Grand Exchange syndrome

[anim7]

I have a problem...when I buy raw materials like fish or ores from the GE, I have a tendency to buy lots of it. For example, I need 500 coal, and once I buy it, I put in an order for another 500. I dont know why but it is fun to see the bar go green. Pretty soon I max out by buying 25k coal.

 

 

 

I dont know what to do. Today I bought 800 swordies for 86 cooking. But within an hour I had 20k in the bank.

 

 

 

Anyone else have this problem? Or how can I get rid of this problem?

[123_x_pac]

I'd stop because you will be really poor afterwards and will regret it. Just buy what you need and say the green bar is evil! :twisted:

[anim7]

I'd stop because you will be really poor afterwards and will regret it. Just buy what you need and say the green bar is evil! :twisted:

 

 

 

But it is like an addiction. I have tried many times and cannot do it. I am f2p, so my wealth is always in coins.

[Shelby_Polo]

Wow that's really crazy, I don't think I've heard of anyone doing this.

 

 

 

But if you don't have any means to stop... lol. You mind as well go all the way, as in, cook all those raw swordfish that you bought and smelt steel bars with all the coal you bought. Then maybe you won't regret it and your money will be put into great use.

[Mike_Ike111]

It sounds to me like you have irl problems that are just reflected on the the game we play, Runescape.

[Tim_Finch]

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder perhaps? Really, I've never, EVER heard of anybody doing this. Sounds like the problem is more than just in Runescape, though.

[KingJD]

My advice: Stay far, far away from casinos.

[highlanders]

"It's fun when the bar goes green! Muaha hahwhaha!" :lol:

 

 

 

I don't know, I guess you love raw materials. That's crazy lol o__O

[gabby_air88]

I know a good doctor named Dr.Phil :shock:

 

need an apointment?

 

 

 

maybe just buy one of the thing instead of 500 if you just wanna look at the green line ;)

[magmaguard3]

Thats a wierd condition. :ugeek:

[Bad911]

I know a great cure. Just play in High Detail, that way, there is no green bar! :

[Dr_Locust]

You're a compulsive shopper! :shock:

 

 

 

HOW CAN I MANAGE COMPULSIVE SHOPPING and SPENDING ADDICTION

 

 

 

What is compulsive shopping and spending?

 

People who "shop 'till they drop" and run their credit cards up to the limit often have a shopping addiction. They believe that if they shop they will feel better. Compulsive shopping and spending generally makes a person feel worse. It is similar to other addictive behaviors and has some of the same characteristics as as problem drinking (alcoholism), gambling and overeating addictions.

 

 

 

Compulsive shopping or spending can be a seasonal balm for the depression, anxiety and loneliness during the December holiday season. It also can occur when a person feels depressed, lonely and angry. Shopping and spending will not assure more love, bolster self-esteem, or heal the hurts, regrets, stress, and the problems of daily living. It generally makes these feelings worse because of the increased financial debt the person has obtained from compulsive shopping.

 

 

 

 

 

How can you tell if you are a compulsive shopper?

 

Shopoholics, when they are feeling "out of sorts, shop for a " pick-me-up." They go out and buy, to get a high, or get a "rush" just like a drug or alcohol addict. Shopping addiction tends to affect more women than men. They often buy things they do not need. Holiday seasons can trigger shopping binges among those who are not compulsive the rest of the year. Many shopping addicts go on binges all year long and may be compulisve about buying certain items, such as shoes, kitchen items or clothing; some will buy anything.

 

 

 

Women with this compulsive disorder often have racks of clothes and possessions with the price tags still attached which have never been used. They will go to a shopping mall with the intention of buying one or two items and come home with bags and bags of purchases. In some cases shopololics have an emotional "black out" and do not remember even buying the articles. If their family or friends begin to complain about their purchases, they will often hide the things they buy. They are often in denial about the problem. Because they can not pay their bills their credit rating suffers, they have collection agencies attempting to get what is owed, may have legal, social and relationship problems. They sometimes attempt to hide their problem by taking on an extra job to pay for bills.

 

 

 

How do you control and treat this condition?

 

It is recommended that spending addicts seek professional counseling or a self-help group to deal with this problem. Addictive behaviors tend to come in clusters, so if you have an eating disorder, a problem with drugs or alcohol, or gambling, you may be a candidate for shopping addiction. Many communities have credit counseling centers that will also help with shopoholism.

 

 

 

How do I prevent shopping binges?

 

Pay for purchases by cash, check, debit card.

 

Make a shopping list and only buy what is on the list.

 

Destroy all credit cards except one to be used for emergency only.

 

Avoid discount warehouses. Allocate only a certain amount of cash to be spent if you do visit one.

 

"Window shop" only after stores have closed. If you do "look" during the day, leave your wallet at home.

 

Avoid phoning in catalog orders and don't watch TV shopping channels.

 

If you're traveling to visit friends or reltives, have your gifts wrapped and call the project finished; people tend to make more extraneous purchases when they shop outside their own communities.

 

Take a walk or exercise when the urge to shop comes on.

 

If you feel out of control, you probably are. Seek counseling or a support group such as Debtors Anonymous.

[green9090]

It sounds like you really need to get into investing and put that love of green bars to use. Study the GE database and find items that are on the rise, buy a bunch, and then sell them before they start going down. Two green bars and a lot of money every trade if you do it right \

[anim7]

It sounds to me like you have irl problems that are just reflected on the the game we play, Runescape.

 

 

 

irl, i am stingy as anything. I cant even spend a dollar without hesitating. Maybe this whole concept of pixelated money and the fact that it is just a game makes me crazy about buying??

 

 

 

You're a compulsive shopper! :shock:

 

 

 

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HOW CAN I MANAGE COMPULSIVE SHOPPING and SPENDING ADDICTION

 

 

 

What is compulsive shopping and spending?

 

People who "shop 'till they drop" and run their credit cards up to the limit often have a shopping addiction. They believe that if they shop they will feel better. Compulsive shopping and spending generally makes a person feel worse. It is similar to other addictive behaviors and has some of the same characteristics as as problem drinking (alcoholism), gambling and overeating addictions.

 

 

 

Compulsive shopping or spending can be a seasonal balm for the depression, anxiety and loneliness during the December holiday season. It also can occur when a person feels depressed, lonely and angry. Shopping and spending will not assure more love, bolster self-esteem, or heal the hurts, regrets, stress, and the problems of daily living. It generally makes these feelings worse because of the increased financial debt the person has obtained from compulsive shopping.

 

 

 

 

 

How can you tell if you are a compulsive shopper?

 

Shopoholics, when they are feeling "out of sorts, shop for a " pick-me-up." They go out and buy, to get a high, or get a "rush" just like a drug or alcohol addict. Shopping addiction tends to affect more women than men. They often buy things they do not need. Holiday seasons can trigger shopping binges among those who are not compulsive the rest of the year. Many shopping addicts go on binges all year long and may be compulisve about buying certain items, such as shoes, kitchen items or clothing; some will buy anything.

 

 

 

Women with this compulsive disorder often have racks of clothes and possessions with the price tags still attached which have never been used. They will go to a shopping mall with the intention of buying one or two items and come home with bags and bags of purchases. In some cases shopololics have an emotional "black out" and do not remember even buying the articles. If their family or friends begin to complain about their purchases, they will often hide the things they buy. They are often in denial about the problem. Because they can not pay their bills their credit rating suffers, they have collection agencies attempting to get what is owed, may have legal, social and relationship problems. They sometimes attempt to hide their problem by taking on an extra job to pay for bills.

 

 

 

How do you control and treat this condition?

 

It is recommended that spending addicts seek professional counseling or a self-help group to deal with this problem. Addictive behaviors tend to come in clusters, so if you have an eating disorder, a problem with drugs or alcohol, or gambling, you may be a candidate for shopping addiction. Many communities have credit counseling centers that will also help with shopoholism.

 

 

 

How do I prevent shopping binges?

 

Pay for purchases by cash, check, debit card.

 

Make a shopping list and only buy what is on the list.

 

Destroy all credit cards except one to be used for emergency only.

 

Avoid discount warehouses. Allocate only a certain amount of cash to be spent if you do visit one.

 

"Window shop" only after stores have closed. If you do "look" during the day, leave your wallet at home.

 

Avoid phoning in catalog orders and don't watch TV shopping channels.

 

If you're traveling to visit friends or reltives, have your gifts wrapped and call the project finished; people tend to make more extraneous purchases when they shop outside their own communities.

 

Take a walk or exercise when the urge to shop comes on.

 

If you feel out of control, you probably are. Seek counseling or a support group such as Debtors Anonymous.

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I guess i am! Maybe RS is how I can balance my irl stingyness.

 

 

 

I know a great cure. Just play in High Detail, that way, there is no green bar! :

what? really?? i wil try. but the lag in GE is sorta annoying.

 

 

 

It sounds like you really need to get into investing and put that love of green bars to use. Study the GE database and find items that are on the rise, buy a bunch, and then sell them before they start going down. Two green bars and a lot of money every trade if you do it right \

 

Thats how I got some of my cash. But I am talking about non-investments (stuff that I need for skilling). I want to smelt 100addy bars, but I buy 25k coal for it...

[green9090]

It sounds like you really need to get into investing and put that love of green bars to use. Study the GE database and find items that are on the rise, buy a bunch, and then sell them before they start going down. Two green bars and a lot of money every trade if you do it right \

 

Thats how I got some of my cash. But I am talking about non-investments (stuff that I need for skilling). I want to smelt 100addy bars, but I buy 25k coal for it...

 

Try this- skill based on the market. When coal looks like a good investment, do some smelting and sell all that extra coal you compulsively bought the next day as a profit. Same with cooking or whatever.

[Ouchy]

Woah. I don't know what to make of this. Like Bad911 has said, why not play on High Defition. The green bar does not show due to a glitch. Another thing you can do is limit yourself to what you buy, or but things valued at very little.

[deloriagod]

Heh, I have a similar problem. I plan on making 1k steel bars but then I think of the profits I could make and end up with the materials for 10k bars. Then I get bored after a few hundred bars and sell the materials off :wall:

[gabby_air88]

Woah. I don't know what to make of this. Like Bad911 has said, why not play on High Defition. The green bar does not show due to a glitch. Another thing you can do is limit yourself to what you buy, or but things valued at very little.

 

Weird i play on HD and mine shows up :roll:

[Ouchy]

Woah. I don't know what to make of this. Like Bad911 has said, why not play on High Defition. The green bar does not show due to a glitch. Another thing you can do is limit yourself to what you buy, or but things valued at very little.

 

Weird i play on HD and mine shows up :roll:

 

 

 

The could have possibly updated it. I'm going there soon so I shall check it out.

[Kazel]

:XD: :XD: :XD:

 

 

 

My solution is only buy one at a time. You get the purdy green bar and you don't overload on items.

[Yomyth105]

thats just crazy :lol:

[green9090]

To those saying you don't get the green bar on HD- that's not a problem with Runescape, it's a problem with your computer. I've been seeing the green bar since day one of the HD beta.

[transcript80]

Go to GE-rehab.

 

 

 

Or stay away from the GE, or even better, RS in general.

[smartme]

Dude, never go to a Casino when you grow up.

 

 

 

Or pubs.

 

 

 

I got no solution for you - try getting addicted to something healthy like soccer or bicycling. This problem doesn't sound like it can be solved within the Runescape game.

 

 

 

You should also get tested for A.D.D.

[marap]

just buy something you need for allmost all your money and then you cant spend it :thumbsup: