Suggestion: Help Sellers and Buyers with 1 simple tweak.

[dspguy]

No no no. Bad idea. It would homogenize the market. A seller puts up 99 at a cheaper price than a single for the reason of "bulk discount." We only have so many retainer spaces. For each item we sell, that takes up a slot. There is an opportunity cost of selling 1 item at a higher price. Buyers need to see it is a convenience fee.

If buyers could specify how many they want to buy, prices would all settle to the same price... even lower than the current price of a stack of 99. This really wouldn't help anybody. Even "buyers" are ultimately sellers eventually.

No change is needed. It allows for a niche market for people that don't have 20 or 50 or 99 of an item to sell 2-3 of an item singly and turn a handsome, if not overall smaller, profit.

[Orth]

It would homogenize the market. A seller puts up 99 at a cheaper price than a single for the reason of "bulk discount." We only have so many retainer spaces. For each item we sell, that takes up a slot. There is an opportunity cost of selling 1 item at a higher price. Buyers need to see it is a convenience fee.

If buyers could specify how many they want to buy, prices would all settle to the same price.. even lower than the current price of a stack of 99. This really wouldn't help anybody. Even "buyers" are ultimately sellers eventually.

This is exactly why I would oppose. I believe the market would plummet after everyone undercuts with huge stacks on items that only sell few at a time. I slowly make Gil by providing that 1 item people need among the bulk and sell them at a premium. They can't undercut me cause theirs is already lower and this slows the decline of prices a lot. I just have to be diligent in replacing after it's sold with another 1.