In my experience, they ought to be kidding. There's been a couple of times in the past I've put in a 500 inf bid for common salvage and come back that few weeks later and it's still sitting there.
No offense Tenzhi but the terms "common", "uncommon", and "rare" in regards to Went/BM prices means absolutely nothing. Those terms refer to the salvage drop rate.
Common: 22 in 28 chance (78.57%)
Uncommon: 5 in 28 chance (17.86%)
Rare: 1 in 28 chance (3.57%)
Also everyone knows that there are items that are under the category of "common" but are in fact in such high demand on the market that they bring in bids in the tens of thousands and higher.
Try being a little more specific.
If you said you bid 500 on a Luck Charm no one would be surprised that you found the bid still sitting there a few weeks later, but if you said you bid 500 on a Kinetic Weapon and you didn't get a purchase for several weeks no one would believe you.
Common: 22 in 28 chance (78.57%)
Uncommon: 5 in 28 chance (17.86%)
Rare: 1 in 28 chance (3.57%)
Also everyone knows that there are items that are under the category of "common" but are in fact in such high demand on the market that they bring in bids in the tens of thousands and higher.
Try being a little more specific.
If you said you bid 500 on a Luck Charm no one would be surprised that you found the bid still sitting there a few weeks later, but if you said you bid 500 on a Kinetic Weapon and you didn't get a purchase for several weeks no one would believe you.