Possible Cash Flow Issues At The Launch Of EVE Online's Global PLEX Market

When I woke up this morning I immediately logged into EVE Online to look at the new global PLEX market.

Three hours into the global PLEX market

By the end of the day I expect the market to return to normal. Three hours in and I already saw someone setting up a firewall at 6.3 million ISK. But I did see a slight difference between the messaging I saw concerning existing PLEX orders when the servers came back up this morning.

On Friday, the message went out today was the day CCP would implement the global PLEX market. 

Once the system launches on Tranquility, all existing PLEX orders will be cancelled and fees reimbursed. Location based tax and structure rules remain unchanged for now. 

Sure, players would have to repost their orders but I think everyone expected something like that. But when I read the patch notes this morning I spotted a slight difference.

All outstanding PLEX orders were cancelled, and fees will be reimbursed within a few days. [emphasis mine]

Look, I understand. The developers needed to warn everyone about the change ahead of time so people could report their orders so the market operated with as little disruption as possible. At the same time, CCP couldn't warn people about the delay in returning fees to avoid causing a disruption in the PLEX market over a holiday weekend in the U.S. After all, a not insignificant number of buyers and sellers might cancel their orders to avoid the delay in getting all their ISK back. 

Just remember that when changes like this occur that the developers might not give players all the information they might like ahead of time. I think veteran players understand. Newer players may not.