Is it possible to "freeze" item prices?

[Echo Night]

What I mean by that is, rare salvage has not dropped to 350k in about 5-6 days. I have a few bids on pieces I need and normally can get them at 350k either instantly or within a few minutes (occasionally a couple of hours). But the price has not dropped below, I think it was 360ish in the last several days. Maybe it did while I was sleeping, but certainly has not hit the 350k mark. Last week it is was uncommon salvage not hitting 1k for a few days. Nefarious shenanigans afoot or dastardly RNG stinginess?

[Apparition]

Rare salvage only goes below 400k during December through January of every year, then creeps back up to around 450k to 500k.

 

And there is a price cap on rare salvage.  It is one million INF.

Edited February 14, 2021 by Apparition

[Mr. Vee]

they're seeded at one million, so the price is frozen there unless you want to pay more for no reason 😛

[Echo Night]

Ahh. Well then. Time to make an adjustment. Ty for the responses and no, I will not be spending 1mill on them. Not if I can help it that is.

[Yomo Kimyata]

There appear to be a lot of bids out there higher than yours.  I’ve been able to buy decent size north of 360 but south of 400.  

[Mr. Vee]

3 hours ago, Echo Night said:

Ahh. Well then. Time to make an adjustment. Ty for the responses and no, I will not be spending 1mill on them. Not if I can help it that is.

i'd be surprised if you have to spend more than 500k any time soon

[Echo Night]

1 hour ago, Mr. Vee said:

i'd be surprised if you have to spend more than 500k any time soon

 

365,000 for all 3.

[tidge]

I have a few characters where I placed bids on rares a LONG time ago, I should go see if they filled.

 

I typically only make limited bids on rare salvage that isn't already horded in the SG base, when:

• crafting a specific PVP or Very Rare recipe
• a limited number of Rare recipes that I know will sell without conversion

I will craft less valuable Rare recipes, but only when the SG base's storage needs to be trimmed down of specific rare pieces. There are always a couple of rare salvage items where I end up having 15+. Otherwise I stay away from investing 350+ Kinf in a recipe when the raw materials for a common (including 2 converters) is under 150 Kinf.