jordakai SchmatkoA MexicoRuiz has stopped trading with my corporation today Its turnover instantly fell 5 times, despite the fact that neither I nor my corporation suffered any losses Beat your own so that others are afraid
SchmatkoA But your goal is absolutely unattainable, as there are always enough goods for trading on the market. There are no irreplaceable goods, there are no irreplaceable suppliers.
So if someone stopped buying from one corporation and suffered a severe loss of product availability (leading to loss of revenue), then the product could not possibly be easily replaceable. A contradiction and flawed logic.
In game, the reality is that some products are not affordably replaceable. Intentionally constricting the supply of products using excessive prices is known as an unfair trade practice in "open" markets in the real world.
Taken to the extreme, a group of players (corporation or alliance of corporations) could corner the market on a number of products, limiting options for all players. Monopolies do not encourage player participation (or a real-world increase in sustainability for Virtonomics).
Having a mechanism to limit or at least warn of potentially unfair pricing activity would help smaller players enjoy the game with more options to succeed. This should not restrict those who wish to sell at premium prices, but hopefully help players become aware of predatory pricing practices and encourage more participation in non-GP product supply/manufacturing.
Perhaps an initial improvement would be to have the System Email advise the customer of all price changes made by suppliers, regardless of the percent change.
There is a saying in Russia: "Sometimes it's better to chew than talk." This is about you.
What is an indispensable supplier? I bought from your colleague cars with a filling of more than 100% of the cost. Look how many in the car market. I now buy more than sell them. And now I still have several million cars in stock. And I also have huge reserves of raw materials for their production for many years. Did I suffer? No, absolutely not hurt. And who suffered? A member of your corporation who succumbed to the blackmail of the leadership suffered. And even if I didn’t have the opportunity to purchase cars and if there were no stocks, I would not have been hurt. I will easily replace them with another product. You did not pay attention to how the retail market is changing? I began to massively sell cots. As soon as I skimmed the cream, other players saw the profitability of this useless product before this. They began to mass produce them and the price of wood soared at times. Then I started producing scooters. No one even suspected at what price they could be sold and sold them for a penny. I skimmed the cream, immediately some other players started copying me. I have in mind several products that are underestimated by the players and which can increase my profits several times. I have huge reserves of raw materials for their production. But so far I have enough funds to purchase goods from other players, to participate in contests and auctions. And I do not see (so far) the point in stimulating a new round of inflation. If I stop grabbing them, I will put these goods into production and start selling them.
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