Players spamming Market Board with hundreds of the same item. Please change this.

[worldofneil]

You could just price lower than them, they'd soon get bored of having to update prices on 100 retainers.

Or just sell something else?

[RyuSaarva]

You could just price lower than them, they'd soon get bored of having to update prices on 100 retainers.

Or just sell something else?

anyone who has that many items is running bots which also automatically lower market boaard item prices every 5 minutes or so.

[Canadane]

anyone who has that many items is running bots which also automatically lower market boaard item prices every 5 minutes or so.

I have done this once or twice without botting.
It's not something I could do for extended periods of time but a small monopoly here and there doesn't necessitate botting.

[RyuSaarva]

I have done this once or twice without botting.
It's not something I could do for extended periods of time but a small monopoly here and there doesn't necessitate botting.

well I have never seen any item on marketboard which was made by 1 person and it took all the space from it.

[Canadane]

well I have never seen any item on marketboard which was made by 1 person and it took all the space from it.

Okay well I've done exactly this. It's not hard to do with 5 retainers going.

[Awha]

well I have never seen any item on marketboard which was made by 1 person and it took all the space from it.

I also do this from time-to-time, not saying that people do not bot, but it is not that uncommon of an occurence. Granted at times especially in NN people do complain and generally assume foul play which is just a general problem within the community.

[Jojoya]

Or just sell something else?

This is the best advice. When the listings for a specific item are saturated that heavily, whether by one player or multiple players, it's better to start selling something else.

[SamSmoot]

You could just price lower than them, they'd soon get bored of having to update prices on 100 retainers.

Or just sell something else?

They're probably managing the MB sales with a bot program. One click to change the price on all of them, or it could have automatic undercutting.

[Edax]

They're probably managing the MB sales with a bot program. One click to change the price on all of them, or it could have automatic undercutting.

Then you can ruin a botter's day by dropping the price on 9,900 items constantly.

[Iscah]

In this scenario, you'll buy the 10 at 999 anyway. So just sell cheaper and you'll get the sale. Otherwise sell something else.

What's so hard about just selling the 1 ingot for 499? You'll outcompete the monopoly.

From a buyer's perspective, sure. They'll buy your smaller stack of items if you price it lower.

But from the seller's perspective, it's dictating the maximum price they can set for their item. For the person who had to sell their stack of 10 at 999 gil instead of 2000, that's 10,000 gil profit they just missed out on because someone else blocked them from setting a price higher than the flooded one.

Selling single items for a higher amount than the bulk price is normal and logical.