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First time merching - How did I do?

I also made my first Bil, which may not be much for some but it is so, for me. Hurray! <3

I started merching seriously two or so days ago and I'd like to know how I did in regards to the prices. I'm a bit concerned that I sold certain items for too low of a price.

GFA 60% (4) - 20mil each
Legendary Maple Gold Ring - 10mil
Rose Clipping - 300mil
Crystal Ilbi - 135mil
Cubic blades (4) - 20mil each
Spiderweb pointy hat (clean) - 60mil
Powerful tree branch nose (clean) - 100mil
Wise tree branch nose (clean) - 100mil
Occult Cube - 180mil
Tempest Epaulet (Clean, 2 lines - 6% Dex, 3% Luk) - 300mil
Tempest Pendant (Clean, 2 lines - 6% Str, 100 HP) - 200mil

I'm suprised at how quickly they sold so I'm a bit spooked that I might have been merched from, ha.

I've also bought a few items that I think were good deals - can I please get a price check on them in Scania:

Odile Ballet Slippers (Bought for 25mil)
Golden Hammer 50% (Bought for 10mil)
Cubic chaos blade (Bought for 33mil)

Thanks a lot my fellow Basilers.

January 3, 2015

10 Comments • Newest first

Mesmus

Cubic chaos blade I think is like 34m? Or somewhere around there.

Reply January 3, 2015
microcras

I sold a ose clipping for 10 mil back in my nubby days cuz I thought it was an etc item when i CLEARLY wasn't lol

Reply January 3, 2015
xFaceIess

Rose clipping for 300mil.
Daaaaaayuuuuuuuuuum.
Nice!

Reply January 3, 2015
Snowman

@Neokeoro: The approach works but it makes you a one i/eye'd duck when you convince them, because it's close to scamming.
What you do, in my opinion anyways, is perfectly fine.

Reply January 3, 2015
Neokeoro

[quote=Snowman]@Neokeoro: If they agree, nah.
If you say lol u n00b only worth 10m
THEN you a bad person![/quote]

Does my avatar look like a generic merching mule?
Does that approach ever work because I take the creepily nice approach.
I don't try to convince them or anything - they always just add a little bit to my very low price and I agree with them.

Reply January 3, 2015
Snowman

@Neokeoro: If they agree, nah.
If you say lol u n00b only worth 10m
THEN you a bad person!

Reply January 3, 2015
Neokeoro

[quote=Snowman]On the things you bought
You did pretty well, please tell me you merched properly and didn't swindle the poor noobs.
300mil rose clipping? Jesus that's a good sell.
You did fairly well imo.[/quote]

Thanks!

The odile slippers were in a shop but the exchanges for the other two items were pretty identical:

- I see them spamming "S>" at the FM and trade them.
- I ask them for an offer.
- "You offer".
- I suggest a low price.
- They offer a little bit more.
- Agreement.

... Did I do a bad thing? Isn't merching just buying low and selling high? o.o

I sorta feel bad now...

[quote=Swo0o0sh]*clap*

Their average price is like 50M in Scania but I see why you sold it for so much. They're really rare but demand is very high.

Also, google 'maple free market'. It's like an Owl of Minerva but online and free[/quote]

I was expecting an offer and couldn't believe that it was sold. Afterwards I saw a few in the FM (unsold) for 200 ~ 250mil (perhaps they used my price as a reference <3) and bought another for 100mil - now I'm worried that I might not be able to sell it.

I do use that site for p/cs but their listings aren't as updated as the Owl of Minerva but thanks!

[quote=simaini]what the f. 300m for rose clipping?
a few days ago i sold my first thing for over a bil, and it was a black star potion for 1.8b lol i couldn't believe someone actually bought it[/quote]

I'm surprised that some of the items sold because some of my pricing was me literally just randomly adding another digit.

[quote=Piana]That's how rich people do.
"Oh, it's expensive? Nah, that word is not in my dictionary. I have so much mesos until these petty amounts are like a tissue paper that I used to wipe my ass last night."
-Purchase-[/quote]
But how do they get rich if they spend so recklessly?

Reply January 3, 2015 - edited
simaini

what the f. 300m for rose clipping?
a few days ago i sold my first thing for over a bil, and it was a black star potion for 1.8b lol i couldn't believe someone actually bought it

Reply January 3, 2015 - edited
Swo0o0sh

[quote=Neokeoro]Rose Clipping - 300mil[/quote]

*clap*

Their average price is like 50M in Scania but I see why you sold it for so much. They're really rare but demand is very high.

Also, google 'maple free market'. It's like an Owl of Minerva but online and free

Reply January 3, 2015 - edited
Snowman

On the things you bought
You did pretty well, please tell me you merched properly and didn't swindle the poor noobs.
300mil rose clipping? Jesus that's a good sell.
You did fairly well imo.

Reply January 3, 2015 - edited