Market abuse

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 12.03.2007, 21:50

So for the last three hours or more, someone's been creating multiple accounts and selling tons of raw materials for .01. And obviously tons of people have been buying it.

Apart from banning the offending IP, something really needs to be done. It's really easy to abuse the system.

A few ideas:

1. A lower cap on sale of raw materials, maybe a minimum value based on current market values.

2. A probation period after creating a new account where the market can't be used.

3. A block on being able to sell some or all of one's starting resources

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 12.03.2007, 21:54

I think you will find this is just to crash the server to stop sales of lemons to allow the BIG boys to make a killing with the comp how sad to sit at a pc and register account after account it has to be a childish idiot or like i said someone/somepeople trying to crash the servers

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 12.03.2007, 22:01

2 can not be done as how to you make money when you start the only thing for you to use is market lol unless a buy a building that sells but most dont lol. and i think some place they dont want to have a cap on the items. only one my work is 3 but you would have to block it all from being sold on market as they can just make more acounts and still sell alot

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 12.03.2007, 22:02

Correction on #2. You CAN use the market, just not to sell raw materials.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 12.03.2007, 22:03

be sure, all guys, who bought this offers, will be deleted immediately.

And thats right.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 12.03.2007, 22:05

ya dont buy anything even tho the steel makes you realy want to get some at that price

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 12.03.2007, 22:33

What about if I need some steel (which I will very soon) and I buy some that is being sold on from the initial sale by the players who bought them, would I be penalised for that as there is no way of knowing?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 12.03.2007, 22:43

you buy at the nexed lowest price lol ya everyone knows not to buy .01 stuff

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 12.03.2007, 22:49

Sorry, I meant if I now buy from the market the steel that another player is selling as a result of buying it at 0.01?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 13.03.2007, 00:05

never buy steel for under 10 and even then add another 5 to take into account the market tax and such.

Stone costs more to produce then steel when you factor in a yellow mine however we talking like 2 days to produce 1k of steel and that's with a 50m factory.

i produce steel myself and while i sell half of it, i use the other half in expanding.

i am using all green zone factories so if you ever see steel for sale for under 15, then it will most likely be starting resources.

As steel is used on one of the highest value items, cars. you really should not be seeing it for under 100 anyway. 125 is prob the avg.

I'm researching my steel and it's componets now so when i start selling cars in a car dealership i will have some high q cars ready to produce.

Edit: Stone doesn't cost more then steel to make, it's wood that does.