Are there any fractions in the market which would prevent arbitrage? The classic arbitrage play would be to offer to trade a familiar for 199 wings, sell the wings in small lots, buy another familiar, rinse and repeat. Are there any reasons why one or more of these steps wouldn't work, or would be more inconvenient than other kinds of trading? Normally, this type of sustained disequilibrium suggests that the market doesn't work the way we think it does. For example, if you find that no one is willing to trade 199 wings for a familiar (or even 150, if meeting up is a hassle), perhaps the wings aren't being accumulated to make familiars. I have no idea why they are accumulating them based on your description, but perhaps they get some satisfaction out of having built the familiar themselves (even though there's no mechanical advantage to doing that).
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Date: 2013-09-02 06:03 pm (UTC)