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Old 06-03-2008, 08:55   #32
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Originally Posted by AJack10600 View Post
Some shops are really overpriced and it's the a question of whether it is worth it running about to try to find a shop that has cheaper stuff... you spend a lot of time to try and find a bargain... is it worth it? In auction you just see all offerings on a big screen...

I think auction and malls don't get along together... for a simple reason.

Auction is global in this world and shows the best available price (in theory). Now since it's global and easily accessible there is no real incentive to go and strall through the malls. If auction was regional, serverbased by town for example, then bigger price differences could come about. In fact I believe that the price trend analysis that MA introduced against spammers also killed the market itself in that it created a perfect market with no unnkowns. Now in order to trade and to allow for price differences a market needs to have imperfections... where in RL do we have worldwide prices to compare in one tool ? We don't ..
Actually , lots of the established crafters such as Slither, Buzz, Auktuma just to name a few sell in shops cheaper than normal auction prices.
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