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Kroder · 03-04-2005, 08:10 AM

Madilye wrote:

The only possible problem with the status being personal and having merchants sell the WORTs or other items and give discounts based on status is that inevitably someone will level their status up then start buying up the NPC goods and reselling them on the broker at a higher price. This might be why it wasn't done on an individual basis.

You are describing a commodities trader, it seems.

I am led to wonder, is that unfair at all?

We already have many, self professed, individuals who stand ready to buy brokered items if they see them being sold at below market value, so they can resell them.

Are they wrong to do so? Are they interfering with an intended kindness, towards a stranger? Or are they just grabbing a chance to turn a quick coin?

In EQ1, many resold Fuzzlecutter Formula 5000, in the bazaar, because many characters could not, (or did not want to take the time to), go down to freeport, and buy from Ping directly. These merchants were usually hailed as benefactors, who performed a needed service.

03-04-2005, 08:10 AM	#29
Kroder Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 94	Madilye wrote: The only possible problem with the status being personal and having merchants sell the WORTs or other items and give discounts based on status is that inevitably someone will level their status up then start buying up the NPC goods and reselling them on the broker at a higher price. This might be why it wasn't done on an individual basis. You are describing a commodities trader, it seems. I am led to wonder, is that unfair at all? We already have many, self professed, individuals who stand ready to buy brokered items if they see them being sold at below market value, so they can resell them. Are they wrong to do so? Are they interfering with an intended kindness, towards a stranger? Or are they just grabbing a chance to turn a quick coin? In EQ1, many resold Fuzzlecutter Formula 5000, in the bazaar, because many characters could not, (or did not want to take the time to), go down to freeport, and buy from Ping directly. These merchants were usually hailed as benefactors, who performed a needed service. __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? --------Nelson Mandela (orig. quote Marianne Williamson)