Quote Originally Posted by Elexia View Post
Undercutting and people like Wolfie who purposefully try to 'drive people out of business' is why the economy is fucked up on even low level items. Stability is what's needed. For example my current skill up items are silver needles, I can make 10k on it, why in the fuck are you going to undercut to 2k? Especially when the last 20 or so sales were 10k solid for a month?

"Moving onto the next item to screw up" isn't economics 101, it's being an idiot.
Honestly, I think people are confusing undercutting and competition. If someone can provide the same good at a cheaper price its competition. If they are gathering thier own materials and not buying from the markets then they can sell at a lower price. everything they make will be profit. its a benefit of having a gathering class to gather the materials you need for crafting.

I know i would sell at a lower price if i gathered my own materials or my the input costs of bought items for any craftable item was low.

or you can camp the markets and buy low priced items and sell them at higher prices like others said if you have the gil resources to do it. its basically artificially increasing demand by removing some of the supply.