any type of filter would do wonders. With the limited random market options, finding specific materials and purchasing them in a timely manner is increasingly frustrating
The problems I have with it....
1. It is constantly crashing and sending me back to home screen.
2. Every item I want to buy it sold before I FINALLY get to it!
3. The loading time and travel times are crazy long, even on high speed!
I agree with a lot of players....have a different system....
A search by item....
A search by price...
Why travel to another city to buy? It takes too long! Add a buy button to buy when in the market!
How about turning the trade depot into an auction house? It could work like this:
1. You search for the item you are looking to buy (type it in, select from a list, etc)
2. It shows you how many of that item are currently being offered up for sale. (Lets say 500 nails are currently for sale on the market)
3. A 30 second auction runs. You place a bid and whoever bids the highest in the next 30 seconds wins the item(s). You are bidding a § amount on a quantity of the item. You bid against other players desiring the same quantity (lot size). For example: You bid §40 for 10 Nails, any other player looking to buy 10 Nails at that time places their bid. If in the next 30 seconds your §40 is the highest, you win. If another player bids §50, they win. There should be a cap on the lot size to keep it simple, (ie. You can't bid on more than 10 of an item at a time.) As for the sellers, items are put up for sale in the order they were posted.
Now that they sold, there are only 490 Nails on the market until someone posts more up for sale. As the quantity available of a particular item diminishes the bids will increase naturally. Supply and demand. A minimum (starting bid) should be determined for each item (to protect the seller) Maybe base it on averge price paid?
Right now the trade depot is terrible. It is almost impossible to buy anything. Items are almost always already sold out by the time you click on it and you are taken to that players depot. Also, as for the sellers, there is no reason to sell an item below the maximum price.
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Diablohell, I couldn't possibly agree with you MORE! It is utterly ridiculous they title the button: "Edit Sale". When, in reality, the ONLY option they allow, is to DELETE the Item! I mean, $&^%*%*&^(*???
Anyway, I have been infuriated about this since Day-1. I have been playing this game since the beginning, despite only just now set up my profile on here, LOL!
All Players:
This thread still remains on this forum? The original post was January 11, 2015.
Two and one half years of suggestions and complaints about the same topic. Would anyone expect that EA will change the problems plaguing the GTHQ. Not a chance. For if they did; it would make the game easier to play without spending real money.
However, if all you players have noticed EA may have done just that - alleviated some of the issues.
Ever since the COM (contest of mayors) started the GTHQ's now gets flooded with items that are or can be useful in taking your city forward because of contest assignments. The only two options to rid your self of mass produced items from COM assignments IS IN FACT - the GTHQ's and Mayor Club trading.
These two facets of the game have created an opportunity for the player to obtain necessary items to move forward. The last 2-1/2 years have been a journey. In my city I have spent close to $4,000,000 Simoleans at the GTHQ's on various items. How do I know that total spent? Master Trader achievement award at $2.5 million spent and the rest I keep track of in a spreadsheet every day.
You can purchase what you need! Not always easy.... but not quite as hard as it once was.
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Two problems with this attempt at capitalism. It's socialism when there's a price cap(minimum as well as maximum), and you can't easily just trash the sale when you charge to much . Our cities have garbage dumps, and we should be able to use them for our unsellable items.
