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Need cheap stuff on Exchange? I sell for 13 credits above game value.

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Just thought you guys should know that I sell most of my stuff for 13 credits above market value(what the game says its worth when you right-click) or just abouts on the Exchange.

So if you see an item that is Lieutenant Commander rank stuff or below with a sale price that ends with "13", it is usually going to be my sale. I have too many items in inventory that are of no use to me or Memory Alpha, so I get rid of them on the exchange. I sell about one to three items a day this way, but I would like to sell more as my Sell queue is always full at 20.

Help me out and Enjoy the bargains! :D
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    lol good luck finding it!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I've got you beat, I usually go a thousand less or so depending on the item and it's base worth. Still get more than if I were to sell the item to a vendor.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I have my items priced below what the game said the item is worth.

    I make it lower because anyone can buy it for that price from the different stores.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Yup - i stick everything on at half its base rate.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Lucky_13_X wrote:
    Just thought you guys should know that I sell most of my stuff for 13 credits above market value(what the game says its worth when you right-click) or just abouts on the Exchange.

    Thanks for the info Lucky_13_X, once the changes are made to the exchange in a future update, hopefully finding what you're looking for and buying for a decent price will be easy. ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    What a waste of time doing it that way, OP. Listen, if they're ordinary stuffs and you need the storage room just settled for half and sell it to the Exchanges merchants. That's how I do it. I respect other players' needs and skils enough to not charge them for cheap regular stuffs anymore than what is 'valued' marked on that particular items. Why don't you charge -13 credits under the value and see serious buyers to your commercial threads here, bud. GL.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Exchange is now redundant.

    Selling too cheaply, means people wont sell. You can sell in the replicator for either the same value or a little less (but isntantly).

    Exchange NEEDS to be more expensive than buying from a retailer. I know that sounds odd, but here's why.

    1). There is a direct benefit to the seller. They get more money than selling through the replicator. It takes time, but the profit yield makes it worth it. If I can sell an item on the replicatory for 10k, I'm not going to both with exchange if I'm only going to get between 8-12k.

    2) There is a directe benefit to the buyer. They get access to the whole range of equipment (so don't have to go hunting for the item across a range of suppliers). They pay a bit more but thats a cost of convenience.


    Economics is economics, so no-one can be criticised by items range between the ridiculously cheap to the ridiculously expensive. No-one benefits from either of those extremes.

    It might settle, but at the moment is pointless. Just MHO.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Its a waste of effort, someone is just going to buy your item and repost it for more. Get over the idea that the item is worth whats wirtten if u want to be nice type the item is see what the cheapest prices is and sell it a little below market value or give it to a buddy u know that needs it. Also by selling things and stupid low prices your kicking yourself in the foot down the road if u want to buy a rare or maybe even very rare u wont have a chance of being able to afford it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    i've sold afew things, mostly tetryon based, for anyway upwards of 1500 above what it's worth, which a a helluva far cry from 150000 for something worth 5500. that's just crazy, and 40mil for an item:eek:? they'll never get it in the entire life of STO
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I usually sell for 75% of its listed value. You can sell it to a merchant for 50% and it has no value if it won't sell.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Y'all understand this gaming reasoning I have when looking at the Exchanges in spacedocks:

    Simple reasoning math for me, and I don't care if it's right or wrong to anyone else, but here it is.

    When I see items selling for high amounts that no serious person going to take to buy, and it doesn't matter what color it is from 'common' to 'very rare' I think they're either just storing those items and/or curious to see if anybody is stupid enough to buy their item for that price they chose in storing that items - just for kicks/curiosity.
    Also I see they're lousy space jockeys or lazy players who sell cheap for more, and I chuckles to myself. Sometime I just pass by and look in exchanges to get a good chuckles, too. Heheh..

    I enjoy playing STO hard and well enough where I randomly get color items, and am not short on credits so why be mean to another player that may not have enough playing time who needs that part. When I see a rare items that's sold for not much more than it's worth I know he/she is a real good player. Simple as that.

    So those who sells something like a just 'uncommon' like say a sci- sensor arrays or such for crazy high amounts I see that person is not very good at space and/or ground battles, depending on what item they're selliing.

    Yeah, so when you see rare stuff selling for not much more than what it's marked value that's affordable to you, you'll know that player is naturally skilled in this game where he/she gets those rare items enough where it doesn't matter, but they're just trying to get rid of it - and no for needing the energy credits even. It also means they're nice enough to spend the effort to put it in Exchange amongst the greedy jokers to help out their comrades.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Ignore the EC cost. It's all about supply and demand.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    toString wrote: »
    Ignore the EC cost. It's all about supply and demand.

    Its really not... At this point its just about how many pages of the exchange you're willing to wade through before getting bored and giving up.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Krenn wrote: »
    i've sold afew things, mostly tetryon based, for anyway upwards of 1500 above what it's worth, which a a helluva far cry from 150000 for something worth 5500. that's just crazy, and 40mil for an item:eek:? they'll never get it in the entire life of STO

    There was a time when we did ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    toString wrote: »
    Ignore the EC cost. It's all about supply and demand.
    nixboox wrote: »
    Its really not... At this point its just about how many pages of the exchange you're willing to wade through before getting bored and giving up.

    I agree with this, but still won't post at stupid prices and I am willing to look through all the pages. LoL
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I just hope you will have this attitude once you reach RA level =)))
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Many things sell for far above list price, some high demand items and most common crafting items. If you sell it far below market price, someone will buy it and they will sell it at market price. I have no problem buying Romulan Ale at 20 a bottle and selling it for 50K a bottle.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I sell everything at face value,rounding to the nearest 0

    .... everything blue, purple,green, Mk1- MkX, doesn't matter to me.

    Credits are worthless anyway , so I see no need to charge more.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    nixboox wrote: »
    Its really not... At this point its just about how many pages of the exchange you're willing to wade through before getting bored and giving up.

    Yep! If only I could figure out a consistent way to get MY stuff on the first page :D
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