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

[Welsper59]

This function did exist in 1.0, but that wasn't exactly what someone would have considered an Auction House (or 2.0 Market Board), nor would I consider the situation involving it to be something to use in favor of selective purchase lol. It's probably just because of a number of things involving the aspect of "as is" purchasing. The undercutting would be VERY real. Like... what we experience now wouldn't even be a fraction to the cutthroat nature of undercuts if that were to happen lol. If you've ever tried to sell very high cost goods against several others, especially if sales aren't at a high frequency, you'd have an idea of what to expect.

At least with 1.0, it was difficult to find stuff and by the time the search function was released, player population dropped significantly, which made it easier to make sales and prevent undercutting wars.