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Common IO Recipes in the market...

Fleeting Whisper

By Fleeting Whisper,
Posted on: 2009-06-08 11:33 in The Market and Inventions

 

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Just a question: why are people buying Common IO recipes in the market, at pretty much the same price you can sell them far? Not that I mind - I'm selling them like hotcakes to close in on my 2000 sold items badge, but I'm curious as to why they're so eagerly bought to begin with, and what I might be missing.

 

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Because they're lazy.

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt

 

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Buying them at prices they can be vendored for is still cheaper than buying them at invention tables. If you see a ton of them being bought people are probably working on their crafting badges.

 

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Just a question: why are people buying Common IO recipes in the market, at pretty much the same price you can sell them far? Not that I mind - I'm selling them like hotcakes to close in on my 2000 sold items badge, but I'm curious as to why they're so eagerly bought to begin with, and what I might be missing.

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There's a demand because:

(A.1) Lots of powers don't take Sets,
(A.2) Many Sets don't have the single aspect IO needed to top off a power,
(A.3) Many people don't like to worry about sets and just use Commons, particularly at mid levels,
(A.4) They're needed for crafting badges,
(A.5) Craft-and-sell on Commons can sometimes be profitable.

And the demand is met through the market because:

(B) The market price of a Common recipe is much lower than the cost to buy one at a crafting station.

Kosmos

Global: @Calorie
MA Arcs in 4-star purgatory: Four in a Row (#2198) - Hostile Takeover (#69714) - Red Harvest (#268305)

 

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Because they're lazy.

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Yes...and I'm also convinced that waaaaay too many people have no idea that you can buy common recipes at the Universities.

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For roughly 4 times the cost. The cost:resale ratio is 4 for L45/50, 5.3 for L30-40 and 8 for L25-. The price on the market is generally only slightly above the resale value to a vendor.

Kosmos

Global: @Calorie
MA Arcs in 4-star purgatory: Four in a Row (#2198) - Hostile Takeover (#69714) - Red Harvest (#268305)

 

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Because they're lazy.

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Yes...and I'm also convinced that waaaaay too many people have no idea that you can buy common recipes at the Universities.

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For roughly 4 times the cost. The cost:resale ratio is 4 for L45/50, 5.3 for L30-40 and 8 for L25-. The price on the market is generally only slightly above the resale value to a vendor.

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Yeah, I'm well aware of that.

I keep no less than 16 toons chained to the market...both sides...and I often see spikes well above cost that appear to have lasted an entire day...without question, at least, an entire 3-4 hour play session.

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Thanks for the answers guys - that all makes sense