Originally posted by qzjul:
i dunno... does anybody know what mehul's reasoning was?
TBH i don't think it really makes a huge difference other than selling bushels at the end of the reset, and even then you usually have a market clearer....
I think Bushels are the biggest issue since it has the stablest prices and the largest volume. I do think that when it comes to end up set bushel peak and decline that the order does make a difference and it is more fair to sell the older ones first.
As far as market manipulation I see how it is somewhat advantageous to buy off the newer ones first however you still have to get through all the lower prices to get there.
I am guessing Mehul did LIFO because it was easier to code. I doubt he gave it much thought. I suppose in a realism sense, given the choice of two otherwise identical products people will preferentially buy the newer one.
Basically as far as I can tell from "fairness" FIFO makes the most sense, but empirically this doesn't seem to be a big deal, so if it took more than ten minutes to fix I'd probably say it isn't worth it to change.