I'm not experienced with junk trading, can't I just sell back the junk I buy? Say the total price is 20m, the item price is 10m and the junk is worth 10m, isn't it as simple as buying both and selling the junk so I really only pay for the item at mid price? The other question I have is what does stable 50/50 mean? Thanks. :)

Well you don't just buy junk so you can sell it again. You buy it in other junk trades (like if you buy battle robes) and sell it off. You also get it as a byproduct of skilling. Items also become "junk" when a merch clan dumps them or they just start to crash. "Stable" junk is normal junk whose price does not fluctuate like normal items. It is in general a better idea to have stable junk than crashing junk because it will retain its value or (after some update) gain value over time. Usually, stable junk's market price is the price floor in GE.

Well you don't just buy junk so you can sell it again. You buy it in other junk trades (like if you buy battle robes) and sell it off. You also get it as a byproduct of skilling. Items also become "junk" when a merch clan dumps them or they just start to crash. "Stable" junk is normal junk whose price does not fluctuate like normal items. It is in general a better idea to have stable junk than crashing junk because it will retain its value or (after some update) gain value over time. Usually, stable junk's market price is the price floor in GE.

No what I meant was say I want a wolf mask and its like 8.6m right now but you can only buy it from another player at the moment, so if they want 20m for it I have to buy there junk also. But can't I just sell the junk right back to someone else so that way I'm still only paying the regular 8.6m for it? And thank you for the stable explanation.

Well you don't just buy junk so you can sell it again. You buy it in other junk trades (like if you buy battle robes) and sell it off. You also get it as a byproduct of skilling. Items also become "junk" when a merch clan dumps them or they just start to crash. "Stable" junk is normal junk whose price does not fluctuate like normal items. It is in general a better idea to have stable junk than crashing junk because it will retain its value or (after some update) gain value over time. Usually, stable junk's market price is the price floor in GE.

No what I meant was say I want a wolf mask and its like 8.6m right now but you can only buy it from another player at the moment, so if they want 20m for it I have to buy there junk also. But can't I just sell the junk right back to someone else so that way I'm still only paying the regular 8.6m for it? And thank you for the stable explanation.

Junk doesn't sell. That's what makes junk junk. If someone sold you a mask+items that sell easily it wouldn't be a junk trade. An easy way to get rid of junk is lending out a valuable item.

If you can sell off the junk, then yes you essentially only pay the market price for the junk. But there is a reason its junk, and thats because junk doesn't sell right away. Some items will sell, but only over time and then you could have lost some money on them. So instead of the 8.3m you though you could pay after selling junk, it might actually go to 10m including the time it takes for the junk you bought to actually sell. Depends on what the item is, how much of it you have and how useful that item is.

Alright thank you all, my questions are fully answered. =]

If you get a surplus of junk, a good way to get rid of it is to buy barrows items paying like 70% cash, rest junk. That will usually work out well. If you find you want an expensive item (gs, bandos, dpick, sol, etc.) and they are crashing, you can throw in a bunch of junk with your cash.

If you get a surplus of junk, a good way to get rid of it is to buy barrows items paying like 70% cash, rest junk. That will usually work out well. If you find you want an expensive item (gs, bandos, dpick, sol, etc.) and they are crashing, you can throw in a bunch of junk with your cash.

You can also buy a Godsword/Lendable and then lend it out for 50k/h+. Put junk in the trade and they offer cash, so you get your money back from the junk in exchange for lending out a high leveled item.