How is the Community Market feeling (7)
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@PapaRick68_XBL The short answer is that the Bot's use an emulator to run the app on a PC. Since the app doesn't have the captcha like the website and is not cumbersome like the console when trying to place or modify lots of orders. It enables the bot to do so based on parameters that are set and do it in pretty much real time.
Psy
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@PsylockeSmythe_XBL Oh, Okay. Gotcha. Thank you
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Folks, this nonsense is precisely why real world trading venues, like the NY Stock Exchange, all feature tight control over the trading desk. Only a few highly regulated and vetted people are cleared to have access to the trading computers. Everyone else has to place a trade order, which is then ultimately processed by one of the relatively few people with that direct access to the trading computer.
SDS has created a monster where an unlimited number of people have direct access to the trading system. Corruption by a few people can cause chaos in the system. SDS was warned of the danger inherent in the PC-based app. But, like with just about everything else, the leadership at SDS thinks they have all the issues figured out and don't need to take heed to feedback given to them by their customers.
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@PapaRick68_XBL all of the above is correct. Flipping is definetly an important part of the game and these bots have spread to every card with profitable margins and they monitor everything 24/7. Whenever their position is outbid, they instantly outbid and undercut. When humans are actively using the app they are able to delete bids and rebid and be aggressive - which can be fun when going against other humans. But we can only be locked into 1, maybe 2 cards at the same time. Bots are monitoring and acting 24/7. It’s totally unfair, to say the least. On top of that, the funds gained this way are sold off to people using 3rd party websites to buy stubs for a fraction of the retail price and those stubs get transferred to those accounts through market manipulation - corrupting the market even further. For reasons unknown, it’s allowed to continue. So here we are, making noise, acting like Karens, repeating the obvious, in hopes that sds will see this outrage and realize it’s in their best interest and ours to activate filters they have in place to block bots and restore integrity to marketplace and the game.
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@Oliver230230230_PSN Thanks for your take, Oliver. I never experienced flipping back in the day but it’s obvious something is very wrong.
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@DrBear100_PSN I think it would be a great compromise to allow the app to display current prices and listings, but make the actual transactions only facilitated on the console. That way we can see the data on app, much easier and faster than navigating the console menus, but have to initialize the transaction on the console.
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Thanks,
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So disappointing… maybe tomorrow…
