There is more to it than what you've posted. Placing one they already own on the market will typically lower prices even if the original item is purchased.

Other times they have some use for the lower priced item. By driving down prices they can then purchase those now lowcost items. There are many reasons for using this technique. One of the ways of doing this is to purposefully put on the market items that will lower the overall price of the item. In every game I've been in people will try to manipulate the market. The influence a few people can have on a market often exceeds expectations.Īnother thing to look at is how many of a particular bag/container is going for such low prices. This is all just in the hope to get at least some of their investment back.Īre there a number of crafters using bags, etc., to level their crafting? It needn't be a large group either. At times these items can even go at a loss. I've been in a number of mmo's where the most commonly used items to level are sold with very slim margins. And i would like to see some suggestions to fix this problem.Įdit: changed the links so its easier to read Now i'm sure this doesn't apply to just this item so i'd love to see if you guys actually find anything out there. Which is rather stupid imo, since its actually around 20G. *drumroll* 1S 30C!!!! Now, this means that going trough the whole proccess of reaching level 400 in tailoring and crafting the bag only costs 1S 30C per bag sold. So the final profit for the average seller is around.

So let's deduct the fees, 15% of 12G is equal to 1G 80S.

SO people selling the slot bags at 12G are making a 'profit' of 1G 81S 30C per bag before fees.

Now as per every TP trade there are some fees, Listing Fee (5%) and Exchange Fee(10%), which accummulate to 15% of the final price. The raw materials cost is 10G 18S 70C (10G for the 'Superior Rune of Holding' and 18S 70C for the 'Bolts of Gossamer'). The TP cost for one of them is roughly 12G (actually 11G 99S 74C). I discovered this trend while researching 20 slot bags and found the '20 Slot Gossamer Bag'.

20 slot gossamer bag