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Shuturfingfaceunclefer
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.03.18 13:04:00 -
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Recently started trading and this morning made a very expensive error. Whilst editing my buying order added an additional zero therefore buying the item for x10 the value i had intended to even though there were valid sell prices at about 20% above buy. The max sell price of the item at the time was only 40% ish on buy prices. There was not even a warning message about being over value which surprised me as have been buying shidl boosters for 50% of buy price at 250k and having to click the OK button to the market price deviatation warning.
Am I the only one thinking this isn't cricket and in making the error should only have been charged the active buy price, even only the highest sell price wold have been fairer. Just that that on click have taken away a whole week of profits and left me rather demoralised :-(
Thanks you in advance for the contructive comments. |
Shuturfingfaceunclefer
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.03.18 13:17:00 -
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cpt Mark wrote:Ive maybe done it once, but i've also had people buy from me at a high price by accident too.
I always double check orders before clicking ok.
From the sounds of things, a 250k item x10 shouldn't have cost you too much (i wouldn't place buy orders for more than 10-20 in value anyway)
A lesson learned at a cheap price :)
This particular item was 50m so paid 500m for it, was giving the shield booster as example of a transaction where I always get the deviation warning from.
I know you should not compare to real life but its a bit like wanted to buy a car for -ú20k and accidnetly offering -ú200k to saleman and him closing the deal there with no recourse for the higher amount, a bit harsh imo. |
Shuturfingfaceunclefer
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.03.18 13:41:00 -
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Dalden V wrote:Shuturfingfaceunclefer wrote:
I know you should not compare to real life but its a bit like wanted to buy a car for -ú20k and accidnetly offering -ú200k to saleman and him closing the deal there with no recourse for the higher amount, a bit harsh imo.
I know it sucks, and I've made costly mistakes as well, but rather think of it as you placing an advertisement to buy a car for 200k, and someone accepting your offer. That's how the market works, you place an order to pay X for an item and someone then accepts your offer. It just gives people that already have sell orders up the opportunity to accept your buy offer first.
I understand your point and if there was a buy order that existed kinda would have been less miffed but under current rules if i place a big for 1x tritanium for 100Tillion ISK and have the wallet then that would be filled with no buy order existing, just seems a bit off to me thats all. |
Shuturfingfaceunclefer
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.03.18 18:20:00 -
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Daniel Plain wrote:i recently sold a charon freighter for 130 million. **** happens.
bummer, just think when trading in bigger, better than buying one for 13b though I suppose.... |
Shuturfingfaceunclefer
Lurch's Lurchers
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Posted - 2014.03.21 13:13:00 -
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Thanks for the comments guys, very helpful, did not expect such a high proportion of constructive comments if honest. Half a billion is not realy that bad in reflection I suppose, just very annoying.
A couple of safeguards I have tried it introduce on think about it is using my mouse scroller as much as possible, typing out the reprice from scratch and clicking elsewhere to get the separators and by making sure I update my buy order before I do my sell order on the same product. That way I can only sell stuff for less then they are worth and if I overprce my buy order, I buy my own goods therefore only losing tranactional cost.
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