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Sun Win
Mutually Assured Distraction
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Posted - 2007.01.16 02:25:00 -
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I'll tell you why I do it.
1) Because if I undercut by a small # like the classic 0.1 ISK someone else is going to come along and undercut again etc. And so the person who gets the sales is the one who camps the market. I have better things to do than camp the market. So I drop stuff in significantly below the rest and the other traders figure "I'll wait it out" then my stuff sells and then their stuff sells.
2) Because if the space between the highest buy is too big then someone hungrier than me will swoop in and narrow the gap. I figure, I'll just narrow it now and save everyone some trouble. I cut to the chase and skips 20 steps of undercutting back and forth and put my stuff up at the inevitable final price.
3) Because a 20% markup that sells out in a day is better than a 50% markup that takes a week to sell out.
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Sun Win
Mutually Assured Distraction
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Posted - 2007.01.16 02:25:00 -
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I'll tell you why I do it.
1) Because if I undercut by a small # like the classic 0.1 ISK someone else is going to come along and undercut again etc. And so the person who gets the sales is the one who camps the market. I have better things to do than camp the market. So I drop stuff in significantly below the rest and the other traders figure "I'll wait it out" then my stuff sells and then their stuff sells.
2) Because if the space between the highest buy is too big then someone hungrier than me will swoop in and narrow the gap. I figure, I'll just narrow it now and save everyone some trouble. I cut to the chase and skips 20 steps of undercutting back and forth and put my stuff up at the inevitable final price.
3) Because a 20% markup that sells out in a day is better than a 50% markup that takes a week to sell out.
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Sun Win
Mutually Assured Distraction
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Posted - 2007.02.09 01:05:00 -
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Edited by: Sun Win on 09/02/2007 01:03:22
 Originally by: Clementina
Half the merchants in this game complain about people who undercut by 0.01 isk. the other half complain about people who undercut by 10 percent or more.
I command you merchants to get off the forums and get money.
You win the thread. 
Originally by: Motivated Prophet
Originally by: Robacz
Problem is, when two or more ppl with opinion like posters above try to sell same product. 
That sounds like one of those problems spelled "o-p-p-o-r-t-u-n-i-t-y"...
MP
You get runner-up status. 
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Sun Win
Mutually Assured Distraction
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Posted - 2007.02.09 01:05:00 -
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Edited by: Sun Win on 09/02/2007 01:03:22
Originally by: Clementina
Half the merchants in this game complain about people who undercut by 0.01 isk. the other half complain about people who undercut by 10 percent or more.
I command you merchants to get off the forums and get money.
You win the thread.
Originally by: Motivated Prophet
Originally by: Robacz
Problem is, when two or more ppl with opinion like posters above try to sell same product.
That sounds like one of those problems spelled "o-p-p-o-r-t-u-n-i-t-y"...
MP
You get runner-up status.
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