Junk Trading

[Fekambard]

Simply, what is Junk trading. I've just come back from a 6 month break and have no idea what it means. :oops:

[newb4lyfe7]

its a way to get around the trade limit basically, but its used to sell or buy at a higher/lower price than the price that jagex has up. Basically you just trade "junk" (unstrung bows, collected drops, etc.) and some cash for an item worth less than it is listed as. You trade "junk" and the item for cash if its worth more than it is listed as. I haven't found any circumstance where I would need this, but it could be used for very expensive items such as the over-priced dark bow or a rare that won't sell.

[ToxicDuck]

Because of the trade limit, some rare items, for instance, Animal Masks (from TT), are valued much, much lower on the GE. For instance, a sheep mask would cost you 327k on the GE. But it's extremely unlikely you'd be able to get one ; since the forum value is anything between 4-7m, depending on how greedy a certain player is. So nobody in their right mind* would sell it for 327k.

 

 

 

So how do players get around it? Simple. By adding more value to the Sheep Mask. In order to do that, they need "junk". Such as : Summoning scrolls, unstrung bows, etc. Things that nobody, realistically, will buy in large amounts. So while the junk has a cash value, it has no real player value.

 

 

 

If you had 4m worth of junk, and a sheep mask, in a trade you would put all of that up, to increase the value of the mask to 4.3m. Another player comes along with 4.3m, and buys the Mask, and the 4m worth of junk. The player who sold the mask gets the full amount, and the player who buys gets the item he wanted, and 4m worth of junk, which he can then use to sell another item for more than it's GE price.

 

 

 

Hope that explains it a bit.

 

 

 

*Obviously some people who don't want to waste time collecting junk may just choose to sell the item at GE price. Collecting 4m or more worth of junk can't be fun.

[Fekambard]

Oh right now I understand, ok thanks guys. :D