Please Undercut Wisely

[Steeled]

Nothing is going to prevent me from undercutting. Ensuring that my item is at the top of the list is the only way I have to combat someone of the same minset.

IE, you're selling a sword for 100 gil. I can list mine for 100, but I have to wait for yours to sell. Yours sells and then someone sees mine for 100 and lists theirs for 99. Theirs sells, maybe mine next, maybe another undercutter, maybe someone undercuts us both.

Or, I see yours for 100, list mine for 99, and have the best opportunity to make the sale. Anyone that says they don't undercut is either lying or a fool.

[DenzelTaru]

Or, I see yours for 100, list mine for 99, and have the best opportunity to make the sale. Anyone that says they don't undercut is either lying or a fool.

okay you didnt read my OP.. it wasnt about undercutting in general.. it was about undercutting stupid ammounts and dragging down the market..

an undercut of 1-10gil is fine to ensure your item is at the top of the list and sells first.. but in the past 3 days something i crafted (not what i mentioned in the OP) dropped from 1800 to 1200.. i made 30 thats 18k loss straight off the bat from what i expected..

undercutting is fine.. its how you make a sale.. undercutting by 100s at a time is ridiculous

[amnie]

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undercutting is fine.. its how you make a sale.. undercutting by 100s at a time is ridiculous

again, basic laws of economics tell you it's absolutely not 'ridiculous'. the people who do that often do it for a reason.
sure, some are just 'stupid' and want to get rid of their stuff quickly, but you can usually tell if someone's plan is something entirely different. think about it for a while and you may actually get it, too

you have no choice but to either destroy their plans - or just not play their game and wait until the price rises again. (which may or may not happen)

a lot of people use MMO markets for their own kind of game and literally do nothing else. when I was still in business school one of my coursemates actually did a paper on this very thing and how there's an entire 'culture' of this in EvE for example.