Quote Originally Posted by TheCurls View Post
The problem with FFXIV's economy is that everyone seems to think that there is no room for anyone else in a market. So they force the prices down to nothing to bully people out, then pull the prices back up while buying all the cheaper stuff others listed for super low. So they profit on their stuff and other other people's stuff. Funnily enough, they tried that with some foods on Balmung and the prices never rose back up. Didn't bother me any because I gather all my own mats, so I have 100% profit.
Yeah I made an alt on Balmung, was amazed that 2 star hq food goes for 2k. There are so many characters with all 50s on balmung though (being the biggest server on the shard, and legacy,) so I'm not too surprised that they are so cheap considering the amount of players who gather all their own mats too.