>...is majorly flawed. No-one has argued that the selling > of large amounts of items pushes up prices.
The author did not claim that anyone so argued. He said, more or less, that there is a contention that farmers, being greedy, overcharge for their items and thus raise prices.
> What has been argued is that people buying larger amounts > of gold than they could ever get in causal play gives > them a big burning hole in their pocket.
Perhaps that argument has been advanced; but if so, it was advanced *in addition to,* not instead of, the assertion disputed by the author.
>If you ask me this article looks like it was written by > someone from one of the gold selling companies, giving > helpful hints such as when to be one of the farmers customers, > in order to legitimise their business. It's a pity they have > to ignore and argue against basic economic principles to do so.
Hmm, the article is published on a website belonging to a company whose business appears to be restricted strictly to selling game guides and access to private, insiders, game-related discussion forums.
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> ...is majorly flawed. No-one has argued that the selling
> of large amounts of items pushes up prices.
The author did not claim that anyone so argued. He said, more or less, that there is a contention that farmers, being greedy, overcharge for their items and thus raise prices.
> What has been argued is that people buying larger amounts
> of gold than they could ever get in causal play gives
> them a big burning hole in their pocket.
Perhaps that argument has been advanced; but if so, it was advanced *in addition to,* not instead of, the assertion disputed by the author.
>If you ask me this article looks like it was written by
> someone from one of the gold selling companies, giving
> helpful hints such as when to be one of the farmers customers,
> in order to legitimise their business. It's a pity they have
> to ignore and argue against basic economic principles to do so.
Hmm, the article is published on a website belonging to a company whose business appears to be restricted strictly to selling game guides and access to private, insiders, game-related discussion forums.