# Why are buy order prices lower than manufacturing costs?

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**Created:** [December 19, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-are-buy-order-prices-lower-than-manufacturing-costs/46282 "2017-12-19T14:09:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-are-buy-order-prices-lower-than-manufacturing-costs/46282/15 "2017-12-19T16:54:32Z")

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you need consider to the recent wave of trade bots, probably comming from the chinese server serenity

> **[Market Bots - The market is saturated and something needs to be done asap- Read!](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/market-bots-the-market-is-saturated-and-something-needs-to-be-done-asap-read/37128/84)**
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> I agree with all the thread. I am now making some sparse items and elling outside the main hubs, but my trade and selling is now very low, my deals in high sec aprox go to 30b daily to 2b in three items. I am lucky and sell many items in null sec,...

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