Re: Market order cancelling

Rich Skrenta (skrenta@pbm.com)
Thu, 8 Sep 1994 09:14:11 -0400 (EDT)

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> If I have a noble at the head of the stack in a location, and something
> shows up on my report as 'for sale', and I plan my turn on the assumption
> that I'll buy it, I won't be happy if it magically goes away. It would
> mean that we can have trades shown on the market report that no-one
> ever has the chance to buy - I don't like that idea at all.

It's your disappointment at not being able to buy warmounts for 1 gold,
vs. the seller's at having made a stupid mistake in their last turn.
Agreed that it would be nice if we could eliminate both disappointments,
but, having to choose, I'd let the seller correct their mistake.

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Rich Skrenta <skrenta@pbm.com>

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