Quote Originally Posted by Achtzen View Post
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.
I did this before merge by was selling crab bows for 100k, and had been for a week, so all history was 100k, then some one stepped in and set 5 of them for sell for 60k.
I bought all 5 and resold for 100k.
I dont see an issue doing that to keep the market correct.