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As a new player I have NO IDEA what a horse is worth at the moment.
I find it very helpful when I see comments from "seasoned" players stating why a horse is priced too high. There have been several occasions where I thought," I will pay x amount for that horse", only to see a comment saying why the horse isn't worth that price. It has stopped me from making some costly mistakes.
As far as people asking "Make me an offer", I stay far away from those sales so I don't get ripped off.

I am still really new, haven't even tried to sell yet, however I learn a lot from the ads that do have prices. As Goobanni said Look to the seasoned player for helpful pointers. Thank you.

Personally when I started I had no idea how to price horses so it took a bit of getting used to. Of course a little bit of help from an older player is very nice but only when done nicely. I have had limited experience myself with rude players but I have seen some players being a bit hard on newer players. Cheers was very kind to help me out with prices in the beginning and encourage me into doing testing on my horses. Its challenging and somewhat intimidating when you start so its nice to have some kind assistance. Its annoying when you start and sometimes make bad mistakes like buying horses for a lot that aren't worth that value, selling rank specials or candy ponies for cheep or even getting sucked into "make an offer" type situations that end up with someone loosing out. Also for me personally, I'm younger than a lot of people on the game which can be somewhat hard and may influence people to steer away from asking for help with pricing and other aspects of the game. I have a hard time still not asking for people to make an offer, most people are honest and will give a reasonable price but some would take the chance to take advantage of a newer player. I would say older players should start voting down horses more. Its a good way for newer players so learn about pricing.

Do you guys feel comfortable reporting any rude players, or instances where you feel you were ripped off?

Honestly, I don't know anyone who is comfortable setting a price for their horses (I certainly am not!) and even if they did, it's going to change from month to month, year to year.

The link I posted above has a couple of general guidelines, but everyone has their own view on how much our pixels cost.

@Confluence Farms,

I know that if it is the right RS horse and it is still within the age of GMTing, I am willing to pay 100k. But that is just my willingness. I have very specific desires when it comes to RS and how I will GMT them.

And I think candy ponies, with their token, amount to 250k in price though they are often sold for less. I have seen 150-200k.

Mind you, I am not comfortable pricing my horses which is why I sell them only on very rare occasions.

as it could just be people trying to get a price drop

This is a myth made up by new players who did not understand how price voting works and why it happens. Voting a horse down does not make it available to you for sale. I keep records of both who votes and who buys and I have NEVER seen a voter come back and snap the horse up at a lower price.

I think I could safely say that the only time a horse is worth over 100,000 hbs is if it is a Candy Pony with the token still intact.

There are some very high dealing exclusive type things that are done but those aren't done publicly.

What does a candy pony look like?

You need to be sure it still has the GMT token 'attached'. After you turn it in for the token the horse will continue to be red and white striped for a while. I have one from Christmas that is still striped. If I put her up for sale, someone might pay a couple hundred thousand thinking that the token was still attached, when I actually turned it in a while ago. I don't have a way of removing the stripes, so I will usually put a note on the horses page saying that the token has been turned in, just so people don't get confused.


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If you just refresh the image on any turned in candy pony it removes the stripes.