Fake EC tunnel prices

[Frug]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sorry to revive a dead thread, but wanted to circle back on the whole discussion about people monitoring the wiki for fake prices and editing them out. A couple log entries seem to have disappeared on certain items that didn't seem to be fake at all. For example, just a day or two ago there were multiple different entries on Treant staff of like 800, 850, and 1000 pp (I can't recall if they were all from different sellers or not). Do those get edited out by someone? If so, why? Doesn't seem to be fake price gouging on its face

Could it be that you're misremembering? And/or, do you have any logs of this? I ask because my tracker has a couple 800s and 900s recently-ish* but no 1000's since Feb 8, and no 850's at all. (I also checked the raw log files.)

It could be that I missed them, but I haven't had any downtime in quite awhile, so if they were in EC and formatted sanely, I would have them.

Another possibility is that someone else uploaded auction logs, although I am providing the bulk of the wiki content.

* 2020-02-22 Somin 800
* 2020-02-22 Somin 800
* 2020-02-15 Faew 900
* 2020-02-14 Burningtree 800
* 2020-02-14 Slott 800
* 2020-02-08 Pedilee 1000
* 2020-02-04 Honko 800


https://unixgeek.com/prices-P1999Green-TreantStaff.html

[Frug]

FWIW, I go through my auction tracker prices (url in my signature) every couple days. I have a process that both looks for prices that are obviously meant to be in k, but aren't (like a price of 2 for something that normally sells around 2k), prices that are wildly beyond standard devations (if I have enough data points), or prices that are mere fractions or big multipliers of the mean (if I don't).

I remove the prices that are beyond "normal" in these cases, but I try to leave the ones in that are actually advertised as such, even if absurd.

You can't catch them all, and there will be gouging and sellers trying to get a profitable price by starting high and coming down over time. But, I try.

[axisofebola]

Hrm i dunno. Sometimes when i'm selling I have multiple of an item I charge a little bit more for each one I sell.

[BlackBellamy]

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

Hrm i dunno. Sometimes when i'm selling I have multiple of an item I charge a little bit more for each one I sell.

If I'm not concerned about clearing inventory space my selling strategy is to increase the price if the item doesn't sell right away. This might seem counter-intuitive but what happens is then I stop dealing with value seeking hagglers and then some time later a rich guy pops in who is twinking his alt and they'll just buy in bulk as long as the price is not totally outrageous. My bank account says this works.

[Frug]

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

If I'm not concerned about clearing inventory space my selling strategy is to increase the price if the item doesn't sell right away. This might seem counter-intuitive but what happens is then I stop dealing with value seeking hagglers and then some time later a rich guy pops in who is twinking his alt and they'll just buy in bulk as long as the price is not totally outrageous. My bank account says this works.

An old psychological trick for selling high value items in real life is to price them VERY SPECIFICALLY. Want $6000 for your car? Price it at $6433.11, for example. Many people see the absurdly specific price and figure it's set to that for a reason that is unlikely to be moveable. Almost no one will ask, and few will haggle. It's an unconscious thing that most people won't even recognize.