On PC people do use TTC, (with or without issues), on consoles, I've no idea!

Since we dont have the benifet of TTC on console i make sure to check random trader every once in awhile because you can find some good deals at some of the out of the way traders

I sometimes when Im really really bored or literally have nothing else to do

On console it's a little more difficult for outside traders. Honestly, if I'm not looking for something specific I typically don't visit them. However if I'm in the area, I'll stop by and see what they have in stock. I often find myself buying maps or cheap motifs that I wasn't even looking for xD

I wish there these traders were in better locations for the guilds using them. It isn't easy to get a trader and even worse if you don't make anything after getting one. Doesn't have to be in a big city but a centralized location in the middle of nowhere with 3-4 traders will do.

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That's not often the case outside of big city traders, and if you can get there before the items get flipped, you can find some amazing deals.

which in my experience is once in a blue moon. usually there is just stuff there I can find cheaper in vivec, mourn, or crag.

really not worth it time wise.

I go wherever TTC tells me to go for lowest price. So, I don't think you will get much foot traffic at these smaller kiosks. You would need to list at an attractive enough price to make players actively seek out your trader.

My social guild which usually has a trader has one either in a DLC map or sometimes a smaller town or cluster of traders in a base game map (I can't remember us ever having one of the lone traders at a crossroads somewhere, I assume the leader doesn't bid on those) and we sell a lot of stuff to people who aren't in the guild (total sales of millions of gold each week) so yes it seems people do use them.

As other people have mentioned on PC Tamriel Trade Centre helps a lot. That's what I use if I ever want to buy anything: I go to the website, search for whatever I'm buying, sort by price and then check any listings which aren't so old they're unlikely to be there until I either find it or reach the limit of what I want to pay. It doesn't really matter where the trader is, I'll head to whichever one has the item/s I want. I find it to be far less hassle doing it that way than going to a city and hoping I randomly stumble on a trader with the things I want for a price which isn't completely insane.

All the time

I don't buy from guild traders on a regular basis, just when I need something, and then I use TTC to shop for the lowest-priced listings. I'll happily travel to whatever boonies or outlaws refuge a trader is located at to purchase something at a better price.

On rare occasions-- such as toward the end of the recent Jester's Festival-- I'll just check all of the guild traders in a specific city in search of the lowest price on an item, without traveling to a dozen or more locations as indicated by TTC. In that case I'll stick to a city that has several traders to choose from, which is generally going to be a capital city. I might do that to save time, but in the case of the Jester's Festival it was because TTC didn't even have the new style pages added into the database yet, making it impossible to search for them, so the only way to shop for the pages was in person.

I Absolutely go to the smaller city/hamlet traders. Kinda like in real life. I'd rather go to a tiny ma and pa diner for dinner then a chain restaurant like McDonald's. Support smaller local businesses and families. Support smaller guilds. 👍🏻

I search via TTC then mount my pony to where ever the shinies be located at.

I often shop at smaller traders. Better prices, less noise and distractions. No one doing duels.