Before you buy or sell on the trading post READ THIS!

When selling, click either sell now or post your goods for 1 copper below what the last guy did.When buying, click either buy now or put an ad up for 1 copper above what the last guy did.

That's it! You're now ready to make monies. This time proven method will ensure the sanctity of the TP goes untarnished and you don't piss off your fellow TP'ers. This is important because if everyone does their part, there is more money to go around! Have a nice day, and remember, Evon Gnashblade is watching you!

But what if you want to drop the price of an item so you can buy up a whole bunch and resell at a later date? Flipping is part of the game, too.

but sometimes I feel like selling for 100g cheaper and other times I feel like selling for 50g more

Thats economy mate. If i feel like something is going to drop in price I take around the middle of buy & sell offers.

Cant play the tp if you only undercut by a copper...

I list the price I think I can sell or purchase and let it sit there forever .. it will come. Eg I order stacks of springer minis.. at much lower price.. sit there for few days.. finally arrived. I made and completed the new springer mini collection

If I see there are 5000 of an item for sale, pricing mine for more will not raise the value of what I'm selling. Only guarantee it won't sell for a much longer period of time.

Oh no, someone doesn't understand the TP again.

Honestly I do not have the patience to do the "play the market" thing like a lot of other people as well. I come here to relax and have fun and not to be a 2nd occupation stock-broker. From what I have noticed so far, the +-1 copper gets really annoying when you want to sell something fast. The instant you've placed your offer, there is at least one guy with the +- 1 copper and a large stack of the items. I ended up a few times waiting on my couple of items to sell for days, just because I followed that guideline. Yeah I know I could be a millionaire by now.

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Nah nobody sensible follows this rule OP. It's why people are smart and do things like repeatedly bid small increments on auctions days before they are finished in real life.

I just sell now and move on. I have other things to do than monitoring pixel sales. Like coming on here and telling people that's what I do...

I do what I want. ?

I dont understand why you would want to limit it to 1 copper.

Sometimes I dont mind putting up a buy offer when Im willing to pay more and sometimes I want to sell something as quick as possible so i sell something for alot less.

Especially if there's several gold between highest buy and lowest sell.

You don't understand how an economy works, do you?

Thanks for an informative and thoughtful thread.

@Stand The Wall.6987 said:When selling, click either sell now or post your goods for 1 copper below what the last guy did.When buying, click either buy now or put an ad up for 1 copper above what the last guy did.

And then that one guy comes and sell his item 1 copper above the highest buy order and everyone who follow your instructions will instasell all his stuff. :)

Also, when I sell something 100g+ or even 1000g+ worth, I absolutely don't sell my stuff for 1 copper below the last guy and risk to be underselled 5 minutes later.

Personally I like to bisect the buy and sell prices. That is, if an exotic weapon has a buy order of 60s and a lowest seller of 1g, I list for 75s. That way, potential sellers will buy my order and sell for a higher value, and potential buyers will jump on my sell price as a good deal.

It is both fast, and it earns more gold.

Have u seen the number of place orders on some raw mats? If I would like to purchase mats at a lower price than buyout, how long do I have to wait?

BTW lowest place order on mithril ore is at 7c

/shrug. Most stuff I match the current price. Or if it’s something that’s worth more than the usual stuff I sell I’ll check the prices over the last week and match it to the average high price. Either way almost everything sells within a week or two, which is fast enough for me. The only time I don’t match current prices is if I think the item won’t move at that price. Generally I don’t feel the need to worry about pricing stuff a copper higher here or a copper lower there.

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:/shrug. Most stuff I match the current price. Or if it’s something that’s worth more than the usual stuff I sell I’ll check the prices over the last week and match it to the average high price. Either way almost everything sells within a week or two, which is fast enough for me. The only time I don’t match current prices is if I think the item won’t move at that price. Generally I don’t feel the need to worry about pricing stuff a copper higher here or a copper lower there.

Word. This is me venting my frustration more then anything else. I'm flattered that some people took me literal though.

@Stand The Wall.6987 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:/shrug. Most stuff I match the current price. Or if it’s something that’s worth more than the usual stuff I sell I’ll check the prices over the last week and match it to the average high price. Either way almost everything sells within a week or two, which is fast enough for me. The only time I don’t match current prices is if I think the item won’t move at that price. Generally I don’t feel the need to worry about pricing stuff a copper higher here or a copper lower there.

I will gladly post items for 20% cheaper from now on to make people like you more uncomfortable :)

@"HnRkLnXqZ.1870" said:Honestly I do not have the patience to do the "play the market" thing like a lot of other people as well. I come here to relax and have fun and not to be a 2nd occupation stock-broker. From what I have noticed so far, the +-1 copper gets really annoying when you want to sell something fast. The instant you've placed your offer, there is at least one guy with the +- 1 copper and a large stack of the items. I ended up a few times waiting on my couple of items to sell for days, just because I followed that guideline. Yeah I know I could be a millionaire by now.

If you want to view more items per page and do not care about those fancy icons, you can type "I am Evon Gnashblade" in the search box. The effect can be triggered on/off this way. Enjoy.

That doesn't make sense ... if you want to sell something fast you press the 'sell now' button.

I like to put things on the TP for more than a copper less to tick certain people off and I sometimes buy stuff that is not the cheapest but a couple of coppers more, just cause I can.

Economically speaking you are correct, but where's the fun in that?

Sometimes, I don't care about money. Sometimes I just want things GONE. If I'mma yard sale price them out, let me. Maybe you'll get something you wanted for cheap or can flip.

Undercutting sell prices by 1 copper is rude. Either reduce the price substantially or get in line. I've had times I had to wait 6 months to sell stuff because people undercut me by just a few copper.

@anonymous.7812 said:But what if you want to drop the price of an item so you can buy up a whole bunch and resell at a later date? Flipping is part of the game, too.

Then the price goes down little buy little until it looks like what it is today and then degrades farther. The price may fluctuate buy its like a toy glider loosing a little height every time. The market will most likely never bounce back ever when so many people drive the price down every day.

Video game economics is not real economics, there's never going to be a drought or accident or well going dry to interrupt flow of materials letting you swoop in and make bank etc.