Market Discussions

I will admit this one, I wasn't expecting that question.

Technically, I could claim that as of now, I have no competition simply based on my interest rate.
But that would be the easy answer. What I will say is that for the time being, I have not looked at the competition extensively simply because I want to rebuild a name (probably should have used Kyra for that, but oh well) and offering a "free" service is, although both uncommon and suspicious, is the best way to get noticed.

Do something different and people will talk about you, good or bad, but they will talk.

You misinterpreted what I said.

I never claimed that I had no competition in the loan business. What I said was that as of now, no one was offering 0% and stated the reason why this was so.. I guess I didn't phrase it properly.

As for MD not being the Sell orders, I know. You guys seem more like a close knit bunch and I can see that taking my place will be an exhausting process.

Either way, I have been more than honest in answering every question asked to me, linked thread of past involvement on the eve-O forums, posted with the character responsible for that involvement and am still here right now debating with all of you.

I have ISK available for loans and am open for discussion :)

Most of the posters on this forum aren't looking to loan money. Every post about loans/bonds gets hailed down.

~If you hit hot metal with a hammer, you'll turn the metal into something useful~

But he IS right , i have not seen anyone offer a 0% interest and as such PURELY on the interest rate he has no competition.He is clearly talking about the rate ALONE .

What Nanatoa said. Would have loved yo get my hands on part of that to get involved in MD, but it filled up too quick.

Doesn't seem to be a lot of interest at 0% interest. Maybe you should offer -1%? You could pay the borrower 1% per week for the privilege of lending the ISK, so you can "make a name" for yourself again.

The other thing to remember about MD is that it is, in the end, a bit of an RP forum.

We're here to simulate the market in EVE as close to reality as possible. As such, people who come in attempting to make no profit on a loan are effectively not playing along. That makes us generally suspicious. You have to at least pretend like you are attempting to treat it as a business.

Additionally, just getting noticed is not a terribly useful thing. Posting 0% interest offerings will get you noticed, but won't give you any help. I would like to think that I am at least slightly known in here, but if I were to suddenly ask for a few billion based purely on my 'rep' in the group, I would be laughed at. What exposure I have here is mainly as a gadfly and poker-of-holes-in-arguments. In fact, I would generally guess that I am the poorest 'regular' poster on this forum. As such, I may be noticed here, but that an a dollar will get me a snickers bar from the vending machine.

I understand the principle of emulating the market as close as possible. Much like in RL, every nowvand then a new "dog" comes along with a bonified offer just to get in on the market scene. This usually lasts a little while, long enough to get the ball rolling then things go back to normal, or die off in flames, which I will do my best to avoid.

So, four days after my I first raised this question, can you name 3 of the "old dogs" who are your competitors?