Selling low-level gathering items

[Silvano]

Can we agree not to ridiculously undersell people selling items, especially lower-level Woodcutters, Masons/Ironmongers, and Chirurgeons? I know you may just have some extra and are trying to get rid of it, but it kinda hurts those of us trying to make a living with no high-level DoL >.>

For instance:
Maple Sap 1.5k -> 300-700
Yew Log 4k -> 1.6k
Zinc Ore 500 -> 300
Elm Log 3k -> 1.8k or less

Now I know, "quit crying and level up your DoL, we always need rosewood/cobalt/etc." And I'm working on it. But, when I do get that high, I am still not going to pawn off the lower level stuff at cheap-o prices. Competitive pricing is all well and good (you want your stuff to sell first), but when the prices goes 300,300,300,1.5k,2k new people will put stuff up for 500-1k, permanently driving the price down, which is no bueno :3.

/endrant

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

It's tricky, I do agree.

In my case, I started thinking if I want to take blacksmith, armorer, or carpenter more seriously, I would need to be able to have miner and botanist at levels where I can gather the materials myself.

I have a lot more copper ore, iron ore, and alumen than I anticipated trying to level up (since most of blacksmith/armorer/carpenter levels are from mob drops, a super affordable stack of logs that someone put up once, and local leves). I imagine that once I move on from the current grade of gathering and using it, would try to sell the excess amounts.

Although for me, this would be after I make a stack of 99 ingots, plates, and/or rivets. And even then, after clearing out all outdated materials that can no longer be crafted with first (I may never sell it at my current rate).

[Silvano]

How is the market in Besaid overall? Is there a nice amount of low-mid level gear for sale constantly? (And not at like 100K prices?)

I really think I want to start on Besaid, but do you think Cornelia would be better for a new player since the population is higher?

I'm not sure on both parts, it just depends on what specific item you are trying to look at. I haven't bought much low-level gear so I'm not sure about that either ^^;.

It's tricky, I do agree.

In my case, I started thinking if I want to take blacksmith, armorer, or carpenter more seriously, I would need to be able to have miner and botanist at levels where I can gather the materials myself. [...]

Yeah, I agree. The only thing I didn't like about armorer was there was one point where nuggets yielded best exp, and they can't be gathered anymore D: and I didn't have BS leveled to make them.

[Asmeret]

How is the market in Besaid overall? Is there a nice amount of low-mid level gear for sale constantly? (And not at like 100K prices?)

I really think I want to start on Besaid, but do you think Cornelia would be better for a new player since the population is higher?

[syntaxlies]

iron ore sells for 1k average. i spent 2 mil to buy all the ore under 750gil and resold t during the week and made a mil profit. undercutters are a blessing in disguise if you take advantage of it. Best time to buy is the weekend, best time to sell is midweek.

edit: buying fromthe item search feature will prob make more people do this which should stabilize the wards.