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May 23, 2022 3 years ago
PiinkSparkles
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RRaina

can we please get an option to go one sp lower then user shop price?

Beanie Baby Pricing PM me for information and cost. https://www.facebook.com/groups/538582170337230/

May 23, 2022 3 years ago
Sopheroo
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Hyacinthe

Ah yes, the undercutting festival.

That's a terrible idea, that would cause literally everything to crash

May 23, 2022 3 years ago
Lypsyl
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Crotchety

No! Sorry, but actively against this idea.

The autopricer already encourages this price dropping to jump out in front of the line. I don't generally support the site doing stuff to maintain the value of items but doing this would cause all items to spiral down in value with no way for corrections to happen naturally. Currently the only thing preventing the spiral is general laziness, people don't want to sit there and type in one sP less on prices and that's a good thing.

May 23, 2022 3 years ago
Avel
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NVLB

Nope. We have to think about what's fair to non-GA users too, though this isn't great for even GA users if we're honest.

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May 23, 2022 3 years ago
Eivor
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MacLachlan

Lmao, look... no.

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May 23, 2022 3 years ago
Artiste
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Zip

It sounds good in theory until 500 people autoprice that way in one day and tank the item prices 😧

May 24, 2022 3 years ago
Ying
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It wouldn't make sense as items would rapidly drop down in price if everyone was autopricing that way.

The way I see it, the current autopricing system works ok. The GA users can have their items priced at the lowest price, but they'll be the same price as every other item. The manual pricers can lower their prices by one sP and hopefully beat out the autopricers.

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May 24, 2022 3 years ago
PiinkSparkles
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RRaina

also items would sell much faster if it dropped down by 1 point

Beanie Baby Pricing PM me for information and cost. https://www.facebook.com/groups/538582170337230/

May 24, 2022 3 years ago
Rakumel
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No they won't. And if you don't understand why, scroll up and read the posts above.

Seriously, I'm not sure if you just ignored them or if you genuinely don't understand.

If English isn't your first language or if you have a disability that makes reading difficult, then I apologize. But if you're just making this suggestion because you think it will make things in your shop sell faster, and you flat-out refuse to listen when people are trying to tell you why it will wind up hurting not only your shop but everyone else's, then I have a lot less sympathy for you.

May 24, 2022 3 years ago
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Fearleading

Autopricing isn't about beating people, it's about saving time from hand pricing. You want to beat people's prices, you can do it by hand. There's got to be a payoff somewhere.

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May 24, 2022 3 years ago
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Sucre

Huge no thanks.

Aside from the issues already mentioned, this is probably even LESS useful than the current autopricer because every person that uses it will be subtracting another 1 sP from the price, meaning instead of a list of 10 shops with an item all at 500 sP where your shop may or may not show up at the top, your new 499 priced item might be buried under 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498 prices because you autopriced too early in the day, making sure to push your shop further down the page instead of having a chance for your shop to be at the top of the list like it is currently

May 24, 2022 3 years ago
Sopheroo
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Hyacinthe

Quote by PiinkSparkles
also items would sell much faster if it dropped down by 1 point

They would sell so much slower if everyone could drop them by one point each lmao.

Instead of having 20 shops at equal price, I will perpetually be undercut by 20 SP.

May 24, 2022 3 years ago
Ying
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Quote by PiinkSparkles
also items would sell much faster if it dropped down by 1 point

To be honest I don't even think most users think about the price of items when buying stuff for quests anyway (likely the biggest source of buying items). I just buy, I don't even pay attention to whether it's "cheap" or not.. sometimes I even buy an item that isn't the cheapest..

For big items (idk, >1m), 1sp won't make a difference.

Items sell slow because there's just not as many users as there used to be. You'll notice an uptick in sales during a busy period (maybe Masq :)).

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May 25, 2022 3 years ago
PiinkSparkles
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RRaina

subeta should put up an option if people want to use it or not

Beanie Baby Pricing PM me for information and cost. https://www.facebook.com/groups/538582170337230/

May 25, 2022 3 years ago Official
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SailorButtress

We appreciate suggestions!

's summary of the problems it could create, however, is very much on-point; pricing spirals are going to do more harm than good in the long run. With that as an answer, I'm going to lock this thread. Thank you!

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