Originally Posted by Wharbone
One way they could be cheating is by having some kind of program that automatically upgrades you every so often. Another is they could have some kind of program that would automatically buy gold as soon as it is put on the gold market. These are just my suspisions. See if you can dig up any info on that.
when i first started the game, i tried to sell gold on the market, and as soon as the page refreshed a who bought my bar(s), which also led me to believe that somehow they had to have a ghost or something that detected this and picked it up before anyone else.... so i dont doubt ur theory...