What is your ACTUAL reasoning for undercutting?

I feel the need the point out that an item for sale on a retainer that is not being sold is potential profit being wasted. It's like items on prime shelf space in a store, you shouldn't just let it sit there for months.

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Originally Posted by CookiesNCreams

No, this is not a complaint thread.

Everyone undercuts. But can anyone answer this for me? : Are you undercutting out of spite of “elitist” crafters....or do you do it to genuinely bring the price down so everyone can afford it?

By everyone’s definition, I’m a “elitist” crafter but I also enjoy bringing down prices for people to enjoy. What about you? :D

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I don't know of anyone who undercuts for the reasons you list here. Most likely the VAST majority of people undercut to make a quick buck or sell something quickly.t

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Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra

You see this a lot with materia. I just simply buy it all up and either relist it or sell it to my local vendor in my home. :)

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Am guilty of doing this too from time to time, haha. I'll buy up a lot of cheap materia and go play the Central Thanalan gobbo RNG game to try for a crafter or gatherer materia type to sell.

Mainly to clear my inventory space to be honest. Way too much stuff to clear.

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Originally Posted by ern815

Mainly to clear my inventory space to be honest. Way too much stuff to clear.

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If you dont have a ton of retainers, I could see this being a major factor. Imagine being an omni crafter/gatherer and you've got the 99 different kinds of meats for CUL recipes, and endless logs/lumber from BTN/CRP... but only 2 retainers and a chocobo saddle.

Really gotta clean house sometimes.

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Originally Posted by Seraphor

I undercut because I would like my items to actually sell.
Because everyone undercuts, if you don't, then your item will never sell, and you'll find it still listed 6 months later when current prices are half of what they used to be.
I actually DO need the gil, which is why I actually want it to sell in a reasonable time frame, unlike some spiteful people who will undercut by thousands just to 'teach people a lesson'...

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Nine hundred million times this.

People undercutting massively out of spite just end up hurting their own margins. I'll undercut by 1 Gil every day for 2-3 months if necessary until it gets bought, and if they try to remove/put the price back up to where everyone else is, I'll just bump up my price again to undercut the cheapest price by 1 Gil.

Fast money, and giving people what they want for cheaper then everyone else, therefore making them super happy. Making me happy, and more rich.

My actual reason? To get the item to sell.

I don't play the "market game" in FFXIV. I simply have a random assortment of crap in my bag that I wanna get rid of, and if I can get paid for it, all the better.

Too many items
Gils being essentially useless
No tax for setting an item to auction

I personally assess it's worth. If someone say, is selling 99 cokes at 500 each. I'll sell 10 at 600 each. That way, they're deal is actually better. But someone who only wants 10 will opt to spend 6k on mine.
Personally it doesn't bother me. I'm not some mega Omni Crafter king.

And I doubt if I'll ever be good. I just want gil to make my Auri glams as cute as possible. Because reasons.