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Wow. I guess my turrets syndrome is acting up.

Thank you Whitehound and Skorpynekomimi,

Someone must be stocking up for some reason as you say.

But I understood that skillbook purchase made in one station might raise the price in that specific station.

Would someone hit EVERY single station selling skillbooks in EVE, and make large purchases of EVERY single skillbook in EACH station?

Seems like the numbers are just too large for someone to do that.

Or am I wrong in believing that skillbook purchases in one station only affect the price in that station? Would large purchases of skillbooks in Caldari space have an effect in Minmatar or Gallente space?

Greetings fellow capsuleers,

I understood that if a certain amount of a specific skillbook, i.e. Electronics Upgrades, was purchased at a specific station, i.e. Ammold V - Republic Military School, the price of the skillbook in that station might rise above the standard 90,000 ISK price. The increase in price dependent on how many skillbooks were purchased.

But I'm looking at the skillbook prices today and as far as I can tell, ALL the prices for ALL the skillbooks across EVE have climbed above their standard level.

or what is in all them haulers that one can see undocking from NPC stations?

They're full of NPC trade goods (pax amarria, dirt, reports etc). They used to occasionally drop old pos fuel parts the last time I popped some (years ago) that were worthwhile for new players to make some isk off - but they got the nerf bat.
If you want to pop some to see what they're dropping these days, just make sure they're not the same corp as the station you hit them at or the station guns get rather upset at you.

Greetings fellow capsuleers,

I have a question about the prices for the skillbooks available at the NPC schools.

I understood that if a certain amount of a specific skillbook, i.e. Electronics Upgrades, was purchased at a specific station, i.e. Ammold V - Republic Military School, the price of the skillbook in that station might rise above the standard 90,000 ISK price. The increase in price dependent on how many skillbooks were purchased.

But I'm looking at the skillbook prices today and as far as I can tell, ALL the prices for ALL the skillbooks across EVE have climbed above their standard level.

I'm wondering how that could be? Did some very large Corp or Alliance go out and make large skillbook purchases at every single station that sells them?

Thanks,

Lukas d'Ammold

I have been buying them all...then burning them.

Seriously I have noticed this too, but only for books that sell for less than 10 million.