What is up with the buyers and sellers?! - Guild Wars Forums

Junato · Mar 20, 2009, 04:59 PM // 16:59

For I week now I had items with good mods like "strength and honor" "Sleep through fire" attached to weapons.

Someone told me about why don't I have mods? I replied its attached to the weapons and they would want it at what I would merch it at? Is it that my weapons don't have any hype?

I am selling good gold items for less than 1k is this normal?

Haxor · Mar 20, 2009, 05:09 PM // 17:09

Selling golds is really not worth it unless:

1) They're req 8
OR
2) They're unidentified
OR
3) They're (extremely) rare skins.

Considering you're selling at 1k each (or less), it's easier to just sell them to the Merchant and take your time playing the game - it'll earn you more money.

snaek · Mar 20, 2009, 05:13 PM // 17:13

by "good" they probably mean "perfect"

lewis91 · Mar 20, 2009, 05:58 PM // 17:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haxor

Selling golds is really not worth it unless:

1) They're req 8
OR
2) They're unidentified
OR
3) They're (extremely) rare skins.

Considering you're selling at 1k each (or less), it's easier to just sell them to the Merchant and take your time playing the game - it'll earn you more money.

This And;

If you do pick up a good mod like 20/20 (sundering for a weapon) or +5^50 then always salvage these to sell rather than the attached weapon.

zelgadissan · Mar 20, 2009, 06:16 PM // 18:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by lewis91

If you do pick up a nearly worthless but somehow popular mod like 20/20 (sundering for a weapon)... salvage these to sell rather than the attached weapon.

Fixed, but the general point is correct; barring rarity of skin, the mods almost always sell better than the actual weapon.

zling · Mar 20, 2009, 06:22 PM // 18:22

req 9s and req 10s can also be sold, if skin is not junk that is, and of course max damage and either good damage mod(15^50 usually) or inscripable.

however the gold market, like all other markets in this game are in a great depression, so unless you're power trading 100k+ecto minis you need a lot of patience, or just compromise and go to the beloved merchant.

Raku Clayman · Mar 20, 2009, 07:47 PM // 19:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haxor

Selling golds is really not worth it unless:

1) They're req 8
OR
2) They're unidentified
OR
3) They're (extremely) rare skins.

Considering you're selling at 1k each (or less), it's easier to just sell them to the Merchant and take your time playing the game - it'll earn you more money.

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

I merch everything above Req 9. If they have a perfect mod, I use a perfect salvage kit and salvage the mod. That includes certain inscriptions, like 15^50 and +5 En. I do a WTS in Kamadan. LA, and, on occasion, Kaineng. I never post a weapon, staff, rod, or, offhand for less than 2K. If the item is in demand, I sell for the going rate. I never sell a mod or inscription for less than 1K. There are certain mods and inscriptions that sell for much more. Know what they are. Check the price lists in the Guru forums, but, scroll to the latest posts in any discussion to see what the current rates are. I use that as a reference, but, I am flexible on the price. I have always sold everything that I have posted. In that way, I have made thousands of K's. The 1 and 2 K sales add up.

Selling your items for less than 1K is taking K's out of your pocket. If you are going to do that, you might as well merch them because you aren't getting much over the merch price anyway and you are wasting your time. May I repeat: I have never sold a Req 9 item for less than 2K, except for a few things that are real common, and I never failed to sell every item.

You have to know which items will never sell and those you merch anyway. For me, that includes most hammers and short bows.

Another rule I have is that sometimes there aren't many people buying and sometimes there are a lot of buyers. If I am standing around spamming a WTS for 5-10 minutes and no one pm's me, I usually leave and come back another time. Sometimes, there are buyers in LA but not Spamadan, so, I'll travel from place to place to find a buyer. A lot of times it's just luck in that I am offering something just at the time someone is posting a WTB. Also, I may have 3 or 4 items to sell, so I watch the WTB's in case someone wants something I want to get rid of.

Skyy High · Mar 20, 2009, 10:34 PM // 22:34

Raku....that's pretty much what Haxor just said.

Raku Clayman · Mar 21, 2009, 06:28 PM // 18:28

Sky, I thought I was telling Junato to sell his items for 2K or more and not to sell them for less. Same for the inscriptions at 1K and that it is worthwhile to do so because the 1K and 2K adds up. Haxor was saying that unless you have a high end item it wasn't worth the time selling the item.

It reminds me of people who want to invest in the stock market but don't have a ton of money to invest. I always council young people to invest small amounts of money in secure equities. If you put small amounts into the market periodically, after 20 years it starts to add up, even with the current tanking of the market. In fact, now is a really good time to put money into the market. When the stock market crashed in 1929, within a few years most of the surviving companies stock were selling at or above the pre-crash price.

PS: If you think 20 years is an eternity, it goes by really, really fast. lol

Mar 20, 2009, 04:59 PM // 16:59	#1
Junato Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Between J&K spending time at the spacebar Guild: Insert here Profession: A/D	What is up with the buyers and sellers?! For I week now I had items with good mods like "strength and honor" "Sleep through fire" attached to weapons. Someone told me about why don't I have mods? I replied its attached to the weapons and they would want it at what I would merch it at? Is it that my weapons don't have any hype? I am selling good gold items for less than 1k is this normal?

Mar 20, 2009, 05:09 PM // 17:09	#2
Haxor Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2008 Guild: Legion of the Feng Huang [ASH]	Selling golds is really not worth it unless: 1) They're req 8 OR 2) They're unidentified OR 3) They're (extremely) rare skins. Considering you're selling at 1k each (or less), it's easier to just sell them to the Merchant and take your time playing the game - it'll earn you more money.

Mar 20, 2009, 05:13 PM // 17:13	#3
snaek Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2006 Profession: N/	by "good" they probably mean "perfect"

Mar 20, 2009, 06:22 PM // 18:22	#6
zling Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2006	req 9s and req 10s can also be sold, if skin is not junk that is, and of course max damage and either good damage mod(15^50 usually) or inscripable. however the gold market, like all other markets in this game are in a great depression, so unless you're power trading 100k+ecto minis you need a lot of patience, or just compromise and go to the beloved merchant.

Mar 20, 2009, 10:34 PM // 22:34	#8
Skyy High Furnace Stoker Join Date: May 2006 Profession: R/	Raku....that's pretty much what Haxor just said.

Mar 21, 2009, 06:28 PM // 18:28	#9
Raku Clayman Krytan Explorer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Marquette MI Guild: Elite Lan Gamer Profession: E/Me	Sky, I thought I was telling Junato to sell his items for 2K or more and not to sell them for less. Same for the inscriptions at 1K and that it is worthwhile to do so because the 1K and 2K adds up. Haxor was saying that unless you have a high end item it wasn't worth the time selling the item. It reminds me of people who want to invest in the stock market but don't have a ton of money to invest. I always council young people to invest small amounts of money in secure equities. If you put small amounts into the market periodically, after 20 years it starts to add up, even with the current tanking of the market. In fact, now is a really good time to put money into the market. When the stock market crashed in 1929, within a few years most of the surviving companies stock were selling at or above the pre-crash price. PS: If you think 20 years is an eternity, it goes by really, really fast. lol