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The free market in a virtual game is a funny thing. I'm the first trying to set a price point for something, 1 sells, but then it's all downhill

Posted by Qale (aka Qale) Dec 16 '09, 12:42

Others start setting up shops undercutting and undercutting, but now they've gone too low. The item is far less than the cost of the materials to make it.

So now I'm starting to sell the materials instead.

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Ever try Second Life? -- nm - scorpion Dec 16, 12:50 4
- No. From my research it is dominated by griefers, scammers, and furries. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 12:52 3
  - Not dominated, but it does happen unfortunatly. -- nm - scorpion Dec 16, 12:58
  - I resemble that! -- nm - scorpion SI Dec 16, 12:54 1
    - *Targets con_carne's Ika cities* -- nm - scorpion Dec 16, 13:01
You should play EVE Online. The economics in that game are tremendous -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 12:44
Basic economics fails in WoW because most people use an addon that tells them what to sell something for. - Tiny Tim Dec 16, 12:43 3
- Yeah, I do the same. Usually if I'm selling a ton of stuff on the AH, it's because I want to buy something with the cash. - Inigo Dec 16, 12:46 1
  - Yep. I used the Auctioneer addon when I plasyed and was able to find deals to flip and the - TWuG Dec 16, 12:49
- Basic economics fail in most virtual games because of farming too. There is still *some* simblance of reasonable economics here, but it's a thread. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 12:45
What game? -- nm - Inigo Dec 16, 12:43 1
- Flyff. The Christmas medals gathering of many objects are now costing more collectively than the medal. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 12:44
That was my favorite thing to do in Neopets. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 12:43 1
- I still poke my head in from time to time (daily during Advent) but they're not doing so well I don't believe. Nickelodeon is raeping them for cash. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 12:46

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