Extreme Undercutting - Should it be a violation?

[Kyuuen]

Welcome to a free and open market. Items are worth what the seller deems appropriate.

[ErikMynhier]

Lol what is this? What do you want to do? Set price caps for mid and max price? Who decides what undercutting is? You? Dude.... no. Free markets or don't bother in the game.

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[Bluejay]

I would think that anyone that takes what happens on a market board in a game that has absolutely no consequences in real life seriously enough that they want to report a player for price fixing needs to log off the game and find something else to do for a while. That is a serious loss of perspective.

Even in REAL LIFE such activity is only punishable in specific situations, and having players try to manipulate the market can definitely be seen as increasing the complexity and gameplay value of FF14.

It's not even against the lore. We have numerous examples of NPC's committing murder to maintain their market dominance. I seriously doubt the governments of the FF14 fiction would even bat an eye at price cutting.

[Nyxn607]

Undercutting is the best way to sell items. I generally undercut by 10-100 gil depending on the item. Undercutting by 90% is a little extreme in my opinion, but to each their own, once their item sells, the price will go back up as long as all other items are kept at the same price range.

[Nhisso]

You seem to have some serious psychological problems. Not even being funny.
Get help.
P.s.: anyone crying about undercutting needs to get a lofe. Just wow.

[LunaFaye]

You seem to have some serious psychological problems. Not even being funny.
Get help.
P.s.: anyone crying about undercutting needs to get a lofe. Just wow.

Says the guy that first complained about in game fates, then the queue time of dungeons, because you wanted to play that big bad dps. What makes you think, that your complaint or starting topics about non sense, is more important or not being some kind of crying, in comparison to this one? Case closed.

[Paladinleeds]

Says the guy that first complained about in game fates, then the queue time of dungeons, because you wanted to play that big bad dps. What makes you think, that your complaint or starting topics about non sense, is more important or not being some kind of crying, in comparison to this one? Case closed.

While he is right that I do need therapy (which I am in the process of receiving), a lot of this stems from my way of thinking (and when you've had that thinking process for 15 years straight, it isn't as simple as just changing it). I treat rules in a very black and white way, and it's either "I broke the rules" or "I haven't broke the rules". Funnily enough though, when I started this thread, I was on the waiting list for therapy but hadn't received any.

EDIT: As a follow-up to these unhelpful thinking styles, this lists them all. I wonder how many of these apply to how I felt regarding this situation...

[Charlayy]

You seem to have some serious psychological problems. Not even being funny.
Get help.
P.s.: anyone crying about undercutting needs to get a lofe. Just wow.

Says the guy who was crying about dungeons times and what not. You should follow your own advice and get a "lofe" as well

[Clethoria]

Nope and nah. I mass craft and have literally several retainers filled to the max with mats and low level gear. Sold by an NPC for 300g, but I'll put it up for 100g. I have the right to sell it as such, and I got an inventory to clear out. It's better than getting 1g-5g for my trouble anyway.