Extrem undercutting?

[Shavanna]

Hello,
On my server, Zodiark, there seems to be someone who likes to ruin the auctionhouse market by undercutting on prisms extremely hard (e.g. from 13k to 9k) without a reason. What can i do to stop him? Doing what he does counts - in my point of view - as a form of harrassement - desturbing the playing experience of other players.

[tocsin]

Undercut him back.

Look at it this way. The average Glamour prism costs about 1k to make. Anything above that is pure overpricing. if he wants to cut his profits, and attempt to get more buyers by doing so, that is his right.

Undercutting, no matter by how much, is a normal part of the market economy. Its all a matter of who has the lowest cost to make it, and competition is normal.

[GenJoe]

If you truly feel you're being harassed, check the name of the person who made the prism, then report him.
That'll teach him to undercut ya!

[Bombast]

I almost spit my drink out.

9k for a prism is insane, let alone 13k. Perhaps he knows this, and doesn't feel bad shaving the profits a bit.

[GenJoe]

I almost spit my drink out.

That's not really necessary, OP could be feeling harassed by how you think this is a joke.

[Ooshima]

Zodiark low pop server? Surprised it hasn't crashed to 1.5k-2.5k range.

[Lyzern]

Hahahaha, harassment!? LOL

Listen here, Prisms' mats cost at MOST 1.5k to make, you're making a profit of 10K+ FOR ONE CRAFT. And prisms do sell quite fast.

You're actually crying because someone got in your market? HARASSMENT? Oh come on! Grow up please, this is a waste of thread. The market board is a free place, if I wanted to sell prisms for 1gil I would and there would be nobody to stop me. Deal with it or change market.

[GenJoe]

Come on guys, OP's life is hard enough with this stupid undercutter harassing her, she doesn't need any of you to pile on.
No more harassment!

[Kuwaitum]

The market board is a free place, if I wanted to sell prisms for 1gil I would and there would be nobody to stop me. Deal with it or change market.

As Lyzern said, its a free market.. Every crafter has set his prize. I know having undercut hurts, I am a crafter and gatherer.

I abandoned gathering due to the Players' operated bots (you cannot compete against bot generated goods, my time is more worth the gil if I care to undercut).. they are taking over the MB.

As for crafting I seek opportunity when cataloging the MB, I only list on MB what I see is worth crafting and selling. Sometime if I see something is listed for a cheaper price I buy it and resell it. In your case its impossible, because you will not buy those prisms ‘cause they are already expensive (unless you see them cheap and you will do, then I'll say you are a victim of the undercut seller).

I am so jealous you can sell them for 6K gil each, on Server:Faerie the price range for prisms is 2-5K gil for a prism. I only list few prisms if the price gets +5K. Otherwise you’ll end up with the prism for days/weeks without selling it.

That’s what playing market is all about. Best of Luck.

[Dererk]

That's not really necessary, OP could be feeling harassed by how you think this is a joke.

But.......it is a joke its normal reporting will do nothing because it's not harassment.