Inf exchange... with a twist
By
COTCaveHater,
Posted on: 2009-08-06 06:39 in The Market and Inventions
Sounds like it would work, as long as your people are the only sellers of the specific item. That's a key piece of information. If the buyer sees 2+ items for sale, he needs to abort, otherwise he risks buying the wrong one. You could incorporate protective bids. First bid 23,814 inf. Then list your item for 23,815 inf. Yours will be the lowest listed item as long as that bid is still outstanding. Then the partner bids multi-millions and gets the right item.
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Laevateinn's thread about an investment scheme got me thinking about inf transfers. I'm assuming everyone knows how to use the market to transfer inf between their own toons, if you don't see here (click).
I think it might be possible to send inf to a friend, offline. It may even be possible to trade influence for infamy and vice versa without both players being online at the same time. It does require a degree of trust, but not much more than a normal inf trade.
Imagine Allan wants to send 10M inf to Brad.
1. Brad buys a transfer item as per the paragonwiki article e.g. a level 52 Training: Confuse
2. Brad sends an in-game email to Allan saying "I have listed the only level 52 Training: Confuse for sale. The most recent sale is 2009-08-06 12:34 for 250 inf. Please buy it for 10,052,928". Note that Brad uses a random "signature" in the amount, rather than spending exactly 10M. This is key, Brad must email that amount to himself as well (or write it down).
3. Allan logs on and checks that the last sale for the item is unchanged (if so, he emails Brad and they try again).
4. Allan buys the item for 10,052,928
5. Next time Brad logs on, he checks the sale and sees it sold for the magic number. He knows that the inf came from Allan.
Infamy-Influence trades could be a bit different:
Imagine Allan wants to sell 10M infamy in exchange for 12M influence.
1. Allan lists his transfer item on WW for exactly 10M inf and notes down the last trade
2. Allan posts his desired trade in this forum and the details of his transfer item including last sale
3. Brad buys the transfer item from WW for 10,009,317, and emails Allan the amount he paid. Brad also lists a second transfer item at WW.
4. Allan checks the transaction and buys the second transfer item using the same "signature" that Brad used (12,009,317).
For Laevateinn's investment fund, Laevateinn could organise a transfer item for his/her customers to use to receive their dividends.