Reselling celestial tempers

[kiztent]

At this point, I consider Blue Diamonds vendor sold with a cost of 262pp 5gp.

I sold a few celestial tempers for some cash this weekend on my trader.

I'm wondering what price you would consider paying for celestial tempers.

Keep in mind that there are blue diamonds on EVERY vendor, and there are sellers below the vendor sell price (that is, I saw 2-3 BD for less than 262pp 5gp), so BD supply is NOT the issue.

[Kradlum]

Which vendors? Where? I'm currently buying up any blue diamonds at 350pp or under on the AB bazaar, but that means they are trickling in and are the limiting factor on my next run of ogre cultural.

Considering it saves finding a potter and a brewer (although I can do the brewing myself) and the chances of failure, I'd consider paying 500pp for one (although I am a stingy ogre).

[kiztent]

Which vendors? Where?

Well on Stormhammer every vendor in PoK, PoT and the bazaar has blue diamonds.

At least half the other vendors I check have them as well.

[Gryfalia]

Not only common on vendors at that price, but I get a LOT of them purchased for 290 from people in the bazaar just auctioning 'Sick of all those BDs jamming up your inventory? Buying any quantity of them for 290PP each!'...;-)

Gryfalia

[OberonMiM]

They are EXCEEDINGLY common on all vendors in POK and POTranq

[Sinuuyanea Nocturne]

They're more common than beggars in PoK (on Quellious), and that's a LOT of Blue Diamonds <img src="http://www.boomspeed.com/sinuuyanea/dcrazz.gif" alt="And a LOT of beggars!">

[Perseverence Rewarded]

It just seems weird having stacks of blue diamonds in inventory.

[Balkin]

Man, I can't even imagine stacks of blue diamonds!

I'm forcing myself to NOT collect them until I get to 220 smithing at the very least. *sigh* 19 skill points to go.

[Eleena Transient]

Lets look at the costs:

Assume BD at 275
water = 1sp = free
acid = 1sp = free
celestial essence = 2.5 pp

Pure water = ce (2.5) + 2xwater (0) / 0.95 = 2.7pp
BD poder = BD (275) + acid (0) / 0.95 = 289.5pp
Celestial Temper = pure water (2.7) + BD powder (289.5) / 0.95 = 307.5pp


So with "average" 5% fail rates, they worth 308pp.

Considering the removal of the headache of running around and doing subcombines... I'd say 350 would be pretty good.

On my server, BD's run 350-400 (400 being average, 350 when you get lucky), so I'd pay 450-500 for the tempers.

[Barraind Faylestar]

On trib they run 795 in bazaar. I wouldnt pay more then 450-500 for one, thats about the cost of bd's

[kiztent]

Boy, next time someone complains about someone complaining that the markups on their smithed armour being too high, I'll point them to this thread. Cheapskates :P

[Zhorn]

On trib they run 795 in bazaar. I wouldnt pay more then 450-500 for one, thats about the cost of bd's

Maybe its different for me because I play when most of the US is sleeping.... but most BD's I see in the Trib Bazaar cost about 400pp-ish (with 500 the most common price).
But yes some people try to charge 700 or 800pp. Good luck to them I say.
Luckily I have guildies and friends who keep collecting the **** things for me now

Yesterday I got lucky and found 16 BD's on a PoT vendor.... well if you call lucky searching/mining EVERY vendor and finding the BD's under 2 bags full of crap I had to buy first to see them!

Now if I can *just* find someone to buy all this Tribunal Plate....
I might have to stand in Everfrost handing out finesteel weaps to all those Barb warriors who immediately re-roll and ditch that loser Rallos Zek.

I gotta admit though, it's kinda fun to link suit of Tundra Helanic to an Agnostic Barb Warrior and say "Yes picking a Deity might have been a good idea.........."

[Kronepsis]

I've sold Celestial Tempers for 400 on Sol Ro for quite a bit now, ever since the big price drop. Assuming the local reseller doesn't immediately gobble them up and price them for 99 plat more sitting there for weeks or so, they usually go within a couple of days, and not all at once to the same people. BD Cultural is a dying market now.

[Figg]

i buy blue diamonds for 300-350p. to keep from having to make them myself i would pay 400-475p per temper, possibly 500p if i saw a stack or more to save me time when i need them. just bought 60 BDs so i wont need for a while, but i suspect other tradeskills might think like me and buy in bulk from time to time.

[Zhorn]

Feels kinda strange the first time you reduce 40 BD's to pretty blue powder