wakka102 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Does anyone have a reasonable explanation as to why this is happening? Is there some huge GE-manipulating stunt going on or is it just PvP slowly bringing back what used to be? I personally think it's PvP, but don't really have much evidence to back it up. You're all saying that it's happening but anyone can look on GE and see that, I want to know why. I would guess some massive price manipulation is going on, but thats just my two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master_Smither Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Whites are selling at mid on forums now so they're going up now.lol idiot statement alert. Selling as mid means they are neither going up nor down. I sometimes wonder how it must feel to be this stupid. If your talking about me then you should know how it feels because your obviously stupid to know that partyhats were unsellable at min even and them selling at mid is a rise in prices. If your talking about his statement then idk his stupidty amazes me. Click for My Blog670th to 99 Smithing July 21st, 07 |743rd to 99 Mining November 29th, 07 | 649th to 99 Runecrafting May 18th, 08 | 29,050th to 99 Defence October 20th, 08 | 20,700th to 99 Magic November 8, 08 | 47,938th to 99 Attack December 19, 08 | 37,829th to 99 Hitpoints December 24, 08 | 68,604th to 99 Strength February 4, 09 | 27,983rd to 99 Range February 9, 09 | 9,725th to 99 Prayer June 8, 09 | 6,620th to 99 Slayer December, 12 09 | 4,075th to 99 Summoning December, 28 09 | 3,551th to 99 Herblore February 24, 10 | 3,192th to 99 Dungeoneering November 11, 10 | 146,600th to 99 Cooking December 29th, 10 | 11,333rd to 99 Construction June 7th, 11 | 16,648th to 99 Farming August 1st, 11 | 19,993th to 99 Crafting August 2nd, 11 | 89,739th to 99 Woodcutting Janurary 1st, 12 | 55,424th to 99 Fishing May 9th, 12| 60,648th to 99 Firemaking May 12th, 12 | 16666th to 99 Agility May 17th, 2012 | 24476th to 99 Hunter June 1st, 2012 | 57,881st to 99 Fletching June 1st, 2012 | All 99s June 1st, 2012 | 3183th to 120 Dungeoneering July 24th, 2012 | 2341st to 2496 Total level July 24th, 2012 | Completionist Cape July 24th, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Im confident that some merchanting clan is up to something here. I sell my hat for junk and cash. The next morning, people are giving 3rd age and cash for partyhats. Its just not logical. If my guess is right, I bet they will start going down soon again. My guess: A merchanting clan went to work the night before and started buying up partyhats for junk and cash. They then started trading 3rd age and cash for partyhats with others inside the clan. This made the price go up slightly. Once the price went up, the merchants had done their job. Now, all the people waiting for the price to go up, bought a partyhat. They probably ended up buying the partyhat from someone in the merchanting clan that did this. Panic buying then started and will continue for a few weeks. Everyone will realise that nobody is buying partyhats anymore and they will start going down. The merchanting clan made cash of it and ruined a few people's cash piles in the process. *End of Theory* :-# ........::::: Rainy's YouTube Channel - Rainy's Twitter - Rainy's Facebook - Rainy's DeviantArt - Rainy's Tumblr - Rainy's Tip.It Profile :::::......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Does anyone have a reasonable explanation as to why this is happening? Is there some huge GE-manipulating stunt going on or is it just PvP slowly bringing back what used to be? I personally think it's PvP, but don't really have much evidence to back it up. You're all saying that it's happening but anyone can look on GE and see that, I want to know why. I would guess some massive price manipulation is going on, but thats just my two cents. Your 2 cents is correct. I can tell you that this increase won't last to long. :P Edit: Basicly what Den said. RIP Michaelangelopolous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star_Fox Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 looks like it's going down again. man, 3rd age isn't going to drop for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignafel Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 I wouldn`t even buy a phat now it has risen for the simple reason i rather spend it on more useful and safer items , I mean having some smaller rares is a lot safer and u still can show off to other people while phats are a huge risk item that`s very unstable thanks to all of you guys who gaved an interesting reading ;) Proud owner of these capes + quest cape99 cooking achieved 26/06/0699 fletch achieved 22/07/0899 firemaking achieved 22/07/0899 magic achieved 25/12/0899 crafting achieved 25/12/0899 attack achieved 25/12/0899 strenght achieved 01/03/0999 hitpoints achieved 23/10/0999 ranged achieved 23/11/09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaaps1 Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Can't see why anyone would want a partyhat instead of each godsword and probably all the GWD armor... ~It's Super Effective! (The Zaaps Blog)~My YouTube Channel, where you get to watch me go around and make a fool out of myself and all comp capersGuides:~Yeah I wrote them once~Suggestions:~Yeah I made those once~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexek Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 I was considering buying a phat now due to the rise, but then I thought about it, and I don't believe that the rise will last for more than a week. Maybe after it crashes again I will consider it once more. : PoetryIndexed Picture 1Indexed Picture 2 Killed my maxed Zerker pure April 2010 Rebooting Runescape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acenator Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Does anyone have a reasonable explanation as to why this is happening? Is there some huge GE-manipulating stunt going on or is it just PvP slowly bringing back what used to be? I personally think it's PvP, but don't really have much evidence to back it up. You're all saying that it's happening but anyone can look on GE and see that, I want to know why. I see two possible reason for this: 1: The prices finally reached the point where there was demand for them. If this is the case, expect them to go up and down for a few weeks before settling down. PvP probably helped this by bringing back some of the old rich pkers and creating a few new ones. 2: As thought by others, price manipulation. It might not seem like a good thing, but, for those who don't think it's manipulation, this change will instill confidence in them to enter the market and just might bring phats back anyways (but don't count on it if evidence comes out that it really is a clan manipulating prices). Personally, I'm guessing it's the first. Manipulators are after money and phats are currently only able to increase in value 1% each day. With everything else able to increase at 5% each day, the money-making potential of phats is relatively lmited. > SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0;0 rows returnedThere's no place like 127.0.0.1There are only 10 types of peoplein this world: those who understandbinary and those who don't.This statement is false.$DO || ! $DO ; trytry: command not found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieslFriend Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 wow i wish i could boast about owning lots of party hats =( i own you like really hard and stuff right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_D_r Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 I agree with xpx about the merchants soon moving on to 5 percent items- except party hats are rising every day, as compared to 3a. The one percent differentiation is definitely a deterent for merchants. Should be interesting to watch what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aneron Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Well it's hard to say what caused the initial price rise, but all the subsequent rises in other partyhats are presumably bandwagon-on-hoppers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimatballr Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Lets hope they don't go to high :P . Now instead of being 110m away from my yellow I am only 40m or so. Gotta love it. Apparently, my signature was to big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toad Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Yes people this is the crazy rollercoaster of runescape prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master_Smither Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Can't see why anyone would want a partyhat instead of each godsword and probably all the GWD armor... Please remember that most people don't buy a p hat and it's all they have. Most p hat owners just have money they have no use for and want an investment that won't degrade in value over time. P.S Green's just crashed. Click for My Blog670th to 99 Smithing July 21st, 07 |743rd to 99 Mining November 29th, 07 | 649th to 99 Runecrafting May 18th, 08 | 29,050th to 99 Defence October 20th, 08 | 20,700th to 99 Magic November 8, 08 | 47,938th to 99 Attack December 19, 08 | 37,829th to 99 Hitpoints December 24, 08 | 68,604th to 99 Strength February 4, 09 | 27,983rd to 99 Range February 9, 09 | 9,725th to 99 Prayer June 8, 09 | 6,620th to 99 Slayer December, 12 09 | 4,075th to 99 Summoning December, 28 09 | 3,551th to 99 Herblore February 24, 10 | 3,192th to 99 Dungeoneering November 11, 10 | 146,600th to 99 Cooking December 29th, 10 | 11,333rd to 99 Construction June 7th, 11 | 16,648th to 99 Farming August 1st, 11 | 19,993th to 99 Crafting August 2nd, 11 | 89,739th to 99 Woodcutting Janurary 1st, 12 | 55,424th to 99 Fishing May 9th, 12| 60,648th to 99 Firemaking May 12th, 12 | 16666th to 99 Agility May 17th, 2012 | 24476th to 99 Hunter June 1st, 2012 | 57,881st to 99 Fletching June 1st, 2012 | All 99s June 1st, 2012 | 3183th to 120 Dungeoneering July 24th, 2012 | 2341st to 2496 Total level July 24th, 2012 | Completionist Cape July 24th, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Yellow has, too. Some friends dumped aswell. RIP Michaelangelopolous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Whites are selling at mid on forums now so they're going up now.Selling as mid means they are neither going up nor down. I sometimes wonder how it must feel to be this stupid. If your talking about his statement then idk his stupidty amazes me. A day later... looks like it's going down again. Green's just crashed.[/b] Yellow has, too. Some friends dumped aswell. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Whites are selling at mid on forums now so they're going up now.Selling as mid means they are neither going up nor down. I sometimes wonder how it must feel to be this stupid. If your talking about his statement then idk his stupidty amazes me. A day later... looks like it's going down again. Green's just crashed.[/b] Yellow has, too. Some friends dumped aswell. As I said previously, this price rise wouldn't last long. And to all the people that called me an idiot for saying that. I laugh at them. :lol: edit: Guy in my channel last night dumped all his yellow (he had over 12) at max in Grand Exchange. He also had a heap of purples. RIP Michaelangelopolous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 After 6 months, i can finaly laugh at all the people who have a partyhat. :mrgreen: :lol: No offence :-# ........::::: Rainy's YouTube Channel - Rainy's Twitter - Rainy's Facebook - Rainy's DeviantArt - Rainy's Tumblr - Rainy's Tip.It Profile :::::......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniels911 Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Edit:nvm [/bads] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Friend sold his yellow after an hour in the GrandExchange at minimum. RIP Michaelangelopolous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totalpwnage Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Purples are still sellable for max, but if what you guys say is true, next update it probably won't. Started free trade with 1.5m cash. 2 weeks later, have hit max cash 2x. PvP drops: 359 Brawling Gloves, 11 Vesta's Longswords, 41+ Zaros/Ancient Statues9 Dragon Full Helms, 3 Dragonfire Shields on the old PvP loot system Brawler guide is being finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Can't see why anyone would want a partyhat instead of each godsword and probably all the GWD armor... If I was a member, I'd buy all the best items there is that are usefull of course. :mrgreen: Partyhats like the other wareable rares will crash and rise, just like a rollercoaster. I'll only buy a Partyhat if I have an excessive amount of money that I don't have anything else to spend on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollyc3 Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Completely unrelated but anyway, Christmas crackers still have a semi-stable market, picked mine up today at minimum price : 2376/2376 total achieved - May 2009 Retired Dec 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob7926 Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 crackers will always be stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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