Undercut Hell

[r2rknot]

So your mad because other players won't collude with you? Perhaps the are not interested in the collision? If one guy posting under your cost is crashing the market, them perhaps it's not worth that amount? Some to Market pvp.

[Lord_Zlatan]

Usually I price at what will sell it faster than what its on the boards for, regardless of history and ethics or morals.

For example... a while back Heavens Eye Materia II were selling for 5k on Goblin... I sold all of mine for 4795. 205 gil cheaper. I don't really care about how much gil I lost because I put no investment into getting these materia. Is that considered undercutting? sure. Do I care what someone else sitting on the MB all day trying to "play the market" thinks? Not at all. Should I care? Its a video game auction hall... so no.

[abzoluut]

and I am not interested in any trolly comments they won't be read

How do you know it's trolly when you won't be reading them? xD

On a more serious note, undercuts happen. The huge undercuts are often people who just don't have a clue. Like others said, buy it, resell it. Another important thing, some crafters like to put new crafts on MB asap. However, a week later mats can drop as far as (or even more) 30% <--- automatic undercut incoming.

I also think some crafters just ask rediculous prices. I am one of those people who will undercut when someone is trying to make a billion % profit. That to me is economy breaking since I'd have to wait a year until the first one up there sells.. I just check what the mats go for and try to make a fair price for both myself and the buyer.

[Lord_Zlatan]

How do you know it's trolly when you won't be reading them? xD

On a more serious note, undercuts happen. The huge undercuts are often people who just don't have a clue. Like others said, buy it, resell it. Another important thing, some crafters like to put new crafts on MB asap. However, a week later mats can drop as far as (or even more) 30% <--- automatic undercut incoming.

I also think some crafters just ask rediculous prices. I am one of those people who will undercut when someone is trying to make a billion % profit. That to me is economy breaking since I'd have to wait a year until the first one up there sells.. I just check what the mats go for and try to make a fair price for both myself and the buyer.

that sounds realistic. Unfrotunately not a lot of people actually do that even though it is the right thing to do.

[Livilda]

Self-Entitled Armchair Economists: The Thread

[dcdistro]

you undercut someone else so you can sell yours faster so they did it back you can play that game all day long how about you try and match the lowest price instead of undercutting in the first place... its sitting in my inventory and you deliberately undercut me i will slash them prices because i don't care i am clearing out space.. i try to always match lowest, then they undercut and the war begins... to be honest it should be like ffxi was and have blind bidding and if they bid high enough they got the prize

undercutting by 1 gil or 500k is no different to me anything i truely make i farm all the stuff myself so really 10 gil is profit to me

[kidvideo]

to be honest it should be like ffxi was and have blind bidding and if they bid high enough they got the prize

This is not a real solution. In XI, I always set my prices considerably lower that the last sold prices. Mine would sell first & I'd pay lower listing fees. If a buyer guessed correctly then there's clear proof the rest were overcharging.

[Stihllodeing]

..........undercutting by 1 gil or 500k is no different to me anything i truely make i farm all the stuff myself so really 10 gil is profit to me

Please come to my server so I can buy your stuff and resell.......I'm serious......

[HeroSamson]

you undercut someone else so you can sell yours faster so they did it back you can play that game all day long how about you try and match the lowest price instead of undercutting in the first place... its sitting in my inventory and you deliberately undercut me i will slash them prices because i don't care i am clearing out space.. i try to always match lowest, then they undercut and the war begins... to be honest it should be like ffxi was and have blind bidding and if they bid high enough they got the prize

undercutting by 1 gil or 500k is no different to me anything i truely make i farm all the stuff myself so really 10 gil is profit to me

I do that also, I'll see item is 8k and so I'll put it to 8k and take off later on i'll check and notice they price cut me for 500-1000 so I adjust my price from 8k to 1,500 cause I don't care but they probably will.

[Seiryuukishi]

I don't craft anymore. Too much to keep up with. I do however gather and sell the mats mainly clusters, crystals and shards. I don't overprice because I don't spend gil to get them but I do invest some time. I WILL UNDERCUT the feet from under anyone dumb enough to try and think they can "buy me out and sell" for double or triple what I put them up for originally. Want to see some happy crafters? Screw with me. Clusters will go for a gil a piece. I got nothing but time.