As someone who recently got into crafting and gathering and leveled everything up to an extent, I've been spending a lot more time selling items on the MB. Now, I've gotten in a groove with certain things that sell well, and I am making a humble 60-100k per day on average, sometimes more sometimes less.
However, I've noticed that EXTREME and I mean EXTREME undercutting seems to run rampant on the MB. Who benefits from this really? I've seen items that were selling for 8,000-$15,000 Gil comfortably, plummet to 100 Gil or less because several people jump on the massive undercutting bandwagon. In the end...NO ONE makes any money, so what good comes from it?
I have to wonder are these people who are all maxed crafters and gatherers with millions in the bank and just simply don't care about tanking the entire MB pricing structure or are these new crafters so desperate to make a Gil they will take anything.
One way I've gotten around this is by buying up all the extremely low listings and re-selling them higher and just taking over the MB for that particular item, but this, of course, is a gil investment and there's no guarantee I will make it back. Thankfully, it has usually worked in my favor.
It is frustrating though.
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However, I've noticed that EXTREME and I mean EXTREME undercutting seems to run rampant on the MB. Who benefits from this really? I've seen items that were selling for 8,000-$15,000 Gil comfortably, plummet to 100 Gil or less because several people jump on the massive undercutting bandwagon. In the end...NO ONE makes any money, so what good comes from it?
I have to wonder are these people who are all maxed crafters and gatherers with millions in the bank and just simply don't care about tanking the entire MB pricing structure or are these new crafters so desperate to make a Gil they will take anything.
One way I've gotten around this is by buying up all the extremely low listings and re-selling them higher and just taking over the MB for that particular item, but this, of course, is a gil investment and there's no guarantee I will make it back. Thankfully, it has usually worked in my favor.
It is frustrating though.
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