what's up with the Sapphires?

Have been kinda inactive the past few months but before i went inactive i thought i could invest in a couple of stacks Sapphires when they where down at 1.5/2k. But now when i come back they are just gone from the market. What happend? Has it been like this for a long time?

And why are they only worth 250g at the trader?

Looking at GuildWiki, it seems as if they never had a use in the first place, and ANet decided to just scrap them in the end...

eh Sapphires still drop

I got 2 a few weeks ago.

And theres a storage slot for them

I don't think Anet has scrapped them, just not found a use for them

As for why they went from the trader I have no idea, but its annoying

No one sells to trader, thats why there is non for sale

If only the same could be said for Jadeite

ok, heres the explaination:

1. they still are in he game and still drop ( got one from a smite crawler in uw recently >< )
2. there are no sapphires for sale at the trader because there are 'traders' who buy them all off him, and plan to resell them when they have a use ONE day ^^
so its just as soon as someone sells a sapphire to the trader, the same moment a 'trader' buys it off him again ...

Mabey cause their going to be used in Nightfall, and thats why you can't but them from the trader. But of course they could be just sold out.

Well I don't know if it's a bug or not (I believed it was a bug, but as it's not fixed several months later I don't know), but here is the thing: traders buy them for the minimum price but they don't sell them anymore. So the best is to keep them (which is not a problem for factions owners with the new storage option) and see if it's going to be fixed.

EDIT - I don't think they're going to be used in Nightfalls. I heards the same rumors about Factions (rubbies and saphirezs would be used to craft amulets and rings etc.. Result: the only ammy we have is the Ammy of the Mists - nothing you can equip).

wrong.

stand and click fast and long enough and you will get one.

people are selling to the trader but the instant one is available someone grabs it and the out of stock sigh goes back up.

I can't wait to find out what they will be used for though... think about it rubies, sapphires, diamonds and pearls... aaargghhh me mateys theres pirate gold to be had!!!

I was just wondering... has anet ever said that they will have a use? I mean, it is human nature to want to hoard shiney things, so is it possible they are there for purely economic reasons?

They've said officially that there will be A use for them, but haven't really dropped any other hints as to what that use will be.

They sell for aprox 700 gold, and if anyone is like me they would rather keep the shiny jewels than sell for a low price

Sure I've seen a material trader that had them out in a Factions explorable area.

All material traders have access to the same stock. Lord, you must have been lucky that day.

That's what we said about Sapphires and Rubies prior to the release of Factions..