I guess it's just about there being no salvage available at 15k. Most likely it's a flipper buying them for 15k, then someone tosses in a couple of those salvage for 1 inf and you get them because your bid is 1 inf higher than that of the flipper.
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what's happening is when you bid there isn't anything at your price.
Then someone lists something, you've got the highest current bid and you win it.
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You might want to read some of the basic guides stickied at the top of this forum. It's actually a pretty simple system, but not everyone finds it intuitive.
When you stopped by, there were 600 items listed for sale. You have no way of knowing how much they were listed for. There were 300 bids. You have no way of knowing how much they were bidding.
In all likelihood, all 600 items were listed for more than 15,000 inf. All 300 bids were for less than 15,000 inf. The one thing we know for sure is that all of the bids were for less than any of the ask prices on all the items. Otherwise, the bids and sales would match instantly and vanish.
If you put in a bid for more than the cheapest listed item, then you buy it instantly. If you put in a bid for less than the cheapest listed item, then you don't get a buy until someone comes along and lists an item for less than you were bidding, and maybe not even then. If someone else bid higher than you, they will get the sale.
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I'm a little curious about how the buying/selling cycle works at Wentworth's. I'm working on my Field Crafter badge, so I'm buying salvage. One of the salvages has about 300 bidding, and 600 selling. The last 5 transactions are about 15k.
I put in a bid for 15,001. Nothing happens. I wait a few minutes, and then I get the "bought" message on my salvage. No other transaction seems to take place between when I placed my bid and when I got it.
Now, other times, if I were to place my bid, I'll get the item immediately.
Is there some sort of timed cycle? In other words, does the computer only determine "bought" status every few seconds (say every 10 seconds starting at exactly midnight or something)? Or is it more complicated than that?
Marc