Remove raw materials priced over NPC price

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Remove raw materials priced over NPC price

Post by Guest » 12.01.2010, 18:20

Hello.

Please, admins, remove or return to owner raw materials from market which are over NPC price. As now it is not possible to sell it in market more than NPC price, then all that are over it, now are disturbing viewing page.

Like now in power market it is half page of prices 0.29, 0.40, 0.50 and so on. No one will buy them, even total prices are not that much, I could buy them out from market but then I could be banned for buying too expensive products.

Please remove that products to free space in market for actual products.

Thank you.

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Post by Guest » 12.01.2010, 18:43

sounds good.

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Post by Guest » 12.01.2010, 20:41

I would like it and shouldn't require that much time. Seeds is the worst I think.

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Post by Guest » 13.01.2010, 03:29

I agree. Q0 materials above the NPC price should be removed or canceled from the market.

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Very good suggestion, i brought this up years ago.

Post by Guest » 13.01.2010, 20:38

last time i brought this up all they said was most people know the Raw Materials Inc.'s prices for Q*0. and that its your own risk if you pay what you pay. about 2 years ago lol.

i agree that products offered by NPC for the same quality *0 should not be allowed to be higher then the listed NPC price of That item/product.

Example: if a player puts an item on the market which is offered by Raw materials Inc. the item should be sent back to the player without the refund of the 10% market fee.

that way maybe people will think twice before putting something on the market for an unreasonable price. especially if they see a message stating:

Sender: System
Subject: You've been Fined!
Your products have been returned to you, with an additional 5% fine because Raw Materials Inc. has reported you for selling your item(s) for an illegal price!

Your items have been returned to the warehouse, but they kept the 10% market fee and fined you 5%!

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90 day limit

Post by Guest » 15.08.2010, 17:15

What about returning any market items from players that have not logged in for more than 90 days. They would only lose the 10% commission and their item would be in the warehouse when, or if, they logged back in.

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Post by pearlbay » 16.08.2010, 08:02

Hi guys,

I understand the problem. I will ask the programmers if there is a way to remove these offers from their side. This may take a little, because of the current vacation-time, but I will make sure to pass this on and see if we can do anything here.

Best regards,

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Post by Guest » 16.08.2010, 09:25

thanks pearlbay :)

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Post by Guest » 16.08.2010, 17:42

I have a vague memory that some people added products to the market well above market value to "store" their products simply because no one in their right mind would buy them. But that might not be raw materials.

...or maybe that was a certain Upjers garden game. *taps lips in thought*

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Post by pearlbay » 12.10.2010, 14:15

... has been a while now, but this has been taken care of in the meantime. Sorry I forgot to post an update here!

Cheers,

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Post by Guest » 14.10.2010, 12:52

The raw materials screens do get ugly after a while and it is a good idea to clean things up from time to time...but here is another way to think about it.

This game is a whole lot of 'commerce' and part of that gameplay is calculated risk. I'm guessing that every player here has done something stupid with their money at some point. I think that if a player is silly enough to post something like that at the market, when they should know it won't sell, they should be allowed to just do it. A warning message and a 20% market fee might be a good idea for those posting at prices higher than NPC, but don't block a player from their own stupidity.

Likewise, if a player isn't doing their research and paying attention, shame on them and they deserve to pay too much. All NPC controlled items are easy to find and compare prices on. It's one of the first things I figured out when I started playing Kapi Regnum 2 years ago. All that information is right there in the tutorial and in the help screen. It's not like we aren't warned and told repeatedly to be careful when buying raw materials.

I know it sounds sort of harsh, so I will also say I'm a very, very new player here, and recently had to reset my account because of a different sort of stupid mistake. It happens. we learn, we move on.

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