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Market system noob????
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twinborntax Parmala
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2013-06-30 21:48:36 UTC
Hi,
I would like to start this off on a positive note and say that i absolutely LOVE eve already (although im too poor to upgrade to a full account(: ) but I have been struggling with the market system in game... today when i put a TON of tritanium on the market I I thought to myself ''how am I going to know if someone bought my stuff?'' so then I proceeded to go on a digital adventure through eve onlines market place looking for the tritanium that I put on the market....the problem wasnt finding the tritanium from where im selling it from...its that i cant find MY tritanium.

ps. I do know that if someone buys my tritanium I will see an obvious increase in my isk but if it turns out that nobody buys it then im obviously going to want to check and make sure that I properly uploaded my tritanium to the market ...which leads back to the origanal problem (;




thanks so much,
Twinborntax
Ottersmacker
Genos Occidere
HYDRA RELOADED
#2 - 2013-06-30 21:52:16 UTC
in your wallet, you have an "orders" tab that lists your currently active orders - this can be used to make sure you actually created it, how many units are still left for sale etc.

+ under your wallet settings, you have an option to highlight your own orders. if you enable that and look at the tritanium sell orders, it should be easy to pick out yours

++ make sure you are browsing the market within the same region you created your original sell order in.

i just locked an open door.. strange, yet symbolically compelling.
twinborntax Parmala
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-06-30 21:56:37 UTC
Ottersmacker wrote:
in your wallet, you have an "orders" tab that lists your currently active orders - this can be used to make sure you actually created it, how many units are still left for sale etc.

+ under your wallet settings, you have an option to highlight your own orders. if you enable that and look at the tritanium sell orders, it should be easy to pick out yours

++ make sure you are browsing the market within the same region you created your original sell order in.


Alright thanks so much!
right when i came back in i found out that someone bought my stuff...so I proceeded to buy what I have been so exited for...and then find out i cant use it AFTER i buy it Twisted RAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH CCP (:
Elena Thiesant
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-06-30 22:47:59 UTC
Always show-info before buying something new and check the pre-reqs tab.
Oraac Ensor
#5 - 2013-07-01 00:04:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Oraac Ensor
At first you will probably want to restrict your purchases to highsec, so set your market window to show only items for sale in highsec and always "show info > location" to make sure that the route to your item doesn't go through lowsec.
Maika Mabata
State War Academy
Caldari State
#6 - 2013-07-01 09:29:26 UTC
1. You likely sold your tritanium to a sell order in the first place instead of making a sell order that buyers will buy from.

2.) What ship did you buy, as prerequirments could have prevented you from buying something you can't use.
Elena Thiesant
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2013-07-01 09:57:21 UTC
Pre-reqs don't prevent you from buying something you can't use. That would really annoy traders.
Maika Mabata
State War Academy
Caldari State
#8 - 2013-07-01 10:07:24 UTC
Elena Thiesant wrote:
Pre-reqs don't prevent you from buying something you can't use. That would really annoy traders.


I don't mean it like that. But it would have prevented him from spending ISK on something he can't use.

When buying stuff, always make sure that it's useful for you (so either to use or to resell for more).
Oraac Ensor
#9 - 2013-07-01 11:12:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Oraac Ensor
Maika Mabata wrote:
Elena Thiesant wrote:
Pre-reqs don't prevent you from buying something you can't use. That would really annoy traders.


I don't mean it like that. But it would have prevented him from spending ISK on something he can't use.

Sorry to be pedantic, but that's just another way of saying the same thing.

Elena is correct: pre-reqs don't prevent you from buying (or spending ISK on) anything, they can only prevent you from using things.

Checking the pre-reqs would have given the OP the opportunity to consider the wisdom of buying the item but would not have prevented him from doing so.
Maika Mabata
State War Academy
Caldari State
#10 - 2013-07-01 11:21:46 UTC
Oraac Ensor wrote:
Maika Mabata wrote:
Elena Thiesant wrote:
Pre-reqs don't prevent you from buying something you can't use. That would really annoy traders.


I don't mean it like that. But it would have prevented him from spending ISK on something he can't use.

Sorry to be pedantic, but that's just another way of saying the same thing.

Elena is correct: pre-reqs don't prevent you from buying (or spending ISK on) anything, they can only prevent you from using things.

Checking the pre-reqs would have given the OP the opportunity to consider the wisdom of buying the item but would not have prevented him from doing so.


But looking at the pre-reqs would have shown him he couldnt use the ship/module and thus he wouldnt have bought it.
Oraac Ensor
#11 - 2013-07-01 11:29:38 UTC
Maika Mabata wrote:
But looking at the pre-reqs would have shown him he couldnt use the ship/module and thus he wouldnt have bought it.

But because he had decided not to do so, not because he was prevented from doing so.
Maika Mabata
State War Academy
Caldari State
#12 - 2013-07-01 11:35:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Maika Mabata
Oraac Ensor wrote:
Maika Mabata wrote:
But looking at the pre-reqs would have shown him he couldnt use the ship/module and thus he wouldnt have bought it.

But because he had decided not to do so, not because he was prevented from doing so.


I'm not talking about some game mechanic, I'm talking about common sense about doing research before spending your ISK.

Common sense and looking up information about the thing you are going to spent your money on would have prevented wasting ISK on something you can't use at this moment.
Oraac Ensor
#13 - 2013-07-01 11:38:50 UTC
Maika Mabata wrote:
Oraac Ensor wrote:
Maika Mabata wrote:
But looking at the pre-reqs would have shown him he couldnt use the ship/module and thus he wouldnt have bought it.

But because he had decided not to do so, not because he was prevented from doing so.


I'm not talking about some game mechanic, I'm talking about common sense about doing research before spending your ISK.

I'm talking about meaning and use of the English language.