Undercutting by 1 gil?

[Pondera]

I mean....seriously? Is there a more annoying thing to do? It doesn't save the buyer any money, it's just some guy going "Give me your gil instead of this other guy". I've been seeing this trend all over the place lately. Does this even work? Seriously, people, you see this? Pick the next seller up on the list just to spite them.

[Mocita]

I mean....seriously? Is there a more annoying thing to do? It doesn't save the buyer any money, it's just some guy going "Give me your gil instead of this other guy". I've been seeing this trend all over the place lately. Does this even work? Seriously, people, you see this? Pick the next seller up on the list just to spite them.

I do this if I'm currently in the same area to avoid tax. Hells, I would even go for one that's a few thousand above the lowest price if I'm lazy enough.

[Emstidor]

Would you prefer they undercut you by more? Cause I can do that too.

[Vrankyl]

Honestly undercutting by 1 gil helps to prevent the prices on items fluctuating too much. Unlike those people who will undercut by 100k+ gil and drive the market prices into the dirt. Too many people actually undercut by outrageous amounts and makes selling certain items unbearable. While I could understand being annoyed that a whole bunch of people undercut by 1 gil to put their name higher on the list ((which does work because a lot don't look they just click on the first name)), in the long run it means you aren't losing out on a whole lot of gil just to get your name back to the top of the list.

[Myrhn]

I never though the day would come. People really complaining about "undercut" by 1 gil. lol

[Leadleaf]

Then -1g them back. This stuff isn't worth getting wound up over as I've pretty much gotten into making gil immediately after I gotten over this "how dare they?" phase with competition. I'll also do -1g unless I see the item as stagnant and I want people to care about buying it from the MB.

[Anarnee]

I don't mind 1 gil, that makes sense, because it puts your item at the top of the board. But F#%$ the people that tank the prices into the ground.

[Clicked]

Like others said, it's better for you that they only undercut by 1g. In the end the buyer may choose you anyway depending on where they are buying from. Besides, it's free to undercut them back unlike other games where you have to pay money each time you post an item for a different price.

[Tint]

i remember i was the first one on the market with a super rare item, i wanted to sell it for 4 mio gil. it took weeks and nobody wanted to buy it. i checked several times per day if someone else was putting the same item on the market too.

so after weeks of waiting someone else put the same item for 1 gil less than me on the market, and sold it withing 1 hour. i was SO salty xD

but however, before that i was thinking i should be fair, not undercut, only set it on the same price, and so on. but since then i undercut everyone by usually 10 gil, because that's just how the market works. people will always buy the item on the top of the list. they will even pay thousands of gil for the taxes jus to save this 1 gil, because they don't understand how the market works.

and to understand that the people don't understand how the market works, is important to understand how the market REALLY works...

[Bourne_Endeavor]

I mean....seriously? Is there a more annoying thing to do? It doesn't save the buyer any money, it's just some guy going "Give me your gil instead of this other guy". I've been seeing this trend all over the place lately. Does this even work? Seriously, people, you see this? Pick the next seller up on the list just to spite them.

As an Omni-crafter, I love 1gil undercutters. They respect the economy. The people who annoy me are the ones undercutting by massive percentages, who are subsequently undercut themselves and thus bring a market from 500,000 down to 100,000.