I realize if I was playing on pc this problem would be no where near as significant to me so I apologize if this sounds dumb and or lazy.

I am sorta ocd about collecting items, when I am purchasing items obviously not all are available to me due to license restrictions. I always buy at least one of everything available. When I get a license upgrade new items are obviously available but when I go to purchase them I cannot always tell the new from the old. This leads me to have to check each item available for purchase individualy with the huge list of items in my home station. A simple fix for this if I may, would be to add in the items description in the buy menu interface a little note stating how many of the item u already own. It is very time consuming swiping between screens for each individual item and is quite difficult to remember everything you own between ships, small add-ons, large add-ons and the other. Thank you for taking the time to read this. I apologize for my terrible grammar and punctuation problem.

~Z~

A full game fix to satisfy someone who is OCD about item collection probably is not worth the devs time.

Android has this strange problem of condensing a lot of crap into a small area. Most of this information is not necessary like station and faction descriptions. This is further complicated by a rather awful UI. The UI itself just need a re-look and complete overhaul.

I don't really see an issue with the UI or any condensing issue... the interface is smooth and responsive as far as the station is concerned. And I'm ocd already so I like bulky descriptions. I just can't tell if I own an item already or not when I am purchasing. I didn't realize it would be a full game fix, I had hoped it would be easy but then again I'm not assuming anyone is going to fix this just for me, I'm not that special :) Was hoping more along the lines that others would want this too, at least mobile players. If only I was ocd with grammar and punctuation.

~Z~

+1 to adding current station inventory tallies on the purchase screen...

This is not an issue when you don't care about credits, but early on it is. And further more, the game should make us worry about credits.

The phrase "A full game fix" is meaningless, and this wouldn't be a difficult thing to do since the data is already available. "Buy" screens that show how many of the item you already own are not exactly unheard of in video games either, so it's not like this is a weird request.

That said, I'm not sure how useful it would be to have the implementation that you want; that is, to have it show how many you own total. Most people end up with items sitting around in pretty much every station in the game, and having it include items on the other end of the universe would be strange. A local inventory number would be more helpful, saying how many you have right there in that station (or alternately, inside the cargo hold of your active ship).

But a local count doesn't really address the actual issue you want to resolve, since different stations offer different items. In your particular case, I'd recommend making or commissioning a plugin to do it.

I didn't consider items in multiple stations.. I keep everything I own in my home station but I also am early in the game. Maybe if it only tallies how many you have in your home station but I don't know, I'm not a dev :) Thank you for your feedback guys.

~Z~

I'm not sure if you're using any plugins but there are a few that can help track items location by prices...
Trade Assistant - http://www.tgft.org/_downloads/ta.zip - guide on how to use it
There's also a unofficial plugin repository - http://www.voupr.com

Also, a plugin is available called Station Find which comes in handy. It's around somewhere.. after you install it, the command is /sfind.