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Curse of Vanity

PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:38 am


Hiii so here is my question, I'd love for your opinions on what I should do!

Ok so I've been questing the item "Horns of the demon" for a bit now and I would love to get them before summer break (the thought of them rising over the summer is unbearable! They're hard enough for me to get as it is! gonk ) Well anyway I've been saving up for them buy trading like crazy! I've started from a 39k item (Lunar scythe) and worked my way up to a 170k item (Dark halo) by trading with any people who were selling an item 2-5k higher then the current item I've had. Well now I've hit a sort of dry spot. The Dark Halo continues to teeter between 169-178k making it a hard item for me to trade off (I can of course offer people some gold with it but the majority only look at the "lowest price" reading and once they see a low price because someone posted it real low to sell it fast, they don't want to trade for it). D: So my question to you is . . .

Should I continue to try to trade off this item and keep going?

or

Should I hold on to it and start working my way up with another item?

*Note While I could do multiple items at a time, I find that to be very confusing @_@" and I only have two accs. and don't plan on making anymore
PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:54 pm


Keeping your gold in items is a good idea. Knowing what items will raise and lower is pretty iffy so diversify what you have so you don't take a blow with deflation. Items worth around 100k or hot EIs will sell quick if you need gold.
ex: 3x armor mc < 1x weapon mc, 1x armor mc, 1x girly mc

Also by looking at the graphs, Right when summer vacation (SV) starts prices for those classis mcs skyrocket. But then they start lowering. Collect those classic mcs, liquidate at highest peak, then when prices settle again buy them back.  

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Curse of Vanity

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 9:41 pm


Ohhhhh I'd be afraid of not being able to buy them back x_x lol right now the most expensive thing I own is a Kiki

ps

thx for the advice : D
PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:01 pm


I agree with Lupas: historically speaking, prices are about to skyrocket as summer vacation starts. Yes, I have a couple of items ready to go smile .

Yes, it's a risk that you may not be able to buy them back. Or the anxiety of worrying about it may be worth far more than any gold you might make in the meantime. (Never forget those psychological costs, even in a game. They're real. I take them into account when I'm setting up my real life investments. You can't buy peace of mind.) But only you can determine if it's worth it.


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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 2:03 pm


Ahhhhg gonk Then I really need to hurry!!! gonk Hmmmmm I really don't wanna but I guess I should part with my chysaku scarf gonk But then again it might sky rocket and I'd get more gold for it . . . But at the same time so will the Horns x.x -head explodes- burning_eyes
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2009 10:19 am


hey im questing for them too, but i been very lazy about it my main plan right now is to sell my 1 emerald seeds for a good price when they go up in price a bit more

lemom

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