Transfer Market Question

Still waiting/hoping for a reply from EA to clarify how the transfer market mechanics work. You guys created this forum and I’ve posed a basic, non-controversial question that’s simply about the factual workings of the game. I’ve waited patiently for most of two days, so why can’t someone speak up with a little assistance? Other members of the community have offered helpful advice, but they’re not able to provide the information I’ve inquired about because none of us can see “behind the curtain” as to how the transfer market actually works (specifically, the queueing or non-queueing of purchase orders). So, this is a bit of a litmus test—can EA do the absolute minimum and begin my acknowledging a reasonable customer request? Beyond that, can it provide BASIC information to try and satisfy that request? 

As it stands, I’ve seen EA_Pulsar​ show up in the FC Mobile forum on a few occasions over the last couple of weeks to post about new in-game content, so we have “proof of life” that there is an occasional EA presence lurking in the background here, but I read probably half of all user posts and I almost never see EA staff stepping in to help.

So, it feels like a one-way street. EA uses the forum to hype new content, but can’t be bothered to reply to user comments and inquiries. And it’s not like I’m imagining they can (or should) respond to ALL of them, but I don’t see evidence of even a minimal effort—and that just feels disrespectful. When you target your customers with new “come ons” to try and squeeze more profit out of them but you don’t provide basic customer service then the relationship feels exploitative, especially when you’re posting those come ons to the one place you’ve created where they are supposed to be able to go to seek answers and exchange feedback about the product.

So, what’s it going to be? I don’t enjoy coming in here with a giant chip on my shoulder, but it stems from repeated frustrating experiences in the game, followed by posts in here (and responses to repeated surveys) which have never received ANY response. The one and only interaction I’ve EVER had with EA was over the removal of a post and that was hardly positive. So, I think it’s a fair question to ask:  Is EA capable of showing me a positive customer service experience? The ball is in their court.

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can you please post a screen shot of the card you are bidding on, showing the market price window

In the market screen you will see red prices and blue prices - red prices are bids to purchase, blue prices are bids to sell.

If you put forward a purchase bid that matches a listed sell bid (blue) then you should get that player, unless someone has jumped in ahead of you.

If all you see are red listings, then that is just other people offering to purchase ... if the red numbers just keep going up and up, then that likely means there is no supply and demand is driving up the price.

I can't find a Ragnarok Zidane though, so i can't tell what you might be facing without seeing a screenshot

Thanks for the reply!

Yeah, I haven’t seen any blue listings. The bid price more than doubled over the weekend and now exceeds my budget so I don’t have an active bid to share. But I think you helped clarify a piece that had been unclear—namely, that there don’t appear to be any Zidane’s for sale. So, I think that answers my number one question (why haven’t I been able to purchase one?). However, I’d still like to understand whether bids are queued, and, if so, how long do they remain valid (indefinitely?). For example, if I don’t mind tying up my funds for days or weeks, is it a potentially worthwhile strategy to just sit on a price point in hopes of being first in line at that amount at the moment someone puts the player up for sale at that amount?

Finally, do you know whether the purchase price has to match the sell price exactly? Or can a bid above the asking price (that precedes matching bids in “the queue”) win the card?

Thanks again!

You do realize on the day you posted this you were attempting to buy a undervalued Zidane — valued at around 2b-3b, yes? 

Zidane would normally be 4-6b, so no sane person would panic sell at that price. Supply would be close to or at 0, however the price still changes because even though there are plenty of demand, there were 0 sales and as a result EA market algorithm thinks nobody is trying to buy Zidane so his price was lowered. 

Looking at this opportunity to invest and make a huge profit several others are looking to snipe Zidane at a low price as soon as his price gets refreshed not even a couple seconds later there are tens and hundreds of bids. Keep in mind nobody is selling so if the first person to bid could not even successfully obtain Zidane, you would have 0 chances considering you did not immediately put a bid on him as soon his price changed.

Hope this helped you!