What is your ACTUAL reasoning for undercutting?

[Hawklaser]

Well, thanks to this thread, I am definitely going to keep an eye out for, and potentially attempt to bait "Spitecutters" now, especially if I am planning on power leveling a craft or just take advantage of their spite cut for profit on something like ore to ingots for example.

[StarRosie]

I only undercut if someone is being a little crap and undercutting by a single gil. I don't mind competitive pricing, as long as it is actual competitive pricing and not "I want to have my cake and eat it too!" behavior, which is what 1 gil undercuts are. Outside of that, I just kind of let the thing sit, it'll sell eventually. Unless pricing is dropping like a brick due to an undercutting war, then I just adjust the price to something reasonable. (Maybe even buy out the stock from the two undercutting each other into oblivion and put it up for sale myself.)

[Alleluia]

When the one listing becomes 2 listings and then becomes even more than that you need to leave the market and re-enter it when conditions improve. If conditions don't improve it means that the item value has been ruined by over-supply and you're better off looking for other items in demand that haven't got a large amount of supply.

Players tend to get comfortable selling certain items because they have a stockpile of the mats to create them but sometimes its better to either store those mats away for later use or sell them off and try other items to sell. E.g. Player A lists Item A for 200k originally then price starts dropping towards 100k after Players B, C & D enter the market and start an undercutting war with each other dropping price by 1k each time. Due to the fact that supply > demand (sometimes due to just wanting to offload the items being sold) these players will keep dropping the value until they can sell their item and leave the market at that point.

By this point Players E, F and G have entered the market and are now listing their items at the new lower price of 100k which will almost always tend downwards further until someone starts buying out all the left over stock. At this point the item value is ruined until all of these new players decide the value of the item isn't high enough for them to sell at in which case they tend to leave the market and it will become empty again meaning demand > supply and then original player can re-list their item for 200k again.

This. Supply and demand benefits both consumer and provider. Roll with the fluctuations and recognize when something is oversaturated, guys.

[Takamorisan]

Its always like this. I go farm, leave all my stuff in my retainer:
They sell overnight, but then when I go check the market board to see how much they are costing, its just pure apocalypse just undercutting that makes no sense. Welp guess I will go fish something else.

[Catwho]

Some legit reasons to undercut:

- Bulk discount. If someone is selling a single for a high price, I will sell a stack of 99 for a chunk lower. Maybe a person only needs 1 of the thing, but if they need 99, I'm gonna be the go-to.
- Everything listed is HQ and I have a NQ of the thing. It's gonna be half the price of the HQ in that case, regardless of sales history.
- I got that thing from a retainer quick venture or a quest, and the effort I put forth into getting it was 0, so I don't mind losing potential money to sell it faster.
- I made it and I know how little effort it was for me to make and gather the materials, and the listed price is WAY too high for the amount of work it actually took a competent crafter.
- There are 20 items all listed by the same retainer in their attempt to flood the market. I'm gonna undercut by at least a few gil to get listed at the top.

[Kewitt]

If I can fill my 60 Market board slots every day and 45-50 items sell I'm making a lot of gil.

[van_arn]

Because I can, of course.

[AriaEnia]

I need quick cash, sorry.