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Modules selling not for the price ive listed it at....
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Adeena Torcfist
R3b3llium
Get Off My Lawn
#1 - 2012-07-16 21:02:20 UTC
now, dont get me wrong, i like more money. But something strange here, & hopefully someone can explain what is going on.

Im selling some modules for 2.1 mill each. today, someone bought 3 of these modules, for 2.8 million. which is strange, cos i went back to check the price & it still says there for 2.1 million, & others that have sold straight after it, are still at the 2.1mill.

so whats going on? why the higher rate? did i earn a tax rebate or something? Lol

this happened to anyone else?
Ryelek d'Entari
Horizon Glare
#2 - 2012-07-16 21:29:45 UTC
When a buyer manually enters a value in the field, it gives that amount of ISK to the lowest-price seller. This can also happen if the buyer right-clicks a different order and says "buy this". It can happen when buyers don't sort the listings correctly.

It can also happen if the buyer adjusts the quantity field upward: it auto-increases the buy price to the price at which the quantity can be met. Still the lowest price buy orders get the ISK, it fills them sequentially.

So, for example, the listings could look like this:

listing #1: 1 unit @ 2.1 million (yours)
listing #2: 2 units @ 2.2 million
listing #3: 3 units @ 2.5 million
listing #4: 125 units @ 2.8 million

Buyer says "buy 10" and it buys all to for 28 million. Sellers #1, #2, and #3 get more than they listed for, because they could only fill 6 of the 10 orders.

Basically, it means the buyer was either ignorant or lazy. "Lazy" in this term can mean those who are buying things they consider "cheap" and find it easier to buy once rather than several times to save on button clicks.
Kyle Ward
Doomheim
#3 - 2012-07-16 21:41:15 UTC
Yeah, its pretty awsome. I came home today and it looks like someone missed a decimal on their order cause they bought 10k t1 ammo off me for 5000 each instead of 50.

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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#4 - 2012-07-17 00:23:28 UTC
When buying minerals I often need to buy far more than is available in the lowest sell order.

I could buyout sell orders one-by-one. That would be the most cost effective.

Instead, when there are several similarly priced sell orders, I'll just buy at the price of an order far enough down the list so that I get exactly how much I want. I end up paying more, but the small price difference is often worth the hassle.

Example: Buy 100 with the following sell orders
2 at 5.01
50 at 5.02
75 at 5.03
3 at 5.04
So I'll buy 100 at 5.03, and pay for 2 at 5.03 + 50 at 5.03 + 48 at 5.03 = 100 at 5.03
Adeena Torcfist
R3b3llium
Get Off My Lawn
#5 - 2012-07-17 04:29:28 UTC
ok, thanks for clearing that up guys. them explanations were bob on Cool