Guild Wars 2

I run today small test.

1st item

I bought 10x “item A” for 1s42c altogether for 14s20c
i sell 10x “item A” for 1s70 altogether for 17s
net profit before vat 2s80c
after vat net profit 25c
= ok its horrible but ok

2nd item

I bought 10x “item B” for 4s75c altogether for 47s50c
i sell 10x “item B” for 5s29c altogether for 52s90c
net profit before vat 5s40c
after vat net profit 0! loss 2s55c!!!

wtf? Can somebody explain this?

Short Answer: you sold it at a loss.

There is a 15% tax (to put it simply) on anything you sell. I believe it’s for gold sink purposes.

The second item should have been sold at 5s 58c a piece to break even and higher to make a profit.

If you have an android device download GW2 Trade Post Calculator it’ll help you a great deal. I don’t know if it’s for iOS.

there is also a website called trading post calculator (google it) it’s a nice web based calculator if you don’t want the phone app.

Its fairly simple maths really. Just have a calculator (or an iphone) at hand.

If I see an item being sold on the TP for say 6s 35c I just do this simple calculation:-

635 × 0.85 = 539
This auto takes off the 15% you will be charged by the TP

This tells me I need to buy this item at 539 to break even. Buying at anything above this figure is at a loss and buying under this figure will be profit.

thank you
btw why i must write 15 words omg???