These guys will just post something once, then go back to doing something else. Small undercut - ignore and keep posting. Large undercut - snatch it up quick, relist.
- Low volume, small undercut:
Ignore and keep posting.
- Low volume, large undercut (2-5 posted):
These guys can be a bit dangerous if you don’t know all your competitors. If you know they’re not going to relist, or if you /who them, and they’re off doing other things, grab them. If not, either test them as a competitor and buy them up to see if they list more, or just accept the price drop.
- Medium volume, small undercut:
These posters can generally be ignored. Sometimes you can cooperate with them to do resets, just ask.
- Medium/High volume, large undercuts:
These posters are one of the most frustrating to deal with. Every time they see you undercut they drop the price a significant amount. They can sometimes start out with small undercuts then graduate to larger once in a futile effort to push you out. Substantially reduced profit for everyone involved. It generally hurts them more than you if you play the AH more. There can be rare opportunities during back and forth postings if/when they cancel everything to cancel your own and relist at whatever the price was before the back and forth started. Cancel your own intermediate posts more often to make a quick pull and bump faster if this happens. If a third poster gets involved it can lock prices lower without much opportunity to reset or bump prices. My strategy (RISK INVOLVED if you have less gold than them) is basically: be relentless, if they’re reckless enough to push into profit loss territory follow them and stick with it till they log, then pull out of that market temporarily until prices rise again. If they continue the strategy over time (weeks+) move into any market they post in as much as possible any time they’re around. Send the message that it’s self-destructive for them to try and push you out. Some still won't learn, though.
- High volume, small undercuts:
YOU. Another "you" can get dull and repetitive quick. Make sure you’ve got Netflix or a stream to watch on a second monitor. If you’ve got a properly set up TSM, at worst you’ll be splitting sales with them evenly. Stick with it, first one out loses. I’ve only met 2 other posters who ever had the tenacity to go head to head with me for more than a week. In the end, one let me buy him out; the other started avoiding my post times.
