Quote Originally Posted by CatholicFan View Post
The thing of it is, with an investment of time, you can undercut down to just 1 gil and still "profit" because there are no third-party supply chain requirements for this game...

A popular item I sell on the market generally goes for about 5-6k. Undercutting made it a rather unprofitable item, and so the market dried up for a day. I "reset" the price by listing the item at 12k...

Frankly, I don't see it changing for the better any time soon.
even selling at that 1 gil profit your saying that your time is worthless. You could grind a few mobs in Eorzea to get a drop of 1 gil.

I love that your working to reset the market price on some items. Right now I am trying gathering as a means to make money. The problem is unless I stay ahead of other levelers the market gets flooded. Now when I see items selling for 2 gil a piece when NPC turn in is 1 gil i just keep the item. I'll craft them out of inventory. But you are right we are not going to see improvement unless the mechanics of the economy are changed drastically. It's a totally open market and if everyone can participate anything can happen.