Curse

Claude Rains · Aug 01, 2005, 04:11 PM // 16:11

I just couldn't resist.
I started hoarding black dye a while back to see how it'd affect the GW economy.
Now I know it does.

This picture isn't photoshopped btw - it's real.

I had a little more but I used a few.

Mavrik · Aug 01, 2005, 04:14 PM // 16:14

dang you could make a killing selling all those to the traders and maybe it would drop the price they ask for those. I've maybe found 4 black dyes in the two months I've been playing...

Loviatar · Aug 01, 2005, 04:16 PM // 16:16

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Originally Posted by Mavrik

dang you could make a killing selling all those to the traders and maybe it would drop the price they ask for those. I've maybe found 4 black dyes in the two months I've been playing...

cheer up

ive been hoarding since preorder and only have 5 of them

TO OP

ask me if i care

Blue Steel · Aug 01, 2005, 04:16 PM // 16:16

Nice pic. I have quite a collection of dyes, including many blacks, myself. I think its pretty presumptuous to assume that you are single handedly causing the massive price fluctuations in black dyes, but it certainly contributes, and I am sure that lots of people all collecting dyes and not using them or selling them does have an impact. They do drop much, much faster than you are hording them, though, so it isn't ALL you . . .

DenBona · Aug 01, 2005, 04:17 PM // 16:17

don't beleive ya man ....not possible O_o

Claude Rains · Aug 01, 2005, 04:19 PM // 16:19

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Originally Posted by Blue Steel

Nice pic. I have quite a collection of dyes, including many blacks, myself. I think its pretty presumptuous to assume that you are single handedly causing the massive price fluctuations in black dyes, but it certainly contributes, and I am sure that lots of people all collecting dyes and not using them or selling them does have an impact. They do drop much, much faster than you are hording them, though, so it isn't ALL you . . .

You're right - it's probably not all me.
I'd just like to think it is - lol.

Still, after hoarding so long - it's tough to sell any lol.

And, no, these are not all from drops. I purchased most of them when the price was low - and bought as much as I could when ppl were still selling for less than 5k.

Chev of Hardass · Aug 01, 2005, 04:27 PM // 16:27

What would be funny is.....

Now all the other people that are hoarding Black Dye go and sell it while you are offline.

They make a ton of gold and you have Black Dye that is worth less than a plat each.

I hope your investment works out for you. When should you sell????

Who has a real stack of Black?

Claude Rains · Aug 01, 2005, 04:31 PM // 16:31

I realise that possibility. I figure, the only way it could happen is if Anet decided to dramatically increase the supply of Black Dye - which will screw me out of my investment. By the looks of it the Black Dye drops are getting more common - so maybe that's in the works. If so, then that's another slap in the face to honest Capitalism and one more step towards Guild Wars Socialism.

Still, I thought buying up Black Dye was more stable than buying up, say, Ecto or Sup runes. And it is.

I'm still waiting for the "Ecto bubble" to burst. Maybe I can start to trade Black Dye for Ecto.

Varcon · Aug 01, 2005, 04:36 PM // 16:36

Wow, an impressive collection.

Through 400+ hours of play, with 2 characters ascended, since retail, I've seen one drop, and it wasn't assigned to me.

I'm incredibly unlucky, it seems.

Shandoo Bilari · Aug 01, 2005, 04:39 PM // 16:39

If you were lucky enough to be on right after the dye/rune traders were brought up, well then you could have bought 100 Superior Vigor Runes for 200g a pop.

Perhaps what the OP did with dye, we have a perma stash of most of the crap from the traders in our guild.

Claude Rains · Aug 01, 2005, 04:44 PM // 16:44

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Originally Posted by Shandoo Bilari

If you were lucky enough to be on right after the dye/rune traders were brought up, well then you could have bought 100 Superior Vigor Runes for 200g a pop.

Perhaps what the OP did with dye, we have a perma stash of most of the crap from the traders in our guild.

Yeah - I really envy the folks who got in on the ground floor of the Sup Vigors, Sup Absorption, the Celestial Sigils (*sob) and even Black Dye when it was brand new.

7 days of storm · Aug 01, 2005, 04:46 PM // 16:46

i have perhaps 400+ hours and 4 months of playing, still have never seen a black dye drop, rarest was a fiery dragon sword, assigned to me.

Algren Cole · Aug 01, 2005, 04:55 PM // 16:55

couple nights ago, I think it was wednesday night, the trader was selling silver dye for 476 gold each....I think it goes without saying that I purchased as many as I could afford(48)...

Crusader · Aug 01, 2005, 06:02 PM // 18:02

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Originally Posted by Claude Rains

honest Capitalism

thats an oxymoron.

capitalism promotes backstabbing, thievery, and underhanded moneygrubbing.

sorry to go totally off topic.. but... had to be said.

Sent Faith · Aug 01, 2005, 06:04 PM // 18:04

I'm at a school and can't see the picture, what is it?

Catalin Dracul · Aug 01, 2005, 06:08 PM // 18:08

132 black dyes

Sent Faith · Aug 01, 2005, 06:14 PM // 18:14

wow. 132 black dyes at selling them like 6k each would be like...792k... :0
I envy you

Claude Rains · Aug 01, 2005, 06:21 PM // 18:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crusader

thats an oxymoron.

capitalism promotes backstabbing, thievery, and underhanded moneygrubbing.

sorry to go totally off topic.. but... had to be said.

Haha! Touche, my friend!

Lykan · Aug 01, 2005, 06:32 PM // 18:32

Surely the best title for this post should have been:

"All your black dye are belong to me"

damn you!!

Sir Skullcrasher · Aug 01, 2005, 06:37 PM // 18:37

never find one black dye.. can i get some for a reasonable amount of gold?