is the auction site accurate?

[Gel Mibson]

been trying to buy some things based off the auction site and got responses from several sellers I was trying to negotiate with that the p99auction site is not an accurate representation of what the market rate is for some items.

several people have been telling me that there are people who sway the average price by fake WTS linking items to drive the price down. wasn't sure if he was BSing me or if he was legit.

[Jontheripper]

I do it all the time personally. The items on wiki.project199o.com are more accurate imo. Dont just look at the average though, look at the 20 or so listings, find the price that appears the most and go with it.

[Baler]

It's questionable at times. Item value on p99 is a perception.
Then account for the fake sales and people making alts to jack up prices listed there.

Those kind of people will tell you that you're asking too much, Then turn around and spam wts for 12 hours everyday at twice that price.
I know of one person who doesn't play the game other then to TunnelQuest. Meanwhile he's ruining the game for people who actually play the game.

It's not the auction site(s)'s fault though. They just parse what people auction in EC, which doesn't show how much people actually pay for thing.

http://ahungry.com/eqauctions
http://www.p99auctions.com/

[Ravager]

If you really want to stick it to the tunnelquesters, stop buying and selling shit and play the game.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Ravager [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you really want to stick it to the tunnelquesters, stop buying and selling shit and play the game.

Says the guy from the guild who RMT'd for items the day they set foot on Phinny [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[tristantio]

On my site (ahungry) I've only ever shown the last 3 unique /auction lines by any given seller, so this helps avoid any one person being able to significantly impact a listing (although I have no way to detect alts also /auctioning the same item).

The wiki is the best representation of long term item value/listing, but as always, an item is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it (and this differs from person to person obviously).

[tiadashi]

All this stuff was present back in the day minus the auctionsite - people who are interested in "tunnelQuest" spend the time to know the avg price on any given item without auctionsite stuff -

I was a part time "tunnelQuest'r" back in the day as on p99 but allot less now then back in the day - just use the auctionsite/wiki as a basic price if you dont know and go from there

I wouldnt listen to anyone who tries to convince you a price is wrong in the end people pay/sell what they want/willing to

[Nuggie]

Originally Posted by tristantio [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

an item is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it

[Lojik]

I think it's fairly accurate. Perfect? No, but a lot of the people who say "that site's not accurate" are just trying to rip you off themselves. The wiki is sometimes ok, but look at the last dates that data was entered...a lot of times it's 6+ months old. With big ticket items just do a fair bit of research I guess.

[Nilstoniakrath]

Players game the site... both ways. Fake traders call out prices both high and low, to fudge the calculations. A lot of the prices are legit, but you need to do a smell test on the data, and not just take it as gospel.