Spiral Knights - Change Auction House Fee System

Change Auction House Fee System

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Tue, 05/17/2011 - 19:18

Stardrinker

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Currently the Auction House (AH) charges a 10% fee based on the average of buyout and starting bid and there's a 10% tax upon sale of an item. (20% tax for best case scenario?!). This is much too high overall and the listing fee is badly designed.

It should be changed so that a 5% fee applies when the item is sold. For the listing fee, it should be 1% of the buyout price if one exists, otherwise it should be 1% of the starting bid. In either case the listing fee should never exceed 1000 crowns.

Edit: updated upon finding out new info.

Tue, 05/17/2011 - 19:43

Fenix-Stryk

I support the latter clause,

I support the latter clause, that is: "listing fee should [...] never exceed 1000 crowns."

I don't care what algorithm you use for the first half, but I'm not spending 3000 crowns just to list a 2* item with a decent UV that may or may not sell.

Wed, 05/18/2011 - 00:04

Daystar

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The list fee is not the same

The list fee is not the same as the 10% fee. The 10% fee is what you lose if it sells. The list fee is what you lose if it does not.

The 10% "tax" is fine. The list fees are ridiculously over the top. Especially for materials... the market price of items are often lower than their list fees.

Wed, 05/18/2011 - 04:37

Rygon

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List fee needs to change

I don't have a problem with the 10% fee when the item sells. But the listing fee should be lower, especially since you don't get it back if it doesn't sell. Same point as above about the market prices for materials being at or below the listing fees.

IMO, the listing fee should be 10% of the auction starting listing price. That would still encourage sellers to put realistic starting prices, while not killing the materials market.

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