Message to the 1 gil undercutters

[Krotoan]

"I don't want to actually pay attention to the markets to be competitive I will just throw hissyfits and tank the market for everyone instead".

Wonderful attitude.

[LanFangHua]

Oh no! rofl

[DontReadThis]

Nobody can stop me from undercutting by 1 gil. I do it everyone. Nobody is self, not even myself. Sometimes I don't realize the lowest price is my other retainer and I end up undercutting myself!

[Ashliet]

I wish people more regularly undercut by 1 gil. In my expierence people undercuts by hundreds and then thousands and then a 10k item has suddenly dropped to to 250g and the one moment it goes back up it goes right back down.

The MB is a frustrating place.

[DPZ2]

The MB is a frustrating place.

Welcome to a world where players who do not have automated means to offer items on the Market Board do not have a disadvantage.

Welcome to a world where many players who add items only look at the default vendor price for items they post.

Welcome to a world where the majority of players aren't trying to charge 2,000 gil for an item that sells for 1000 gil at a vendor.

Welcome to a world where the fewer dedicated players can gauge not only the current prices but also look at the historical data for the item in order to reach a realistic price.

Welcome to a world where speculators are discouraged because someone can always sell an item for less. Again and again.

Welcome to Eorzea.

-- a member of the "If it'll sell for 10x more than the vendor price and I need the gil today, lets just get this out of inventory" crowd. Which is most of us.

[Catwho]

If you're undercutting things by 1 gil and it's still not selling, it means you're in a saturated market. Stop farming that or stop making that.

[Jojoya]

If you're undercutting things by 1 gil and it's still not selling, it means you're in a saturated market. Stop farming that or stop making that.

A lot of the 1 gil undercuts I see are items coming from quick ventures. Players can't control what they get.

Really looking forward to Endwalker's release since the loot tables should be changing then. In the meantime, my alts are leveling Desynthesis at a decent profit thanks to the flood of housing items.

What's killing me with "WTF, REALLY?!" are people selling small bunches (3-5, probably from retainers) of Coffee Biscuits for 100-200 gil per. The profit margin on those things is so high that I have no idea why they put them on the MB other than they have no idea what their actual value is and because canny people buy them up right away to turn in for leves.

One of the custom delivery quests rewards 3 Coffee Biscuits so those small stacks are probably coming from that (I've never gotten them from a retainer venture). If the player hasn't leveled CUL to 78, they can't do the leve for the 2k gil so the MB ends up being the place to sell.