UNDERCUTTING....

[Matsume]

That is exactly what I said and why I linked that article. But it flew way over your head.

That's not at all "exactly what you said" Nowhere in any of your posts do you use "exactly" the same words in that order nor any phrase close. You said cartels are unsustainable and harmful to the economy so as to give credit to your undercutting antics. I said that uncountable harmful and unsustainable agents coexist with the economy and the fact that they are harmful and unsustainable does not prevent them from coexisting in the economy.

I don't think you still understand what a cartel is. When you have a bunch of people chiming in and saying that an item should be X price, and that people shouldn't undercut it, and blah blah, that's price fixing done by a group of producers. Also known as a cartel, or at least an attempted cartel.

No one saidany item "should be X price", nor is anyone attempting to convince others to cooperate for a server wide domination of any market. Not one person has tried to "fix the price" of anything. This thread started off with a simple complaint about how under cutters are starting to get annoying. Guess what? It's annoying. It's a fact. Get used to it. You don't think it's annoying because you benefit from it. Everyone can see that. Plain and simple. No cartels, no attempts.

And fyi, I wasn't the first one to bring up that word in this thread.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post682596

FYI, i replied to that post in depth. The OP himself admitted to the irony of his own post because he's got a degree in economics and leans towards Keynesian economics. Guess what? Keynesian economics supports government intervention to stabilize prices. GUESS WHAT? ITS NOT CALLED A CARTEL. Why would the government have used price control functions in a free economy during the Great Depression, WW2, post war reconstruction era, and during our current Global Economic Prices? Because Keynesian economics "argue that private sector decisions sometimes lead to inefficient macroeconomic outcomes.".

I guess that makes you, according to Keynes, part of the group of private sector decisions that sometimes lead to inefficient macroeconomic outcomes. Those against undercutting understand these negative consequences. You apparently don't give a rat's tail.

It's ironic that you would call me ignorant and claim that i didn't read your Wikipedia article on cartels whilst it would seem you didn't read half of his post nor the article he posted.

Then why did you bring up the mafia in your attempt to argue against me? What possible point could you have been trying to make with that? Can you elaborate?

Sure thing, I can elaborate. The point I was attempting to make is that there is a big difference between real world economics and a virtual economy. You can't call a few forum posters complaining about under cutters a cartel. Why? because cartels and the mafia are serious business. These posters have no resemblance to a cartel, you throw the word around nonchalantly to enforce your point of view and make it seem like anti-undercutting is a sin.

I bolded the completely ironic part in your argument there. I don't need them to quit the whole game to drive them out of business. When their item is no longer being sold on the market or they repurpose it, then I have effectively ran them out of business. They're not my competition anymore. If I decide to pull out of the market (i.e. stop selling my wares) and they come back, then whatever. That's how free markets work.

You are once again making the mistake of comparing a real world free market to an in game virtual economy. Nuff sed.

It's funny when people call me a troll with "intellectually sounding" arguments, because I'm direct, blunt, and not ashamed of calling people out on bulls**t. I guess Googling results, fully reading through topics, and posting articles that support my claims makes me a passive-aggressive troll that only sounds intellectual.

Hey, may I direct you to another Wikipedia article? It's called the ad hominem attack.

"short for argumentum ad hominem, is an attempt to negate the truth of a claim by pointing out a negative characteristic or belief of the person supporting it"

...you called me a cartel member attempting to fix prices on a server, i ask you to QUOTE ME on my attempt to do so and call you a liar for putting words in my mouth, to which you reply with "i don't think you still understand what a cartel is" which seems to me like you are attempting to "negate the truth of a claim by pointing out a negative characteristic or belief of the person supporting it".

Did you post that so as to enforce for my point, or make yourself look like an idiot?