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December wrote on 2010-07-01 03:29
Ehh you were selling stuff like Jap 1 Hander werent you? I can't afford it XD
I probably maybe possibly sometime later should perhaps update my shop...
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Archibald wrote on 2010-07-01 03:38
I think its because the location of the market thread is the very bottom of the page. If it was higher up or had ...a flashy button somewhere it would get used. (related) I think if we had a live auction section that it would be popular also and increase some of the people coming here.
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SetsuKaze wrote on 2010-07-06 06:49
It depends i mean what your selling it kinda takes people awhile to think if they want to waste their gold for it and if your selling on here you should double task and make some selling advertisment in mabinogi itself that can be a possible way to sell faster or at least get curious customers to check out your ware's
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Spartaaaaa wrote on 2010-07-06 15:35
I blame it on the economy. With the recent economic downturn and collapse of the job market along with the unprecedented 13 trillion dollar national debt, people just can't seem to afford buying items for so much gold ($1200 an ounce!).
Oh wait, this is Mabi... then in that case, I guess it's because people don't check the market forums.
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JustNoOne wrote on 2010-07-06 15:39
I once merchanted so I did check market thread consistently, it's just that there's really nothing worth buying that could help me currently. (Also I gave up on merchanting since the market keeps on fluctuating now and that just skewed my assets on my merchant account by HALF, FREAKING HALF because of the prices of things consistently changing.)
Also I'm poor so I can't buy anything now. I don't have the money to spend on clothing and whatnot (which seems to be the most prominent thing being sold on these forums). I don't know anyone (friend, guild member and colleagues aka random people I talk to) that are willing to spend gold on clothing.
If clothing are not selling, that means money has to be somewhere else or everyone doesn't have the income to buy stuff. But looking at changing prices of items, I believe in the paragraph below.
I believe the money that could be spent on clothing have been actually spent on Holy Water and the Ores/Gems industry since with the release of metal conversion, people realized that people can make money off of turning Unknown Ores to Iron Ingot, so that likely also explains why alot of ores have been deflated in price. It also explains why Holy Water is now somewhere in the range of 10-15k per stack and before the patch, the price of holy water was somewhere like 18-25k.
So the reason why people haven't been buying stuff in the market section of these forums is because people are spending their money elsewhere, of course that's assuming that everyone on Mabi sees these forums, which is just not true.
Or maybe I'm overthinking it...
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Rue wrote on 2010-07-06 18:27
[FONT="Arial Narrow"][SIZE="3"]I look at the market thread occasionally, but only in my spare time.
If you want your stuff sold quicker, why don't you add the shop thread link in your siggy?
If you make it appealing, along with link and several items listed
(for example: Check out my shop thread! Things like Starlight Robe, Goggle Cap, and Bat Jacket on sale. -insert link here-),
I'm sure more people will look.[/SIZE][/FONT]