Please stop undercutting by 10k at a time!

February 15, 2020

As the title says, I just saw a purple key go down from 200k to 160k in less than 5mins and it keeps going down every time I check.... just stop. Imagine this happening irl, it would get friggin cheap, thats what! this kinda of cash might not be alot to you veterans, but its ALOT for a newbie like me... Things get sold almost instantly as it is due to the sheer number of players in this game. So why even go that low?

/end rant

2.2k · February 15, 2020

3 hours ago, xili84 said:

As the title says, I just saw a purple key go down from 200k to 160k in less than 5mins and it keeps going down every time I check.... just stop. Imagine this happening irl, it would get friggin cheap, thats what! this kinda of cash might not be alot to you veterans, but its ALOT for a newbie like me... Things get sold almost instantly as it is due to the sheer number of players in this game. So why even go that low?

/end rant

Wait for it to go back up then.

The economy in Tarkov fluctuates, it’s a living thing which relies on supply and demand (with bit of guidance from Trader prices of course)

So, if you see the prices are low, don’t sell - wait until they start going back up, then decide if you want to sell at that price.

The only items which truly hit rock bottom prices are those which are deemed so useless they are practically given away, like the Dorms 206 key which is more or less free this far into a wipe.

Patience, watch the market, sell when the prices are to your liking!

February 15, 2020

3 hours ago, xili84 said:

just stop. Imagine this happening irl, it would get friggin cheap, thats what! this kinda of cash might not be alot to you veterans, but its ALOT for a newbie like me...

It's called capitalism. You sell at a lower price than your competition and try to make a profit.

February 15, 2020

8 minutes ago, Yeavo said:

It's called capitalism. You sell at a lower price than your competition and try to make a profit.

Capitalism does not undercut by 10k at a time Imagine a Coffeeshop selling coffee at 10 cents instead of a dollar cause its rush hour? 😛 I know how supply and demand works but a real economy does not undercut by these crazy margins.

If someone sells a product for 200K... why in the world would you go straight to 190k? 199k would be alot more logic.

also I'm a new player I dont know all the default prices, My stash is tiny af, I cant keep storing things for later. How my personal economy works is: I filter by item, check the lowest price, and I put my offer up just below that.

Edited February 15, 2020 by xili84

February 15, 2020

1 minute ago, xili84 said:

know how supply and demand works but a real economy does not undercut by these crazy margins.

Actually it does. Its not completely unknown in history for someone to sell stuff almost free and at a loss until competition drops out and he gains monopoly. Then you get to set the price and customers don't have anyone else to go to.

Why is this more common in EFT than it is in IRL? Because its a game and not real life.

1.6k · February 15, 2020

2 minutes ago, xili84 said:

but a real economy does not undercut by these crazy margins.

Therein lies the problem... a real economy has real life consequences, some guy loosing 10k imaginary money does not.

2 minutes ago, Yeavo said:

Actually it does. Its not completely unknown in history for someone to sell stuff almost free and at a loss until competition drops out and he gains monopoly. Then you get to set the price and customers don't have anyone else to go to.

^^ what this guy said.

That's why there are monopoly laws, for exactly this reason. I has happened to massive scales in some cases.

February 15, 2020

3 hours ago, Yeavo said:

Actually it does. Its not completely unknown in history for someone to sell stuff almost free and at a loss until competition drops out and he gains monopoly. Then you get to set the price and customers don't have anyone else to go to.

Oh are you talking about future of globalisation, where there are no countries or boundaries, and everything is owned by one big monopoly company, that has patents on everything (including seeds), that then sets prices as they please?