Market Bulk Purchase/Sale option

[drifting wedge]

Having an intField on the market UI, to allow us to purchase/sell more than one offer/request at a time, would be splended.
min = 1 | max = offer/request.count or 50
and in the for loop, have it check next price before completing that transaction, presenting us with a prompt like usual, for price change.

[slate frigate]

Unless i'm misunderstanding: doesn't the offer/request system already cover bulk buy/sell?

[drifting wedge]

I mean when you go to an existing offer/request
it only lets you buy/sell 1 at a time

[south minnow]

Just use a market slot and bulk request, it automatically fills it with offers that fit the price on the market. They've said before that a buy multiple option isn't gonna happen since the prices always are changing or something like that.

[drifting wedge]

they could just do something along the lines of...

if(buyAmount > 1) //Or sellAmount (this is intField)
{
  int currentPrice; //store currentPrice of the item
  for(int i = 0, i < buyAmount, i++)
  {
    if(item.price != currentPrice) //if the price changes..
    {
      //Do "Price has changed" dialog
      //Break from buy function
    }
    else
    {
       //Do Buy Item
    }
  } 
}

[south minnow]

I'm not saying it would or wouldn't work, I'm just informing you they said it isn't happening in the past so I wouldn't put too much thought into it

[slate frigate]

Ah I see what you mean
I'ma ask then: what would do this do that request doesn't

[drifting wedge]

let you buy <amount> all(or until price change) at once, right away
instead of waiting for the req to be fulfilled(if it even does, within <time>)

[jade osprey]

i think OP means buying bulk from market rather than having to spam the buy button

[slate frigate]

But that's what the request feature is for? 😛

I'm not sure they would add something that'd let you mass purchase from the offer screen cause
A) it'd bypass the market tax which is one of their drains and
B) it'd act as basically a free market slot - you'd be able to have all 8 slots selling items and then use this feature to buy in bulk

I mean obv you can do that already with clicking repeatedly just don't think they'd streamline it

[drifting wedge]

Market slots, used for when you want to post a request cheaper than what's on market.
bulk buy button, for when you don't care about the price, and need it NOW

[earnest rapids]

I thought the buy 1 thing at a time per click was to prevent 1 person(bot) from buying all the things in 1 go and creating a potential monopoly to sell back at inflated prices. A simple 500ms delay between sales would essentially allow for the same process without giving us carpal tunnel or wearing out our mouse (touch screen)

[random narwhal]

if you want to bulk buy no matter the price just put max price request?

every offer with a lower price than yours would automatically get sold to you that way

[drifting wedge]

because we shouldn't have to do that.
overpay by ~400k (depending on item)
when we could just bulk buy at the current price.

[slate frigate]

Convenience fee

[rapid mesa]

your thumbs will thank you

nothing beats buying 300 components manually

[whole solstice]

You could say the same for mass selling over requests, which is basically market offers

Bypassing tax is all this feature would do

[drifting wedge]

@hoary bane
you mean how I already have suggested it
and was shot down.

[tender socket]

it’s not really bypassing tax as the seller is still paying tax regardless, this just avoids a double if not more tax (if the request system ends up being more due to difference in price)