How do you deal with constant undercutting?

[ImDingDing]

wait when the pay to sell mobile APP comes out, lol

[o0DVS0o]

I make a point of not buying from people who have less than a 10% price difference than other buyers, as I prefer to support those are who aren't just undercutting like this example just to put their wares at the top. So for example if I saw your wares at around 10% cheaper than the next cheapest I would buy those, even if someone had put their wares something like 1gil cheaper then yours.

[Sylvain]

I usually update my price when I log on and when I log off
(sometime once mid day if I play the whorl day on weekend)
I however undercut by only 1~100g, there are enough people removing 10% of the price everytime they undercut making price go down by 50% in a week (price fluctuat do quick on Ragnarok....)

[Fiorinol]

I always undercut very heavily because I want to sell my stuff, rather than sitting on it for days, or having to play these petty 1 gil MB fights, especially on markets that are slow. It's not just a game you're going to win.

Although it's quite annoying how on some days, hunts become more profitable than a bunch of classes you leveled to 70.

[KageTokage]

Well, people did finally find a way to beat the annoying undercutting bot, but it basically just boiled down to figuring out what they decided to set as their price floor, then selling lower then that so they wouldn't undercut anymore.

This is still ultimately allowing them to dictate what prices things are being sold at, but it's better then them hogging all the profits.

Although it's quite annoying how on some days, hunts become more profitable than a bunch of classes you leveled to 70.

I usually make most of my money by selling materia, but in this dead period between raid tiers, it's worth so little that it almost doesn't feel worth selling it right now.

[Kaurhz]

Tend not to think about it or care too much, though if someone is being unreasonable with their undercuts for their frequency, by any chance. Then I'll just take mine off the board, affix materia and relist. If they're that happy with crashing the market, then go for it.

They'll either persist and crash the market, or they will get confused, and/or annoyed

[Ryaz]

Undercutting can be annoying, but when something is sitting for a week or two and isnt moving, I can understand it. For example, the moogle beds. When they first came out, someone sold one for like 4 million, so others tried that. Didn't work. Not another sold until they were down to about 500k.

If someone undercuts enough, I might buy the item myself and relist it at a more normal price IF I know it will actually sell. For example, bought about 50 aethersands at 9500 a piece when they normally sell for 25-30k each. Sold them back and made a hefty profit.

[Fiorinol]

Well, people did finally find a way to beat the annoying undercutting bot, but it basically just boiled down to figuring out what they decided to set as their price floor, then selling lower then that so they wouldn't undercut anymore.

This is still ultimately allowing them to dictate what prices things are being sold at, but it's better then them hogging all the profits.



I usually make most of my money by selling materia, but in this dead period between raid tiers, it's worth so little that it almost doesn't feel worth selling it right now.

It's definitely not worth selling, but when 5 crafts of something that has demand are worth as much as one materia from a hunt, crafting feels very lame.

[Adeacia]

When I sell things on the mb, I tend to undercut by 1-100 Gil at the most.

I know if I make it too low someone will just resell it because of their greed. My preferred way: I don't sell something for higher than the price I would be willing to buy it for.

I think of both sides of the market, not just the sellers.

[Kurando]

Yeah I think some players just want to get their stuff sold and I will undercut if necessary, just have little need to hold on to things I don't need and if someone else can benefit from the items (and reduced price) then it's mostly win win. It is annoying when you see someone purposely competing with you when they reduce the cost by a few gil, but hey ho it's just a game and it's not a massive problem at all.