Selling IO's for billions


Eric Nelson

 

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Hello all. I am a little over halfway to having enough hero merits to buy a gladiator's armor (teleport protect, +3% def) IO recipe. I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to answer a few questions for me concerning selling it.

I assume the lower the level the better, correct? Most people would prefer lvl 10 to lvl 50?

Do people prefer the recipe or would they rather have the IO itself?

When you sell the recipe/IO for a couple of billion or so, how do you handle the transaction in the game? Is it through e-mail or through trading? I'm sure someone's thought of a way to protect both parties, but I have no idea what it is.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.


 

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I assume the lower the level the better, correct? Most people would prefer lvl 10 to lvl 50?
Level 10's usually sell for a bit more than 50's.

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Do people prefer the recipe or would they rather have the IO itself?
I don't think it really matters, but might as well craft it for them.

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When you sell the recipe/IO for a couple of billion or so, how do you handle the transaction in the game? Is it through e-mail or through trading? I'm sure someone's thought of a way to protect both parties, but I have no idea what it is.
Whenever I buy one I usually just make sure we're clear on the price, then send the inf through email, and get the io once the last of the inf is set. I tend to be more trusting though, someone might want to do a physical trade on their server or such.


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When you sell the recipe/IO for a couple of billion or so...
Keep in mind that if you only want 2 billion, you can sell on the in-game market (Auction House). You'll have to pay the listing and selling costs, but the transaction will be handled automatically by the game.

The only time you have to worry about the trade logistics is if you are selling an item for higher than 2 billion. I suggest you read through a few of the "for sale" threads here in this forum to get an idea of how people tend to handle that situation.

Best of luck on your impending billions!


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I've not heard of anyone ever participating in a trade for one and getting ripped off. But....are there any horror stories?


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I assume the lower the level the better, correct? Most people would prefer lvl 10 to lvl 50?

Do people prefer the recipe or would they rather have the IO itself?

When you sell the recipe/IO for a couple of billion or so, how do you handle the transaction in the game? Is it through e-mail or through trading? I'm sure someone's thought of a way to protect both parties, but I have no idea what it is.
Yes, lower is always better for this specific IO, but some people have more Inf than brains and don't realize it.

Might as well craft it, it's less than 0.1% of the sale price to do so.

There's risky, fairly safe, and safe ways to trade something worth more than a billion. Risky is just trading/sending the IO or Inf, and hoping the other party will honor their part of the bargain. If you're well established on your server, you might ask the other party to trust you. That way they assume the risk. If you're selling in this forum, just say you would prefer payment up front. You could ask a neutral third party to do the transfer. Find a well established person on your server or maybe TheMarket channel, someone you can both trust.

Next, do the middle trade method. If you want to sell it for 2B, first trade is 500M for nothing, second trade is 999M for the IO, last trade is 501M for nothing. At worse someone will miss out on 500M, rather than 2B.

This last method is a bit of trouble, but it lets two people do a big trade with little risk to either side. Say you also have in storage 2 Apoc: Damage and they're trading at 800M. You trade one with the buyer for 800M. You trade the other with the buyer for 800M. Then you trade the Glad Armor for both Apocs and 400M. You end up with 2B and both Apocs back, the buyer gets the Glad Armor IO.

My preferred method is to offer the last form of exchange, and then let the buyer say it's too much trouble and just give me the Inf first.


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