Easy way to make 1000's upon 1000's of CE
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 20:42
My In game name is Pawn. I am the proud owner of an Unbound Dread Venom striker with UV med slime.
My dilemma, i want to sell the item for loads of CE, but with work and gym time and girlfriend time, i don't have the time to spend hawking it in the tradechat.
Here's where 1000's of easy CE for you come in. I am looking for someone with time to sell this for me. My baseline revenue on it needs to be 17500 ce. Meaning if some ambitious upstart wants to hawk it in the trade chat for anything over that amount they can keep the extra CE.
I check my in game mail several times a day. If you are interested or you find a buyer let me know. We can do the exchange one of several ways. I can sell the item directly to the buyer for your agreed upon price and give you the excess above 17.5k ce or you can get the ce and give me 17.5k and i'll give you the sword...etc.
Let me know if you are interested here and list your IGN as well as send me in game mail.
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 20:56
#2
yes
Haha
BUT.
Back when i was broke and making energy threads i would have jumped on an opportunity like this
:)
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 20:59
#3
The fact that you think you
The fact that you think you could get 17500CE for such a mediocre weapon is just funny to me.
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 21:12
#4
Can and will
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P.S. Feel free to hawk it in trade chat, you could make some CE if you follow the guidelines. If you're not interested....DON'T POST IN THE THREAD ABOUT IT!! BRILLIANT!!!!!
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 21:17
#5
Hahaha, the fact you think
Hahaha, the fact you think you can get 17500 ce for a weapon that you could craft for less than half that is hilarious, you wouldnt even get that much ce for a tri-heart pendant, and that my friend, is extremely rare. You best be trolling good sir.
Edit: Also isnt this meant to be in the trade section of this forum?
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 21:17
#6
I think someone is
I think someone is trolling...
And if he's not then this will probably get moved to The Bazaar sub-forum where buy/sell stuff goes.
~Gwen
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 21:41
#7
if
if you want to participate feel free to post
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 22:17
#8
[ Personal attacks violate
[ Personal attacks violate our forum guidelines, please don't use them thanks - Coriolis ]
Curious as to what this originally said. x3
jeburk, 17500 Crystal Energy is ridiculous. I don't think even the newest of paying newbies would pay that prices.
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 22:50
#9
For some reason, I see
For some reason, I see unbound 5-star items go for more than that in the Auction House.
A Cold Iron Vanquisher with a low UV against beasts, for 1 million minimum bid and 1.8 million buyout.
At current prices, that's about 17k and 30k CE, respectively.
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 23:40
#10
How do you even get an
How do you even get an unbound 4/5 star item?
I heard someone say something like GM craft, but I looked it up and have no idea what it is.
The only thing I can think of is an item drop, but those wouldn't have UVs.
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 23:44
#11
pre patch
pre patch
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 23:46
#12
Myaoshi - it's from back
Myaoshi - it's from back before items were automatically bound to you upon creation. You could level a 4-star to 10, make a 5-star, and it would be unbound. It just means the item is pretty old.
Speaking as someone who owns a High UV Slime Dread Venom striker, it's not worth 17.5k CE. Mine isn't even worth that much, nor would it be if it was unbound. This probably does belong in the trade forum, though. : )
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 02:38
#13
To put in perspective, if
To put in perspective, if people were desperate enough to actually pay for that, 20k worth of CE is equivalent to $50 bucks.
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 04:00
#14
So why can't u make a post on
So why can't u make a post on forums and check it once or twice a day? Of course not everybody check's forum but majority of players that have a large amount of CE do check forums.
Try not to be too greedy cause when unbinding patch comes out, your "unbound" sword isn't going to be so rare anymore. I rather not comment on when people overprice their items, cause sometimes they do sell, just gotta find the right person to rip off :P.
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 05:55
#15
For some reason, I see
For some reason, I see unbound 5-star items go for more than that in the Auction House.
A Cold Iron Vanquisher with a low UV against beasts, for 1 million minimum bid and 1.8 million buyout.
At current prices, that's about 17k and 30k CE, respectively.
For the more expensive items on the AH, there's often a big difference between the listed prices on the AH and the price that someone is actually willing to pay. Many people don't know how to price things so they'll post an outrageous sum and lose their deposit when it doesn't sell.
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 06:32
#16
Ive seen bids on 5 star AH
Ive seen bids on 5 star AH that are 1mill. Thats around 20k CE maybe a bit less at the going rate. Not as far fetched as you all might think. It was actually a Dread Venom Striker no UV.
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 06:58
#17
ROFLLOL :O
17'500 CE = ~ 1'000'000 Crowns
Buy a Cutter for 2'000
-> Energy for ***** = 1400 = ~ 85'000 Crowns
-> Cash need for ***** = ~ 50'000 Crowns
-> Useless UV = 0 Cr
-> you get for your Fool Weapon 135'000 Crowns, up to 200'000 if you find idiots. But you know that crafting *** to **** autobind the Weapon dont you? XD HAHAAHA
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 07:11
#18
Keep your weapon, OP.
Don't listen to all the people saying DVS is a bad weapon. They're all a buncha haters and scrubs that can't appreciate good weapons.
You might as well bind it to yourself and use it, cause sales are rough when it comes to any weapon that's not a brandish, sealed sword, piercing weapon or ice bomb. I blame those guilds obsessed with Vanaduke.
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 07:26
#19
Man..I thought this was going
Man..I thought this was going to be a thread about joining a cartel to sell Spiral Knights "minerals".
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 07:30
#20
move thread
This should be moved to the bazaar section, misleading title is misleading
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 07:54
#21
@Ren_Partycat
I find it funny
@Ren_Partycat
I find it funny that you think we think the DVS is a bad weapon, no we are not saying that, we just think that it is not worth the 17.k ce he is asking for it. I own the DVS and to me I think it is a great weapon.
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 19:27
#22
Here's the deal
The thing is, it's worth that to someone. With the massive amounts of people who play this game, there is without a doubt someone who is very rich (in real life) and would rather pay real money for items. Many people in this world make as much money as i make in a week, in an hour. It's kinda ridiculous, but that's life. To some people, time is money, and it is simply cheaper and more reasonable for them to buy a weapon, then grind time at it. Long story short, it's worth this much to someone. Right now it's not a weapon that can be manufactured any longer (unbound 5*), so it's a premium weapon, i'm asking a premium price, and with patience i'll find a premium buyer.
I did not expect there to be a bustling, thriving community of 10,000 people getting in a bidding war over an expensive, 5* weapon. It's all about perspective.
P.S. What does it hurt for someone to try and participate in this opportunity? It is a risk free way to possibly make a LOT of CE. It's definitely a more proactive way for some struggling player to address their CE woes than starting a new thread about ce prices lol. Again, perspective.
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 19:36
#23
"Ive seen bids on 5 star AH
"Ive seen bids on 5 star AH that are 1mill."
There's a big difference between an item being posted on the auction house charging that much and someone actually paying that much.
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Conning someone into paying, say, 20k or 30k CE for a single weapon that isn't all that great might be a possible way to make thousands of CE, but it surely isn't an "easy" one as the title promises.
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 20:00
#24
I think the main problem that
I think the main problem that everyone would agree upon is your absurd notion that even if there was someone who had money to burn in this money-burning game would actually spend not just 17K CE, but -over- that price to pay for that sort of weapon. Dread Venom Striker is admittedly useful, but I think the only time it would truly shine is in the Royal Jelly Palace. Outside of that, it's a fairly practical weapon, but not the most ideal, and certainly not the most sought after, at least until Royal Jelly Palace stops being the number one grinding place.
And in order for anyone to actually profit from this, they would need to convince someone to pay more than your baseline price, since you seem to make it clear that you have no intention of dividing your profits- at most someone would probably only make maybe 4K CE. In my view I don't see that being worth 'thousands upon thousands' for the effort you're asking. Good lucking selling it, though.
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 21:51
#25
I've seen Tri-heart Pendants
I've seen Tri-heart Pendants sell for enough to buy 17.5k ce before, and I mean actually sold not just on sale. Also have a friend who sold his Divine Avenger for 25k CE and another sell his Faust for 10k CE so I don't see anything unreasonable about the OP wanting to sell his Dread Venom Striker for 17.5k CE.
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 22:04
#26
Other than the fact that it
Other than the fact that it isn't worth that much.
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 23:38
#27
Jeburk, the crazy people who
Jeburk, the crazy people who would pay whatever 17.5kCE is monetarily worth (~40 dollars?) for a pixel weapon are probably playing triple A titles like WoW. In any case, to a sensible person that is just a bad financial move, even if I was making a crap ton of money. 40 dollars on an item in a small video game is just............ stupid, no other way to put it.
Mon, 07/11/2011 - 23:19
#28
Through my experience,
Through my experience, someone will pay thay much for that sword. I have seen tons of not-so-great items sell for that amount.
ex. I sold 2 white chapeau last month for 17k ce each. Yes, thats more than 40$ for a hat that gives u NOTHING
Ex#2. I sold a DA for 1.5 million crowns on ah. I converted it to CE and it was almost 40k. (this was a while back)
Ex#3. I saw a vog cub coat sell for 1 mil crowns in AH 2 weeks ago, thats about 20k ce at the time.
Ex.#4. Gran fausts/fausts sell for around a mill each on AH, trust me, i bidded on them and lost.
Ex5. I recently sold a red rose set for 20k CE. Yes. Thats 50$ for a COSTUME.
Ex6. Calibur VH CTR sells for upwards of 35k. Ive seen one sell for over 40k (recently too!) thats 100$ for an item. And this happened at least 4 times. I should know, i was bidding in each of em) now, high ctr calibur is .25 seconds slower, but only costs 6-9k ce.
Truth is, some people will pay absurd prices for items they want, especially if they have lots of money and are lazy to craft/level up their own items. Call me a loser, but i follow market prices very closely. And 17.5k ce for his sword (with the uv) is NOT unsellable. It will sell, with patience. It may not be a great sword for other things except for jk, but someones gonna want it. People pay stupid prices for items that are not worth it all the time, thats the plain truth.
Mon, 07/11/2011 - 23:22
#29
Not to mention its a 5* with
Not to mention its a 5* with a useful uv
Rich newbs love that stuff.
And they dont know that "its useless except for JK". They start, they see weapons they like, if they have money, they will buy. Of course, this only applies to some newbs :P
Tue, 07/12/2011 - 03:00
#30
Do some math
For all intents and purposes, this weapon is mediocre. Even at Jelly King id much rather use an archon or a nightblade. But thats besides the point. Truthfully, no one is going to buy this weapon for that much. Even with that UV, its not worth it.
At 17.5kCE, assuming 6kcr for 100CE, thats 2.8million you're asking for that weapon.
To craft this weapon, someone above did the calculations and arrived at around 200k.
Thats 1400% the price of just crafting it. Now if you consider the UV and the fact that its unbound, I feel that ~500%-600% is more reasonable. That puts your selling price at around 1-1.2mil Cr, which is still a lot of money for a mediocre weapon.
When you consider that DA that Ichiban sold for 1.5million, it puts this into perspective. Almost everyone would agree that for all purposes, a DA is as useful or more useful than the DVS even i it has a UV.
Now to address two more points.
The white/red Chapeaus are not bought by noobs or inexperienced players. They're primarily bought by experienced players with money to burn on costumes. The fact that they cant be gotten in any other way anymore adds to the value of them. And none of them are spending real money to get CE to buy them.
The reason Caliburs are worth so much is that VH UV's are extremely rare, and like i've said previously, experienced players with money to burn and nothing else to buy, want to get better weapons since its an improvement. No one who buys those caliburs spends 100$ to get CE just or that, they just have the CE sitting around from months of grinding and making money.
Tue, 07/12/2011 - 09:16
#31
@Cobriliant
You're missing the point of Ichiban's DA example... he sold it for that much when the cr->ce conversion rate was insanely low. He made more than twice what is being asked for this sword on that sale.
Tue, 07/12/2011 - 09:45
#32
'At 17.5kCE, assuming 6kcr
'At 17.5kCE, assuming 6kcr for 100CE, thats 2.8million you're asking for that weapon.'
I work it out to be 1.050M instead.
Tue, 07/12/2011 - 15:44
#33
How about I put 20k CE in a
How about I put 20k CE in a box and you put 20K ce in the same box and I sell you the box for 30k CE. You make 10K ce right?!
On a serious note..I'm sure his price will be met but the way it's being sold is different. Had the weapon been listed in the Bazaar as a sale or auctions I'm sure he'd have bids. With the amount of people who play and spend real money on the game someone will eventually purchase it. Not everyone will agree it's worth it since not all of us have the cash or energy to blow, but it only needs 1 outta the million players to say "omfgbbq DVS unbound!!"
back to the joke though....any takers?! lol
Tue, 07/12/2011 - 16:43
#34
How about I put 20k CE in a
How about I put 20k CE in a box and you put 20K ce in the same box and I sell you the box for 30k CE. You make 10K ce right?!
I love this one.
Hahahahaha.
...Hahahahaha.