Curse

Mike Legend · Aug 25, 2005, 11:26 AM // 11:26

I might be missing something here, but currently this makes no sense to me:

When I go to the Rare Material Trader to get a quote for 1 Steel Ingot, I get quoted, say, 130g. Currently I have 20 Steel Ingots, so, I thought, I'd go to the regular Material Trader and sell them in 2 groups of 10. When I ask the Material Trader for a quote for 10 Steel Ingots, the price I get is 300g.

300g for 10 Steel Ingots when the Rare Material Trader is offering 130g each? I know I can just sell them all to the Rare Trader if I want more cash, but surely these two guys should get together in their break and compare prices.

The way I see it, no-one is going to sell any rare materials to the regular Material Trader at these prices, so either a) remove the option because it's pointless, or b) make the traders a bit more competitive with each other.

As I said, I don't know if I'm missing something here but it seems like a bit of a pointless exercise. I'd rather save up my 20 Steel Ingots and sell them all to the trader who's offering the best price.

DrSLUGFly · Aug 25, 2005, 12:17 PM // 12:17

1- I think it's a matter of expertise... the "normal" material trader doesn't realize the true value of what you're selling... or has his own mark-up (allow this rp frivolity).

2- it's really lame that you have to sell things to the rare material trader 1 at a time. I know the price fluctuates, but certainly with 1000's of people online at once selling them 10 at a time couldn't really be exploited to get better prices.

Mike Legend · Aug 25, 2005, 12:36 PM // 12:36

To be honest I'm not that bothered about getting a great price for them; the prices are relatively fixed (give or take a little fluctuation here and there) so it's not about that. Anet might as well just get rid of the option to buy/sell 10 rare materials at a time from the regular Material Trader because his prices are so much worse than those of the Rare Material Trader.

Either that, or maybe give the option of buying/selling 10 rare materials at a time to the Rare Material Trader instead, because then the prices can be multiplied by ten, allowing you to buy/sell in bulk quickly and easily and for the right price.

This wasn't supposed to be an OMG PRICEZ SUK I WANT MORE CASH thread

Tactical-Dillusions · Aug 25, 2005, 01:48 PM // 13:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrSLUGFly

It's really lame that you have to sell things to the rare material trader 1 at a time. I know the price fluctuates, but certainly with 1000's of people online at once selling them 10 at a time couldn't really be exploited to get better prices.

This is for the "newer" players who find a lump of charcoal and get all warm and fuzzy

bigfatguy · Aug 25, 2005, 01:56 PM // 13:56

i think they did it on purpose, to keep the economy at a certain lvl. you see, for people who can be bothered to sell, say, 50 steel ingots one at a time to the rare trader, but then again there might be lazy players (like me sometimes) who just sell em to the normal guy cos it's quicker

Mavrik · Aug 25, 2005, 04:05 PM // 16:05

sell one steel at a time to the rare trader, you'll get more that way. Same with fur and other rare materials. Thats how I do it.