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Liz Whizzle
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2012-12-28 07:55:30 UTC
Hi,

I ran in some things I can't explain.

I have put some things up for sale (lets say 5 items) for a sell price of 100k each.
When they are sold I see split sales in my wallet, for example 2 against the sell price I put them up for (100k) but the other 3 against a much higher sell price then my original sell price (like 130k). How is this possible? I mean I like the extra cash but I don't know how this happened.

One explanation could be a buy order but there weren't many buy order's and the highest buy order for days is somewhere near 10k. This has happened now with 3 batches I sold. In each batch some items were sold against a much higher price I came up with.
Varius Xeral
Doomheim
#2 - 2012-12-28 07:59:27 UTC
The buyer overpaid so he could buy from the stack(s) above you as well with only one transaction. You get the full price that he paid for the highest priced sell order he bought from.

This often happens with low-priced items bought in bulk where the buyer's time/patience is worth more than the cost difference.

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Liz Whizzle
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2012-12-28 08:09:07 UTC
aah that makes sense, the were only a few sell order apart from min wich were quite a bit higher then my sell price. That would explain it. Well, nice extra bonus then since some sold item almost doubled in profit for me :)
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#4 - 2012-12-28 10:18:43 UTC
Liz Whizzle wrote:
aah that makes sense, the were only a few sell order apart from min wich were quite a bit higher then my sell price. That would explain it. Well, nice extra bonus then since some sold item almost doubled in profit for me :)



It's something many people don't get about the market.

You don't buy direct from anyone. You can't specify a seller to buy from.

You tell your broker:

Go buy X units at this price.

They go off and grab the lowest priced things, but pay the price you told them to.

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Darvaleth Sigma
Imperial Security Hegemony
#5 - 2012-12-28 14:10:39 UTC
Steve Ronuken wrote:
Liz Whizzle wrote:
aah that makes sense, the were only a few sell order apart from min wich were quite a bit higher then my sell price. That would explain it. Well, nice extra bonus then since some sold item almost doubled in profit for me :)



It's something many people don't get about the market.

You don't buy direct from anyone. You can't specify a seller to buy from.

You tell your broker:

Go buy X units at this price.

They go off and grab the lowest priced things, but pay the price you told them to.


That cheeky broker, pocketing my ISK.

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Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life!
Ravenclaw2kk
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2012-12-28 15:55:10 UTC
The borker doesn;t pocket the difference. He only takes what is agreed upon before the purchase.
Skydell
Bad Girl Posse
#7 - 2012-12-28 16:29:42 UTC
I do this when I want a specific amount of items that have base less than 3 mill. I CBA to right click and lag my market 15 times to save 20 or 30 mill on a 1000+ item order.

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1000 at 5,000,000

Even if 400 of them sell for 3 or 4 each.