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bastiat
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Thousands of EVE online players riot over microtra...
There are no prices without scarcity.
FiddlerClamp
on June 25, 2011
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In this case, it's what the market will bear. If people buy $500 designer clothes in EVE, the management will continue to sell them.
bastiat
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There are NO prices without scarcity.
rcxdude
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yes, and in this case it's an artificial scarcity. CCP controls access to the items, and thus has complete control over their price and scarcity.
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