Thread: About Elrues
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Old 10-09-2007, 01:36 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by MagesRequiem View Post
You go ahead and sell them for 90c. But thats ripping everyone off not to mention the only people who will buy them that high are newbies who don't understand the economy just yet....
I beg to differ, actually. Hessah already stated most of the reasons.

It is lovely for someone to sell their items for a very cheap price, and I'd be the first to buy it, but I wouldn't do that myself. If my sole reasons for selling elrues was to make money, then I would definitely not sell them for anything before 50 coppers. Why? I can sell the materials to npc and make more money out of it that way, so I don't see why I would do that.

I reckon the actual problem is underpriced things, especially with the elrues. In CB, it was fine. People sold Elrues for at least 100c back in those days, making that particular production skill actually worth getting. But now, people selling them for such low prices made me stop levelling that production skill. It doesn't feel special, if you know what I mean. I know making elrues are supposed to be for enhancing, but we all know that half of us makes them to make money. However, if everyone's selling them for such low prices, I don't see what's so special about the production skill. I had lost interest in that skill ever since people underpricing elrues.

Also, some prices may be a "rip-off", but I wouldn't say that we rip them off if they choose to buy it. We aren't there to lie to them that the stone is worth 90 coppers and persuade them to get it. Some people may just have a lot of money to spare, thus they buy the 90c elrues. It is their choice to spend their money, and it will just only be our problem if the items don't get sold.

Furthermore, if everyone goes selling their elrues for 25 coppers, there will be someone out there who will think "oh, everyone is selling them for 25 coppers, I'll sell mine for 10 coppers so it gets sold quickly!" Isn't that the reason why half the people sell things for that cheap? It's so that they are cheaper than other people, and everyone would buy their items first.

All in all, I don't think it's a crime to sell elrues for 90-100 coppers. If someone out there is willing to buy it, let them be. I don't think a newbie out there who have very little experience in the economy will be ripped off by them anyway, since they probably wouldn't even have the money and you get a heap of dusts when you train at low levels, thus they can make it themselves anyway.
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