The TP and vendor prices

#1 - Oct. 3, 2014, 10:53 a.m.
Blizzard Post

The lowest listing price for any item is limited by its vendor value – we all know that. But why set such a limit, when you can put “buy orders” for less than vendor price? Take thick leather as an example: there’s a ton of it listed for the minimum (vendor) price which is 9C and yet, all the “buy orders” are for 8C. Wouldn’t it be better to also have that limit apply to “buy orders” as well? At the current situation I just vendor all the thick leather I find. Mithril ore is also heading that way, and I’m sure there are a lot more items that are in limbo like the above ones.

#4 - Oct. 3, 2014, 12:56 p.m.
Blizzard Post

There was a bug around launch that allowed below-vendor buy orders on items. It was fixed but not before a bunch of automated buy orders for nonsense were put in.

We were discussing ways to clean this up relatively recently and think we have a plan, though the complexity of the operation means we’re not going to rush to do it.