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CmdrThor
FinFleet Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.08.28 16:00:00 -
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Did someone dump tens of thousands of them on the market the last few weeks or what? They already cost less than even the +3 charisma ones.
Not that I complain (cheap implants = more pewpew ), but how did that happen? What about the other attribute implants - will they also drop that much?
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Kitex
Caldari Blacktag Test Labs
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Posted - 2007.08.28 17:17:00 -
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Implants across the board dropped significantly with the introduction of the LP store. Since then, +4 cha has been seriously undervalued as a result of oversupply and low demand, as folks just don't have any respect for cha and won't pay double the cost of a +3 for that 1 extra point.
The market for attribute implants has (in my estimation) dropped as far as it EVER will. They already represent a very poor LP/ISK ratio for mission runners looking to cash in, and with the introduction of more faction loot in the LP stores, I can only see attribute implant supply going down from here.
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Amicus Pauperi
ASGARD SECURITY SHIPPING PRODUCTION SMASH Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.28 17:59:00 -
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Except that there's still a steady supply of implants from Storyline Missions.
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Kitex
Caldari Blacktag Test Labs
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Posted - 2007.08.28 18:17:00 -
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Originally by: Amicus Pauperi Except that there's still a steady supply of implants from Storyline Missions.
While true, if you were observing this particular market both before and after the LP store was introduced, I'm sure you realize that the supply of implants from storyline missions pales in comparison to the supply from LP store purchases.
I'm not saying that the market for attribute implants will go up. I'm saying it's about at rock bottom, and won't go lower. For it to go lower, people would have to buy implants from the LP store with ISK and LP (throwing away their LP entirely), then sell the implants on the market at the same price they just paid to acquire it. I don't believe people are that dumb.
Supply from storylines just isnt enough to crash this market any further.
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CmdrThor
FinFleet Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.08.28 18:23:00 -
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Originally by: Kitex Implants across the board dropped significantly with the introduction of the LP store. Since then, +4 cha has been seriously undervalued as a result of oversupply and low demand, as folks just don't have any respect for cha and won't pay double the cost of a +3 for that 1 extra point.
I know the charisma implants have always been the bastard children of implants, but still, even after the LP store, the +4's held fairly steady at around 11m-12m or so (in Jita) - seeing that they cost 12m ISK and 12k LP, it's safe to assume most of the supply came from storylines. But just in the last 2 weeks they dropped to BELOW +3's price - it looks like everyone stopped buying them or some new source became available.
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Nightfreeze
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Posted - 2007.08.28 22:55:00 -
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You guys may want to look into it for yourselves, but I believe there is market botting in the Forge improved implant market. I petitioned it a few weeks ago but I don't know if anything was done about it.
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Kitex
Caldari Blacktag Test Labs
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Posted - 2007.08.28 23:25:00 -
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Bots or just mindless marketeers at the wheel, I don't know. I have seen what you're talking about though. I drove one of them to within 100k of the highest buy (at some risk to my own stock) when I first suspected it. I bought his entire inventory, raised my prices back up to where the rest of the pack was probably rolling their eyes at both of us, and profited 15m per unit on what I'd purchased from the bot (or r'tard), whichever the case may be.
I don't deal in +5s anymore, because I like to see my orders on top for at least 30 seconds before I'm undercut.
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SonOfAGhost
Minmatar Munitions and Tactical Assets Repository Zzz
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Posted - 2007.08.29 04:45:00 -
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Perhaps they dropped below +3s because people are skipping the +4s and going for the +5s. Increased supply across the board = lower demand for the inferior ones. +3s being the new +1s for PvP JCs. I've dabbled in implants now and then, the odd-numbered ones have always been much more popular.
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