Originally Posted by
Elucidate
That is very unlikely because those that manipulate the prices are often the ones that hold the majority of available supply or the more desired item of equal or greater value
For example, ask anyone in PC NA where to find someone selling Spinal Tap weapons/mods, majority of them will point to me. The question though is will I sell it to some random person spamming zone or the trading thread? the answer is mostly no. That is because if I approach them, they're in control. If they approach me however, I can dictate what I want for it
When spinal tap came out, people were selling them like they were non pay wall blocked items, pricing them the same as common gears. I invested 40 million into it knowing its full potential based on people's psychological demand tendencies. Now was I right? Yes, Yes I was. I would say that I have at least a 95% monopoly of Spinal Tap in PC NA
Given the extreme demand for it, and almost non existent of supply besides myself, I know that I can dictate whatever price I want as long as I don't back down when it comes to negotiating.
The problem is, most people don't know the art of haggling/bartering and just go with the price that I set.
The lesson here is that knowledge is power. Predictability is everyone's downfall as this is exactly why the prices of stuff fluctuate to a manipulators market. As a friendly advice to everyone if you want to get something for cheap, settle having "almost" good items instead of trying to get the "best". That few amount of difference in stats could be the difference between 1 million and 10 million