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Xantheris
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Posted - 2008.04.28 15:35:00 -
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I am just curious as to why traders put up Region Wide Buys... If you are trading in say, a high volume module or ship, doesn't a Region Wide Buy get you small stacks all over the entire region in different systems and stations? Isn't it hard to consolidate all of that into one or two stations and then resell? Or do most people just remotely resell at the station the Region Wide Buy is filled?
Sorry to ask a dumb question, but I'm trying to figure things out one step at a time.
Thanks in advance for answers/flames. 
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Xantheris
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Posted - 2008.04.28 15:53:00 -
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Yeah the lower price I guess offsets the time needed to haul from the remote stations the order is filled in to where you want to sell. And for Corps it makes sense as well. Any other reasons?
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Xantheris
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Posted - 2008.04.28 16:07:00 -
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 Originally by: Prospectus Major
I believe region wide buy orders allows the trader to control the market for the entire region on a specific item. For instance if they have a region wide buy order priced below thier selling price they will essentially buy everything listed in that region. This allows them to 'corner the market' for the specific item in that region forcing any buyer to buy from them. In other words if they are buying all of a specific item which is listed in a specific region the only way another person can purchase the item is from them. This allows them to control the market in the region on this specific item.
I am not quite sure that is right...
Person A has a Region Wide Buy for 10 isk
Person B has a Station Wide Buy for 11 isk
All items in that Station that Person B setup his order in go to Person B cuz he has a higher price. But all the items everywhere else in the Region go to Person A.
I am guessing the Region Wide Buy allows a trader to get uber low priced items in remote stations that only trade a few of the said item compared to stations which move hundreds of that item at higher price. Right?
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Xantheris
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Black Star Alliance
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Posted - 2008.04.28 16:40:00 -
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Was waiting for you to respond Shar
I know there's no exact answer to this kind of stuff, I was looking for some general cases and such. Which so far have been provided and seem reasonable... to me (the expert!!!  )
When I thought about Region Wide Buys I always thought it'd be such a pain to move the small stacks I'd acquire all over the place, 5, 10, 15 jumps apart, to a central hub. There's more stuff to think about though with each response.
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Xantheris
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Posted - 2008.04.28 17:02:00 -
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Originally by: SencneS
Consider this in your thoughts.
More often then not the Region wide fills faster even though it's 25% cheaper (Talking about cheap products here with large volume) The reason I place the 5jump 10% less is because someone 6 jumps away will make a single jump to get 15% more.
I like that idea.
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Xantheris
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Black Star Alliance
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Posted - 2008.04.29 12:16:00 -
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Originally by: Lord Fitz
You will buy things for lower prices if you buy from the lazy and out of the way sellers. For one item, it may be alot of effort, as you say you get small stacks in each station, but if you are buying 100-300 different products, you end up with larger stacks of many varied products in different stations, which you can go collect in freighters and then refine for minerals, or simply resell.
So what I am getting from most of these posts, Region Wide Buys are most useful if you are trading a huge amount of either the same or different products as Region Wide Buys allow you to get lower prices. I guess the time/money you spend carrying all the stuff from remote locations to central area is made up by the increased margin.
Sounds like a cool thing to maybe experiment with.
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