delsus said:
sorry but this statement is just dumb.
sorry but this statement is just dumb.
i 2nd his motion XDneophytal said:
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there seem to be more rmt groups then there are mobs to camp. There most be a bigger goal then just the normal hnm and mob camps. Maybe they Lvling these char to sell them?
delsus said:
You fail at economy.
delsus said:
/Ross Perot This chart here'll explain the whole thang!
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Guarantee Ross Perot has a whole lot more money than you.Solitia said:
Fucking evil beer. I'm going to try to stay non-confrontational. I just love money talk.
delsus said:
No. Why do people make sales? To get rid of stocks because either:
a) New stock is coming in.
b) A better product is now out there killing their market.
c) Business is closing, change in vocation, etc.
The stock they are trying to get rid of was purchased long ago. They are not making more profit or sale for that matter. They are taking a hit to make room for better, more profitable stuff.
Also, a "end-of-season" sale doesn't qualify has "more demand". If anything, it's a form of "more stock". Yes the store has the same quantity of items has the previous week but by creating an opportunity to aquire the item at a lower price, he is attracting the custommer. It's not the demand that all of a sudden grew up, it's not the custommer base that suddenly expanded. He just baited the already existing custommer base into coming in HIS store, not the competitor.
Finally, your statement was that "More demand = lower prices". Your exemple of a store sale is more "lower the prices to create demand". It's two totally different things. Creating demand implies there was no demand pre-sale or a lower demand then before. Hence the consequences of a lower demand was the sale, the price lowering. So lower demand = lower prices.
The problem is you are misinterpreting, doing it backward. You see the consequence as the cause. Economy is simple and complicated. Bascially, you take the following formula: Available stock - demand. If the result is positive, meaning there's stock remaining after "everyone who wanted the item" got one, the price will go down, since now you need an extra incentive to get those who originally didn't want the product. If the result is negative, meaning you still have people wanting it after all the available stock is exhausted, the next batch of product will be sell to an equivalent or higher price.
delsus said:
Again, you are looking at the situation backward, you mix up consequences and cause. Your statement was more deman = lower prices. In your sale exemple, it's lower prices creates more demand. That's 2 totally different things. There wasn't a surge in the demand that generetated a price drop, it was the other way around,usually created by a lack of demand in th first place. You put stuff on sale to sell it since the demand has slowed down. The price decrease of the sale act as a hurdle-remover for the custommer who wanted the product but thought the price was too high.
I don't think I can get any clearer then that. Sales are made to counter the reduction of demand. If you make a sale while there's a line up at your door, you need to reevaluate your business sense.
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Demovarian said:I was wondering about that, honestly Some of them though are getting rediculous, theres many camping inside towns as "Newbs" begging people for gil, and in a very polite manner. The other day I was asked by a galka in south sandy, "Excuse me, I don't mean to be a begger but may I please bum some gil for armor to get my character started? ^^;" I said, ok he doesn't seem like a bad guy so I gave him 10k, I am just too nice like that. I notice afterwards though, he is begging others >.> I asked them to make sure thats what he was doing and it was, someone else gave him 45k and a few pieces of armor, almost lent him astrals!So I shouted in S sandy not to give him any gil hes a gil seller. He then proceeded to Logout. I don't know if the other guy got any of his gear back, but yeah they are really getting desperate nowadays.
yep saw a taru trying to do that to me like 2 weeks ago, he asked me for 5k politely i had just came back from davoi from camping the drk that drops warrior's axe and I gave him the 3 stacks of lizard skins i got from trying to pop him and 1k.
He then turns to Tarn and asks him for 5k...lol
some crap about trying to buy a server pass for a friend its only 1k....