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deadman_uk · Feb 28, 2007, 02:10 AM // 02:10

When selling items to other players, you need to advertise it in the trade chat window. Does it annoy you when you have multiple items for sale, you having to keep typing out the items name and its price time and time again? What if your items don’t sell and you take a break from Guild Wars? When reloading Guild Wars, you have to go through the same process again, typing the names of each item and their prices in the trade window to advertise it.

Wouldn’t it be good to have the ability to type out and save a price for each of the items you want to sell? Sort of like sticking a price label on that item. Every weapon (and some items) each have a text box which can be accessed by clicking a little drop down menu on the corner of an icon in your inventory. This text box gives you the ability to insert a price or value of that particular item.

I made a picture to show you what I mean....

Clicking that little eye in the corner of the item gives you a drop down menu called "price". In there you can type a value in gold and platinum blocks. When you are done, you click the "save" button which is underneath.

When hovering over that item, you now get an additional piece of information. I have made another picture to show you what I mean...

The idea is for you to drag this item into the trade chat window. Guild Wars will provide the name of that item plus the value or price you have entered in that drop down menu box.

This allows you to save values for each item you want to sell, without having to remember and type out the prices everytime you wish to sell it. It also saves you from typing out the items name.

Does anyone understand what I mean? I was never good at explaining lol.

Retribution X · Feb 28, 2007, 03:02 AM // 03:02

I did at the end there.

I don't see a reason why not.

Meat Axe · Feb 28, 2007, 05:04 AM // 05:04

I don't see the point. You'll still have to advertise what you're selling, it's just you don't have to add the extra three or four characters that you want to sell it for. But you'll find most people will want to know how much you're asking before they open the trade window, so this won't solve anything.

The only other way I see this working is if you just walk up to some random person and trade with them. I can guarantee that you'll be the most hated person in the game after a few days if you do that.

deadman_uk · Feb 28, 2007, 05:35 AM // 05:35

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Originally Posted by Meat Axe

I don't see the point. You'll still have to advertise what you're selling, it's just you don't have to add the extra three or four characters that you want to sell it for. But you'll find most people will want to know how much you're asking before they open the trade window, so this won't solve anything.

The only other way I see this working is if you just walk up to some random person and trade with them. I can guarantee that you'll be the most hated person in the game after a few days if you do that.

If you are selling one item, its very easy to advertise it again and again. If you already typed your message, you just click on the chat window and press up and your last messages will appear.

What if you have 10 items to sell? Would you type an items name and price, hit the enter button, then type another items name and price, hit the enter button and so on until all 10 items were advertised? What if you wanted to re-advertise them minutes later? You would have to continually look through all messages typed and one by one, re-advertise your items you have for sale. What if you decide to come off Guild Wars for a while? You would have to type out those 10 items for sale with their prices all over again.

It's far easier to store the items price and have Guild Wars say the items name by just dragging and dropping don't you think?

Meat Axe · Feb 28, 2007, 05:38 AM // 05:38

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Originally Posted by deadman_uk

If you are selling one item, its very easy to advertise it again and again. If you already typed your message, you just click on the chat window and press up and your last messages will appear.

What if you have 10 items to sell? Would you type an items name and price, hit the enter button, then type another items name and price, hit the enter button and so on until all 10 items were advertised? What if you wanted to re-advertise them minutes later? You would have to continually look through all messages typed and one by one, re-advertise your items you have for sale. What if you decide to come off Guild Wars for a while? You would have to type out those 10 items for sale with their prices all over again.

It's far easier to just drag and drop don't you think?

Yeah, I know all that. I just don't see how your suggestion will help. What are you gonna say instead of naming the items? "Selling various items! Come see what I have!" just won't work. People like to know what it is you have for sale, otherwise they feel it's a waste of time. So either you'll be randomly opening the trade window up on people in town, which they will hate, or you're saying something general like "selling items!" which won't get you any business.

deadman_uk · Feb 28, 2007, 06:10 AM // 06:10

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Originally Posted by Meat Axe

Yeah, I know all that. I just don't see how your suggestion will help. What are you gonna say instead of naming the items? "Selling various items! Come see what I have!" just won't work. People like to know what it is you have for sale, otherwise they feel it's a waste of time. So either you'll be randomly opening the trade window up on people in town, which they will hate, or you're saying something general like "selling items!" which won't get you any business.

I already stated this in my original message

I will quote myself...

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The idea is for you to drag this item into the trade chat window. Guild Wars will provide the name of that item plus the value or price you have entered in that drop down menu box.

If you still don't see the answer to your question then I will explain in more detail. You know when you ctrl click a weapon? Guild Wars announces that name to everyone in that chat window. Well its the same here. When you drag and drop your weapon into the trade window, Guild Wars will annouce the name of your weapon along with the price (according to what you entered in the price drop down menu)

Meat Axe · Feb 28, 2007, 06:15 AM // 06:15

Ohhh okay, that makes more sense to me now. I thought you meant that you'd drag it into the normal trade window, in which case the addition of this system would be pointless.

Alright, now that I understand I can see how this would help. So yeah, I'll sign it. I'd rather an Auction house to this though, since I hate standing in towns waiting for someone to buy what I'm selling.

deadman_uk · Mar 02, 2007, 07:39 AM // 07:39

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Originally Posted by Meat Axe

Ohhh okay, that makes more sense to me now. I thought you meant that you'd drag it into the normal trade window, in which case the addition of this system would be pointless.

Alright, now that I understand I can see how this would help. So yeah, I'll sign it. I'd rather an Auction house to this though, since I hate standing in towns waiting for someone to buy what I'm selling.

I havent heard of the auction house, I will have a read of it later. Glad you understand me now.

Aeon_Xin · Mar 02, 2007, 07:53 AM // 07:53

/unsigned

Laziness FTL.
ctrl + c
ctrl + v

Easy.

Not to mention the time spent on coding for what you're talking about could be put to use on perfecting trade improvements, or making it less easy to spam.

Not A Fifty Five · Mar 02, 2007, 08:11 AM // 08:11

/notsigned

Cool, but hoenstly ifyou're selling 10+ items you're spamming, go to gwguru and make a sell thread and bump it daily. I'm a chest runner and it is actually a practical way of selling (if you have multiple items).

deadman_uk · Mar 02, 2007, 03:51 PM // 15:51

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Originally Posted by Aeon_Xin

/unsigned

Laziness FTL.
ctrl + c
ctrl + v

Easy.

Not to mention the time spent on coding for what you're talking about could be put to use on perfecting trade improvements, or making it less easy to spam.

No that is not easy. You can only copy and paste one thing, how can you copy the text of more than 1 item? You can't.

Mars Dragonblade · Mar 03, 2007, 12:15 AM // 00:15

With the market as it is, I usually give up trying to sell anything within five minutes and merchant it because of idiots spamming the chat in a retarded attempt to flog their (what's usually) utter crap. Trade suppression... *nudge nudge wink wink* stops spam, why Anet removed it is a mystery.

/Not signed, solve the spam first, then we'll talk trade

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holababe · Mar 03, 2007, 02:47 AM // 02:47

Just do what WoW does
Shift-clicking an item puts a hyperlink into the chat box, that anyone can click on to see the stats of the item.

deadman_uk · Mar 05, 2007, 07:16 PM // 19:16

Whether my idea is implemented or not, the spam will still be there. I agree the spam needs to be fixed though but it can be hidden by unticking "trade" in the chat window.

Thanks for the replies.

Aeon_Xin · Mar 05, 2007, 09:36 PM // 21:36

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Originally Posted by deadman_uk

No that is not easy. You can only copy and paste one thing, how can you copy the text of more than 1 item? You can't.

Yes you can, but you can only copy 1 line of text. You spend 1 whole line on 1 item and that's your problem.

There are also the arrow keys, which is actually simpler than copy n paste.

And you want to add to that with a click and drag option?

No, you can't just click off the trade channel. There's the public channel that goes by just as fast. Then where am I, a def man looking to buy something, or better yet, a blind man at a silent auction.......

Seriously. Give the chat suppression regular steroid injections, give the Party/Search function input lines some viagra, and Give the Whisper column some qualudes for that great disembodiment high, and we're all set.

Drugs solve Everything.

Coran Ironclaw · Mar 05, 2007, 10:27 PM // 22:27

there is a beautiful program named notepad, write all the items descriptions prices there, and copy paste whatever you need, very easy with the window mode.

/notsigned

Gregslot · Mar 05, 2007, 11:10 PM // 23:10

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Originally Posted by Mars Dragonblade

/Not signed, solve the spam first, then we'll talk trade

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Agreed.

If only you cold type more then 20 letters at the "ever-popular" party search...well, then just maybe that could be a good idea

deadman_uk · Mar 06, 2007, 03:20 AM // 03:20

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Originally Posted by Aeon_Xin

Yes you can, but you can only copy 1 line of text. You spend 1 whole line on 1 item and that's your problem.

Indeed it is possible to advertise more than 1 item in 1 line of text but that isn't very effective. There is a text character limit preventing long messages, if I did what you suggest, I would have only enough room to advertise the items name and then I would hit the character limit. But what good is there of advertising a weapons name? You need to list its stats or no one is going to buy it. This is why I need 1 line per item (or per 2 items).

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Originally Posted by Aeon_Xin

There are also the arrow keys, which is actually simpler than copy n paste

Yeah, this is true but selling 10 items at a time, how many times would I have to keep scrolling and what if I wanted to re-advertise? I would have to scroll up several places, hit enter, scroll up further, hit enter, scroll up either further, hit enter etc etc. If someone was keen on an item I have for sale, I would be in communication with them, when the chat is over, I could go back to advertising again but then I would have the 10 lines of advertising text plus the communication I had with the keen buyer which would further confuse things!

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Originally Posted by Coran Ironclaw

there is a beautiful program named notepad, write all the items descriptions prices there, and copy paste whatever you need, very easy with the window mode.

That is actually a good idea but reading the endless spam in windowed mode is not very pleasant as the text is small. This is a better idea than what others have suggested though so maybe I will give this a try.