Undercut Hell

[Maza]

One thing for me is if there are several items up for say 10k and someone puts one up for 9999 I will buy the one below it for 10k. If you are going to undercut someone don't be cheap about it, give a better deal than one dang gil imho : ) I undercut when I need some gil fast or have an odd item I have no need for and just need the space. Checking history is very helpful, if an item has a lot up for sale but only 2 have sold in last month then I might undercut a lot to get rid of the item. I don't do that a lot or with a lot of items, just when it's kind of urgent. But hey, it will always happen so figure out a new strategy instead of expecting other people to make it easy for you.

[NoF2P]

One thing for me is if there are several items up for say 10k and someone puts one up for 9999 I will buy the one below it for 10k.

I do that too. 9999 is just an untidy way of saying 10000, so I buy the one that was listed first to be fair to the seller (and because I like round numbers). Undercutting by 1 gil is the market equivalent of a kill steal (a "sell steal"?) If I've made a seller happy then I feel good about it. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[Aunalise]

One thing for me is if there are several items up for say 10k and someone puts one up for 9999 I will buy the one below it for 10k.

I do that too. 9999 is just an untidy way of saying 10000, so I buy the one that was listed first to be fair to the seller (and because I like round numbers). Undercutting by 1 gil is the market equivalent of a kill steal. If I've made a seller happy then I feel good about it.

But I undercut by 1g someone who posted at 10001g, or 8001g several times this week alone. Now you just bought from me!

It's all arbitrary. Buy whichever one you want, but don't assume you have exercised some moral principle by buying a particular price level, whether the previous price was 1g higher, 98g higher, or 786g higher. Why not buy the most expensive one on the market? You will engender the greatest happiness and realize the most un-earned self-righteousness and false sense of moral superiority. Win-win!!

[NoF2P]

But I undercut by 1g someone who posted at 10001g, or 8001g several times this week alone. Now you just bought from me!

It's all arbitrary. Buy whichever one you want, but don't assume you have exercised some moral principle by buying a particular price level, whether the previous price was 1g higher, 98g higher, or 786g higher.

Er, yes, but you asume there is a logical reason for everything I do. If you undercut 8001g by 1g, I will buy from you I like round numbers cos they don't make me think and they leave my balance looking tidy. People can sell at whatever price they want, and I just buy if I want to. Paying one gill more is just the rebel in me not wanting to do what people expect. That and thinking that I may have made someone happy who thought they had been undercut already (who for all I know could be a bot operator). I just NPC everything I don't need - it's quicker.