making a profit on ML craftables! NOT

[imported_feath]

okay, a discussion with someone on prices of goods started this whole thing for me. I knew my crafted items were getting expensive to make, and i even knew that i wasn't making much gold - what i DIDN'T realize, was that I wasn't MAKING gold, i was losing it, and HUGE amounts.
I'm rather pissed.
i chose this forum to have this discussion, it could actually fit in several.
I mainly make ML craftables - pendants, britches, scrappers, ect. These are the nice stuff people actually use. it's why i made a legendary crafter, to make these things.
Today, i shopped around and got high-low prices for all the ingredients on my ML stuff. Here's a lovely list, with costs, and selling prices.
This is on europa, btw.

pendant
eye - 375k-325k
pearl 5 - 350k (5)
star safires 50 6.250
cost: 731,250 - 681,250
selling at: 675k-575k
me; 575k
Gain/Loss; 100k - break even

resillient bracer
captured essence 500k
blue diamond 45k - 20k(5)
diamonds 50 10k
cost; 555,500 - 530k
selling at; 450k - 595k
me; 450k
Gain/loss: 105,500 - 145k

essence of battle
captured essence 500k
fire ruby (5) 30k-20k(5)
rubies 50 3.750
cost: 533,750 - 523,750
selling at: 500k-600k
me: 525k
Gain/Loss: (possible gain) 1,250 (possible loss) 8,750

spell woven britches
eye - 375k-325k
putrefaction 10 300k (10)
scourge 10 300k - 275k (10)
cost; 950k - 925k
selling at: 600k
me; 600k
Gain/loss: 350k - 325k

song woven mantle
eye - 375k-325k
muculent 10 60k-25k (10)
blight 10 75k-50k (10)
cost; 510k - 400k
selling at: 500k-600k
me; 450k
Gain/loss: 50k - 100k

my two mind blowing favorites:

stitcher's mittens
captured essence 500k
corruption 10 360k-250k (10)
taint 10 2m - 1.5m (10)
cost: 2.860m - 2.250m
selling at: 1.8m
me: 1.8
Gain/Loss: 1.060m - 450k

scrappers;
blank scrolls 100 500
dread horn mane 300k-250k
taint 10 2m - 1.5m
corruption 10 360k-250k
cost: 2.660,500 - 2.000.500
selling at; 275k - 300k
Me; 275kk
Gain/loss: 2.385,500m - 1.725,500m


I blame the prices on ingredients, of course. Captured essence at the number one spot at 500k a bottle. That is, of course, if you find any for sale. I've had to go cross shard to find them. our next suspect, taint. 10 for 2 mil. Sounds cheaper than cap. ess, but i need 10 of them to make anything. Yeah, you can sometimes find it less than that, but you have to hunt, and if you're lucky, you might find 10 whole pieces for under 2 m. More likely, not.
Third in place is corruption, at the low end, 10 for 250k. I used to not complain about it, figuring it was an okay price - then I took a look at what I'm (not!) making on the products....
350k for an eye....Oh, and lets not forget the price of the vendor at 125k a day....

*throws in the towel*

That's it for me. With the prices the way they are, I will not craft another item. I might as well trip merrily through brit bank, throwing 1 mil checks... at least that way, someone will have some fun.

I'm sure someone will say 'raise the prices', but the two items i'm actually positive income on, don't sell. The other items, I've attempted to raise the price - to hear that the prices were to high for the shard (see the first words I said on how this thing started)

I'm done losing money! no more crafting! As more people wise up, the crafting will stop altogether. What few remaining ML items there are left, will sky rocket in price. It's the start of a crafting crash, imo.

 

[imported_xStrikerx]

That's about right for everything except scrappers. Although a basic scrappers will lose money, a 3 mod with give tens of millions in profit. Even a LRC scrappers will give several million in profit.

 

[imported_feath]

from all the scrappers i've made, i've never made one that had anything special. and at that price, i'm not going to gamble trying.

 

[Setnaffa]

The ML Craftable Artifacts are only profitable for the folks who do the Peerless. I believe that's the way it should be.

I've never purchased the ingredients and never will.

 

[Basara]

Are you making them with 120 Magery, or less? Magery adds to the chance, and there were hints that Eval might as well, when the craftable books were first introduced.

 

[imported_feath]

my scrappers maker:
120 mage, 100 inscription and 120 EI

my 'crafter';
120 down the board too, including arms lore

 

[jelake]

I found some Taint; 10 for 70k this weekend, cheapest I've ever seen. Needless to say I scooped them up right away. Also a dreadhorn mane for 50k. Prices are definitely going down on my server.

I've noticed some insane prices for the eyes, essense and such on other servers.

 

[imported_feath]

you lucky!
I'll be checking prices every couple of weeks, but until the prices become reasonable, i'll either stone my crafter skills, or just simply not log into her.