Guild Wars 2

Tanaquil.9314:

I’ve noticed that it’s pointless trying to sell anything I craft as a chef (even with useful level 55+ food items), because people are selling things for 11c that COST 2s to make, even if you consider gathered ingredients as free. There’s just no way to compete unless I enjoy throwing money away. I don’t even have the option to vendor those items, so my bank is filling up with all manner of food items. I have to resort to giving them away to friends – can’t charge them, because they could go to the TP and buy these things for 11c, so why would they pay me more than that?

It’s not just that people fail to understand the 10% additional fee on sale completion, it’s that too many people are flinging stuff up on the TP at rock bottom price. Normally the supply and demand unique to each server ends up regulating the prices, but this isn’t happening on a global system. There are always thousands of people offering whatever is needed at a tiny price.

I love crafting but I just don’t see the point as things stand.

I am having the same problem. Why would I buy sage at 19c when the sage dressing is going for 5c? I wouldn’t mind so much if I could at least sell it to a vendor, but I don’t have that option. Crafting was one of the things I was looking forward to the most. It is even my duty as a guild officer to craft and trade, but crafting has become a huge disappointment because anything I make has no value in this economy. sad