Broken Market Board by Rich Players.

[Windsun33]

It's a fact that there are always some items on MB that are hugely overpriced. One that I recently sold a bunch of had a few listed in the 300K range. They cost me perhaps 30 min and 5K to make 6 of them. So far 4 out of 6 have sold for 160K in 3 days. Previous history shows that about 3-4 per month were being sold - which tells me you cannot always go by the past history for pricing.

[RicaRuin]

This is a problem on Cerberus, yes, I can confirm and know who you might be referring to. Each time a certain item nears a price I can afford it at, they go and buy all of it - and keep the market even with their price, I know all of their retainer names by now.

But at the end of the day, it's not violating any of the terms, so there's nothing we can do. (Just want to let that person know I seriously dislike them.)

[Miminming]

that vegetable stall is wayyyyy overcharged...considering the cost it sould have been 10k, 20k at best
it is in fact 16k in my server (30k on the first day

[Windsun33]

Vegetable stall on Coeurl 73K atm, but only about 5 sales a week. A situation ripe for undercutting.

[Dmhlucky]

There are so many times ive went to sell items, checked the price and noticed the item posted for Lower than its actual Value. So i'll scoop them up and NPC them. But when that happens with an item that normally sells way higher, its annoying.
Lets say an item has a value is 198g. It normally sells for 10k. There are 5 up, listed at 10k, 10k, 10k 9.8k and 600g.

Situations like this drive me crazy, because there is no need to price it so low. If you posted it at 9k it would still sell before anything else, and there is much less of a profit then NPCing it.

But lets be honest, the whole Purpose of the AH is to make money. Yes some people will be more "greedy" than others, and most things are subjective price wise, an item that may only cost 20k to make, can sell for 100k, and that's Not unreasonable. If there is no other way to get said item, and you haven't leveled the craft yourself, then that's the price you pay.
Everyone CAN level crafting/gathering. Its a choice if you don't.

What just drive me crazy is an item will sell for 25k consistently, i'll place 1 item for sale at 24995, i come back 2 hours later and there was 12 of them posted at 600g. There is just no need for such undercutting. And the only reason it is so prevelant, is because everyone can see the prices then need to beat to sell first.

At least in XI the sell price wasn't listed, so even if someone sold something so low, the person would likely bid 24k.

[Nixxe]

It's not an issue. There are countless things you can be selling, and because retainers have limited MB slots and addons aren't allowed, there's a practical limit to how much any one person can sell. If you don't find you can make a profit with one item, move on and try a different item. I have well over 100 mil and I definitely eat markets at times, but I still have to deal with competition and replacement cost like anyone else. I started out with nothing like everyone else.

[KageTokage]

I have noticed that certain materials on the MB (Most commonly the drops specific to ARR dungeons needed to make furniture/glams) have a trend of being bought out enmass by specific individuals on my server, even though they aren't re-selling said items or the things made with them.

I'm not sure what the thought process behind this behavior is.

[Jojoya]

I have noticed that certain materials on the MB (Most commonly the drops specific to ARR dungeons needed to make furniture/glams) have a trend of being bought out enmass by specific individuals on my server, even though they aren't re-selling said items or the things made with them.

I'm not sure what the thought process behind this behavior is.

I buy up items needed to make chocobo bardings and then give away those bardings to my FC members. Whether they choose to use the barding or resell it is up to them.

I also occasionally buy up large quantities of materials to make other items to giveaway to them as well.

There are any number of reasons why the materials might be getting purchased without an equivalent finished product making it's way back to the market board.

[Nixxe]

I have noticed that certain materials on the MB (Most commonly the drops specific to ARR dungeons needed to make furniture/glams) have a trend of being bought out enmass by specific individuals on my server, even though they aren't re-selling said items or the things made with them.

I'm not sure what the thought process behind this behavior is.

Reselling is a game best played over the course of months, not days.

[aesteval]

I have noticed that certain materials on the MB (Most commonly the drops specific to ARR dungeons needed to make furniture/glams) have a trend of being bought out enmass by specific individuals on my server, even though they aren't re-selling said items or the things made with them.

I'm not sure what the thought process behind this behavior is.

...could be that they're buying mats for personal use...

Or they could be someone who offers their services in housing decoration, not exactly something listable on the marketboard.

Hoarding is another option, especially when prices get cheap for certain items.

Things Belah'dian glass end up being used in quantities because who's going to only make one lamp when they're decorating (as an example.)