UK Market Decline

[The Professor]

its kinda odd tht we are all talking about the callapse of the habbo "economy" when reall all it is a virtual furniture on a computer screen deep in cyberspace...

If you think the game is that pathetic, don't play it. The fact is that all games that have trading have some sort of economy. Would you trade your throne for a green fan? Would you ask for a typo instead of a gold trophy for it?

Thats economy.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Rares such as Majestics are even falling which I didn't expect them to a month or two ago, they don't fetch 3 CS

Also New HC Furni has dropped so much because there isn't that much demand for them because there are less people, it was clear they were going to drop but i'm suprised at the rate the HC Furni is dropping.

Eid Posters also don't seem to be doing the usual 3 CS - 8 CS pattern anymore.

I think the market it heading for a collapse in both Normals and Supers very soon, it may be slow but it could happen very quickly also.

It's already starting to fall, only thing that cna stop it is more users and that doesn't look likely for the UK Hotel at the moment.

[Elkaa]

Rares such as Majestics are even falling which I didn't expect them to a month or two ago, they don't fetch 3 CS

Also New HC Furni has dropped so much because there isn't that much demand for them because there are less people, it was clear they were going to drop but i'm suprised at the rate the HC Furni is dropping.

Eid Posters also don't seem to be doing the usual 3 CS - 8 CS pattern anymore.

I think the market it heading for a collapse in both Normals and Supers very soon, it may be slow but it could happen very quickly also.

It's already starting to fall, only thing that cna stop it is more users and that doesn't look likely for the UK Hotel at the moment.

The market is already collapsing for the Super Rares. It's no longer possible to buy a super and expect it to go up, to make a profit from it.

What does it do? Drop.

In all honesty, I'm considering scrapping it all and just having 300 pure thrones. At least that way I know I'm not losing "wealth" while I bloody sleep.

[-:Undertaker:-]

The market is already collapsing for the Super Rares. It's no longer possible to buy a super and expect it to go up, to make a profit from it.

What does it do? Drop.

In all honesty, I'm considering scrapping it all and just having 300 pure thrones. At least that way I know I'm not losing "wealth" while I bloody sleep.

Agreed, it seems once a super drops it doesn't pick up again, it just drops.

Thrones are probably the best at the moment, BUT if people want to take a gamble they COULD buy all old rares and cheap supers now and just hope that UK numbers pick up and they'll make a lot - But it seems unlikely.

I think the best Habbo Markets to invest in at the moment are Canada, USA and SG purely for their growing popularity.

[Jamesy]

i wasnt saying it was a bad thing. Just noticing it was odd... relax mate. I dont have a throne anyway XD. I dont think habbo is pathetic and pointless. i was mearly noticing how everyone is getting worried over it.

Edit: anyway. If the habbo market did collapse i think there would be a lot of rich habbos when it picks up again, well IF it every picks up. I think the habbo uk staff will have do something soon about the falling numbers. I mean i remember ages ago when every other ay there was a hotel alert "X amount of habbos online, a new habbo uk record"

[alexxxxx]

I think it's time to wake up that it's Habbox that's the problem. If people stop trading because habbox is down, then please stop saying it's a guide, because it's not. How on earth the price of the throne is going up, when less people visit habbo is beyond me.

Habbo and it's rares are a joke. A throne is worth FAR too much in real cash for how many there are in circulation. I knew the bubble willl burst and this is it. The Orb Of Doom incident was a warning that it would get out of control. Just pull the plug on these stupid rare values for 2 weeks.

[Lestah]

I'm just wondering.. when you guys are talking about say, making a profit, well, what does that mean?

What I'm trying to say is there isn't a currency in habbo.. someone might say the HC sofa is one but there are more of them coming into the hotel all the time and they are not a real currency

[The Professor]

I think it's time to wake up that it's Habbox that's the problem. If people stop trading because habbox is down, then please stop saying it's a guide, because it's not. How on earth the price of the throne is going up, when less people visit habbo is beyond me.

Habbo and it's rares are a joke. A throne is worth FAR too much in real cash for how many there are in circulation. I knew the bubble willl burst and this is it. The Orb Of Doom incident was a warning that it would get out of control. Just pull the plug on these stupid rare values for 2 weeks.

We did and we know the results. Habbox went down when it was hacked and the whole of the trading section just stood still. No-one wanted to trade anything because they didnt know what it was worth; they didnt have a GUIDE to guide them.

Even if habbox took theirs down, HHGS would continue to provide theirs and Im sure many smaller fansites do too. There will always be a rare values guide, if there wasnt there would be no economy.

[alexxxxx]

There will always be a rare values guide, if there wasnt there would be no economy.

You just admitted that the whole economy is based on these guides, which aren't used as guides, they are used as what they are 'worth' to most habbos, which in turn are sold for 'profit' which is then recorded by reporters and up the price, and people therefore sell for 'profit' again. Tbh, you should scrap the whole HC/CS system, because it just results in inflation as more club sofas come into circulation. You should base it on credits, as they have an exchange rate to real cash.

[spanner-head]

Personally i think the number of visitors has gone down due to the fact of the release of the new hotels (USA, Canada ect). USA & Canadian people dont have to go on at stupid times on the UK version to go on a t peak time, they will just go on there own hotel at peak time if you get me. Basicly peak tim on habbo is around 7-9pm GMT. his means that people in the US would have to go on up to as late as 8am in the morning, which is near enough impossible due to school and stuff.