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They're het DP, so genetically speaking not worth as much as, say, a Cherry Drop or Freaky Friday. The only extra value they have is in being a "special event" that doesn't happen as often. Just because someone can put it up on the sales list doesn't mean that's the price it's going for - in fact, the fact that you still see it sitting there likely means no one wants it for that price. After all, you only bought it for 10k. (Which admittedly is a bit low - I've seen them going for 50-100k so far)

For the best profit, since you seem to be looking to buy and flip, I'd suggest running a forum auction. Point out the wild bay/dun, which is kinda neat, and the points (though it's not a huge number of points, it's still something) to help advertise it. Forum auctioned horses often sell for the higher end of market value when they're the only item in an auction.

It's entirely possible they haven't been voted down because no one has seen them. You advertised yours, and therefore called attention to it. As it goes, the "market" is what people have paid, not what people are asking. I can ask 1 mil for a plain foundation with no points, but that doesn't mean it will sell. :)

Since everything currently on the public sales list is over 100k, that means anything under 100k likely got snatched up. That's not to say 500k couldn't sell, but it does seem unreasonable compared to what has sold in the forum so far. You could probably safely put yours up for 100k and get that, though it may take a while, or as I suggested a forum auction (calling attention to the two "special" genes and the points) might net you even more.

This is actually quite amusing...

and lemme say, i do see where you are coming from dueling, but just because one or two are being sold for that price does NOT mean that yours is worth that much. i sold mine for 100k, but that was to a really well established player that ADORES the rank special.

It's funny to get schooled by ya'll when we've all been playing the same amount of time. It is worth what someone is willing to pay for it; let the market decide--none of the rest of it matters. The fact is we should be able to list for whatever price we want and if people want to piss and spit over it or get a good laugh then that's their right...but it shouldn't be censored...THAT is my only point.

If a new player is frustrated because they are not selling, it may actually prompt them to explore and learn the search feature to compare the going rate of something similar to what they have, and/or getting advice from other players via the Forum. Also the sales boards are wiped at the start of each month and each horse has to be individually relisted anyway so that is already a way that listings are moderated. Again, my issue is with censorship based on other players opinions.

@duelinghawks The voting system has been in place for awhile and it seems to work pretty well, plus Ammit has kept it in so far. People can only vote for the horse once, so if you re-list after being taking off the board, you can just put it back up again if you think it's worth that much and that's what I would suggest that you do! Maybe it used to be a bigger issue in the past on HJ1, but people would sometimes put foundation up (or other kinds of pixel ponies worth create price) at astronomical prices and there wasn't a good way to give pricing feedback. The sales board was getting flooded and people were complaining about it on the forum, but not everyone was on the forum. The forum used to be on a different website entirely so not everyone had a forum account and not everyone checked the forum. It became enough of an issue that the voting system was implemented and this would alert a person (whether or not they used the forum or checked resources about pricing), and I always thought it worked well but I know my opinion doesn't matter. Hope I'm remembering all that correctly, it's been awhile. Not trying to "school you," just giving some context. :) Do you think it should be more like a notification sort of thing where you get a notification if the horse has been voted for but the horse remains on the board? On another note, do you think the dun is why people are voting her down?

Newer player here - Can I chime in with just a quick question? What does it mean for a sales price to be voted down?

Do you have to have a certain membership level to do that? I would swear I've never seen that button and I've been haunting the sales pages for pointed ponies.

I don’t think I’ve seen it on horses who’s price was below 50,000.

30k is the exact cutoff, I believe. Any horse below that can't be voted, once it hits 30k the button appears.

@Xceptional @Lallyhop @FallenShadows714 @MariaChapinFarm3 People don't seem to get my point. I have played long enough and bought, sold, and flipped enough to know the average of what something is "worth" here. I buy and sell in real life for living, so I find it a fun and challenging aspect of the game as well. I've made between 500k and a million hbs in one day on a few occasions so I can assure you there are plenty of players out there for whom dropping 500k hbs is not a huge deal. Lots of us are willing to spend a large amount for a novelty, for fun, or to help out other players. Alot of players have massive daily showing bonuses so the value of the hb is vastly different from player to player.

It is the fact that other players can censor a sales listing based on their opinion that I take issue with...that's all.