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Anonymous
11 years ago

Re: Is it better for me to sell my items to NPCs than posting it on trade depot?

There is a fixed maximum sale price (different for each item) in the trade depot. I'm not sure what NPC means ... the orders that pop up? Illustrated by a coin? If so, those are all different so you have to do the math for each order. By that I mean figure out what price per item is being offered and compare it to the maximum sale price in the trade depot.

I have a spread sheet with all the max sale prices for quick reference. And a handy calculator.

Good luck!

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    Anonymous
    11 years ago
    Sorry man. I meant the NPC offerings or the city deals (or yeah, like you said, the orders that pop up)

    Anyway, I mean to ask. If for example I sell an 'X' item in the offering. Will I earn more if I sell that 'X' item in the trade depot instead?

    P.S: May I ask for the spreadsheet? Hahahahha thanks 🙂
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    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    what I usually do is go to the trade depot and check the max price I can get for an item by selling it and then put in the amount for what the order is for then compare and see which one I will get the most money for

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    Anonymous
    11 years ago
    I also usually check the trade depot before selling to an NPC. There's no definitive answer to the question of which is better, because sometimes the NPC offers more than the max sale price at the depot, and sometimes they offer less. You'd need to do it on a case by case basis.
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    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    I never knew that the selling prices is unstable/not constant, just new to this game. Anyway, thanks for all the answers! @jeff @hilary@bdietz

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