Noob merchants screwed the economy
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EDIT: Yes, I am aware that there are multiple other threads on this issue. However, all of the ones I saw were extremely misinformed, in my opinion. EDIT 2: I am also aware that the Maple Anniversary is part of this inflation. However, I feel that it is unnecessary for the greedy hogs who call themselves merchants to abuse the influx of eager scrollers that much Before you come flame me for this, at least read what I have... The problem is, the new idiots who read a merchanting guides don't KNOW anything about actual merchanting, they only know the basics. Yes, they know "buy low, sell high". However, in actuality, it's much more complicated than that. You see many noobs spamming B>SCROLLS@@@@@@@ in the FM, and when you trade them, they offer outrageously low prices. I have a gut feeling that these are the same noobs with 2-3mil higher than normal prices in their FM stores, too... These new noob merchants are ruining it for the proer merchants who actually know what they're doing, since they're buying out all the scrolls and the scrolls end up sitting there in the shops being unsold. This causes richer people to just buy the scrolls due to impatience for new supply, which in turn, raises the price of things. (You walk up to a store and see a glove attack sold for 10 mil *This is impossible, I know.. Just making my point* This makes you, in turn, feel that you can sell glove attacks for around 10mil, too, and it would be sold. This ends up raising the prices... Before you people start saying that's what merchants do, this is NOT what they do. They don't raise prices again and again. They buy low, and sell at a flat rate. They don't increase the prices of which they sell items. They watch the economy, and keep their prices a bit above average. The noob merchants are the ones selling really high, and causing the economy to skyrocket. Jihadi said: "It's not just "n00b merchants" as you put it. The reason scroll prices are going up so much is mostly due to the death of LPQ and the rise of MTS. It's that simple. Granted, I'm sure some people do take advantage of the market like that, raising prices by buying out supplies, the fact of the matter is, LPQ was a source for a LOT of scrolls. Now almost no one LPQs, much less scrolls coming into circulation. MTS takes out even more scrolls, there's usually like, 40+ pages of overpriced scrolls of any "common" kind, (60% claw, or staff, w/e), that just sit there and rot. Much much less supply, perhaps even more demand, especially with the new Maple items, and people wanting to scroll them. Be glad you're not on Kradia, 20mill + for 30% claw scrolls, like, 8-10 mill for 60%s, 3 mill + 60% spears, it's sick." This person makes a good point, too. However, the "some people" who take advantage of this are the greedy baboons who only care about their personal profit, and not the welfare of others. When I was merchanting, I made it a point to try to buy lower, and sell a tiny bit higher... I never put items for more than 1mil above regular prices in my stores, since I know what it's like to be poor... 
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Did these "noob merchants" just appear like yesterday? Cuz I've seen 3 complaining threads about it in the last 10 minutes. You're gonna have to deal with it, man. :| New Video: Himes Battle Footage Listing: L> Himes party (Lv.11X Hermit)
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I've been seeing alot of these threads. Just deal with it.
Kazoothebat said: "Did these "noob merchants" just appear like yesterday? Cuz I've seen 3 complaining threads about it in the last 10 minutes. You're gonna have to deal with it, man. :|" All of a sudden they came down from the sky..  EDIT: Yesterday I noticed claw att scrolls ( 60%) being 5.5 mil ON BASIL.. Since when are they THAT expensive? I can remember them being 2-3mil around the time that I quit for a while..
Amen...prices of stuff in Khaini are rising like crazy. Like one day 11atk wg are 40-50mil but the next week it's more than 60mil?
And you care too much. End of story.Seriously though, sooner or later the items that are overpriced will reach a maximum to the point you hardly can find one buyer a month or something ridiculous. They'll have to come back down sometime.
Yes PLEASE Removed the MErchant GUIDE! my thread was close by some mod =( horrible mod.
Buying low selling for more
i agree =/
Yea, prices really have soared at least in Windia... I dont about the other servers though I mean seriously. att gloves and stars cost SOO little a few months back, and now its like, a mess ... everything rose like wat 5m? and 10 att gloves went up 10m >
DisBoi2Ko0l said: "Amen...prices of stuff in Khaini are rising like crazy. Like one day 11atk wg are 40-50mil but the next week it's more than 60mil?" =P Go to hell Khaini w00t! New Blog: Beta - FireFox 3 Ftw!
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