How to Spot Price-Raisers

[Ninjasmurf]

Price manipulation has existed since humans started the first market. It is why a well-regulated stock market bans certain forms of price manipulation. It is why the "my rights are greater than yours" type of person wants no regulations at all. It is why players want companies to regulate and why some companies program certain disclosures into their markets.

Do u understand that we’re talking about vanities here??!! Why can no one understand that vanities don’t affect the game and therefore the price of them doesn’t matter because you don’t need them??!

If we were talking about something like a pet, sns for example when it cost 120mil then yes I understand why ppl would be upset because they can never obtain it and would have a huge disadvantage in pvp. However balloons/arlors/any vanity has absolutely no affect in gameplay. Understand now??!

[Zynzyn]

balloons/arlors/any vanity has absolutely no affect in gameplay. Understand now??!

Agreed vanities do not directly affect game-play.

The average player who farms with gold-loot, cannot match the 999m of the hoardercumpricemanipulator.

The huge gold that hoarders manage to acquire from FAKING a price as stated in the OP, is often used to hoard the newest equipment and pets and awakening gems, etc as is obvious in merchant posts/guide-threads. Or sold for real dollars. This is what affects the health of the game, and changes game-play.

[PostNoob]

People still manipulate prices lol. To say it doesnt happen, and back that up with "well they pay what they want, no one forces them too" or comments like that, doesn't make it right.

Sure, you can try and blame the buyer for wanting an item, but when there is deliberate involvement from some1 to make an item appear more costly, or limit the availability to the public through massive amounts of gold, thats manipulation lol. Manipulation may be too strong of a word for some to agree with, but it holds true.

Its a fine line between a mercher and a manipulator. Although they go hand in hand and feed of each other.