Quote Originally Posted by Inquisitor View Post
As long as that 7k is enough more than market price of the materials to net what you consider a reasonable profit, then no, you aren't a low-life even though you are undercutting. But if you sell it for less than the market value of the materials then you are NOT making a profit, even if you farm all the materials yourself. That last part is important and something a lot of people just can't see, to understand. If the market cost of the items you've gathered is greater than the price at which you sell the finished product then you would have been better off just selling the materials and not bothering with the crafting...
Who made material suppliers the authority figure on the setting of prices? Maybe the material crafters are gouging the other crafters, who then in turn gouge the final customer. Two wrongs don't make a right. If I don't follow this plan I'm a low-life? Pardon me for not being a lazy-ass and making the materials myself. If someone wants to spend 7k on mats and sell a finished item for 8k that is their choice, However, if I go out and get the mats myself, I don't have to sell the same item for 7k. I can sell it for 5k and I make more money instead of buying mats. I don't need big piles of money to fil the coffers of the material suppliers because I don't buy things from them anyway. I should not be penalized or ostracized due to other people's laziness.