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VawnLakshimi wrote:
---drkr img---
not quite... ffxi has an unlimited source of everything... the world is quite limited...
---Vawn---
Is it? --- They are made out of mostly silicon which is an ingredient in common sand, which we have an abudance of. Often with products you are paying for the work people went into making the item, NOT the cost of materials.
yes actually the world is quite limited in supply... do you think because we have unlimited sand that we are going to be able to eat and sustain ourselves for life on that?
and as for oil and gas... do you think those are never ending supplies...
they change their price based on
many different "REAL" factors..
ffxi is base on the fact that their are <3> cloaks or <45> cloaks in the auction house
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---vawn---
(If you think about it you can come up with hundreds of more examples like this).
go right ahead... try and stay out of the cpu market if you like...
maybe food... yah we have unlimited amounts of food... (nope)
maybe land... yah we have unlimited supplies of land... (nope)
and if you know where i can find those, please let me know, there are some third-world countries that could use them...
but computers... yes that we will luckily have enough of... so when we run out of food and land, atleast we can still be playing ffxi
and you think that ffxi is going to stop making astral rings? that all of a sudden, there are no more for sale?
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---vawn---
Supply and demand. If you can make more for selling an item at a higher price, you will. If everyone and their dog is selling an item, prices will go down.
---drkr img---
this isn't always true...
three days ago i put a mages tunic up in Jeuno... going price was 50k-55k (i put mine up for 55k), the next day i pop on 2 sales 45k, hmmm maybe i should be a little more honest, drop mine to 50k... the following day another 2 for 40k... were talking about a drop of 15k in 2.5 days... thats terrible... 20% drop in 2.5 days...
---vaun---
Wait. Is this suppose to contradict what I just said? Sounds more like you are supporting my statement. If anything all you are telling us is that FFXI game prices can fluctuate more quickly that what is normal in real life.
if you would like me to continue to respond to your posts please make sure you read what i write and do not assume...
where have i supported your statment? your statment was
"if more are up then, they sell for less" that is a SUPER statment... i can see why your a scholar... the point that i was getting at...
people want to buy ****, so they sell their stuff at a terrible price... nowhere in my statment does it say anything about 1 or 10 being up on the AH...
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---drkr img---
i'll take stable over creative any day...
---vaun---
You do that. But next time your money making scheme doesn't work because of changes in the economy don't start a thread complaining about it. The point of my post was that you CAN'T do the same thing over and over and expect to reaped the same rewards everytime. That's the point of an online economy. Don't just make statements like "I want to do this and only this, so please don't ever change the prices I set." If its a good way of making money, more people will do it. When more people do it, prices will go down. Equilibrim. Also, there are people that will grossly undersell items on purpose. They just want to make their way of making money not seem as attractive in an attempt to drive away competition. This happens in the real world too. However, this is illegal in the United States (when big companies lower prices at a loss just long enough to put other companies out of business).
1. i would do that if i could...
2. i don't ***** and complain when my money making schemes go a stray... i was comforting another poor soul with a story of how stupid online people really are! (i'll get flamed for that one!)
3.a) god almighty... listen man...
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---vaun---
Don't just make statements like "I want to do this and only this, so please don't ever change the prices I set."
3.b) you my friend are an
IDIOT go back and show me where i said that... i have no problem with fluctations in a market...
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---vaun---
They just want to make their way of making money not seem as attractive in an attempt to drive away competition. when big companies lower prices at a loss just long enough to put other companies out of business
wow... you actually came out with something that was so close to makeing sense and being accurate...
the whole problem is... i'm looking at this argument from MY pov, which is based on the MAGES ROBE... to drop 20k in two days is stupid... plain and simple... there is no reason for an item to drop almost 50%... especially one that is not as common as fire crystals...
you want to argue the change in crystals or bee chips or some other small item thats fine... i expect those to change...
but for those selling astral rings... what if tomorrow instead of 220k they were selling for 100k... you think there might be an uprise...
Edited, Mon Oct 4 12:08:38 2004 by DrkrImg