Business And Economy Archive
Thread: General question: HOw many of us use the public bazaars?
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Pawlin
Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:05 pm
#1
Yes or no.
If you do use it than what do you use it for?
If you do not use it than why not?
My answer: Yes I use it. I like to hunt for bargains like cheap small houses to resell or for rare loot in the misc. general items. I also dump my old low value junk there like a virtual garage sale or Goodwill.
pircio
Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:06 pm
#2
i use it only to see if there are CA's or AA's that someone is selling because they don't know what it is
yay my rifle speed +3 for 6k
yay my rifle speed +3 for 6k
garen_taym
Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:09 pm
#3
I only use it to see if there are any rare type loots (like adhesives) from some noob. I also have been selling my Sith resources there recently though...
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Ybagi
Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:26 pm
#5
I buy from bazaar daily, there are always good deals there for sale.
I sell there when I can but I usually have too many items waiting to be picked up to allow me access to my 25 available spots.
The limits on bazaar need to be increased by a substantial amount and auctions need to lose the ability to be withdrawn if bids have been made.
Biding on auctions is generally a waste of time because they are either junk that won't sell at any price or will be withdrawn.
There should be no limit to how high the auction bid can go either, this would make bazaar a very useful tool.
tgrif11
Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:28 pm
#6
you can find relly good deals on general items,sometimes the entiore kit to an item, i construched an entire blur rug once off a bazaar, in a total of 3 days.
Tumbler2002
Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:52 pm
#7
I sell certain Items on the bazaar on a regular basis and I would like to sell more, but the 6000 price limit and the 25 items at a time really make them extremely inconvient to deal with.
If price limit raised to 200k and everything else stayed the same, the Baazaar could become extremely useful for all players. The 25 item limit would be an inconvience worth dealing with so that vendors can sell to a larger audience.
I'd like to see the limit raised on items as well. I'd say 100 is a better number.
Buying things in other places should come with an optional fee to have it delivered to you instantly. (Mabye a 5% thing similar to the bank tip feature)
The public Baazar's can be a really central part of the economy but because the price limit is so low most things can't be sold on it.
My .02
If price limit raised to 200k and everything else stayed the same, the Baazaar could become extremely useful for all players. The 25 item limit would be an inconvience worth dealing with so that vendors can sell to a larger audience.
I'd like to see the limit raised on items as well. I'd say 100 is a better number.
Buying things in other places should come with an optional fee to have it delivered to you instantly. (Mabye a 5% thing similar to the bank tip feature)
The public Baazar's can be a really central part of the economy but because the price limit is so low most things can't be sold on it.
My .02
BlacOtaku
Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:55 pm
#8
I do not use the bazaar at all.
I prefer to go to well stocked vendors instead. However, the bazaar is an excellent tool for new players to shop at. There are many great deals at the bazaar, but I personally just prefer vendors over bazaars.
I prefer to go to well stocked vendors instead. However, the bazaar is an excellent tool for new players to shop at. There are many great deals at the bazaar, but I personally just prefer vendors over bazaars.
Ackew
Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:16 pm
#9
I try and check the bazzar every day to see if there are any bargins to be had 100k of gemstoms for 6k anyone 
also use to get that that odd space loot i need to do an RE and sell the vast quanitys of useless (to me) skill stims i get while trying to get that elusive view screen tech reader.
also use to get that that odd space loot i need to do an RE and sell the vast quanitys of useless (to me) skill stims i get while trying to get that elusive view screen tech reader.
Cafa
Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:55 pm
#10
As far as I see, the bazaar is used mainly for the lower level of sales by people without Merchant.
What really irritates me more than the bazaar is the Trade Forums. Yes, I use them. But they are basically another sellout of a profession that hasn't been developed by SOE fully in-game, so the Trade Forums are instituted to emulate the functionality that does not exist within SWG.
IMO, nothing in the economic part of this game should take place in the forums. I'm sure that's not a popular stance, but it does reflect the manner in which the game is approached. The Trade Forums give anyone the ability to instantly touch all other players and sell millions of credits of loot. Does that sound like a TKM/Fencer/Pistol Tech4 template in the game?
SOE basically gives all non-Artisan/Merchant players in the game free skill points by the very existence of the Trade Forums.
Also, lemme state that for anyone in the game to place auctions with a 6k limit and then use the space for email auctions is frustrating.
SWG needs to provide the tools to conduct better commerce within the system and not rely on bulletin board software to supplement a MMORPG.
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Wyeth-SB
Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:32 am
#11
I use it all the time, several times during my play sessions. I have found tremendous deals there. Just 2 days ago I bought an anniversary painting of "Hutt Greed" for 1 (one) credit and one of those sculptures that the devs gave to players for 1 (one)credit as well. The player was probably leaving the game.
ahdkaw
Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:05 am
#12
I try to use them everyday, especially Coronet and Theed. The 6K limit is frustrating, and the 6K auctions are just a joke, I personally refuse to do that, I usually put an item on that's not worth even close to 6K and use that for my advert, if it sells I'm much richer than I would be selling it for the normal price (well okay, not much richer, a little).
There are a lot of bargains to be found on the Bazaar, certainly more so than any player Vendor, so I will continue to look for that cheap cheap loot.
The 25 item limit should be increased to 50 rather than 100, but maybe that could be linked to Merchants? And max selling price should definitely increase from 6K as it simply disallows the sales of upper-end items in NPC cities.
There are a lot of bargains to be found on the Bazaar, certainly more so than any player Vendor, so I will continue to look for that cheap cheap loot.
The 25 item limit should be increased to 50 rather than 100, but maybe that could be linked to Merchants? And max selling price should definitely increase from 6K as it simply disallows the sales of upper-end items in NPC cities.
Ajo79
Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:15 am
#13
I use the bazaar regulary. Not for buying but for selling. I usualy sell off spare resources. Sales out within 24 hours almost all the time. I use the Mos Eisley bazaar where new players starts out.
I also sell mabari armor suits here to promote my armor vendor.
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