The market sucks

[ryuut1]

inflation, people!

a pgt used to cost 75pp now it's like 200pp.

a car used to cost 1500 new now it's 50 grand!

[Gandite]

Reiker you're talking about a specific example in the case of the batskull earring. I see them go for 250 fairly often. Also I see oracle robes out the friggin ass. 300-400p. I've been in EC the last 10 days buying monk shit and those robes are everywhere.

On the whole I see prices dropping. SMR, Mith 2h, Yak, FBSS etc are all a lot cheaper than when I started in January. The people who sell over priced shit are the people who sell it for weeks on end. I regularly see people in EC for a week selling the same shit. Just because a price is advertised at a certain level does not mean that is what it sells for.

It seems like Ziggey has been trying to sell red sash of order and purple headband for 5k for over a month now. I waited patiently and got them both for 800p. This isn't like the bazaar or the auction house where everyone lowballs shit because they want their money liquidated. Buying and selling here requires time and a concerted effort. If you want to move shit quickly low ball it. If you want to buy shit quickly high ball it. If you want your moneys worth expect to spend at least several days in EC.

A lot of people sell shit not knowing what its worth. A lot of people buy shit not know what its worth myself included. The other day I bought a serp bracer for 150p not knowing the item is not worth nearly that. They regularly go for 50p but I was out of the loop on melee gear. My own fault. EC is like anything else in terms of getting gear in this game. Gotta camp it.

[Savok]

Originally Posted by Gandite [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

EC is like anything else in terms of getting gear in this game. Gotta camp it.

^^^ That.

[astarothel]

Originally Posted by bullet [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The server for some unknown stupid reason wanted to remove global ooc/auction.

It sucks but you just have to live with it, I stopped playing and giving away free items from that day.

Good job attempting to railroad in some crying over the loss of global ooc/auction toward an argument where it's completely irrelevant. The concentration of people there means its actually easier to give shit away to people that deserve it than before, and it happens all the time. What you basically said was "I sell less, so therefore I will subsequently give away less". It's a good thing not everyone on the server is an overzealous, greedy shitbag troll like you then, isn't it?

[Agaron]

^ change tradeskill to forum in your sig, and playing a female toon when you're a dude is creepy.

[Kraftwerk]

Originally Posted by Agaron [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

playing a female toon when you're a dude is creepy.

But then Norrath, or better yet all MMO's would be populated with 95% male characters, my roleplaying dedication would force me to play a bicurious dark elf man awkwardly queueing for the sausagefest night clubs in the slums of East Freeport. I don't think I'm ready to go down that alley of RPing...yet.

[Aarone]

Originally Posted by Lazortag [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also, you can't complain about price-gouging for a very obvious reason; let me explain with an example: in real life if the price of, say, carrots is too high that's a problem because (a) carrots are food and food is essential and (b) it's hard to grow your own carrots...

As a gardener in New England, I can attest to this - the damn bunnies and other critters keep eating the new plants!!

Now, if I could only afford a PGT, I'd chop their little heads off! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[mr.miketastic]

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But then Norrath, or better yet all MMO's would be populated with 95% male characters, my roleplaying dedication would force me to play a bicurious dark elf man awkwardly queueing for the sausagefest night clubs in the slums of East Freeport. I don't think I'm ready to go down that alley of RPing...yet.

Transquestite

[astarothel]

Originally Posted by Agaron [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

playing a female toon when you're a dude is creepy.

Sorry, I'd rather play a female Erudite than look at the racial stereotype that is the male Erudite with their massive covered forehead all day long. At least all she has is the massive booty dance animation after I use my jboots.

If that's going to be your angle tho, given that I have a Terror Forged Mask and spend a hefty chunk of time as a skeleton, I would be more worried about that...

[Omnimorph]

Originally Posted by Dantes [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I agree that it's bullshit, but I saw somebody auctioning one for that price.

And i saw someone selling a rokyl's crystal for 15k like 2 hours after seeing someone selling one for 8k.

I didn't buy it!