So as a trader (in 5 trading guilds) and also a master crafter (know all traits, all slots, all furniture plans, almost every style) I spend much of my time perusing the traders around Tamriel. I also have an addon (MM - all haill MM) that tells me the crafting cost of any craftable items I mouse over in the guild stores based on the current MM prices of the crafting mats needed to make it.
Now before I continue some of you might say "oh well your MM prices aren't accurate" but the sales data for mats is especially robust considering the amounts that are moved each day. I'm not questioning my mats prices.
But I HAVE noticed that for MOST furniture pieces, the MM prices are generally BELOW the crafting cost - and that's just referring to the mats needed; the craft cost doesn't take into account the time needed to level the profession(s) needed or the learning of the plan itself.
So why is furniture crafting in general a losing proposition in terms of money-making ability? Why don't furniture prices reflect the costs of making the pieces?
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