Need to low prices on purple sets
By
AgentMountaineer,
Posted on: 2009-06-17 10:56 in The Market and Inventions
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Well, after about 35 hours i got my purple horse. It came in the form of an Apocolypse: Dam/Rech. Nice one. 35 bidding and 0 for sale atm. Last 5 are between 140-155mill crafted. Options as followsl;
A) Craft and sell.
B) Hold CC for it.
C) Sell to vendor.
D) Sell for 5 million to set a trend. (though unlikely) It'd more than likely just be flipped.
Decisions, decisions....
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Any option other than C will result in a huge net gain in money for a marketeer.
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Ack logic overload. Please refrain from making such posts in the future.
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Well, after about 35 hours i got my purple horse. It came in the form of an Apocolypse: Dam/Rech. Nice one. 35 bidding and 0 for sale atm. Last 5 are between 140-155mill crafted. Options as followsl;
A) Craft and sell.
B) Hold CC for it.
C) Sell to vendor.
D) Sell for 5 million to set a trend. (though unlikely) It'd more than likely just be flipped.
Decisions, decisions....
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Any option other than C will result in a huge net gain in money for a marketeer.
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I accidently vendored a Gravitational Anchor:Immobilize (Superior) to Mender Roebuck on the day Scissor Man hit level 50.
I sent a petetion in the vain hope it could be recovered (server lag caused me to click just ONE too many times, resulting in the sale) but there was nothing that could be done.
Was so mad for like, an hour 
Now it's an amusing annecdote.
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Well, after about 35 hours i got my purple horse. It came in the form of an Apocolypse: Dam/Rech. Nice one. 35 bidding and 0 for sale atm. Last 5 are between 140-155mill crafted. Options as followsl;
A) Craft and sell.
B) Hold CC for it.
C) Sell to vendor.
D) Sell for 5 million to set a trend. (though unlikely) It'd more than likely just be flipped.
Decisions, decisions....
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Any option other than C will result in a huge net gain in money for a marketeer.
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Ah, but option C will also make sure that *nobody* else is able to make use of it and thus wastes a perfectly good drop. Thus the poor soul who really wants it and has slightly outbid the marketeer will have to continue to wait for somebody else who isn't taking recipes to the vendors just to spite the marketeers.
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Well, after about 35 hours i got my purple horse. It came in the form of an Apocolypse: Dam/Rech. Nice one. 35 bidding and 0 for sale atm. Last 5 are between 140-155mill crafted. Options as followsl;
A) Craft and sell.
B) Hold CC for it.
C) Sell to vendor.
D) Sell for 5 million to set a trend. (though unlikely) It'd more than likely just be flipped.
Decisions, decisions....
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Any option other than C will result in a huge net gain in money for a marketeer.
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Ah, but option C will also make sure that *nobody* else is able to make use of it and thus wastes a perfectly good drop. Thus the poor soul who really wants it and has slightly outbid the marketeer will have to continue to wait for somebody else who isn't taking recipes to the vendors just to spite the marketeers.
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I'm aware of that. I'm just pointing out that if eryq is so deadset on hurting us "ebil" marketeers. he cannot pick any solution he actually profits from
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Lottery is a tax on people that are bad at math.
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Only if the utility function for the asset called "money" is linear.
Buying one lottery ticket has an entertainment benefit, it's true. I'm not sure that $20 a month (for instance) has less utility than the 20/1,000,000 chance at $500K or whatever the numbers are. I tend to think it has MORE utility.
... and I am the guy who didn't contribute to the office pool, then went around with my $5 on monday going "I've still got mine, how bout you?"
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Buying one lottery ticket has an entertainment benefit, it's true. I'm not sure that $20 a month (for instance) has less utility than the 20/1,000,000 chance at $500K or whatever the numbers are. I tend to think it has MORE utility.
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I tend to share your outlook here. There are a definite group of people who play because it's fun and they don't expect to win. Admittedly, many of them play out of desperation or addiction, but there are just as many (IMO) that just play to play. After all, one lottery ticket per day is a lot cheaper than a cup of Starbucks per day, it's a lot less fatty, and there's always the chance of winning you $1 back!
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Buying one lottery ticket has an entertainment benefit, it's true. I'm not sure that $20 a month (for instance) has less utility than the 20/1,000,000 chance at $500K or whatever the numbers are. I tend to think it has MORE utility.
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I tend to share your outlook here. There are a definite group of people who play because it's fun and they don't expect to win. Admittedly, many of them play out of desperation or addiction, but there are just as many (IMO) that just play to play. After all, one lottery ticket per day is a lot cheaper than a cup of Starbucks per day, it's a lot less fatty, and there's always the chance of winning you $1 back!
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I'm not saying all gamblers are addicted morons. Just that there is a certain crowd who for which, gambli9ng, whether the lotto, slots, etc, is nothing more than a great exercise in classical psychological conditioning and addiction.
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In regards to lottery tickets, the thought process could be something like this: "I know I've got less of a chance of winning the lottery than I do of being struck by lightning - but hey, someone's gotta win it, right?"
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In regards to lottery tickets, the thought process could be something like this: "I know I've got less of a chance of winning the lottery than I do of being struck by lightning - but hey, someone's gotta win it, right?"
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the problem is that then they win, have no idea how ti invest or manage money because of that mindset rather than earning their fortune, and they quickly end up in debt.
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You are right on the money. This is, in my opinion, why so many lottery winners go bankrupt almost immediately. By and large, I think a large number of people who play the lottery don't understand finances in the first place.
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But I've been playing the lottery for so long, I just *HAVE* to win soon! 
RagManX
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"Hey let's go aggro the entire map"
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Are you sure that wasn't my Scrapper? 
Oh, and on topic.
GRIEFERS! How am I supposed to wallow in abject poverty, when you insist on buying my purples for more than 1 inf?
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today, I reallly want to buy set of Purples for my Scrapper but the prices on the melee set cost like lil over 160mil, I wish they can lower the cost of thoses purple set like 80-40 mil but I guess I have to farm the hell out my toon then :P
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They = players that are posting the item that is for sale.
They set the price at which these sell for in order to make an inf profit on selling these items.
have to = must, am required to, have no choice but to
No, you don't have to "farm the hell" out of your toon. That is a something you decide on doing. No one is forcing you to do it. It is not required content.
You are not required to have "purple" IO sets. Those are something that you "want" not something that you "need".
You don't "need to" or have to "catch'em all!"
Purple sets are "Unique" sets - aka extremely rare. They aren't very rare - let alone extremely rare, if every 50 has them.
Or am I missing the point of them being Uniques/extremely-rares?