have a question that I would like to discuss

[Oldschoolegamer38]

I have an honest question and please an honest answer(s) and possible solution(s) that the community can do to make it better:
After finding a former FC member who was bot mining we kicked and reported (with photos to prove he was)
What can we as players do to help counter the bots that have overrun the Market Board? Also what other things we can do as players to help make it a better for players who legitly want to make honest gil.
I know we are on a high pop server and it does lead to making it harder to make gil, but when botting is involved what ways as legit players can do to counter such players and retainers they control and if there is a way to find out who is botting and find a way to make their posts on the MB inert?

[EmirniCadgemah]

I'm no expert on bot mining but just keep undercutting people like those and then once it gets low enough if they keep undercutting, buy up their stuff for the lower price and then resell back at the inflated price! I don't think I've come across bot miners yet but I'm sure they can easily be weeded out if you just keep an eye out within FCs and sometimes out in the world!

[Oldschoolegamer38]

And the sad part is that SE will not take screenshots taken as evidence with a feature they put into the game...I am just getting flustered that everything I am putting up on the market board and the same person is undercutting me all the time. I feel like this guy is doing it just to harass me and it doesn't matter what market I go into he is there with his same-named retainers. I wonder if this could be considered harassment?

[EmirniCadgemah]

Hmmm I wouldn't go so far to say harassment! Just old fashioned and very annoying undercutting! Its OK to feel flustered when you sales are getting undercut STUPIDLY esp by the same person! Just be persistent and undercut them to the point where they either don't want to go any lower or until you can just buy up what they're selling from them and then inflate the price back up!

[Oldschoolegamer38]

I feel SE needs to ban people on the spot alot more for cheating and make it public. Players who cheat should not give that privacy right to cheaters they don't deserve it.