Guild Wars 2

It seems rather deceptive not to do so. I list something for 30 silver, I pay a fee up front, but then it sells and I only get 27 silver? Why is this not stated up front? (unless I missed seeing it somewhere?)
Ex: “Expected profited after sale: _”

I agree with this, the 10% sales tax needs listing, then all the….well, lets call them “not particularly astute” sellers could stop putting sales up for 1 copper more than vendor prices, after deducting the 15% fees they are losing money.

Which affects everyone since we can’t list items at a profit if there are thousands of players selling items at a loss.

When you list something you pay an extra 5% of the listing price to actually list the item. Then when it sells you are charged 10% of the listing price and you get the rest, you don’t get the initial 5% listing charge back.

So if you have 1 silver in your bag, and want to list an item for 1 silver you will be charged 5 copper to list the item, your money will drop to 95 copper in your bag. When the item sells you will get 90 copper from the pick up tab, meaning your total money will then go up to 1s85c.

So, yes, anyone listing an item for 1c more than the vendor price is losing money.