Why don't we have the ability to make specific number purchases from the market?

[Ashkendor]

I like it this way. I make a fortune selling things in small stacks at a slight markup. :3

[Elvin]

If they add 5 more slots the game will break.

PS3 limitations.

I mean, the servers are refurbished PS3, right?

[AsteriaStarfall]

I hate to bring it up....but WoW does it best.

Sell in stacks of:

Price per item :

I'd say remove the 20 posting limit, but. We all know how the servers are. If they add 5 more slots the game will break.

The WoW auction house is almost exactly the same as FF MB, the only difference, you can list 200 items a day instead of 20 per retainer. The problem with that, is weeding through the 30+ pages of mat items in stack of 1 just to get to a full stack, at least they have a sort by option, but other than that, there is no difference between the two types of auctions.

[Sylve]

I vote against being able to buy part of a stack.

Lots of people only need 1 or 2 of any given item. Others need large stacks. Some only need small stacks for s specific task.
When making a purchase, i choose the one that is closest to my needs, not necessarily the cheapest option for a single purchase.

If i could just buy one item out of the 99 stack, I'd only ever choose the cheapest possible option, which would just drive the price down harshly for that item for ANY seller.
Right now, I can carve a niche in the market by selling small stacks in the same way others can have a niche by selling massive stacks.

Its a good system and believe it or not, it promotes a healthy economy.

[Lukha]

Because when I need 2 of an item to have someone craft something for me I really want to buy a stack of 99 for several hundred thousand only to have to undercut to resell them in a timely manner.

Drastically undercut.

Yes, and that sounds fine to me, because I just sold 99 items in one go. If you really wanted only two items, you could make them yourself or have someone else do it, or wait until someone posted a smaller stack on the marketboard; if you can't or won't do any of those things, then you're stuck paying the convenience tax, which in that case was 97 extra items.

That's just how business works, and I'm not sure why these posts keep cropping up, as if we suppliers should feel bad for trying to make a profit. I suppose they could make it an option for the SELLER to allow people to buy what they wanted out of a stack, but if they made it compulsory, I'd be very angry, and I'm sure a lot of others would be as well.

[Waeksyn]

So, everyone that wants this must be able to walk into their local grocery and buy one bun out of the package of 12, open the box and get a cup of corn flakes, etc.

The seller decides what he is selling. The buyer can choose to buy or not.

At least you can buy a stack and then resell what you don't use. Try that with the rest of the box of corn flakes!

[Naunet]

WildStar's attempt at making sellers anonymous was TERRIBLE, because buyers ended up sitting there trying desperately to figure out how much was actually for sale at the shown price, with NO IDEA what the next price jump would be. Had someone listed at 51? 60? 500? Would you be able to buy as many as you actually needed?

That is one tiny problem easily solved by either fulfilling as much of your order as possible at the price you requested, or simply telling you exactly how many there are in the error message ("There are only XXX available at this price.").

[Orspeth]

Because when I need 2 of an item to have someone craft something for me I really want to buy a stack of 99 for several hundred thousand only to have to undercut to resell them in a timely manner.

Drastically undercut.

If you only want two and there are not two listed, farm it yourself. If I want to list short stacks, I will. If I don't, I don't want someone buying my listed stacks piecemeal. Don't like the options on the MB, get it/make it yourself - this is how it should be.