0 gil undercutting

[Peptaru]

How many games? I'm assuming it's a large sample, because I've played 2 games that had this very same listing tax and the markets were as steady as could be expected in a real market. Supply spikes on weekends dropped prices, they'd rise again during the week.

Ffxiv as it is now can't have more problems with undercutting by large amounts than it already does. On several occasions I find markets that have a consistent price of (random) 6k. I list at 6k, 7 other people list at 6k; 12 sell per day. I come back in four hours and the price is 25%, 1500, of it's original 6k value; it stays there for two weeks.

I believe a listing tax can't possibly lead to worse undercutting, and to the comment about it being a rich person's market... yeahhhhhhhhh look around, it already is. Almost all video game markets are a rich person's market.

[Nroug7]

On several occasions I find markets that have a consistent price of (random) 6k. I list at 6k, 7 other people list at 6k; 12 sell per day. I come back in four hours and the price is 25%, 1500, of it's original 6k value; it stays there for two weeks.

The main issue here is someone is failing to control the market. If an item sells at 6k but everyone is listing it at 1.5k, buy them all and resell at 7k. If the item is only obtainable by crafting, buy up all the cheaper items involved in crafting it and attempt to control the supply. Eventually someone WILL undercut you, but when they do you have a few options: 1. Buy them out. 2. Naturally deflate the price to where it belongs (6k) 3. Sell goods in lower quantities.

If you're crafting what you're selling and are also buying it from everyone else, you shouldn't have much trouble obtaining market dominance.
Just like prices can drop 75% in 4 hours, they can rise 300% in five minutes.