Tabbed Shop and Unlimited Stock

Runescape shops have undergone a facelift and have been updated by Jagex to attempt to limit the imbalance that macro users have had on the overall runescape economy. Players are now able to buy an unlimited amount of most items from most shops in the game. However, the price of the basic items has generally increased so that merchants are still able to compete.

The idea of an unlimited stock in the shops is so that players can purchase the more expensive option from the shop directly as well as sell their junk to shops that accept them. The dust has settled somewhat and the overall improvement is positive - although frustrating and annoying for some items.

My advice is for players to first check the prices of the new unlimited stock items before paying any inflated prices to merchant players. I hope to get the shop prices updated on the main runescape help site - along with getting respective guides online for each of the main shop types that are likely to be used by players.

This update was not made to harm honest merchanting, but it was made as a way to try and limit the impact of the cheats and macro accounts that have plagued runescape for many months.

I'd like to hear any feedback about the shop update to unlimited stock and be able to answer any queries people may have. All I can do is give my view on how it has affected runescape - both in the long term and the short term. Feel free to comment on this post and I will get back to you. Comments will not be edited if I approve them, but I am unlikely to approve any comments that are blatant advertising for runescape gold or money selling sites as I am trying to ensure all Jagex rules are applicable to this blog.

Rare items or items that cannot be obtained from shops should have their prices unaffected. Although there is always the possibility that runescape rare item prices may be indirectly affected by this update.