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    Default Best items to merchant right now?

    Because of the removal of items such as Dragon Full Helm and Abbysal Whips as a random drop in PVP/Bounty Hunter worlds many items are starting to creep up in the Grand Exchange.

    Which items do you think would be good to stock up on right now to make a profit in the future?
    Will anybody share any of their secret merchanting items with me ?
    Last edited by Sean[714]; 06-19-2009 at 06:49 AM.
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    there are no "secret" merchanting items. you just chose them by how the graph has been acting.

    Edit: the only "secret" items are the ones that large clans are using.

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    "secret items" meaning the items you're using right now that you are profiting from.
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    I'm not a member right now, so I'm not merchanting anything at the moment, so I don't know what's good and what's bad.

    Here's what I used to do, and I now have 250M + cash from this:

    It's pretty simple really, just experiment with items. I used armour and weapons more than anything else. Just pay attention to the graphs, and try to buy an item for low, and sell for mid. If it's going up, try buying for mid, and selling for max.

    You'll get used to the idea. Don't be discouraged if you don't sell something you just bought from the GE. You have to wait at least 4 hours before you can sell something you just bought.

    You'll get used to it and become rich in no time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coh3n View Post
    I'm not a member right now, so I'm not merchanting anything at the moment, so I don't know what's good and what's bad.

    Here's what I used to do, and I now have 250M + cash from this:

    It's pretty simple really, just experiment with items. I used armour and weapons more than anything else. Just pay attention to the graphs, and try to buy an item for low, and sell for mid. If it's going up, try buying for mid, and selling for max.

    You'll get used to the idea. Don't be discouraged if you don't sell something you just bought from the GE. You have to wait at least 4 hours before you can sell something you just bought.

    You'll get used to it and become rich in no time.
    That's exactly what I do. If the item is staying at a relatively stable price, then buy for 2.5 to 1% below mid, and sell for the same margin above mid. You can max a 5% ROI [return on investment] this way, which hits 1M at 20M invested. Not bad, considering the money would just sit around otherwise, huh?
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    Hmm okay, I think i'll try checking out the graphs.
    Thanks guys!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macro_FTW View Post
    That's exactly what I do. If the item is staying at a relatively stable price, then buy for 2.5 to 1% below mid, and sell for the same margin above mid. You can max a 5% ROI [return on investment] this way, which hits 1M at 20M invested. Not bad, considering the money would just sit around otherwise, huh?
    Exactly.

    Quote Originally Posted by oo00o View Post
    Hmm okay, I think i'll try checking out the graphs.
    Thanks guys!
    No problem, glad I could help.

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    well, DFS was doing good but now you cant even sell for min LOL, and im stuck with one. :|
    imo barrows are the best to watch for but im in a merching clan so i dont worry about overnight merching :P

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    I think if you keep DFS for a while, it'll start to go back up.
    Just wait on it.
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    Try Yew Longbows and Yew Longbows (u) as a fundamental trade.

    (Fundamental trade= buy low sell high to make a 5% profit)

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    Yew logs would be a good one day investment, then sell.
    Because of the constant demand, they're always wanted.
    But there is a lot of supply too.
    That is the reason why they wont go very high in price :S
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    I made 5m on the Dragon Hatchet thing.

    T~M

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    Ahh, dragon axes wont be randomly dropped in pvp drops anymore
    You've made 5m off it already!?

    Or you merchanted it before.
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    they were at 2m each - I sold
    they went down to 1.6m - I bought
    They went up to 1.9m i think - I sold

    T~M

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    Dang, I just don't have the time to look through a whole bunch of charts to see which items are down. I'm gonna start lookign now though.
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    also, oo00o, find sets of armour that are going down in price, buy the COMPONENTS below med (i can get them ~10gp above min sometimes!) and then once you have them, change the COMPONENTS for SETS and sell the sets at mid-max

    if set is going up, then buy COMPONENTS at Med (or lower!) and sell for MAX!

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    Oh dang, that's a good idea.
    i'm just scared that i'll invest in something, and it'll go down in price .
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