Is it against the TOS to repost irems on the MB?

[Pheryx]

Yes, it does. It falls under

・Other obstruction of play
This means all other behaviour that deliberately obstructs another person\\'s game play by some means.

No it doesn't

[Ryaz]

If that's the case, I would have been banned long ago. I'm not a MB player, but if I see a good deal, I'll take risks at times. Like buying 11 offensive logograms for 180k a piece and reselling them for 299k (which was the next highest price). Profit.

[ElazulHP]

No it's not against the TOS, however, with how many bots infest the MB lately its risky because you're likely to not sell everything before the bots destroy the value again.

[KaivaC]

Yes, it does. It falls under

・Other obstruction of play
This means all other behaviour that deliberately obstructs another person\\'s game play by some means.

No it does not, stop it.

This is business. People just simply need to learn to play the market better.

[Zukissa]

No. You can do what you want. That's the fastest way I know of to get shards.

[Bearded]

Why on earth would anyone even consider that relisting an item would be against the ToS? If someone lists an item at a vastly reduced rate it is for one of three reasons...

1) They have no idea of the perceived value of the item to others
2) They have an idea of the perceived value but want a quick sale
3) They have an idea of the perceived value and made an error

In item 1 the person could have (actually should have) checked the historic sales for the item first.
In item 2 its perfectly fine - the seller went in with their eyes open and was happy to make what some consider is a loss as they perceive the value to be higher.
In item 3 its a shame but the value should be checked and checked again before you list.

Many will sell for reason 2 - to make a quick profit. Some of these sales will probably be snapped up and relisted. Thats perfectly fine. Nobody is losing out anything.


NB - I used "perceived value" on purpose as no item has a "real value" apart from those sold by NPC vendors and even then the perceived value of those items are sometimes somewhat higher for some reason.

[KageTokage]

There's nothing wrong with this behavior, but I have noticed that it is rather commonly abused by market board bots who'll just camp out on a certain item and immediately buy out anything that's posted below a certain price threshold, (Presumably with the intent of keeping prices within a certain range).

If there's anything wrong with the marketboard right now, it's how heavily infested it is by bots, the most common types being consumable flooders and undercutters.

[Bearded]

There's nothing wrong with this normally, but I have seen botters running scripts that auto-purchase anything below a certain price threshold for various reasons, including reselling at higher prices.

What the bots are doing however is perfectly fine - buy low and sell high. What is wrong here is the fact that they are bots and they should be removed when reported with all their inventory removed. The reporting and removal of the bots who do this is the real issue then

[Kaedan]

No, intelligently playing the market is not a punishable offense.

If they are using bots, however, that is a punishable offense.

[K3KW4RCHILD]

I'm curious to know if any game has a policy of punishing smart buyers and sellers. However, the real problem lay in the dopes who don't check the purchase history and notice that they are being manipulated. Then the even bigger dopes who buy it anyway and make it worse for the rest of us. But, such is a free market life.