[Request] Add ability to choose how many items we want to purchase

[Seraphor]

It's all well and good saying that the choice to buy in bulk or individually is there, and that demand will cause sellers to list items in smaller quantities at higher prices for the convenience.
However that relies on the sellers recognizing that demand and catering to it.

If no one is selling these things individually and everyone who wants them individually is being forced to buy in bulk (and get screwed over for it) then that demand is never going to be recognized.

The option to negotiate these things and inform the sellers of a certain demand simply isn't there, so this system doesn't work.

I mean, imagine going to a videogame store to buy FFXIV and being told "sorry, we only have stacks of 10 for $300 available", and the store clerk has no authority to change this set up and upper management have no contact details. It's insane.


What would work better is some kind of adjustable system, whereby you can list multiple items at an individual price, then set your own discount price for a bulk buy.
E.g.
Individual Price: 1,000g
Multi-buy discount: 5g/unit
Resulting in....
Stack of 10: 9,950g
Stack of 99: 98,550g
(although in this example 5g per unit is probably too little to work)

Then people can purchase your items individually if they wish, or in bulk for a discount, and everyone is happy.

[Remyogic]

I mean, imagine going to a videogame store to buy FFXIV and being told "sorry, we only have stacks of 10 for $300 available", and the store clerk has no authority to change this set up and upper management have no contact details. It's insane.

To correct your example; It's more synonymous to going to a game store and saying "I want to buy FFXIV, but I only want the MSQ, I don't want all the other stuff" and the clerk says "I'm sorry, that isn't being offered".

[NephthysVasudan]

To correct your example; It's more synonymous to going to a game store and saying "I want to buy FFXIV, but I only want the MSQ, I don't want all the other stuff" and the clerk says "I'm sorry, that isn't being offered".

what kind of an example is that? That's irrational.
What does that have to do with the request to buy 1 copy of a game and not get forced to buy 100 copies?

Lets try sticking to reality ok?

Seraphor is talking about quantity of the item in question...not the materials contained in the product. Why in the world you would say such a thing is beyond even my understanding.

His example needs no correction....its all about materials/items...individualistic....and any relation to each other is pure coincidence/per need basis...not required..nor forced.

If anything his example is real world accurate....that's a common industry practice in wholesale/warehouse buying and selling of goods. While not common in consumer markets (only because consumers don't buy in bulk very often)

more often than not I do not need bulk items...I need ONE.....single...individual...item. But nope..have to buy 100 of the damn things. there's a time and place to buy in bulk...and a time where we buy individually. The market board makes individual purchases ridiculously stupid when it comes to this situation.

Like it or not the Market will fluctuate regardless with or without the request.
Take a look at EVE Online for an example...they've been at it far longer...and have a free flowing economy.

Will SE do anything about it? Doubtful...but no reason to get insane in "correcting" each other.