Editing Auction House (section)

=== Buying Items ===

Your first use of the auction house will be to buy items.  You can search the auctions by item type using the 'filter' button.

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Items are arranged by type, and then by level within that type.  Although not every item is easy to find (and not everything can be sold in the auction house).

You can also use the search box, however the names are case sensitive.  For example, searching on "celestone" won't work, but "Celestone" will.

Double-click the item you are interested in to be taken to the buying screen.

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Here you see listed the important information about each auction.  If you mouse-over an entry, you will get a pop up of that particular item - letting you see if it has any magic bonuses, or shards, or refinements.

Once you find an item you are interested in, you can either bid on it, or buy it outright.

'''Note: When multiple items are sold in a stack, the price is for the whole stack.'''

An amount to bid will be automatically selected for you (shown next to the bid button) - though you can increase it if you like.

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If the bid has a 'buy it now' option, you can do that - and then you don't have to wait and see if you are outbid by someone else.

Using either option, buyers pay exactly what they bid.  Coins are taken ''immediately'', but will be refunded if you are outbid.  (All commission is paid by the seller)

'''Note: This auction system attempts to prevent sniping.  If you bid near the end of an auction, then the auction will be extended by 20 minutes to give other people a chance to respond.  This only happens a few times, however - the auction will eventually end.'''

You can check the progress of your bids, and if you get outbid, bid again (or 'buy it now' if that is available) on the 'my bids' screen.

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You can also cancel your bid here - though you lose a fee by doing so.

The auctioneer will send you a mail if you are outbid.