There are market inefficiencies in EVE. For example Omber II-Grade can be worth less than Omber III-Grade. It caused by a couple things as far as i can tell
Each ore has up to 4 variants of different grades, and an compressed version resulting in a total of 8 for each ore. So if you buy omber do you set up 8 buy orders? Lol
Some ore is in higher demand in their uncompressed version resulting in a loss if you compress it before you sell it.
Last but not least it costs ISK just to list and change market orders.
These are what causing market ineffeciencies which makes the games maintainers look like amateurs and the people who play the game look like noobs. Peace.
It seems each person has its own reasons for doing that. Someone might be flipping it for profit, or someone is looking for large amounts of omber.
The issue is that theres 8 versions of Omber which in itself makes price discovery hard but it is magnified by the costs of setting up and editing orders. It makes prices whack.
Now that you have identified these market opportunities, why don’t you use that knowledge?
I think it’s great that a game like EVE has a massive economy including inefficiencies like these. It’s very realistic, the real world isn’t all smooth and without inefficiencies either.
Such inefficiencies like you have identified can be a good opportunity to make ISK.
