WoW March to 1000 Gold: 5th Podcast, 25g14s
Jan 15th, 2008 by tyson
Welcome once again to this tutorial series where I take a brand new character (Night Elf Druid) from scratch on a brand new server and earn 1000 gold in the game World of Warcraft. This is without the help of any addons, extra characters, or of course, begging!
This is an exciting podcast. The lessons are bigger, the money is bigger, and it’s multiple sessions of “work” all condensed into one podcast. Enjoy!
To listen to the 5th Podcast, go here:
WoW March to 1000 Gold: 5th Podcast, 25g14s
Thanks for listening, and see you the next!
Hey. Thanks for all the help, it really helps.
I’d like to make a note here, and was wondering if you might help me:
I have a serious moral problem buying something from someone for less than it is worth. I feel as though I am cheating them out of money. However, others might argue that because they are willing to give it for a certain amount of money, that is how much it is worth to them.
What’s your stance on this?
IMHO -even though you aren’t asking from me but from Tyson- is that if they are willingly putting the item/gear/stuff for sale below the apparent value of it, they are agreeing on the price they receive for it. I have to admit that I sometimes sell stuff below the market value just to get rid of it so I get money for something more valuable and more profitable instead. It’s a way to cut the slack.
I would feel bad if someone was forcing them to do so, but in the case of AH they are willingly putting their stuff for sale on a price they have determined.
For a sales oriented person like I am, one fact is very clear. Actually two:
- Price is correct if the seller and buyer are satisfied with it
- In pricing, the price is always taken out of nowhere, based on the surrounding factors (like competition, apparent price and evaluation): it’s never a factual thing.
It all comes down to the fact that some play the game for the content, some for the money and some for the gear. I fund my playing for the content by playing for the money in AH, so I relish on the fact that there are those who don’t care how much they are asking for an item they put on sale there. One players win is anothers bargain.
Copra
I’m mostly talking about when you aren’t sure if someone knows it is worth more than they are putting it up for, or offering it to you via trade. On one hand, I don’t want to lose a deal by telling them it’s worth more than I (or they) are offering, but I also don’t want to cheat anyone out of the gold.
Sigh.
Ben, I don’t know if I can say it any better than Copra (and won’t try).
You know where it really tugged at me? In Everquest where there wasn’t an auction house but a trade channel (at least at the beginning, I don’t know about now). You dealt with people face to face, always. There was the feeling that, after having made an incredible deal, you could have just told them they were making a mistake. And you know, I actually have before to some nice people. Not for a long time, and not really in WoW. For some reason though, money in EQ seemed more valuable than it does in WoW. It’s completely a luxury in this “easy” game. There is also something to that.
The thing is, their intention and realm of thought is comfortable making what they make on it, just as I am comfortable with another auctioneer buying my below-avg. goods and putting them up for an insane price. I hope it sells for them but I’ve made what I wanted and was comfortable with making. The high price is not within my paradigm. Just as easily, if they were to instead ask in the trade channel, “price check on xyz item” or privately ask me “hey I’ve seen your name… how do you do it, and what do you think I could get for this item…” I would tell them. Right now we’re not dealing with anything but luxury items, in a game. I would apply the same thinking to the stock market in real life.
Is it morally wrong not to “inform” them of their mistake? As a short answer, no, but I believe that’s a big discussion worthy of a thread in the forum.
I also think that there’s a great simplified analogy waiting to be written that really demonstrates the answer, but I don’t have it yet.
G’day from Australia mate.
I’ve been listening to your podcast and have thoroughly enjoyed it so far. I’m really looking forward to the latter parts of the series where you deal with higher value items. People in my experience tend to be a little more saavy when it comes to an item worth more than a handful of gold.