Theres a fee for putting an item for sale and if it doesn’t sell then the fee is wasted. This makes people less likely to stock stations around New Eden including Jita.
There is also a type of player that purchases items when he sees the daily supply is running low and then he relists for 100% higher or so. These people are making a lot of money because of the listing fee.
People that produce items are reluctant to put up big sell orders which means the people trying to corner the market have an easier time and are increasing their wealth and doing it more and more and the people who produce items feel like they are being taken advantage of and quitting. This is causing the economy to break down, and unless that is desired the listing fee should be removed asap.
If the market has to act like an ISK sink then the burden shouldnt only be on the producers.
You already are paying the sales tax when buying something, because the seller has calculated it into the price.
Thats btw how it works in RL too, at least where I live. Whenever I buy something, I get a voucher that lists the price of the item, the amount of tax and the total sum I have to pay. The seller just has to make sure he transfers all the tax from all his sales to the government, because that is a lot less effort than if millions over millions of buyers would have to do that individually…
When the ISK sink burden is on the producers they will likely raise prices which seems ironic
It isn’t on anyone but the end customer… do you understand that? And thats exactly what you suggest here.
Wrong
If the consumer paid the tax the producer doesent have to raise the price.
Oh my… they should really teach those things in school…
You are clueless
You just don’t understand how the tax system works. Seems to be a pattern with you.
ALL taxes of the whole production- and marketing-process are ultimately paid by the end customer as part of the price he pays on purchase. The sellers, producers etc. simply are those transferring this ‘tax part’ of their pricing to the government, for efficiency reasons.
If a good costs 100 ISK and CCP slaps a 5% tax on the producer the price will likely increase to 105 ISK
If the tax was slapped on the consumer the price of the good would stay at 100 ISK all else being equal.
And how much would the customer pay total in the end after this CCP tax if the buyer would have to pay it on a good that costs 100 bucks?
105 ISK, the difference is that the producers didnt have to raise the price
So what difference would it make for those buying it? They pay 105 no matter what.
Except the consumer shares the burden and it also reduces the incentive to flip items in the short term
You still don’t get it? Thats actually impressive.
Imo the sales tax should be reduced 33% but also apply to the consumer
Or even better get rid of the sales tax and charge broker fees on both sides of a trade.
I think it’s admirable that people still try to teach things to Bakster.
Futile, but admirable.
Bakster, could you please please please stop posting your opinion on things you don’t understand? The first step of suggestions is to understand the system you want to improve. If you don’t understand it yet feel free to ask questions, there are plenty of people here who can explain it all. But if you do, please try to listen.
What you currently do is to send your opinion about all sorts of things both without understanding it and without listening to the feedback you get. People get tired.