I was talking to a friend yesterdau who merchanted for a whole week and made a decent amount of cash, on the other hand I use skills to make money (not slayer) and I slowly gather a decent amount of cash. So i was wondering what your thoughts are on the fact that most people with party hats and armor usually merchanted (also stake but thats for another time :mrgreen: )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So post your thoughts!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~the tip,it woodcutter~

Well, there are 2 opinions of merchanting, for it and against it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some ppl feel that merchanters are scum and some don't. It's undeniable however that they make money out of it which they use for skills or buying some nice looking armor for theirselves. To get to the point: i don't mind if someone makes their money from buying and selling, the point that annoys me are the people that manipulate prices and try to rip other ppl off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example: santas are now around 20m or so, still on the forums some kids ask 29m or even more for their precious little elf hat.

good point :)

i have no feud with merchants but the way they annoy me ALOT is through obvious merchanting. Buying nats for 250 ea and reselling 300ea. Now it's very obvious anyone with a decent mind would not sell nats for 250ea so they are just waste of players in world 2. The same reason for players selling things for very high prices. I'm believe skilling for money is a better way for me :

Interesting topic. Personally I'm completely in favour of merchanting, not because I've ever done a great deal of it; On the rare occasions I have, it has usually been opportunistic in nature - I do always check market prices of all low to mid price, high volume tradeables (e.g. barrows, small rares, yew longs etc.) so as not to get caught out, but I guess that any classification would have me as more bargain-hunter than merchant!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The main reason I'm so in favour of merchanting is because it makes MY life easier! 110ea for 60k pure ess? I'd pay that all day long if it means I don't have to hop from world to world scouring the banks picking up the odd 2 or 3k here and there for 100ea. Equally I'd far rather accept a slightly lower price for selling 8 assorted barrows items to one merchant than spend 3 days lagging around Runescape's answer to rush hour traffic, or World 2 Fally Park as it's otherwise known.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What does wind me up though is people who think it's an easy "get rich quick" scheme - if it was, don't you think everyone would do it? The amount of time and effort that goes into being a good merchant can easily be equated to the time that other players spend fishing/wc'ing/mining/rc'ing for their cash, the only difference is you don't get xp for merchanting.

I was talking to a friend yesterdau who merchanted for a whole week and made a decent amount of cash, on the other hand I use skills to make money (not slayer) and I slowly gather a decent amount of cash. So i was wondering what your thoughts are on the fact that most people with party hats and armor usually merchanted (also stake but thats for another time :mrgreen: )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So post your thoughts!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~the tip,it woodcutter~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I say well done to merchanters. Merchanting is boring and very tedious I think. I managed to do it for like 2 days... After that I had enough. It bored me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Denic.

 

I was talking to a friend yesterdau who merchanted for a whole week and made a decent amount of cash, on the other hand I use skills to make money (not slayer) and I slowly gather a decent amount of cash. So i was wondering what your thoughts are on the fact that most people with party hats and armor usually merchanted (also stake but thats for another time :mrgreen: )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So post your thoughts!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~the tip,it woodcutter~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I say well done to merchanters. Merchanting is boring and very tedious I think. I managed to do it for like 2 days... After that I had enough. It bored me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Denic.

how do you think a lvl 50 pure can aford a robin set and a fury, merchanting if you want to have much wealth and other you must put time and efort in it

Interesting topic. Personally I'm completely in favour of merchanting, not because I've ever done a great deal of it; On the rare occasions I have, it has usually been opportunistic in nature - I do always check market prices of all low to mid price, high volume tradeables (e.g. barrows, small rares, yew longs etc.) so as not to get caught out, but I guess that any classification would have me as more bargain-hunter than merchant!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The main reason I'm so in favour of merchanting is because it makes MY life easier! 110ea for 60k pure ess? I'd pay that all day long if it means I don't have to hop from world to world scouring the banks picking up the odd 2 or 3k here and there for 100ea. Equally I'd far rather accept a slightly lower price for selling 8 assorted barrows items to one merchant than spend 3 days lagging around Runescape's answer to rush hour traffic, or World 2 Fally Park as it's otherwise known.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What does wind me up though is people who think it's an easy "get rich quick" scheme - if it was, don't you think everyone would do it? The amount of time and effort that goes into being a good merchant can easily be equated to the time that other players spend fishing/wc'ing/mining/rc'ing for their cash, the only difference is you don't get xp for merchanting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I agree. Merchants make my life easier by providing a lot of a product for a slightly higher price, which ends up saving me money in the long run because I can use the time I save to make the money back.

 

 

I was talking to a friend yesterdau who merchanted for a whole week and made a decent amount of cash, on the other hand I use skills to make money (not slayer) and I slowly gather a decent amount of cash. So i was wondering what your thoughts are on the fact that most people with party hats and armor usually merchanted (also stake but thats for another time :mrgreen: )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So post your thoughts!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~the tip,it woodcutter~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I say well done to merchanters. Merchanting is boring and very tedious I think. I managed to do it for like 2 days... After that I had enough. It bored me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Denic.

how do you think a lvl 50 pure can aford a robin set and a fury, merchanting if you want to have much wealth and other you must put time and efort in it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's called drop trading. You'd be hard pressed to find a pure in that kind of equipment who doesn't.

Merchanting is fine, but Price Gouging is bad. People who buy up lots and lots of one particular item, so there is not that much left in the economy, and then sell it all at outrageous prices.

I didn't use to have a problem with merchanting, hey I even dabbled in it a bit myself, but due to widely read guides on the subject now pretty much everyone is trying to be a merchanter, all trying to merchant the same things they have been advised to from guides instead of using their own initiative. I have no problem with merchanters, I just wish they hadn't made guides as these have, in my view, ruined merchanting for those few who started doing it by themselves without any prompting from guides. :(

Merchantings ok, but its bad when u see lvl 3s selling 100s of thousands of feathers they auto-bought, or any other macroed items.

I hate standing in world 2 for longer than 10 minutes with an item, the normal thing to do is someone says "selling X item 500k" and someone next to him "buying X item 520k", no one budges and they sit there till one person gets bored to tears and just pays it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I notice this with whips, i just buy for the extra 40k or something to save me 2 hours of trying to save a little bit of cash which i could have made anyway.

Merchanting is fine, but Price Gouging is bad. People who buy up lots and lots of one particular item, so there is not that much left in the economy, and then sell it all at outrageous prices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, this is termed "complete [bleep]ing bull [cabbage]"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Merchanting is a service, and it really facilitates many players' experience on the Market, often more than is realized. If there weren't merchants, you'd likely spend hours trying to buy what you're looking for, or sell your monster loot. The profit a Merchant usually makes is quite low comparative to item prices, maybe 10-15% max. That's a small price to pay for a nice time saver if you ask me.

i have nothing against merchants, although alot of people seem to dislike them

 

 

 

i prefer to enjoy different parts of the game than spend hours making money because that's all merchanting is

 

 

 

gain levels while making money at a slower pace than to spend countless hours merchanting in world 2 because all you can show from merchanting is the money/rares you make

i dont see anything wrong with merchanting except when they buy super low and sell super high

Merchanting is a service, and it really facilitates many players' experience on the Market, often more than is realized. If there weren't merchants, you'd likely spend hours trying to buy what you're looking for, or sell your monster loot. The profit a Merchant usually makes is quite low comparative to item prices, maybe 10-15% max. That's a small price to pay for a nice time saver if you ask me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i agree about time saver, but hours... i spend hours trying to sell stuff anyway because i get so distracted... and really it doesnt bother me. so i guess i would not care if their were none. and i see the opportunity to get back to whatever the hell you were doing but that would ruin my day, i do so much stuff when i play runescape, i often read forums and play games.

Interesting points, but in my opinion I feel that merchanting is a cheap way to become rich, rather than spend months on a skill, and making a profit :wall:

 

Interesting topic. Personally I'm completely in favour of merchanting, not because I've ever done a great deal of it; On the rare occasions I have, it has usually been opportunistic in nature - I do always check market prices of all low to mid price, high volume tradeables (e.g. barrows, small rares, yew longs etc.) so as not to get caught out, but I guess that any classification would have me as more bargain-hunter than merchant!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The main reason I'm so in favour of merchanting is because it makes MY life easier! 110ea for 60k pure ess? I'd pay that all day long if it means I don't have to hop from world to world scouring the banks picking up the odd 2 or 3k here and there for 100ea. Equally I'd far rather accept a slightly lower price for selling 8 assorted barrows items to one merchant than spend 3 days lagging around Runescape's answer to rush hour traffic, or World 2 Fally Park as it's otherwise known.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What does wind me up though is people who think it's an easy "get rich quick" scheme - if it was, don't you think everyone would do it? The amount of time and effort that goes into being a good merchant can easily be equated to the time that other players spend fishing/wc'ing/mining/rc'ing for their cash, the only difference is you don't get xp for merchanting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I agree. Merchants make my life easier by providing a lot of a product for a slightly higher price, which ends up saving me money in the long run because I can use the time I save to make the money back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exactly as you said it. I always say to friends: My time is money. And if my time is worth more money then I could by saving by getting a cheaper seller or a somewhat more expensive buyer, then I just sell/buy it now. I can make 200k profit per hour doing nature runes. If I spend 15 minutes looking for someone who buys it for 20k more.. well I can do the maths without a calculator.

 

 

 

Also, I have merchanted. For several days. Made a huge profit (like 1M or so while I started at 500k.) but I just do not like it. I rather skill and get faster methods to earn money and train even more. Also, I can now kill higher level monsters, make higher level things and got way more opportunities then money could buy me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time is more precious to me then money (read: pixelmoney and IRL money)

I don't really care about how people choose to play the game if it suits them. Skills can get you the cash, I myself made money from woodcutting, fletching and rcing, and now have a purple and 5 santas, no merchanting involved. But like I said before, each way of making money takes time, so who really cares whether they have low skills, they put in the time to merchant, it didn't happen overnight.

I don't mind merchants, it's the price manipulators whom I strongly dislike :evil:

I never really liked monotonious merchanting. I rather kill abbies for cash. :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

how do you think a lvl 50 pure can aford a robin set and a fury, merchanting if you want to have much wealth and other you must put time and efort in it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well alot of pures drop trade (how would they get the started money :-w )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON TOPIC:I'll admit that I once dispised merchants. But then I looked at it from a different side. They keep the market stable, always have supplies in major quantities ready for me, make it easier on the buyers (not having to search everywhere for someone). I just don't like the noob merchants that just rip ppl off for 50k profits -.-

personally i could never do that i get bored standing in one place for a while... seems like a waste of time to me.. I prefer exp over gp but not everyone is the same