Shops a thing of the past?

[@Dan3HitU]

When I first started RuneScape and even before the Grand Exchange I would go to a shop and either buy/sell items there rather than wasting time finding a trader (unless it was in bulk).

 

But now it seems that people dont do this and just tend to head straight to the Grand Exchange, do you think Jagex would remove shops and just add Grand Exchange access from within the shops or maybe keep the shop-keepers and add a Grand Exchange booth? (Like they're supposedly doing for banks)

[DarkDude]

When I first started RuneScape and even before the Grand Exchange I would go to a shop and either buy/sell items there rather than wasting time finding a trader (unless it was in bulk).

 

But now it seems that people dont do this and just tend to head straight to the Grand Exchange, do you think Jagex would remove shops and just add Grand Exchange access from within the shops or maybe keep the shop-keepers and add a Grand Exchange booth? (Like they're supposedly doing for banks)

 

People still buy things from shops.

 

What's the point in selling things to shops when you're almost always going to find someone who wants to buy them on the GE for more than you'd get from the shops?

[Sephy_]

After the personalized shops update I've noticed that I rarely anymore use shops. There just isnt anything to buy and if there is; there is not enough. So as I do most of my buying at g.e I also sell most of my stuff through it even if I would lose couple geepees that way.

[Laikrob]

I buy Vials, Water Runes, Baskets and a few other items from shops still. I'm definitely not the only one who does that, so shops are still used.

 

For selling, I use the Grand Exchange (or friends) like most players, so I agree that it's outdated for that purpose. I wouldn't mind being able to sell to GE from shops, but I don't really see a need for it. Could be a handy feature, but not a high priority one.

[Racheya]

I very rarely use shops, but sometimes they can be useful such as when you're fishing in Shilo village and need more feathers or have to get an item for a quest but cba waiting for the GE to sell you one.

[SirHartlar]

I very rarely use shops, but then again you could never buy all you needed from them.

[un4given]

I wonder how rich I'd be right now if I simply hoarded bronze arrows and knives pre shop update..

[lordkafei]

I miss sitting in Varrock Store & thriftshopping. :cry:

 

The only things I buy from stores now are water vials, shards & blank pouches.

[A_Fiasco]

It is just a progression of Runescape, it's becoming more 'instantaneous' or atleast there is more of an appeal to the central HUB that is the G.E, shops being thrown away would cretainly make for a very dull landscape of Runescape, moreover shops certainly in the F2P realm are used by the lower levelled players who are yet to become tied to efficiency etc. Like most of us :P

 

So should shops go? No I don't believe so, but maybe a future update could address them such as I dunno a random filtering of items into general stores for opportunist buyers? I'm not sure that'd be too popular though.. :wall:

[Big_Stingman]

Last time I bought something from a shop was...I don't even remember.

[Triquos]

Last time I bought something from a shop was...I don't even remember.

 

Same.

 

I think shops won't ever be deleted, people need their escential tools for crafting/smithing etc. not only that but people like their daily things like buying raw bird meat for summoning and water filled vials for herblore. There would be a massive uproar if they were removed, despite the lack of their popularity towards the G.E. heck, I still buy things from shops, but it's only minor things now.

 

I miss the old days where people could snipe high end items though, that was fun =D

[Jabuli]

I use shops daily to make 600k profit in 15 minutes.

[Utopia]

I have a junk-making run that uses shops entirely. Quite effective, too. :thumbsup:

[Slayr]

Shops are nothing more than a good place to sell my fletching junk. I don't do junk trades, so it's a good way to get my bank clean

[Kata_Phfract__the_slayer]

something thats been bugging me for a while now, what is the point of shops with no stock??!!

 

i can understand b4 the shop updates, but now, as i cant buy anything from another player via shop, i can only sell stuff to them.

think about the gem trade in al-karid, he sells cut and uncut gems up to dimond. and by sells i mean buys. why would i sell my gems to him when the ge price is sevreal times higher, so even if i wanted to sell my gems (want the crafting xp) that gem trader would never get any of them.

 

if thouse gems where so worthless as to be worth selling to him, i probably would just low alc them with my lumby ring insted.

imo shops should buy things baced of ge price, like the rouge.

 

ok end rant.

 

shops have there use in rs, many items that otherwise would cost a bajillion are cept low and in control becouse you can get them in a shop (dragon items such as dagger, scimy and baxe are what im talking about)

take away the curent inflation, the dragon scimy never costed anything far from 99k to 101k, and even now its only 130ish k gp.

 

the gen store, although its never gona recover from the GE is still a viable option for getting rid of random junk that wont sell on the GE.

 

and lastly, profit, some items are in so much demand that even the shop price has truble keeping it under controll. vials, need i say more?

 

shops in rs are by no way a "thing of the past", but i will not deny that thay are out dated.

just be glad dragon daggers dont cost 500k! :-P

[Sir_Squab]

I remember, years ago in F2P, the general store was well used, and you could find neat stuff there. And buying my armour from shops...I feel kind of nostalgic about the old general stores; however, as best as I can tell, it's nothing BUT nostalgia. The GE is much more efficient. Hell, except for items like vials, hammers, etc. and the occasional dragon scimitar (because I'd sell mine for say 120k+) I really stopped using shop probably over a year before the GE came out anyways. Probably several years, but I find it hard to tell. The GE basically replaced my need to go to W2 or W1 for stuff. (Still go there if I need a specific lend, or if I need to lend my GS to clear out some junk.)

[strilmus]

The two main things with shops that make them obsolete is the fact that their prices rarely reflect actual street value (so you'll never buy or sell at a good price), and the fact that the stuff you want would never be carried in a place as mundane as a store when all the good stuff is out there for you to work or quest for.

 

Used correctly, they can help balance the game economy, removing excess items when too many would devalue the resource, and absorbing excess money entirely instead of just pushing the money around.

 

However, with most MMOs these days, player trade is the most important function in any game, and normal shops rarely see any business at all, and at worst, serve as trading hubs themselves while the actual shopkeepers don't make any money due to the players outselling them.

[Profins]

Seeing how shops still offer cheaper items in most cases, no.

[Blutters]

I dunno. I tend to buy Death Runes from the guild... But that's about it.

Maybe shops should sell high end items, like Spirit Shields, for 15% over max Grand Exchange price. That would give them a newfound reason. It would be better than forcing normal players to jump through the flaming hoops and whims of a bunch of asshats who have terrible arm to shield ratios and more gold than Nazi Germany.

[Triquos]

I dunno. I tend to buy Death Runes from the guild... But that's about it.

Maybe shops should sell high end items, like Spirit Shields, for 15% over max Grand Exchange price. That would give them a newfound reason. It would be better than forcing normal players to jump through the flaming hoops and whims of a bunch of asshats who have terrible arm to shield ratios and more gold than Nazi Germany.

 

Hmmm and maybe have a maximum stock of 1, and have it so that it restocks randomly, once per month on 1 world chosen at random.

 

Lol once I had a dream I was in runescape and in a general store I sniped 6 abyssal whips for their alch price lol (random I know, right?) but yeah it's a possibility, and having high end items only sometimes available would definitely arouse peoples' interest in visiting shops for more than just daily chores and general skill supplies.

[i_D_r]

Shops should stay because they benefit newer players.

[strilmus]

I'm mostly disappointed in the shops that just buy things and never actually sell anything other than the things that they buy, so they essentially sit there all day not selling anything at all, despite the fact that their wares appear to be fully stocked.

[DarkDude]

I dunno. I tend to buy Death Runes from the guild... But that's about it.

Maybe shops should sell high end items, like Spirit Shields, for 15% over max Grand Exchange price. That would give them a newfound reason. It would be better than forcing normal players to jump through the flaming hoops and whims of a bunch of asshats who have terrible arm to shield ratios and more gold than Nazi Germany.

 

Hmmm and maybe have a maximum stock of 1, and have it so that it restocks randomly, once per month on 1 world chosen at random.

 

That would be like when the Fancy Dress hop was added in classic, there was a red party hat in there that never restocked. There were a lot of players camping there claiming to have got one.

[Saru Inc]

I miss sitting in Varrock Store & thriftshopping. :cry:

 

The only things I buy from stores now are water vials, shards & blank pouches.

 

 

Yes got a mith plate 45 gp cheaper than ge. :rolleyes:

 

 

There's no point in shops, except for the obvious (battle staffs, spirit shards, vials) most are indeed useless. (Though it'd be interesting how prices would change if shops were gone)

[Kill_Life]

Shops aren't used anymore that often, that's true.

The limited stock supply didn't make things any better. I used to buy a lot of stackables still in shops: Arrows, feathers, bait, ... Or certain non-stackables: Cheese, tomatos and pots of flour. Now, stacks are too low to even bother going there.

The only time I use a shop if when I have some time and don't want to pay 70 gp for a fishing rod and to buy General Store items.

The items I sell there are random items I find on the floor, but even then, when I'm close to the GE, I try selling it there. Or when I'm far away from anything, such as fish in Karamja.

Personalized shops didn't make it better either. The days where many players are in Varrock General Store on a popular world with several millions in their inventory, buying all gems and other possible expensive items are over for good, I'm afraid.

 

I can certainly do with some shops less, but completely useless? Never will, I think.