Auction house bots??

TLDR : does EA have auction bots designed to limit profit when flipping cards or making it nigh impossible to then sell high, on cards bought low.?

Lately With this market and the ups and downs I’ve managed to snipe some decent 90’s, for instance (and this isn’t amazing but I still stood to make a few 1000 coin) I grabbed claypool for 110k and waited til that night to repost, I checked the block and there were 3 available for 160k, I knew I wouldn’t get him for that but I listed him at 147k. I check back 5 min later and there’s literally 3 posted in front of me for the “median” price listed in the auction menu. And the original are still behind me. So it’s clearly not someone checking there cards then posting lower.

This has happened to me several times this week and quite magically I was unable to make any real money on flipping these cards like I was last year. At most I can make like 10-15 and that seems to be rare. . Does anyone know if EA has some bots designed to limit flipping? I would not put it past their shady tactics. But just another way they limit our ability to survive in this game without dumping money in to there fat pockets. Any info would help,

So with your situation not being able to flip cards… keep in mind that there are A LOT of people playing across the country—even across the globe. Most of the time we are all chasing the same cards.
Now as far as bots go.. I believe there are many of them, some possibly made by EA, but I’m not sure how manipulative they can be to the market. I think if EA was smart enough to put bots in the AH that eat up all the lower-posted cards, they would definitely take advantage of that.

Last year there was a bunch of defective bots roaming the AH. You could post random silver cards for 98,250 coins and the bot would buy them all day lol.

But your example I think just falls under EA’s auction house staple of “supply and command”

You are doing it wrong. If you really want to play snipe the 90s for a few thousand coins (as you put it) you should snag it, then put it up for whatever value you are happy with getting out of it for 24 hours. Then go do whatever. Chances are it will sell. If not, you try and break even and figure out a new way to grind dem coins.

That being said, a good thing to think about is not only the current price but the when and why people are buying more or selling more, and going for your grabs accordingly.