[Reborn] Apples for Oranges Trading Center is Opening Again

[Zarxes]

And she did take his goldbars. Dunno if she has them back by now. It was lucky for him in this case, because everything else got "stolen".
Since everything is made public by her now there is nothing more to say about it apart from a confirmation if and when he got his stuff back. And updates on the theft. People are informed and can have their own opinions now.

[Dallane]

And she did take his goldbars. Dunno if she has them back by now. It was lucky for him in this case, because everything else got "stolen".

So she has logs and proof that everything you were saying was total BS and you keep trying to drag this thread down. If the person doesn't have their items by now then they will soon esp after goo posted the skype convo. Stop being a moron troll

[Zarxes]

Goo wrote in her thread that she took the bars from his stall. That was what i was complaining about i dont see how you can still be claiming what i was telling is bs. First you wanted proof, now you have it from an official side. I dont know what proof you want more. If he gets it back, fine. I never said they stole the stuff. But they took it from his barterstand. goo herself confirmed that. Im just saying there are better ways to deal with such a situation as i already have pointed them out.

[joojoo1975]

now i'm really confused.

if this is a free market, then why is everybody mad at the dude selling his gold at the price he wishes? if all sellers of X have to have basically the same prices, isn't this kina a form of a oligopoly or rather a cartel? not really tryin to derail here, but i thought this project was to bolster free market trading and such?



free market: An economic system in which prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses.
cartel: An association of manufacturers or suppliers that maintains prices at a high level and restricts competition
oligopoly: A state of limited competition, in which a market is shared by a small number of producers or sellers.

[Mvpeh]

Because gold has already dropped from 3 pearls / nugget to 2 pearls / nugget. When somebody sells it for lower, it will drop the price and many traders won't be bought from. Many goods will then drop in price, such as DHelms, gold jewelry, etc., and it will hurt traders a lot.

Like Lady Goo said, she wouldn't have done anything if many traders weren't complaining about the price.

[joojoo1975]

not tryin for a moral issue here, just tyin to ge a beter understanding, for it sounds like this is not a free market.

[_Gunnar]

While I don't agree with taking the gold from his stand, don't think anyone ever said it was a free market. Nor is there ever a free market; other traders could have bought all that gold at that low price if they wanted, to protect their own profits - does that make it a "free" market? Lol.

[Actually imo the 150pt price for gold was always a little high given (a) the overall rarity this world (b) people botting (lol), but I would agree that selling at 1pearl is too low for the rarity. But this point is irrelevant and i think that everyone should be allowed to set their own prices, not because i love a "free market", but because i like people being free to do as they please...]

And fallout, suggesting to kill someone for having low prices in a market in a designated peaceful zone is really just a dumb thing to say, almost like you want to ruin "the project".

[Tonkyhonk]

their rule clearly seems to say that buying a gold nugget per 50 points is fine while selling one at 50 points is worth a death threat by random "trusted" users of the market
happy trading!

*edit*
lol looks like someone else faced another death threat to raise his buying price up to 150.
thank you all for the entertainment!

[joojoo1975]

other traders could have bought all that gold at that low price if they wanted, to protect their own profits - does that make it a "free" market? Lol.

Actually that would make it a free market. the seller sets the price and the other sellers buy up his stock in hope there is enough of a demand for said product so they can sell the newley bought product as well as thier origional product. Remember the def. of free market.

free market: An economic system in which prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses.

[_Gunnar]

other traders could have bought all that gold at that low price if they wanted, to protect their own profits - does that make it a "free" market? Lol.

Actually that would make it a free market. the seller sets the price and the other sellers buy up his stock in hope there is enough of a demand for said product so they can sell the newley bought product as well as thier origional product. Remember the def. of free market.

free market: An economic system in which prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses.

I know your definitions... What sort of freedom that is (i.e. for the consumer in this case) is debatable though, which is my point.