WordCobbler.6138 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Dear Evon Gnashblade, Would the Black Lion Trading Post and you not make far more profit (and save me a ton of aggravation and time) if the minimum buy price actually matched the minimum sell price? Sincerely, The Commander ETA: Example in post below... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosmaster.8263 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 I have a whole bunch of stuff I won't sell because of the fees. If I saw tangible changes in the game that use the gold, maybe I would change my mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordCobbler.6138 Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 Personally I use it to get more than I would from the NPC merchants to make a bit of gold. The stuff I can't sell gets made into materials. It's just a time suck and frustrating to see over and over that minimum price error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donari.5237 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 If you're talking about what I think you are, it's a leftover from very early in the game when people could order for less than vendor price. Then they'd take their purchases and vendor them for profit. ANet has done at least one, perhaps more sweeps through to cull out these unfillable orders, but some still remain. Loosmaster, you'd see very tangible, very bad changes in the game if there weren't fees. They are the gold sink that reins in rampant inflation. Not one hundred percent, TP prices have certainly gone up (I remember scraping together 9 gold to get a precursor for someone as a Wintersday present in 2012), but gold is still worth something because the game sucks gobs of it out into the ether. Just think of the fees as a factor in the price you set. You're not being robbed of 100 gold, you set your price 100 gold higher to get the amount you actually wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundabolt.8541 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 If you would look in any used game shops, you would see this same thing -- they will buy it from you for a certain price, then sell it again for a higher price. That's how they make a profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordCobbler.6138 Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 I think I should have included an example in my first post. [Rampager's Iron Greatsword of Ogre Slaying](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Iron_Greatsword_(loot)%23item105 "Rampager's Iron Greatsword of Ogre Slaying") (item #27564) is worth 1 silver 98 copper to sell to a merchant. There are 250 orders to buy at 2 silver 6 copper and 250 orders at 1 silver 99 copper. The minimum sell price is 2 silver 33 copper. It is impossible to fill the current buy orders because they are below the minimum unit sale price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Yes, those are very old orders from before the change. As stated above, there have been a couple of sweeps through the Trading Post, but not all of those orders were swept away. Perhaps, some day, there will be another...perhaps, not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gop.8713 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 They don't really affect anything do they? Those orders can't be filled . . ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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