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Ever since Marketplace Outfits came out, I never really looked at it at all. Today out of boredom, I decided to check out what kind of outfits people have been putting up for sale. I noticed that almost all of the outfits seem way overpriced according to the items I see on them. In most cases, it seemed like they were priced 2-3x as much as it would cost to just go buy the items individually - based on my quick estimations and the info on the Maketplace Average when you click on an outfit. I'm sure some of those averages are wrong due to huge fluxuations on the MP, and perhaps there is a valuable item you can't quite see on the avatar, but some of them are most definitely overpriced.

So I was wondering, how many of you actually use this feature? Do you sell outfits, do you buy them? What do you think of the prices of outfits currently listed, do they seem like they are right? Do you think something should be done about outfits priced way higher than the value of the items included? Is overpricing an outfit something that should be considered a scam?

EDIT: I ask if overpricing should be something that is more moderated or considered a scam since its a little too easy to overlook the actual value of the items involved on the outfit as it is now. In my head, I just picture people buying these things and then realizing it was a mistake, much the same way people mistakenly misprice items - it is their own fault of course, but maybe the item list should also include the LMP ( or store gold value for items from the gold shops ) and a sum of those prices right on the list.

Why buy something somebody else has designed when you can design something yourself?

Seems lazy to us.

A lot of people make "outfits" by equipping every pose of an item. It's lazy. But when I find an outfit or a pose I like, I do check into it. But no. I don't buy or sell outfits.

i used to always browse the marketplace outfits to see if i could pick up items in bulk. I managed to get the spirited 2k9 "green"no idea what its called hhh set and the spirited 2k9 snowflake set IN FULL for about 20k each
too bad they are all usually overpriced nowadays
main reason why i stopped

I check it every now and then, because sometimes you can catch a really expensive item lumped in with everything else, so the end deal is pretty impressive. But that's quite rare these days. Normally I just look to check item lists and then buy the individual items off the MP.

Oh wow I think you design them nicely as well! I love your current avi.

I think the people here mentioning using it to browse nice poses for items have the right idea. I don't think I would ever buy an outfit from there even if if was priced fairly. Most of them aren't much to shake a stick at. One person is even selling a full set of a gold shop out with with a hair from lost boy for like a billion or some s**t.

Sorry I can't reply to every single person I'd like to at the moment, I'm on my iPad so it's a bit hard to coordinate multiple replies but I am definitely reading into everyone's outlook :3