Screwed myself over with a noob mistake, and need help!

[crazykappa]

Take a look at the auction logger, ppl buying vs ppl selling, HUGE difference. Days will go by without a single person asking to buy, yet there will be 5-10 posts a day to sell it. Don't understand why its worth so much, supply and demand must not mean much on this server. I'm guessing that's why original seller refused to buy back, he was having just as much trouble as i am, cant blame him really, my fault anyways.

[loramin]

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

Take a look at the auction logger, ppl buying vs ppl selling, HUGE difference. Days will go by without a single person asking to buy, yet there will be 5-10 posts a day to sell it. Don't understand why its worth so much, supply and demand must not mean much on this server. I'm guessing that's why original seller refused to buy back, he was having just as much trouble as i am, cant blame him really, my fault anyways.

Auction trackers track exactly that: what gets said in /auction. But the thing is, while sellers usually hawk their goods in /auction, very few buyers do. Instead many buyers just watch the auction spam for the item they want to buy, and then contact the seller directly (which, of course isn't tracked).

So I wouldn't draw any conclusions just because an item has ten times as many "WTS" messages as it has "WTB" ones. Instead, I'd suggest you:

A) trust in the invisible hand of the market (ie. there must be buyers out there for the item, otherwise the price would drop)
B) if you really want to find out how often an item gets sold, you have to look at when the sellers stop posting. In other words, if you see posts from Bob hawking his bracers for several days, and then suddenly no "WTS bracers" from Bob, you can probably assume that Bob sold his bracers.

[Ravager]

Reroll human, ditch the doofy tail and your problem is solved.