Price Manipulation

A ever growing trend in RuneScape these days is groups of people controlling the supply of items and therefore the price of that item. Why do people do this? Easy because people who succesfully controll the supply of items make big profits!


My interpretation


The bottom axis represents supply (The availability of good), The top axis represents demand (The want of the good).

The green dot is when the item is bought out (supply drained) the red dot is when the item is resold and demand is met. As you can see the line is vertical, in the real world it wouldnt be linear but for this explanation it shall be to emphasise the dramatic effect price manipulation has on the economy and how powerfull this concept is.

there are now groups out there gathering people to participate in price manipulation the main one that im aware of is A C I D Y. He oparates in irc and clan chat. The leaders of the chat will determine an item to buy out. Then the members will buy out this certain item or a decent % of stock. Once the item is bought out the will keep the item for a day or so or however long it takes for jagex to increase the price for the good. Once this happens a leader will ask for the item to be "Dumped" or sold. Everyone will sell there items and make a profit cause the in the absence of the items on the ge everyone was trying to buy thefore demand going up resulting in price increase.

If you are a risk taker and u want some incrediable return try getting on on this syndicate. As always risk is more apparent in Price manipulation as you have the chance that the item was being dumped while you were sleeping and the time you come on the item is at price below you bought it for due to the rapid flooding of ther market of items at exhubernt prices.

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