Undercutting by 1 gil?

[TheCount]

I mean....seriously? Is there a more annoying thing to do? It doesn't save the buyer any money, it's just some guy going "Give me your gil instead of this other guy". I've been seeing this trend all over the place lately. Does this even work? Seriously, people, you see this? Pick the next seller up on the list just to spite them.

Really? You're upset over THAT? Undercutting by 1 gil is what you're supposed to do and what any that sells stuff on the market SHOULDNT get upset over, or would you rather see people constantly undercutting by 1k or more and completely crash the market in no time at all? I'd rather someone undercut me by 1 gil than undercut me with 1k every time, there are people that do that and I hate those because it takes forever to repair that damage to the prices/you investing to bring the prices back up.

[Lazaruz]

Really? You're upset over THAT? Undercutting by 1 gil is what you're supposed to do and what any that sells stuff on the market SHOULDNT get upset over, or would you rather see people constantly undercutting by 1k or more and completely crash the market in no time at all? I'd rather someone undercut me by 1 gil than undercut me with 1k every time, there are people that do that and I hate those because it takes forever to repair that damage to the prices/you investing to bring the prices back up.

On the flip side, I actually hate the people who only undercut by 1 gil, because it's a lazy and blatant attempt to get "first" on the MB listing, without having to actually pay the price of such a "advantage". It's also why I will admit I get a weird kind of schadenfreude by once I come across someone like that, I deliberately attempt to crash the price, since as a high level crafter and gatherer, most of the stuff I make explicitly for selling have rather wide profit margins, and I dont care enough about the marketboard economy to try and maintain something that the next 10 people could move in, and immediately "damage" (in your own words). Better to just sell what I have, and move on with my day so I can enjoy the rest of the game.

If you really want that top spot, as far as I'm concerned, you should be prepared to loose far more money then just 1 gil.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

If you really want that top spot, as far as I'm concerned, you should be prepared to loose far more money then just 1 gil.

I'll be blunt. This is a really dumb mentality. By crashing the market you'll lose several times the amount you would had you simply undercut by 1-10 gil back. I just got into a war with someone over the Ao Dai. We both continuously dropped by a single gil, thus keeping the price in the seven figures. Getting to the top of the list is entirely the point of selling in this game because most people blind buy. In fact, you do realize by crashing the market, you're still jumping to the top. You're just foolishly throwing away gil because you've mad... someone didn't undercut you more?