Curse

Kook~NBK~ · Sep 24, 2007, 05:39 AM // 05:39

Most stuff (imperfect) goes straight to the merch.

I'm one of those "meaningless" people that sells stuff in Kamadan. But I don't waste my time getting the best price for things - I've got better things to do. By selling low, I usually manage to sell everything I want to unload within 30 minutes and make a pretty penny in the process.

When I am selling things, I've usually got 4 or 5 things for sale (sometimes more), am working on my drunkard title *hic*, and answering questions and/or chatting.

Mohnzh · Sep 24, 2007, 05:43 AM // 05:43

Merch all but the rarest, best stuff. That I stick in storage to "show off". I try to put greens on heroes such as Kaolin's Prot Staff and The Skullflayer. Other greens I store until I have a use for them. I periodically scan the wtb in Kamadan to see if anyone is looking for the tomes I have.

william1975 · Sep 24, 2007, 09:29 AM // 09:29

not being a farmer, and gettign mostly junk, and not knowing a good thing when i see it, i use the merchant to sell my identified items, i hoard gold items till i have a large selection that i then rip apart and modify to having a good variety and then usually sell the scrap bits.

Best item i got was a max gold platinum longbow which took me 4 months to sell at a vastly reduced price frm the recommended medium.

to be honest that is a hell of a boring way to play a game for me

so now i dont sell, and if i was goign to i woudl use guru auctions

bungusmaximus · Sep 24, 2007, 11:08 AM // 11:08

Heroes steal them, number of heroes * number of chars = broke GW player ^^

Diddy bow · Sep 24, 2007, 11:35 AM // 11:35

I salvage most of the things i get, i find it makes more in the long run ^^. Id merch anything that just salvages into wood though.

Crappy golds/purps get merched

only the best mods are sold

And i accually get a gold worth selling =D

-Loki- · Sep 24, 2007, 11:49 AM // 11:49

White - if it's something I'm after, like for something I'm currently colelcting for, I put it in storage. Otherwise I merchant it.
Purple - If it's 'perfect' (ie req 9 inscribable) I'll keep it or give it to a hero or a friend.
Gold - Same as purple, but if it's worth selling, I'll try for a while.
Green - Same as gold.

Most of my stuff goes to friends, free. I have no patience to sit there selling stuff. I'd rather be playing the game.

Marth Reynolds · Sep 24, 2007, 12:03 PM // 12:03

White - merchant fodder
blue - see if i like a skin and then they become merchant fodder
purple - if it's a decent skin inscriptable and low req i'll give it away to somone who wants it in my alliance, if there's no intrest i merch it
rare - if value is above 5k, i try to sell it unless i really like the skin, if less i'll pass it to somone who wants it or towards merchant

zwei2stein · Sep 24, 2007, 12:13 PM // 12:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by bungusmaximus

Heroes steal them, number of heroes * number of chars = broke GW player ^^

Lets see:

Caster heroes: Spiritbinder/Hourglass/one of those useless goty bonus items.
Rangers: Nevermore or Darksteel.
Warriors: ThatIcySword, Serrated Shield, Rhino hammer.
Paragon: Sunspear.
Assassin: ThatPeorderDaggersNooneUses
Dervish: Soulbreaker.

All you miss is paragon shield and axe, ofc, there is better alternative to each of those bonus items, but you can equip all your heroes for free.

Rocky Raccoon · Sep 24, 2007, 01:01 PM // 13:01

Being a guild leader, I have quiz games for the members and award items for correct answers, I usually do this through on post on our website, but also through guild chat. If I am in need of quick cash I just merchant items.

Government Flu · Sep 24, 2007, 01:34 PM // 13:34

I've long since stopped selling all but the best of my finds on the trade channel. I find I no longer have the patience to do it. Originally, when I didn't know how to farm well, 1-5k seemed like a big deal, so I would be patient for my sale to occur. These days, I constantly decide I'd be better off to just sell to the merchant and continue farming, because I'll make money faster that way.

Oddly enough, I still have a lot of things I could sell that I never use, including staff mods, old green weapons, and consumables. I guess I'll purge another select few things when the time comes to use extra space.

Crom The Pale · Sep 24, 2007, 01:42 PM // 13:42

These days if its not a sword/axe/shield or bow its generaly merchant fodder.

If it is one of those with a good skin and reasonable requirement I sell.
My pricing is basically based on the cost of crafting such item or purchasing a green of equal mods.

Far to often though I find I just don't have the time to sit and spam in the trade channel so ill take a quick 1-3K for a max gold item and run back to the quest/mission/dungeon I was having fun with.

EternalTempest · Sep 24, 2007, 01:44 PM // 13:44

Merchant 99% of the time.
Unless it's an item or a mod I take off to keep for myself.

Novalon · Sep 24, 2007, 02:03 PM // 14:03

Wow, this is more popular than I originally expected. That's a good thing, I pretty much had an ulterior motive to figure out exactly what I should do with my rapidly filling storage.

I should consider looking up which of my items is actually rare at all, maybe only bother with items that are recommended 10k or more, and leave the rest to merchant (unless there's a mod, but I don't have much luck selling those decently).

I would have expected more answers akin to the Sell Forum, but I guess Storage Clearing sales aren't as popular there, and there are a lot of pictures to upkeep as a result, of course, that is dependent on the amount of items that you are actually selling.

Still, a way to automate the sale process would help all of this immensely, but ANET is unable to do that for whatever reason.

onerabbit · Sep 24, 2007, 04:23 PM // 16:23

put up huge sale threads here .. get about 20 pms in short of 5mins, and end up ignoring them, becuase i cant be assed to trade at the time and end up merching lol

arcady · Sep 24, 2007, 04:55 PM // 16:55

I merchant everything.

This game has no auction house, and standing in some random town for 6+ hours to sell a charr ballpoint pen of leetness +3million is just not worth my time.

Since I have the Nightfall Collector's Edition and the Game of the Year for Prophesies, I can equip all my chars and heroes with max stat weapons by simply typing /bonus - so I also have no incentive to stand in a random town for 6+ hours trying to buy some oddball item.

Buster · Sep 24, 2007, 07:12 PM // 19:12

If it isn't a green item then everything gets tossed to the merchant. Standing around town using the trade feature is wasting my play time.

wilebill · Sep 24, 2007, 07:20 PM // 19:20

Gold Item, maybe 400g from merchant. But if it has a valuable mod, sell that, usually get some plat for a silencing bowstring. Of course, valuable mods I can find a use for myself. In practice, rarely sell anything to other players except dyes.

yeah_hi · Sep 24, 2007, 08:57 PM // 20:57

Runes: If they're worth the salvage I'll sell to the trader (even Sup Vigors these days as I loathe spamming forever in Kamadan 1)

Elite Tomes: If I can't use them, offer to guildies first, otherwise sell in town at a low enough price to get a quick sale.

Non-Elite Tome: Use them or offer to guildies.

Golds: Salvage perfect mods and either use them or offer to guildies. Ruthlessly merchant everything else unless it's a rare skin that I can sell easily for a decent amount.

Dyes: Hoard. I don't know why!

Greens: Use on a hero, offer to guildies or sell in town if it's something popular.

Rare materials: Keep unless I have a full stack already.

Everything else: Merchant food.

korcan · Sep 24, 2007, 09:36 PM // 21:36

me - wts perfect "strength and honor" inscription 2k
some smuck - ill give you 1.5k for it

wtf?

stuff that like really irks me. eventually, someone will just take it for my advertised price but having to deal with "lowballers", "power-traders" or "outpost homers" gets to be annoying.

i merch almost everything except for perfect mods and the occasional rare gold item. nowadays, i always sell below market value so i dont end up spending too much time spamming.

NoXiFy · Sep 24, 2007, 09:46 PM // 21:46

i sell to merch's or, cause im about the ONLY genourus person that plays GW, I give them to new players in kamadan.