Curse

Odinius · May 05, 2010, 08:21 AM // 08:21

I'm not really the farming or powertrading type, but once I had over 2.000.000 gold and spent about all of it on (hero)armors, minipets and weapons for my hall missing one last tormented weapon.
With my last few k's I went on dungeon runs to fill my book, but alas no good drops except a r13 Dryad bow.
Meh I thought, but someone in my team offered me an ambrace for it. YAY!!!

ashes · May 05, 2010, 08:30 AM // 08:30

Bought q8 Enameled Shield for 20k - sold for 130e

Bought q8 Summit Warlord Shield for Nick's IDS + 1 Black dye - sold for 50e

Gill Halendt · May 05, 2010, 08:43 AM // 08:43

Traded in my 5 Miniature Pigs during CNY 2008 to get a Celestial Pig.

By that time, the Celestial Pig wasn't sought after as it is now. So, a couple of months later, after trying to sell it with no success, I gave it away for free to some guy looking for cheap miniatures.

Oh, well... Best deal he's ever made, for sure!

Centaur · May 05, 2010, 08:59 AM // 08:59

I'll follow Gill's example and turn it around... the worst deal I ever made (so the best deal someone else made...):

When I had just started playing GW (I had the bought Collector's Editions), I had this character in Pre-Searing (my very first character) with an undedicated minipet (Kuunavang) in my inventory, which I had no idea what it was or what it could do. So I sold it for 4k... which seemed like a lot of money to me at that time.
Only later I realized how stupid I had been...

majoho · May 05, 2010, 11:02 AM // 11:02

I never even owned an ecto...

DetreS · May 05, 2010, 11:07 AM // 11:07

I bought a ded panda for 1100e few months ago.. and sold it for unded vizu+unded zhed+unded ghostly.
I did screens for the people of my guild, was a very nice trade XD
Pic 1 - Pic 2

And I sold the vizu for 2 unded shirokens + 1250e Pic 3

ashes · May 05, 2010, 11:14 AM // 11:14

Thats pretty damn lucky

The Real Avalon · May 05, 2010, 12:48 PM // 12:48

Bought 100.000 pieces of fireworks at 10g each before the title came out. I kinda felt it comin' though.

vader · May 05, 2010, 01:02 PM // 13:02

Right when the Asura mini came out I sold one for 120 ecto. That was a nice head start on my second set of Obby armor.

Do A Barrel Roll · May 05, 2010, 03:49 PM // 15:49

Bought a q10 Obsidian Edge for 4k, from a guy on a run to tarnished haven.
It was a wammo with sunspear armor that had it,
I asked him if he sold the sword, and he said "I sell 4k" and I was like, sure!
I felt kinda mean afterwards though =P

Essence Snow · May 05, 2010, 04:02 PM // 16:02

200 bucks for what seems like countless hours of entertainment (bout 2 cents an hour for me so far). Booyah to no monthly fees!

Macktar Wang · May 05, 2010, 05:19 PM // 17:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGuildWarsPenguin

Sold a gold non-inscribable Summit Axe q9 15^50, 20/20, +30 for 300k about 2 years ago - not sure if that was actually a good deal or not.

I sold one of those a couple months back, but req. 8, and I only landed 100K + 35e...

Tomm · May 05, 2010, 05:36 PM // 17:36

Bought unded Ceratadon for 4k, sold for 30e (when ectos were 5k).

Bought double-vampiric chaos axe for 2k, sold for 30 z-keys.

Puddin Cheeks · May 05, 2010, 05:46 PM // 17:46

I met the Devil at this here crossroads last midnight to sell my soul.

He taught me to place this here guitar real good.

Greed[Exs] · May 05, 2010, 05:55 PM // 17:55

Buying Monastery Credits for 50g and trading them in for the full value of 100g in quantities of thousands at a time.

Painbringer · May 05, 2010, 05:56 PM // 17:56

Sold two stack of Jade thanks to Nick at the merch for crazy amounts of money

Sold a stack and half of bone charms thanks to Nick to crazy players

Sold close to a stack of Naga Hides to crazy people

Basically since nick came I went from the average crap farming poor house to the almost above the GW poverty line. Well when you look at today’s outlandish prices on everything. I think I am close to a million in the green thanks to Nick and his little cow too - Collect and sell baby that’s where it’s at.

Anon-e-mouse · May 05, 2010, 07:26 PM // 19:26

After all the displays of naked greed and avarice above... here's a question for you..

Did any of you feel so ashamed at ripping of the original seller that you went back to them and offered to split at least some of your gain with them?

And if not why not?

Trader of Secrets · May 05, 2010, 07:33 PM // 19:33

Going through some guy's "WTS many mods" while looking for an assortment of mods. I come across demonslaying pommel. I ask how much he says, "1k good?" =>> deal!

Replying to Anon; These trades are like rare finds, there is no shame in getting a good deal, especially when offered.

billypowergamer · May 05, 2010, 07:33 PM // 19:33

Last night I saw a guy in spamadan wanting to trade an ecto for a skree wing and a honeycomb(i'm assuming he was going for a mini moa). I happend to have both sitting in storage, can't complain about a cheap ecto.

Also, I made some good money the week saurian bones came up for nicholas as I had hoarded about 6 stacks from farming event items.

Zipster · May 05, 2010, 07:45 PM // 19:45

I've given away a couple of non perfect Obsidian Edge Swords and several non perfect Amethyst Aeigs' from FoW chest during Ursan days. Made several people very happy. I'm just not a trader.