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Sellers tab in info mode....

Oh. My. Giants!  The new sellers tab in info mode is fabulous!! It's even got a "visit their home street" button!!!  I shouldn't be surprised by that, but I AM totally psyched by it.
Thanks TS!!!!!!

Posted 44 days ago by kastlin Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I don't see this.  Where is it?
    Posted 44 days ago by ennuienta Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When you view the Info popup of an item, there's a tab at the bottom for "Find Sellers".
    Posted 44 days ago by TomC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes, this is a whole mountain of AWESOME.
    Posted 44 days ago by AbleMable Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Also only 5  sellers shows up so you have to reclick the item's info  then sellers tab again to see if there are other sellers.

    So it does not mean that the lowest priced seller will be listed on the first try. I think this is good since it would give a chance for all sellers to get customers. But then customers would have to go through the list a few times to try to find the lowest priced one.
    Posted 44 days ago by Jeasilver Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Woah, it doesn't show the lowest priced seller?  That seems like a bad idea.  I figured it'd be like the auctions, where it's clear what the order of prices is.  At the very least, it should be clearer that the list is completely random, not just the cheapest.
    Posted 44 days ago by Kadi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Weird, why wouldn't they show the cheapest ones?
    Posted 43 days ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Agreed. I automatically assumed that the sellers listed would be those who were selling the item for the lowest prices. TS - what's the reasoning behind this aspect of the feature?
    Posted 43 days ago by Aurora Dellaterra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm guessing this is to spread some of the customers around, but I do think it should be clarified somewhere that these aren't always the cheapest prices.
    Posted 43 days ago by TomC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Also, not all items are showing sellers even though they are available. I checked a few rare items yesterday several had no sellers shown.
    Posted 43 days ago by MaryLiLamb Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm guessing this is to spread some of the customers around

    The sellers should price competitively!
    Posted 43 days ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Or have options such as "cheapest"  "most available" and "somewhere in the middle"
    Posted 43 days ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I STRONGLY object.  I do all my sales through the auctions, so my items do not show up on this tab.  "Sellers" should include both towers and auctions.  
    Posted 43 days ago by WalruZ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • However its a separate  listing and you have to go to towers instead of having it delivered to you, therefore it shouldn't all be one giant listing, that would really be just a huge Auction house. But i do find it odd that the lowest priced listing aren't the ones that come up first and instead its random, i can see the randomness aspect, but i really dont think it makes sense. Also we can still look at other API sites to get a larger listing, generally not that many listing are shown through the new i button tower search..
    Posted 43 days ago by Lyrical DejaVu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Kadi, re "At the very least, it should be clearer that the list is completely random, not just the cheapest"

    It's not completely random though :)

    The display shows a randomly-selected five of the eight lowest-priced sellers in the game. For very high volume items, because of the clustering of prices, the prices tend to be very close to one another (often there will be many tied as first-, second- or third-cheapest). For very low volume items, sometimes there are only five or fewer sellers (so all are shown).

    The reasoning for this is to spread the buyers around a little and give sellers a chance even if they aren't online to be tweaking their prices constantly. We think it's a good idea, but this is the first iteration of the feature and we'll watch and tweak accordingly.
    Posted 43 days ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think it's good the way it is.
    Posted 43 days ago by Ginnis Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, that's cool
    Posted 43 days ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • \ ( ^ A ^ ) / 
    Most excellent and handy new feature - LOVE it! THANK YOU TS!! 
    Posted 43 days ago by Maruchan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ah, thanks stoot, that makes a lot of sense! Good to know we're not getting scalped if we use the sellers tab :)
    Posted 43 days ago by Aurora Dellaterra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That's a really good thing to hear, stoot!  Still makes me think I'll use third-party sites for most of my buying, but I can use the tab for a several things, at least!  :D
    Posted 43 days ago by Kadi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Is there a way to access this info for an item you don't already have in inventory?  I suspect I'm missing something obvious.
    Posted 43 days ago by Cady Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cady, if you press i while clicked inside the game, you'll go into Info Mode. Then press Tab to search for an item (only items listed in the Encyclopedia will show up though).
    Posted 43 days ago by TomC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks!
    Posted 43 days ago by Cady Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I noticed that cubimals (or at least some like the Tool Vendor and the Scion of Purple) do not have a "seller's" tab - any particular reason for that?
    Posted 43 days ago by foolbunny Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't seem to have this tab.  Only option I see is "find auctions"
    Posted 43 days ago by Pickle Juice Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hm I don't see a Find Seller tab on Cubimals either. I think it's because they can't be sold in Auctions and whatever coding for auction restriction happens to be tied into the Find Seller tab too.
    Posted 43 days ago by TomC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hmmm interesting. If they can go in an SDB, they should be able to be seen there. I shall dig.

    I have done digging and concluded that the right person will be fixing it soonish.
    Posted 41 days ago by Endoplasmic Subscriber! | Permalink