Bazaar Diving

[shraklor]

So for all you bazaar trader/farmers out there what are some of the good deals you look for I don't want all of your deals, but some of the more obvious ones if you care to share.

[Aryse Andenter]

I've found stuff like Trean Flies on a vendor, back when they were selling the bazaar for 20k. (They're like 1s on a vendor).

Are you looking for stuff that you straight sold in bazaar, or stuff I look for cheap from a vendor to tradeskill with and sell higher?

[shraklor]

looking for stuff to check to see if someone else is selling low, so I can sell higher. Just tyr ing to figure out the things most people check for for quick re-sell profit. I know people don't want to give out thier bread and butter, but maybe some of the low end stuff to look for.

like simple stuff:
Forest loops for under 200pp (they sell to vendors for 230ish)
Spider silks and pelts < 5pp (paddding sells for 20pp each (I think))

[Xislaben]

Originally posted by shraklor@Mar 31 2005, 01:46 PM
looking for stuff to check to see if someone else is selling low, so I can sell higher. Just tyr ing to figure out the things most people check for for quick re-sell profit. I know people don't want to give out thier bread and butter, but maybe some of the low end stuff to look for.

like simple stuff:
Forest loops for under 200pp (they sell to vendors for 230ish)
Spider silks and pelts < 5pp (paddding sells for 20pp each (I think))

I've sold paddings for 35ish before and seen em for 45+... sometimes due to lots of farming the numbers drop to around 20, in which case I just wait a few days for them to go back up.

Frequently the medium pelts are going for less than the LQ pelts, so get a skinning knife... I've made about 3k/night on my best nights for about 20 min worth of combines just buying components in the baz, combining them, and selling them back on trader. Look for both spiderling silk, shadeling silk, and silk threads say <5, <5, and <10, and any of the pelts/skins/hides (bear, rockhopper, cat, wolf) for under 12p. That way your cost at most would be 22p, and selling at 35ish (your mileage may vary) is a decent profit on stackables for a very low skill combine. I think most smiths just get sick of all the combines and buy the stuff.

Vials of Prismatic Dye are good too, usually a 50% markup sells if not more. Never used a dye, can't understand why somebody would buy lots of em instead of making them themselves, and all 4 components buyable on a single npc right next to pottery wheels and brew barrels...

[Brahman]

problem is it's different on every server.

I have made 10k pharming spider silks in 2 days, and 50k pharming swirling shadows in 3 days.

I've made 100k from one item that someone had to ditch quick. You need to be in touch with your servers economy to do well.

[Aryse Andenter]

I make a lot more pp vendor mining (checking vendors for items people have sold to them) that I resell in the bazaar than I have on bazaar buying and re-sale. This doesn't require even close to the awareness of bazaar value and bazaar trends that bazaar buying and re-sale does, so its much easier. The only bazaar buying for re-sale in the bazaar I do usually is exploiting time of day differences in prices, that are consistent over the long term (some items vary easily 5x the value between morning and night in the bazaar consistently). The one thing I can think of off-hand that is consistent on servers is to check jewelry, as many jewelcrafters stick it on their trader for less than what it would vendor when they are not paying attention. It's 'free' pp but not a big difference usually.

[Xislaben]

Originally posted by Brahman@Mar 31 2005, 11:49 PM
problem is it's different on every server.

I have made 10k pharming spider silks in 2 days, and 50k pharming swirling shadows in 3 days.

I've made 100k from one item that someone had to ditch quick. You need to be in touch with your servers economy to do well.
Pray tell, what to spider silks and swirling shadows go for where you are?

[Xerbilix]

In the past, I've found handmade backpacks on vendors for 8gp. I put them on my trader for 35pp for quick sale and make some decent pocket change.

Other things I do when I log on, I look for strawspun belts, white scale tunics and grails of justice for less than 11pp, and resell them to vendors for 14pp. I look for staff of writhing for less than 94pp and resell them for 96pp. Lastly, I look for crushed gemstones for less than 20pp and resell them for 23pp. All of this is to vendors, mind you. I know it sounds like nickel and dimes, but after a week, I usually have made around 200pp. Not bad IMO for a total of 20 minutes of work a week.

Answers about the server economies and being tuned in - was right on the money. In the past, I have bought ornate patterns for cheap and put them back up for sale just under the lowest going at the moment, Problem with that though, that vendor prolly ahs another in a shared slot, and they'll undercut you when they make a visist back to the keyboard. Lastly, I look for similar items that one may have been mismarked. For example, once I bought a shield of the seneschal for 300pp back when they were 3-4k. I thought it was a good deal when I resold it for 3500pp, making a clean 3200pp.

[Trudat]

I farm almost evey named in droga. The nec I used was 68 with mostly ele gear. Just hit PHer's and run to another. Drops here have decent stats(twink loot) You can pick up 2k+ per drop, with some going for alot more. Copper hammer of striking, rune branded girdle etc...