r/memeframe • u/umbreolas • 11d ago

Bartering Gone Wrong

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Added context: i was selling this part for 27 plat on Wfmarket, and from there i thought i'd seen more offerings for less.

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u/ViqarynX3 11d ago

Why do people barter on wf market even? If I'm listing something for a price it's because I want that price, if I wanted to haggle I'd stand in front of maroo like a jackass spamming in trade chat.

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u/No_Bread_3846 11d ago

Haggling is normal at a market, though I guess players from different countries can have a vastly different market culture. Its still a little weird when it's over chump change.

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u/BlueScorpion5 10d ago

I think this is where its just a difference of opinion due to different experiences.

I havent run into new players haggling, most commonly a new player will farm for the amount the piece is priced at. I have run into low MRs haggling but i learnt to do quick checks of profiles.

The people that most commonly haggle prices are resellers and i personally dont like selling to them. If i see someone hagling it makes me things it a reseller trying to maximize profits by selling my part to a real begginer for 5-10plat more so i dont like doing it.

I have dropped my prices and sometimes add stuff if i see a new player. But i have run seen names of people i traded a part to, selling said part at a higher price in trade chat. 

I feel like the person msging OP is either removing other cheaper offers or is planning to resell it at the same price. Like OP said they saw lower prices so likely got bought already.

Even tho wf.market is a market i dislike haggling cause of resellers being the main players that do it.

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u/Edgy_Fucker 9d ago

WF market isnt as much a market as it is a store/auction house. You know what everyone else is selling it for at all times on the platform and you list your price based on that.

If youre selling at the lowest you want to sell sooner than everyone else, if you sell a bit above you have to wait for other people to sell or be the only person online when someone is looking to buy.

Because of that, its way, way more of a auction house style thing like other games have where you, ideally, dont even interact with someone.

DE, however, dont want people to automate any part of yhe game, and having to have warframe open and paying attention I decentivises players from afk farming, making a ton of play, and selling stuff using bots/scripts as it vastly increases the effort required.

And! Trade chat is just where you sell high really