Emerald (06-13-2019),♥ Hydrapple ♥ (06-13-2019),Pearl (06-14-2019),tonic (07-23-2019)
This is the first time a RR cap has came out where popular items have held their value though. While people are happy that there are more around, when you spend ~30-35 in value to get something that drops ~15-16 overnight is a hard pill to swallow. Whether you traded in GBCs onsite ($60-70) or bought it on here, you're still losing half of what you put in to get the item.Originally Posted by Emerald
Some items that have been RRd have just started returning towards their old values. Typically with the RRs, values quarter to halve overnight and it takes a year plus for it to even start gaining in value again.
I'm not saying that hard to find/popular items should stay at high costs just because people would lose money, but it does get frustrating to lose out on your money like that.
At some point I think enough things are going to RR that it kills off the NC regulars. I'm not saying the argument is the same, but if they don't RR UC's, they shouldn't RR every NC item either. All that is happening now is the gap between hard to find/rare items and everything else is getting even wider.
Playing devil's advocate though, RRs do bring a lot of new blood into NC trading so it is really great to see them able to get the nice items that others were just fortunate enough to get from events. If RRs push out all of the salty "old school" NC traders, the NCC will be just fine, just different. There's nothing wrong with different!
Last edited by Malarkey; 06-13-2019 at 06:55 PM.
Emerald (06-13-2019),♥ Hydrapple ♥ (06-13-2019),Pearl (06-14-2019),tonic (07-23-2019)
Oh I definitely understand the fair points you brought up! My post was geared more toward people who trade for populars just to trade for populars, or for people who trade strictly for status symbols. Having said that, there is nothing wrong at all for doing so; to each, their own. I too believe that they shouldn't RR ~everything~ just to make a quick buck. Bridging the NC gap now is very comparable to purges that create a larger gap between converteds and UCs, especially since they won't be rereleased, so I can see logic in that argument.
Malarkey (06-13-2019)
A majority of the HTF "populars" are ugly as FUCK
who wants a that giant oversized flower staff? underwater easter statue?? literally anything tacky.... like wat
Last edited by Pearl; 06-14-2019 at 03:30 AM. Reason: Forgot to complete spoiler tag
I figured since I already bitched about Lauren once today on the users get under your skin thread, that I'd post this here.
I understand that things being valued too low can be frustrating and a way to take advantage of inexperienced traders. I also understand that using DTI as a gauge for item rarity can be helpful. What I can't get behind is these public "This value isn't right because of xyz" without a real reason. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that these items are on people's DTI wishlists because they want it as fodder and not because they actually want to own it. I know I'm guilty of this and I take it into account when looking at older items.
No one wanted them when they were out, no one really wants it now, they just want it in case someone is searching for it and has something they want. Does that mean the value should be higher?
Just because an item is old or rare, does not mean that it isn't a ~1-2 value. If it becomes popular, a few people might get burned, but the value will rise just like it did with Colourful Staircase Background. If it's not popular and no one wants it, leave it at ~1-2 or value it however the fuck you wish.
I'm just waiting for the day where NC trading dies off because no one can afford the wack ass values users are placing on their items. The only access you'll have to older items is through re-releases which will drive down the wacky values, or buying them offsite. Or just suck it up and customize your pets with the mostly mediocre new items that come out.
I also hate it when people wont say what they want and are like how much are you willing to offer? well nothing now lol bye. Then you have these people going on about values to buff up their own junk hoard lists. They make trading so needlessly difficult and then bitch when they can't get trades? I just started buying big stuff here. Good luckfighting among yourselves over values on shit you don't even liketrading twats!
Baelia (07-22-2019),♥ Hydrapple ♥ (07-10-2019),Malarkey (07-10-2019)
Last edited by Chihiro; 07-10-2019 at 08:51 PM.
Her leaps in logic astound me LOL
She's really trying to push the DTI ratios as a standard
*hair toss*
I've recently traded my Cropped Auburn Locks in a 1:1, 1 GBC trade so there's no way it's 3-5
It's ugly as sin, too, who wants it? lmao
I reported my recent trades for Watermelon Makeup and Strawberry FP... Watermelon was 6-8 and Strawberry 8-10... Why, I don't know, because that Strawberry FP is hard as heck to customize with.
My point is is that these trades are happening - but because a lot of them happen off the Neoboards, with users contacting each other directly, these people who want to inflate values use it as a chance to scaremonger folks into thinking the market for them is stagnant.
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