Tough guy...

Apr 4, 2014 0:13:21 GMT azazil said:

So I finally got back in the game again, after a few months away, and 3 hrs of updates. I needed some cash so I sold quite a few things on the gtn. And yes I do sell me stuff pretty cheap. Now nothing that has been made by a crafter or anything like that. Just stuff from the cc that I didn't want. Maybe 5 mind after I put everything up to sell, I got a whisper from someone asking if I knew what undercutting was, and I replied of course I did. He got upset and a lil rude that I was selling something a lot cheaper than him. So I asked if he needed a shovel to get all that sand back in his va ja ja. So then he got all tough, and said I was a lucky kid, and due to some stipulation(i cant remember) couldn't beat me up. I replied I was 34, and swing a sledgehammer for a living. So he got pretty quite, and just said I shouldn't do it. Tough guy behind the keyboard hahaha. The way I look at it, is if I bought packs on the cc with my real money, then I'm entitled to sell it for whatever price I want. You guys have made points to have respect for crafters, but that it as far as I'm concerned. And sorry for typing so much haha.

Here's my thoughts on undercutting, and I've been playing this game since beta. And this was the same in WOW, which I played and crafted for 3 years...the first undercutter doesn't have a chance. What I mean by that is, if you undercut someone, then the next guy coming along will undercut you, so what I mean is EVERYONE does it, that's just the way these markets work. So to have someone actually whisper you and say something about it is a total idiot. He shouldn't care if yours sells first, that just means his is next in line. I don't understand why people don't get that??

Now speaking from a crafters perspective, I know how much it cost me to make a item ( generally speaking ) because I watch the mats sell on the GTN everyday. So I know what I need to get for that item on the GTN when I list it. Sometimes I may undercut something that's on their cause I need some cash flow, but generally the crafted items are pretty close in price, because if someone is crafting a item and losing money selling it on the gtn consistently, then what's the point in crafting it?? But honestly the Cartel market has made crafters obsolete now, with the exception of augments and mods. Weapons and gear are all pretty much bought with Cartel coins by everyone.....that gear just looks better to be honest, so nobody buys the crafted gear anymore. This makes me sad because I have worked for 2 years to become a master craftsman, and none of it sells now. But they are allegedly throwing some bones to us crafters with the new expansion of strongholds.....making furniture and stuff, so that may be cool.

So having said all of this, I got your back on selling Cartel stuff cheap. Like you said, you spent RL money on it, you can sell it for whatever you want! That dude was a idiot ( probably the kid he thought you were ) and didn't know the market at all or how it works. Now the only gripe I have about undercutting is the bozo's that do the 1 credit drop.... like something is 5,000 credits and they list theirs at 4,999......that really makes me mad