By the way, here's something to note if you're planning on selling things:
Different items,as you'll see, will sell for a wide range of prices. Some are due to availability of these things, and some due to individual pricing. You'll want to make sure you pay attention to the classification of an item you harvested before setting the price.
For example, if an item says
no value that means you want to make sure you don't need it to craft with in the tradeskill instance. If not, others may use it commonly in their tradeskilling, making it valuable to them. Check the broker to see what it's selling for, and set your price based on that.
Treasured items can be sold to NPC merchants for various prices. Heh, 'treasured' doesn't mean you'll make alot of coin from it, but some is better than none I'd say.
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Not all NPC merchants pay the same price for goods so it pays to check different ones so you'll know where you get the most for your item***
You may opt to sell on the broker rather than to an NPC for more than one reason:
a)because sometimes you can get more money from a person who needs the item rather than the NPC
b) you benefit other players by providing them with an easy way to obtain items (for example, they run out of something while tradeskilling and don't want to go harvest for just one or two things).
Whether you will profit more from selling to an NPC vs vending to other players thru broker depends on how flooded the market is with the same item by different vendors, as selling is competitive and people will alot of times try to undercut on prices, which is GOOD for the buyers :D Try to find a balance when selling items between what the NPC would give you and what a player is willing to pay for it. I recommend NOT charging prices that you know are unreasonable but at the same time, will make a profit for your efforts.
Lore items can sell for more than treasured or no value items. Again, this is relative to how flooded the market is with the item on the broker. However, it isn't law that lore items be worth an exorbitant amount of coin.
Legendary items are gonna be the ones that are rare drops and rare harvests. By examining each item when you obtain it, you can plainly see its classification (no value, treasured, lore, legendary). As a rule of thumb: you don't want to destroy any legendary item for sure! Sometimes you can get several gold for one rare harvest/drop.
Hope this little guide will help you as you start out with vending. Since I've started selling items, it's such a nice feeling to enter my Inn Room and hear the
cha-ching that lets me know I made money while I was out adventuring or offline! Makes harvesting so much more enjoyable when you know it isn't for nothing just cuz you didn't get something YOU needed.
Edited, Sat Apr 23 10:27:11 2005 by sashayenne Edited, Sat Apr 23 10:30:42 2005 by sashayenne Edited, Sat Apr 23 10:32:53 2005 by sashayenne