meeeeeeeeee Posted:

So you have a very, very large stock of these according to your blog post. In your position as mod, did you know in advance that they weren’t going to be available from the itembuildr store, nor any other store any more?

I had no foreknowledge, other than a gut feeling and a good guess.

The Jagged Rock Fondler Posted:

Woah,that is an extortionate price!

And yet, someone bought it out within the first few hours of the Auction, because they didn’t want to wait 72 hours to win one. And the reserve was actually less than I paid for it as well.

Since these are now items that cannot simply be bought in any store any any time (other than, we bumume, the Ppwn Shoppe at random times), it has directly affected their Supply. Therefore, if the Demand stays the same or increases, basic economics dictates that the price will rise.

In fact, the next one I list will have a higher Buyout price (but still the same very low reserve), because it was bought out so quickly.

I chose to take a calculated risk that the Master Ball would either become a more rare item, or that the base price would be adjusted upwards, and therefore, they would become more valuable. Truth be told, I wish I’d purchased more than I did.