Ectos.. How cheap and how high?

MaDDoG1221

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2007

Perth, Australia

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Ive been sitting in ToA last 2 days now watching the ecto price range, got me thinking do people really sell ectos @ 4.5K ea?

Would this be a good thing to powersell? Whats highest they go? 5K?

Just wondering..

holababe

holababe

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2006

Goon Squad [LLJK]

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They were at 4.3 or so about a month ago. They will go up again no doubt.

BLOODGOAT

BLOODGOAT

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2007

long a

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Last time I paid attention to any prices was just before WoH got buffed. I remember because that's when I stopped going to ToA as 600/Smite FoW HM got extremely lame after that. Shards were 1.7k (and now are 2.1k) and ectos were 4.5k (they're still 4.5k).

i dunno lol
Not that great for power-selling unless you actually farm them though, which then it isn't really power-selling at all.

champion of faction

champion of faction

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2007

The Netherlands :)

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Ecto =min u can buy = 4.5k and u can sell for 5k in kamadan

matty-w

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2008

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erm... i think they used to be 15k... prices are just random m8 check out gw.gamewikis.org

Prof Of Black

Prof Of Black

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Join Date: Nov 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by matty-w
erm... i think they used to be 15k... prices are just random m8 check out gw.gamewikis.org
Not rly.. They have been 5.5k @ trader for a few months now.

OP: Yes, I guess it's possible to trade with them. You wont make that much though.

~Prof.

N1ghtstalker

N1ghtstalker

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2007

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i go from the prices at the traders
if an ecto is for example 5.5k for buying at rare material trader and 4.3k for selling at trader i always take a good price between those to numbers
in this case i would take about 4.8k or 5

Commander Ryker

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Join Date: Jun 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Prof Of Black
Quote:
matty-w
erm... i think they used to be 15k... prices are just random m8 check out gw.gamewikis.org

Not rly.. They have been 5.5k @ trader for a few months now.
Which is why he said USED TO BE.

The Way Out

The Way Out

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

In my peanut brain

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lol... I remember ecto at 12k... ahhh... we need the ignorant back!!! FTW!!!

Ecto have been stuck at the following forever...

WTB Ecto 4.5
WTS Ecto 4.8

You will occasionally see people try to sell for more, but this has been the mean for awhile.

I do see Shards jumping up and down more often than Ecto, but at 2.2k average, who cares about Shards.

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

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Join Date: Jul 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Way Out
Ecto have been stuck at the following forever...

WTB Ecto 4.5
WTS Ecto 4.8

You will occasionally see people try to sell for more, but this has been the mean for awhile.
Exactly. Every once in a while, I get to buy them at 4.5K (usually 1 or 2 at a time), but for the most part people spam them for 5K and no one buys. I'd say that the stabilized price is somewhere between 4.7K and 4.8K.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetdoc
Exactly. Every once in a while, I get to buy them at 4.5K (usually 1 or 2 at a time), but for the most part people spam them for 5K and no one buys. I'd say that the stabilized price is somewhere between 4.7K and 4.8K.
The same was true when they were worth 7.5k to 8k. This has been the rule of ecto selling for a while. If you are buying, it really helps if you have a lot of sellers and no buyers in the district (that way, you can make people compete for your buisness), so getting lucky showing up at the right time helps.

Some stubborn people would refuse to sell to me for 7.5k. A week later, I'd have my FoW armor and they'd still be spamming WTS ecto 8k each.
I bet they wish they had sold them to me for 7.5k a few weeks later when the price started to plummet.

The Way Out

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Join Date: Aug 2007

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Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
The same was true when they were worth 7.5k to 8k. This has been the rule of ecto selling for a while. If you are buying, it really helps if you have a lot of sellers and no buyers in the district (that way, you can make people compete for your buisness), so getting lucky showing up at the right time helps.

Some stubborn people would refuse to sell to me for 7.5k. A week later, I'd have my FoW armor and they'd still be spamming WTS ecto 8k each.
I bet they wish they had sold them to me for 7.5k a few weeks later when the price started to plummet.
When I bought my monk's FOW a few weeks ago, I bought all my ecto at 4.5k or less... and experienced the same thing you talk about.

WTS Ecto 5k
WTS Ecto 4.9k
WTS Ecto 5k

WTB 105 Ecto 4.5k no haggling!

Two seconds later.... someone pms me and sells me them for 4.5k

I then sold them for 4.7k and bought another 105k for 4.5k from the same trader... haha.

I find it helpful too that I clear UW daily... I get a steady stream of ecto coming in, so I don't pay too much attention to the pricing unless I start going for a mini or a r8/r7 item.

Rothaga

Rothaga

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

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We'll see what the prices are after we lose all this favour...

Prof Of Black

Prof Of Black

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Join Date: Nov 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Commander Ryker
Which is why he said USED TO BE.
Dude, gg for you..

Quote:
Originally Posted by noob guy
prices are just random m8
Quote:
Originally Posted by Prof
Not rly.. They have been 5.5k @ trader for a few months now.
~Prof.

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

20k+ days were the days

Akroma Angel NL

Akroma Angel NL

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

[LLL]

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the price 2 buy is now round 4,6-4,8K 2 sell i see alot for 4,8-5K

hope the days will come when ecto is 15K+