I seem to find better deals in remote Guild Traders. Has your experience been the same?

Linaleah · July 2017

It's a mixed bag

very occasionally I might get lucky with a remote trader. but.. most of the time - its just sparse inventory that is at best - has ok prices. I've actualy gotten more lucky with traiders in places like Mournhold and Rawkla by happening to scan the vendor at just the right time. from my experience at least, remote vendors are just not worth the time it takes to get to them.

DMuehlhausen · July 2017

It's a mixed bag

If you can find something like Potent Nirncrux on a remote trader it's going to be cheaper. Only way it will sell probably, or sometimes you get lucky checking the traders near the starting zones.

RANKK7 · July 2017

No

Used to visit remote traders but lately I find better prices in big towns and the time wasted to travel here and there is a loss.

Absolut_Turkey · July 2017

Yes

Finding great deals is one of the benefits of our guild trader system.

Beardimus · July 2017

Yes

Yes and that's the joy of the current system and why we 100% don't want and auction house.

Effort is rewarded right now as a buyer.

Bombashaman · July 2017

Yes

1) Buy from a remote trader
2) Put it to sell at your Mournhold (or equivalent) trader
3) Profit

Many people don't bother to go to remote traders (even if they see from Tamriel Trade Center something is a bit cheaper there). As money isn't very hard to come by, they rather pay a bit more and buy it near. And the near is usually a major trade hub.

Khami · July 2017

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

I always start looking in the remote locations first. I only browse the big guilds in the best locations last as they tend to be more expensive considering the sales requirements they put on their members.

I'm in four trading guilds. Two are in capitol cities only one has a requirement for selling x amount per week. The other just wants active members and kick after a week of non-activity.

Saying all have high requirements is wrong and someone who's uninformed.

FelixTheCatt · July 2017

Used to be true but in my experience since TamOne released the out of the way traders seem way worse on prices.

Megabear · July 2017

Yes

Bombashaman wrote: »

1) Buy from a remote trader
2) Put it to sell at your Mournhold (or equivalent) trader
3) Profit

Many people don't bother to go to remote traders (even if they see from Tamriel Trade Center something is a bit cheaper there). As money isn't very hard to come by, they rather pay a bit more and buy it near. And the near is usually a major trade hub.

Sounds effective but.. boring. Though, I used to do this all the time in some of past MMO's so I can't blame you.

Betsararie · July 2017

No

Remote traders have terrible selections and when you do find something, it isn't any cheaper.

MLGProPlayer · July 2017

max_only wrote: »

Tamriel trade center has screwed that pooch.

Don't get me wrong, I love TTC but it makes the "remote=cheap" argument moot

No it doesn't.

Most people still don't use TTC. And certainly not for stuff like everyday mats where you just want to buy from the nearest guild trader and get on with your writ.

Bombashaman · July 2017

Yes

Megabear wrote: »

Bombashaman wrote: »

1) Buy from a remote trader
2) Put it to sell at your Mournhold (or equivalent) trader
3) Profit

Many people don't bother to go to remote traders (even if they see from Tamriel Trade Center something is a bit cheaper there). As money isn't very hard to come by, they rather pay a bit more and buy it near. And the near is usually a major trade hub.

Sounds effective but.. boring. Though, I used to do this all the time in some of past MMO's so I can't blame you.

I agree, that's why I don't do it much, I have no need of extra money...can't think of anything to buy

mvffins · July 2017

It's a mixed bag

Depends on what you define as 'Remote', for example cities in zones that do not require daily traffic such as Shornhelm or Sentinel have the best deals IMO due to specific guilds that are there. If you are using the term to refer to stalls that are by themselves with no other competitor stall around before the next wayshrine then no as they technically have a monopoly at that wayshrine.

MalagenR · July 2017

Yes

This is why the guild trading system is so awesome. We have a seriously sandbox ESO world to play in here. You can be a merchant, you can be a raider, you can be a pvp'er. You can do it all. Wish we could loot corpses for their set items though. (Just loot copies not the actual items, and only 1 piece totally at random)

HalloweenWeed · July 2017

Yes

Generally yes, IF you can find the thing you're looking for there, and therein lies the problem.

Megabear · July 2017

Yes

Update: I continued to experiment and consistently found best deals in remote traders. It IS time consuming but if you're looking to save money or buy low and sell high, it seems to be the way to go. For example I picked up Hakeijo for 3K last night at a remote location, I've picked up a few precise lightning spinner/necropotence staves for under 10K and two precise necropotence swords for 5k each. All at remote locations only.

max_only · July 2017

It's a mixed bag

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

max_only wrote: »

Tamriel trade center has screwed that pooch.

Don't get me wrong, I love TTC but it makes the "remote=cheap" argument moot

No it doesn't.

Most people still don't use TTC. And certainly not for stuff like everyday mats where you just want to buy from the nearest guild trader and get on with your writ.

Maybe. I haven't paid for mats in a long while, I mean, they are just on the ground...

toxiclies · July 2017

I think this might be off topic a little but I found a trader today that had literally nothing for sale.. Why waste a guild trader for a guild that is selling nothing?

I think they should change it so that to hire a trader you should have at least 10 items for sale in your store.

Slick_007 · July 2017

helediron wrote: »

This is how the fragmented guild system works. Nobody can control prices everywhere and it stays dynamic and interesting. Central hubs do have consistent prices. Sellers are experienced. Further away prices get more inconsistent - sometimes cheaper, sometimes more expensive.

nobody can control prices everywhere? try advertising to sell anything in chat and watch the trade guilds whine. Oh noes, they might not get a sale. they cant let anyone else get one instead. Its even funnier when others come in and say the price is absolutely reasonable.

Anything that gets rid of trade guilds is fine by me.

tunepunk · July 2017

I don't know/Other

I just know that when I sell my own stuff, I just randomly make up a number that i see fitting. I don't have time or energy to look around what it actually costs at the moment. But most of my sales come from people using WTB in zone chat. If they offer me something reasonable I sell it at that price. Mostly I sell huge stacks of crafting materials. It's just sitting there in my crafting bag anyway, I rarely craft anything as I have all the gear I want.

Sets that i personally don't find any use for go straight to deconstruct, without even checking what it's worth. I just can't be bothered...

When I buy stuff, it's usually some cheap set i wanna experiment with, or some gold weapon/armor upgrades, if I'm missing a few, and I buy those from whatever merchant is closer at the moment.

Svenja · July 2017

No

I used to find good deals at remote traders, but for me it seems that time is over. Nowadays I just find items which are totally overpriced. Maybe because people in small guilds don't have MM with good data?
Just this morning I found some ridiculous offers on the remote traders I checked.
Ten Fortified Nirncrux for 15k each(!!) and potent nirn for 30k... that is more than three times the usual price.
And in many cases the traders are just empty.

FloppyTouch · July 2017

No

I find that out of the way traders lack anything I'm looking for.

I have a better chance of getting a deal in zone chat in a busy town then spending hours looking to get 1k gold off a gold temper

TheShadowScout · July 2017

It's a mixed bag

Generally... remote guild traders have better deals, but less chances of finding just the thing you are looking for. Popular trading spots on the other hand have it the other way 'round - better chance to find the thing you are looking for, but at a higher price as well...

Sylosi · July 2017

Beardimus wrote: »

Yes and that's the joy of the current system and why we 100% don't want and auction house.

Effort is rewarded right now as a buyer.

Speak for yourself not the rest of us, the current system is painful to use, which is precisely why remote guild sellers struggle to shift goods because it is not fun to spend time running around numerous guild traders, the trade system in this game is pure trash.

zaria · July 2017

It's a mixed bag

Trader on off the way traders is an mixed bag, some is pretty empty, other have idiotic overpriced stuff.

One benefit is that they tend to work as overflow traders if you are after lower value stuff like green blueprints or intricate weapons or low quanities of lowe level crafting mats who is nice then gearing up alts.

You can also be lucky and find serious under-priced stuff.
Don't forget your non trading guild stores who might have even better deals and again is nice for cheap stuff.

jmferris · July 2017

It's a mixed bag

It varies for me. Sometimes I see great deal at remote Guild Traders and sometimes I do not. Really think that a lot of it comes down to the mentality of the guild. It seems like some of the remote ones charge less to attract a crowd and some of them charge more due to either trying to make up for lesser sales or not taking into consideration that they will see less foot traffic.

Best deals that I find, though, are often people selling stacks of something for the price of a single item. There are a couple of Guild Traders that I find this happening at more frequently, so I keep notes as to which ones and visit them often. Really common with motifs, I'll buy a stack, split them and flip them for a massive profit.

I am in two trading guilds, one being a popular and well-trafficked one, and the other having a more remote location. My process is that I list higher-end items on the more popular one, and use the less visited one as a "bargain basement" where I sell lower-end items or deep discounts for items that are not moving on the more popular guild.