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Dr. Ocsid 11 Nov, 2012 @ 3:08pm
Add prices to items?
With the "TF2Op + Backpack.tf" plugin, you can see a little red box on each item's icon that says how much the item is worth. It gets the prices from Backpack.tf. Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/nmVci.png Could something like this be implemented into the site? It would definitely reduce highballing and lowballing, which this site is notorious for.
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His Wardship 11 Nov, 2012 @ 3:19pm 
This should go in the suggestions section.

I think something like this was implemented before, but then removed. I think this would be very useful, even though I currently have a plugin to do it for me. I doubt it would remedy the "lowballing", if an item is listed as .11, people will buy for .5 and sell for .16.
Also, I worry that this will cause people to only use fixed prices, which is the plague of the spreadsheet which is just receding, finally.
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critter5 11 Nov, 2012 @ 3:28pm 
This is a terrible idea, it would allow backpack.tf's prices to manipulate item prices. Prices should be determined with reason by the traders, not some voters
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Dr. Ocsid 11 Nov, 2012 @ 3:41pm 
Oh, I'm an idiot, wrong section. Can an admin move it? Anyways, this would simply be a guideline to go by when pricing items, not like a bible or something.
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critter5 11 Nov, 2012 @ 3:57pm 
Originally posted by Dr. Ocsid:
Oh, I'm an idiot, wrong section. Can an admin move it? Anyways, this would simply be a guideline to go by when pricing items, not like a bible or something.
It became a 'bible' on bazaar.tf guidelines never work.
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His Wardship 11 Nov, 2012 @ 4:07pm 
Originally posted by Dr. Ocsid:
Oh, I'm an idiot, wrong section. Can an admin move it? Anyways, this would simply be a guideline to go by when pricing items, not like a bible or something.

I think the community has proven that they cannot be trusted with guidelines. :P
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norby89 11 Nov, 2012 @ 4:24pm 
Honestly I don't think this should ever be implemented. People are free to use plugins that achieve this for personal use but what people don't understand is that these are merely guides. Too many people follow them by the book and if they don't have the necessary trading experience it can be just as bad for them.

New item comes on the market and everyone overprices it. It sells because there are traders who don't really care would pay anything just to have them on day one. Backpack.tf would be updated to reflect that. A newbie would easily make the mistake of trading their more valuable items for something like that because it seems like a good deal. Anyone with a bit of experience would know that these items would fall in price a lot over the following days.

That's just one example, there are plenty of others why this would be bad. Not to mention it would conflict TF2OP's policy of not commenting on people's prices. The OP should be free to price their items however they feel it's fair without anyone slamming it down their throat.
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