Scouting the Trades in Twin Peaks 23-01-2013

Ok, lets see how much other traders are offering to buy your resources so I can start offering something similar.

23.01.2013

[lebanner] BUYING ALL ORES, ENMATTERS, ANIMAL OILS, BEST PRICES ON MARKET AT BALCONY NW OF TP (CHECK %'S BEFORE YOU SELL TO ANYONE!)

[Clementina25] BUYING  ALL CALYPSO ORES & ENMATTER/ METAL ENERGY RESIDUE / ESI  @ BALCONY

[Nvidia-] -- BUYING ORE & ENM : BELK ::GAZZ ::IRON :: KANE :: NIKS ::DURU ::NAT.STONES AND FRUITS -- BALCONY

[Wotan] buying ALTERNATIVE 128 %, Gold 103%, Redulite 350 %, Erionite 110 %, Iolite 112 %

[Alklek] Buying: Belk125 - Blau108 - Cald112 - Cumb120 - Gazz126 - Iron107 - Narc117 - Niks128 - Alic106 - Typo116 @ Balcony

So lets analyze Alklek offer. He is offering 125% for Belkar Ingot. Monthly MU is 126.58% and that means that on every 100 PED TT value of Belkar Ingot he will sell it for 1.58 PED more than what he paid. And this is probably less than the auction fee. And for the last year Belkar lowest price was 112% and fast it can get a lot less than that 125% he paid to buy it. If he sell it in shop he will pay less fee, but people don't go often to shops and if they go they look for cheap so he must sell it for less than 125% in the shop. If he buys the Belkar for him to craft with it it's stupid because crafters are rich and spending few hours daily just to save few pecs is stupid. So that price doesn't make sense to me. Why he is paying so much.

Now lets see if other ingots are the same way. For Blausariam Ingot he offers 108% when monthly MU is 109.90% again very small difference. For Caldorite Ingot he offers 112% and the weekly MU is 112.79%. For Cumbriz Ingot he offers 120% and the daily MU is 123.32%. For Gazzurdite Ingot he offers 126% and the weekly MU is 128.76%. For Iron Ingot he offers 107% and the weekly MU is 111.60%. For Narcanisum Ingot he offers 117% and the daily MU is 120.79%. For Niksarium Ingot he offers 128% and the weekly MU is 132.30%. For Alicenies Gel he offers 106% and the daily MU is 110.92%. For Typonolic Gas he offers 116% and the daily MU is 120.80%.
Ok, for some ingots his margin is like 4% which is better then 1-2%, but still it's a lot of work and risk to gain few peds. I will have to investigate the trading in Twin Peaks more before I start buying ores there.