Price Fixing

[loveburger]

I've been noticing a trend with the higher price / more rare cards that I really don't like. People are snatching up all available cards, then putting 'em back up at high prices.... the low amount of available cards is why this is happening. I know people like to flip cards (I do this too) but the fact one person can hoard the same card kills it. EA Sports should find a way to fix this. Allow only one duplicate of a card for example. This hurts people that are just trying to get a card on auction, since they need to pay a premium for players that should be going for much less. ok rant over

[t3chnetic]

Quote: Originally Posted by loveburger

I've been noticing a trend with the higher price / more rare cards that I really don't like. People are snatching up all available cards, then putting 'em back up at high prices.... the low amount of available cards is why this is happening. I know people like to flip cards (I do this too) but the fact one person can hoard the same card kills it. EA Sports should find a way to fix this. Allow only one duplicate of a card for example. This hurts people that are just trying to get a card on auction, since they need to pay a premium for players that should be going for much less. ok rant over

It's not really a problem since this market moves very slow compared to FUT or even MUT, people get impatient and undercut. If a card you want is higher than normal, just wait till peak hours of the day when more get listed and prices are cheaper or wait till they release promo packs.
Example:
LEG E George was selling earlier today around 12k on ps3, now he's up above 20k because it's late at night and not many are listed, tomorrow afternoon I bet he'll be back down under 15k.

[lemongorilla]

Quote: Originally Posted by loveburger

I've been noticing a trend with the higher price / more rare cards that I really don't like. People are snatching up all available cards, then putting 'em back up at high prices.... the low amount of available cards is why this is happening. I know people like to flip cards (I do this too) but the fact one person can hoard the same card kills it. EA Sports should find a way to fix this. Allow only one duplicate of a card for example. This hurts people that are just trying to get a card on auction, since they need to pay a premium for players that should be going for much less. ok rant over

Price fixing is a part of ultimate team you just have to get use to it.

[loveburger]

Quote: Originally Posted by lemongorilla

Price fixing is a part of ultimate team you just have to get use to it.

i've played other ultimate teams... i traded like nuts on fifa for a week and a half and made over a million. But reasonable value was closer during trading. You have to mimic the market and respect it. On this game (never played MUT) you can BE the market. Don't like it. Just saying

[lemongorilla]

Quote: Originally Posted by loveburger

i've played other ultimate teams... i traded like nuts on fifa for a week and a half and made over a million. But reasonable value was closer during trading. You have to mimic the market and respect it. On this game (never played MUT) you can BE the market. Don't like it. Just saying

FUT also has god knows how many more players than this. Not to mention FUT made a market for bronze and silver players buy having different tournaments/seasons that you could play in with only those level players.

[loveburger]

that's a point i make though. the low abundance of cards makes this too easy for people with large wallets to create monopolies. Oh well

[loveburger]

Quote: Originally Posted by lemongorilla

FUT also has god knows how many more players than this. Not to mention FUT made a market for bronze and silver players buy having different tournaments/seasons that you could play in with only those level players.

very true.... tiered solo and h2h challenges would have been awesome. multiple squads as well. Would have made for some really fun games

[lemongorilla]

Quote: Originally Posted by loveburger

very true.... tiered solo and h2h challenges would have been awesome. multiple squads as well. Would have made for some really fun games

the only market is 90+ cards right now. If EA would do something like that or release more collections that weren't awful reward wise that would help the market. There are so many cards right now that have no value.