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Old 01-15-2015, 03:03 PM
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So I was running thru EC on my way to the Neriak bank the other night and I decided to auction some of my wares that I was able to upgrade in unrest. I auctioned a bracelet of woven grass. Within seconds I had people wanting to buy asking how much. 2 of the 3 said I wanted too much which was 250p. I got responses like "what are u people thinking" & they're only worth 75 on wiki. The 3rd guy responded would u take 200, of course I would was my reply.

The morale of the story is. This transaction would have never happened with a bazaar, I would most of likely just banked the bracelet for an alt. You may all say I ripped him off, on the contrary I offered a product at a suggested price and reduced that price to accommodate my customer. Now would I have taken 100p maybe, but the point is supply & demand is a great thing. The bazaar flooded the market with everyone bank junk thus making your assests worthless and effort to sell trivial for all.

Love EC market. True free market capitalism at its finest!!!
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Old 01-15-2015, 03:13 PM
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An automated auction would have the same effect. You're thinking purely of buy-it-now with a set price.

ie; this game would be much better if it had a WoW AH clone.
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Old 01-15-2015, 04:55 PM
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An automated auction would have the same effect. You're thinking purely of buy-it-now with a set price.

ie; this game would be much better if it had a WoW AH clone.
The point of this is that a bazaar/auction house removes an aspect of the game that is enjoyable and requires effort to achieve.

2 days ago I bought a festering cloak in EC for 75p because I was impatient and just wanted something other than cloth for my back. I later saw someone selling a festering cloak for 15p. Feeling bitter about just wasting 60p, I ran over to Orc 2 and gave away my festering cloak and pursued other cloak options. The free market does have its pitfalls but when u run in to them u have no one to blame but urself.
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Old 01-15-2015, 06:55 PM
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The point of this is that a bazaar/auction house removes an aspect of the game that is enjoyable and requires effort to achieve.

2 days ago I bought a festering cloak in EC for 75p because I was impatient and just wanted something other than cloth for my back. I later saw someone selling a festering cloak for 15p. Feeling bitter about just wasting 60p, I ran over to Orc 2 and gave away my festering cloak and pursued other cloak options. The free market does have its pitfalls but when u run in to them u have no one to blame but urself.
How is that any diff than checking bazaar vendors until you find the first usable cloak not cloth and buy it on sight bc you were impatient that day. Next day you see a vendor while looking for some other armor selling that same cloak for 10pp?
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Old 01-16-2015, 10:23 AM
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How is that any diff than checking bazaar vendors until you find the first usable cloak not cloth and buy it on sight bc you were impatient that day. Next day you see a vendor while looking for some other armor selling that same cloak for 10pp?
It's alot different for 1, that noob at Orc camp would have never got a free cloak, also I more then likely would have never bought a festering cloak in the 1st place being that everyone's bank junk would be listed at the bazaar I would have bought something better or equivalent for probably less play, but most importantly the experience of negotiating the deal and the legwork involved in the transactions would never existed, which is the most valuable part of the deal to me, the interaction. It's not about the "end result" for me, it's about the overall experience that makes it enjoyable and valuable. With the bazaar, The Ends do not always Justify the Means.
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Old 01-15-2015, 03:26 PM
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So I was running thru EC on my way to the Neriak bank the other night and I decided to auction some of my wares that I was able to upgrade in unrest. I auctioned a bracelet of woven grass. Within seconds I had people wanting to buy asking how much. 2 of the 3 said I wanted too much which was 250p. I got responses like "what are u people thinking" & they're only worth 75 on wiki. The 3rd guy responded would u take 200, of course I would was my reply.

The morale of the story is. This transaction would have never happened with a bazaar, I would most of likely just banked the bracelet for an alt. You may all say I ripped him off, on the contrary I offered a product at a suggested price and reduced that price to accommodate my customer. Now would I have taken 100p maybe, but the point is supply & demand is a great thing. The bazaar flooded the market with everyone bank junk thus making your assests worthless and effort to sell trivial for all.

Love EC market. True free market capitalism at its finest!!!
We have a contender for dumbest post 2015, and it's only January.
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Old 01-15-2015, 03:31 PM
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Grata on ripping dude off. You'll fit right in with elxinobarrio and the rest of the tunnel rats. Now all u need to do is master the "all I have is xpp I'm new" lie.
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Old 01-15-2015, 03:41 PM
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Participating in free gear giveaways or raffles/randoms when you have millions of plat is also a pro tip.
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Old 01-15-2015, 04:28 PM
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Grata on ripping dude off. You'll fit right in with elxinobarrio and the rest of the tunnel rats. Now all u need to do is master the "all I have is xpp I'm new" lie.
i like haggling, im still fairly poor so i dont have much experience with the top shelf loot. But if i see an item selling for 400 i offer 250, sometimes they say sure, other times i get a counter offer somewhere in the middle. I guess what im trying to convey is offer what you think is a good deal and dont be afraid to settle for a fair price. If its a rip dont buy it.
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Old 01-15-2015, 04:15 PM
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Saw thread title, clicked hoping for some quality sarcasm and the usual half-dozen idiot gogoredteam +1's, leaving disappointed.
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