How to game and manipulate the Brimstone market

[Gardettos]

I figured out how to do it by just messing around the AH and realizing people were already doing it. When you are in the AH and in your stash. When you click on a commodity such as gems or brimstones. That recommend price that is automatically entered is the avg of the last 10 trades. Since most people buy brimstones in quantities more than 1 at a time it is pretty easy to drive down the avg of the last 10 trades. Search for the price of 1 brimstone. Go over to your stash and sell 1 brimstone for only 100 gold. Go back to the search and buy 1 brimstone. Congratulations you just bought back your own brimstone. After you do this a few times it will drive the price down. Eventually someone will go to sell their brimstones and just use the reduced recommended price. Buy a bunch of brimstones and wait for the market to reset it self quickly. Sell them at the higher price and start over.

[BlindZf]

Lol! Never crossed my mind to do this.
Great strategy

[sublimerocks13]

I figured out how to do it by just messing around the AH and realizing people were already doing it. When you are in the AH and in your stash. When you click on a commodity such as gems or brimstones. That recommend price that is automatically entered is the avg of the last 10 trades. Since most people buy brimstones in quantities more than 1 at a time it is pretty easy to drive down the avg of the last 10 trades. Search for the price of 1 brimstone. Go over to your stash and sell 1 brimstone for only 100 gold. Go back to the search and buy 1 brimstone. Congratulations you just bought back your own brimstone. After you do this a few times it will drive the price down. Eventually someone will go to sell their brimstones and just use the reduced recommended price. Buy a bunch of brimstones and wait for the market to reset it self quickly. Sell them at the higher price and start over.

this is day 1 stuff man :<

[nitromc]

very nice trick !

[janekkowal]

awesome, never thought about it!

maybe we should manipulate radiant star emerald price? i got 8 of them in my stash and i can team up with someone willing to manipulate the market with me.

[Barathum]

It's a well known trick...

[evanwier]

Posted several times on here and in the elite side - the margins are thin - easier to just farm.