Is it meaness or shear stupidity -- MB Pricing

[MihaelB]

This is what happens when they tax after sales instead of taxing before sales.

Imagine if you were taxed before an official listing, how many people would repeatedly undercut?

This is the only game I've played with an after sale listing and it baffles me.

[Skivvy]

This is what happens when they tax after sales instead of taxing before sales.

Imagine if you were taxed before an official listing, how many people would repeatedly undercut?

This is the only game I've played with an after sale listing and it baffles me.

Pretty much this. As it is now, people can babysit their auctions and adjust as need be to the annoyance of everyone.

[Alberel]

This is what happens when they tax after sales instead of taxing before sales.

Imagine if you were taxed before an official listing, how many people would repeatedly undercut?

This is the only game I've played with an after sale listing and it baffles me.

This exactly. Most MMOs charge the seller a sales tax for LISTING the item, whereas here the tax is taken as the item is sold. A listing tax would go a VERY long way to stabilizing prices on the MB as it would become risky to try and price gouge (since you lose money if you can't sell it and have to relist it) and it would become unprofitable to keep undercutting every five minutes. Quite honestly that simple change could potentially fix most of the problems with this game's economy...