Ask yourself how much would you pay in game for 1000 gold bars, remember your answer and then read down.
I know the trade market changes all the time and prices change etc, this post is not for all price and stuff it is solely looking at one thing and that is gold bars.
The trade sheet that most people know about on newfoundland says 1000 gold bars is worth 500gc to 800gc. (this is not a mistake they valued them at this, as I did ask)
Also people in game offer for this price and I am sure people pay this price.
How does this value come about and why would you pay that price?
Gold bars are only good for one thing and that is to put into a coinage and get out gold coins. Unbuffed a coinage will give a 4 to 1 return (4 gold bars equals 1 gold coin)
So unbuffed a 1000 gold coins equals 250 gold coins. If you double buff it at say a cost of 5gc per basket running on 3 coinage that is 15gc cost and you make 500gc so after cost 485gc. Now if we triple buff it the most you can possibly make is 750gc, if we value a triple buff at a low low price of 60gc and running on 3 coinage that is 180gc so after cost you get 570gc.
So to recap from 1000 gold bars
unbuffed = 250gc
double buffed (after cost of buff) = 485gc
triple buffed (after cost of buff) = 570gc
So where do these prices come from????
Use your common sense people. All constructive feedback welcome please be kind