Lets Talk About UNDERCUTTERS!!!!

[Dsync]

If I keep getting undercut by 1 gil then I'm more likely to go postal and just stick a load up at roughly gathering cost. Since I farm all my own mats then I don't really need to worry too much. Childish and cutting off my nose, maybe, but satisfying. I find constant undercutting by 1 gil more frustrating.

[AlphaFox]

If I keep getting undercut by 1 gil then I'm more likely to go postal and just stick a load up at roughly gathering cost. Since I farm all my own mats then I don't really need to worry too much. Childish and cutting off my nose, maybe, but satisfying. I find constant undercutting by 1 gil more frustrating.

*raises hand* Guilty of doing it :3

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I always saw undercutting by 1 gil to be completely stupid. As a buyer, if I see a listed item being 1 gil cheaper than the next guy, I am not going to buy it if it's not in my current city because of the taxes.

[Jacosta]

If the supply really is limited and you get undercut by that much, you could always buy out the undercutter's items then resell them for your own price.

That's what I do!

[Lone-wolfe-02]

If people can place an item for thousands then I'll undercut

[Kaedan]

I always saw undercutting by 1 gil to be completely stupid. As a buyer, if I see a listed item being 1 gil cheaper than the next guy, I am not going to buy it if it's not in my current city because of the taxes.

Same. Undercutting by a gil is a jerk move, and I always avoid buying items from people who do so, and refrain from undercutting by 1 or a few gil myself too.

[Zari]

As long as the undercutting doesnt make an item absolutely worthless and/or less than the vendor price, I am perfectly fine with it. As someone who doesnt craft a lot, I definitely appreciate when things are not overpriced to levels where nobody will/can buy them.

[IzzyData]

This is just how markets work. If someone is willing to undercut you then you just have to deal with it. If that is the price they are willing to sell their item for then you either need to adjust your price to compensate or wait for theirs to get bought up.

If the demand was high enough to warrant the current prices then people wouldn't be forced to bring prices down to sell theirs.

[Havenae]

because a piece of white gear is really worth 200,000gil?

I dont think so.

Welcome to a free market. as items are in larger supply, and demand is lower than the rate at which new products are supplied... the price will drop. People entering the market later will see to sell their products at a price less than those before them. It's simple economics, it happens in every game. It's also a logical progression. If you want to charge huge prices for your crafted/dropped items by all means list them at that. they may sell eventually. Then again they might not if the supply stays steady at lower prices.

As it goes.. pretty much everything you can make, you sell at a 100% profit. this game doesn't really have currency sinks for crafting. So I really dont see what the fuss is about.

[IzzyData]

because a piece of white gear is really worth 200,000gil?

It's pretty funny when I am leveling an alt and I look on the market board for some white gear and stuff at level 25 is selling for 50k. Then I head over to the grand company vendor instead.

I've never tried crafting before, but if crafting is really that difficult that people feel like 50-200k is an adequate compensation for their work then I think the game probably needs some major reworking on the crafting system.