Street Prices & Junks

[Avatar200]

I just got back to RS after a couple years and plan to get members again. I was going thru some of the forums to catch up on updates and stuff. But it seems there's too many for me to process, so I think I'll just jump into it once I get members. Maybe try get back quest cape (I always loved questing).

 

Anyway, I saw the GE prices for rares have skyrocketed since I left. I think back then, santa was ~10m and phats were 200-400m. Now, they are 500m+ with this thing called street prices that I still dont completely understand.

 

I'd like to go back to killing and skilling but at a loss at which to prioritise. As I see it, prayer, herb and summoning is way great for me to raise slayer/melee now. If I plan to get decent levels in these, do I need to sell off my rares or is it enough to sell off other stuff inside my bank to raise these skills?

 

If i remember, my old goals were 85 slayer, 99 magic and 90 crafting. But if anyone has better suggestions, I'm all ears. Thanks.

 

For reference, my current skill levels and bank below. Sorry for the cluttered bank and wall of text...

 

 

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p/s: I cant remember why I kept so much junks in my bank. Maybe TT and minigames I guess...

[Bladewing]

well you could trade red and blue phat for a half wine and like a yellow, that would free up like 400m.

 

edit: it would preserve your street value too

 

edit2: if you end up deciding to sell them in the ge, pm me and i can give you a divine which you could sell max for more profit

[Obtaurian]

You basically have a fortune in rares. A HUGE fortune. Personally, I'd keep the blue forever, trade the white for a divine (even though whites are worth much more than a divine, I believe), and do something with the red to convert it into cash for 99 prayer/herblore. However, Bladewing is much more knowledgeable than I am when it comes to rares, so my advice might not be feasible. I don't know.

 

You picked a good time to come back to Runescape, lol.

[Sir_Kurity]

I'd keep the blue forever

 

Yea, bar something done by jagex which would make alot of merchers rage. Once its gone, you probably won't be able to get it back o.O

[Nifflin]

You can sell the santa for a clean 100m in the GE without losing any street price on it.

[Avatar200]

..well you could trade red and blue phat for a half wine and like a yellow, that would free up like 400m.

I'm sorry but how do I end up with 400m from that. Does the seller add another 400m cash to his offer or do I go and sell off the items for cash?!

 

 

...trade the white for a divine (even though whites are worth much more than a divine, I believe), and do something with the red to convert it into cash for 99 prayer/herblore...You picked a good time to come back to Runescape, lol.

I checked out the divine shield but I'd probably not get it right now. No plans to fight huge scary critters yet. Converting the red for cash may be an idea I guess. Good time to come back?! Lucky me..uhm, why? :)

 

 

You can sell the santa for a clean 100m in the GE without losing any street price on it.

I think I might do this.

 

 

Thanks for the ideas guys.

[alwaysAZN]

In my opinion if you want fun out of RS, keep your favourite colour party hat/favourite rare and sell of everything else.

 

Think about it, you will have access to all the cool things rich people want :P 99 herblore, 99 prayer etc etc. The longer u keep them, or if you trade them for more rares, the less you accomplish :P.

 

If you ever quit again, will the fact that you have phats matter?

[Quyneax]

I would get divine even if you're not going to use it to fight bosses, as it is a huge help on Nomad, the toughest quest boss to date.

[transcript80]

 

If you ever quit again, will the fact that you have phats matter?

 

No, but neiter will your levels matter.

 

I'd sell / liquidate everything you don't like (I for myself would not sell the santa, because I liked mine until I sold it) and use the cash to have fun and/or levels.

[Nifflin]

But be careful, because any Party Hat you sell for GE price rather then street you will probably never get the chance to re-obtain. The cool thing about getting a divine is that it would help you earn money through boss hunting, but would also help you retain net street value on your items.

 

Also if you quit and come back again the levels/items you bought might not be worth much anymore but I can almost promise you that those party has will be worth more then ever.

 

If you decide to sell a Party Hat for GE price I'm sure there are a lot of people on Tip.It you could make very, very, very happy by working with them.

[Low C]

If you need gp then sell the santa at worst. Hold onto the partyhats because at this rate they will be max cash apiece in the future unless Jagex intervenes. And as previously stated the only upgrade that makes sense is one that retains street value. Study the market before making any rash decisions, half wine and spirit shields would be the only things I look at if I were in your situation.

[Kaur]

Don't sell the rares. You will never be able to buy them back when you don't play 24/7 to grind money... You should have enough cash to start off anyway.

[Bladewing]

..well you could trade red and blue phat for a half wine and like a yellow, that would free up like 400m.

I'm sorry but how do I end up with 400m from that. Does the seller add another 400m cash to his offer or do I go and sell off the items for cash?!

blue phat - 595.8m

red phat - 477.5m

total ge value of what you are giving: 1,073.3m

 

half wine - 77.2m

yellow phat - 459.4m

total ge value of what you are getting: 536.6m

 

so that means the guy you are trading will need to add 536.7m cash to balance the trade. should be enough for 99 herb and prayer i think

 

[hide=PS: PLEASE if you are going to sell any phats in the ge, here's how you can get more gp]

well if you were to just sell, say, your red phat (the least valuable) in the ge, you would get 482.2m (max price)

 

BUT if you traded the red partyhat (477.5m mid price) and 80.4m cash/items to me for a divine spirit shield, you could then sell the divine for 585.8m max in ge. subtracting the 80.4m cash/items you had to trade, you would now have 505.4m, which is 23.2m more than if you just sold the red phat in the ge. this is because partyhats only have a 1% difference between mid/max, while spirit shields (and most other items) have a 5% difference.[/hide]

[Kaur]

Whatever you decide to do, don't sell anything to this guy^^

He is one of the guys who make the RS economy suck so bad with hoarding the rares and scamming poor people like you.

[Nifflin]

Whatever you decide to do, don't sell anything to this guy^^

He is one of the guys who make the RS economy suck so bad with hoarding the rares and scamming poor people like you.

 

He isn't quite scamming you, he is giving you the very best deal he can... it's just not as good as the one he would be getting.

[glasscube]

Whatever you decide to do, don't sell anything to this guy^^

He is one of the guys who make the RS economy suck so bad with hoarding the rares and scamming poor people like you.

 

Funny, Bladewing isn't scamming anybody here. He has blatantly said that this guy would be an idiot to sell his party hats on the GE. He just adds at the end that if OP wishes to trade for GE mid price, he would swap his divine which would get him more GP. Never did he ever say that party hats are junk and impossible to trade, or that they are liquid.

 

The people who I would consider scammers? These guys right here. They have no idea how hard it is to get a party hat. Money is not important when you have a santa hat and a bunch of junk that probably adds up to around 50m that he could sell and start flipping in the GE.

 

 

In my opinion if you want fun out of RS, keep your favourite colour party hat/favourite rare and sell of everything else.

 

Think about it, you will have access to all the cool things rich people want :P 99 herblore, 99 prayer etc etc. The longer u keep them, or if you trade them for more rares, the less you accomplish :P.

 

If you ever quit again, will the fact that you have phats matter?

 

 

 

If you ever quit again, will the fact that you have phats matter?

 

No, but neiter will your levels matter.

 

I'd sell / liquidate everything you don't like (I for myself would not sell the santa, because I liked mine until I sold it) and use the cash to have fun and/or levels.

[TheAncient]

don't sell anything through ge. keep your fortune.

 

herb and pray are only about 250-300M together. it's pretty easy to make that much now. I make over 3M an hour at dk's.

[Quyneax]

Herb and pray are more like 500m if you train herb with ovl and pray with ourg/frost bones. And summoning, crafting, smithing, ranged, magic, construction etc. also cost a bit to train quickly. If you have the cash/wealth anyway, you could consider levelling some skills to 80 for the total levels/use in dg or something.

 

Personally I'd liquidate your red + blue as bladewing describes, then trade the yellow for divine (you can do that, right?) or trade red + blue for wine + divine + cash or something. That pretty much covers the most expensive piece of gear you can use (which is also really cool, imo) and gives you ~400m + your santa to work with on pray/herb.

[Bladewing]

Whatever you decide to do, don't sell anything to this guy^^

He is one of the guys who make the RS economy suck so bad with hoarding the rares and scamming poor people like you.

lol i worked damn hard for what i have. one year ago i had less than 200m to my name. with a ton of boss hunting and a little ge sniping i worked my way up to a green partyhat and a divine spirit shield. how can i hoard if i don't even have multiples, lol? OP is like 5x richer than i am anyway, if anyone i'm the poor noob lol.

 

and as others have said you should really consider every other option (including just making more money!) before you sell to the ge (or trade red for divine and ge the divine).

 

other options are selling your red for many many fury kits (20+), then trading the fury kits one at a time for stock (probably a hundred mil or so) of a freshly bought out item, then sell the item at 2x and reap the profits. this strategy is risky because it involves putting a lot of your street into an item which has questionable integrity of street value.

[Avatar200]

..They have no idea how hard it is to get a party hat. Money is not important when you have a santa hat and a bunch of junk that probably adds up to around 50m that he could sell and start flipping in the GE.

I'll look thru my junks once I get members. I'm slowly valuing my bank and kinda surprised my gems are worth over 40m. About the phats, I guess I didn't face the kind of prices current players do. It was a simpler time back when I got it. I think I got the blue for 5k cooked lob certs, which is about 5m.

 

...I make over 3M an hour at dk's.

3m/hr?! Thanks!

 

..Personally I'd liquidate your red + blue as bladewing describes, then trade the yellow for divine (you can do that, right?) or trade red + blue for wine + divine + cash or something. That pretty much covers the most expensive piece of gear you can use (which is also really cool, imo) and gives you ~400m + your santa to work with on pray/herb...

Thanks so much. I'll look more into this once I study more on street prices. But it's looking like my best option if I want hard fast 500m cash, and buy/keep raw mats to use for skilling in the future. Oh and thanks for making very nice spreadsheets!

 

Whatever you decide to do, don't sell anything to this guy^^He is one of the guys who make the RS economy suck so bad with hoarding the rares and scamming poor people like you.

lol i worked damn hard for what i have. one year ago i had less than 200m to my name. with a ton of boss hunting and a little ge sniping i worked my way up to a green partyhat and a divine spirit shield. how can i hoard if i don't even have multiples, lol? OP is like 5x richer than i am anyway, if anyone i'm the poor noob lol.and as others have said you should really consider every other option (including just making more money!) before you sell to the ge (or trade red for divine and ge the divine)...

For what its worth, I dont think u'r trying to scam me at all. You're just giving me the best options for all my possible actions. I see both you and Quyneax give many good advice in other posts so I'm sure u'r an upstanding Tipiter... :)

 

Thanks for all the ideas. Though I didn't expect having to attend economics class before coming back to RS..haha..

 

Its kinda ironic that years after GE was implemented, RS economics has only gotten more complex instead of simpler. I guess not even Jagex can stop free trade...take that Gowers!

 

p/s: yes, I know GE was also meant to stop the rampant RWT and CC frauds...

[Grogthurk]

I personally think the whole street price thing is [cabbage].

 

But, that may be because I don't have x-million in junk or cash. So if I came across 3a in a clue, I'd probably GE it at max because there is no way I could afford to sell it otherwise.

[Quyneax]

Third age is pretty much streetless anyway, unless you get druid's.

[meili]

Welcome to my world, Avatar200!

 

About the phats, I guess I didn't face the kind of prices current players do. It was a simpler time back when I got it. I think I got the blue for 5k cooked lob certs, which is about 5m.

 

Ooooh from back in RS Classic? Heheheh sweet. I also kept my "burger king hats" from RSC. All free though, from holiday drops (crackers).

 

If you ever quit again, will the fact that you have phats matter?

 

Yes, because when you return you will still be filthy rich, rather than a poor high level.

 

Don't sell the rares. You will never be able to buy them back when you don't play 24/7 to grind money...

 

That is definitely the problem if you like the party hats that you have and want to keep some or buy back later.