[thawdgharp]

Say you're wanting to purchase a T-450.

You are now faced with a choice -

1) get it from the store for $350,000

or

2) get it from the item market for $350,000, because someone listed it for that price.

why would a buyer purchase that from the item market instead of the store? wouldn't you rather have $350,000 taken "out of circulation" instead of giving it to your competition (whoever is selling the gun)?

the competetive nature of this game is such that it doesn't matter how strong you are; it matters how strong you are relative to the other ALers. so why do people sell things for face value on the item market, and more importantly, why would someone buy an item for face value on the item market? why not get it from a store?