to negotiate or consider that the list of Offer prices on P99 does not contain any evidence of actual sales.

Yep and very easy to toy with.

[Swish]

Prices can't keep inflating if the population is decreasing. Great time to reinvigorate the player base with PvP teams <3

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Great time to reinvigorate the player base with PvP teams <3

I like this ^^

[EQBallzz]

I think the prices are fairly accurate but it's best to use it as a ballpark guide than an ironclad price. There are exceptions, though. Some item prices are so established that you don't see fluctuation even on the auction site. HQ pelts for example are *almost* always 30p.