Basilmarket

[Cardboardsnail]

No, this isn't a thread about bashing Basilmarket

I'm just shocked at how few auctions there are now

Did something reduce it's popularity?

[Dagger]

MTS maybe?
I don't really check the site often, only when I need to buy/sell something.

[jessiebelle]

i rarely find anything i need on basil, unless it's like noob stuff

[B0WJOB]

i usually find anything i need on basil, usually it's like pro stuff


maybe because I use the "Wish list" function :p

[Kawaii]

I hardly go there.:confused:

[jessiebelle]

i usually find anything i need on basil, usually it's like pro stuff


maybe because I use the "Wish list" function :p

hey! i use my wishlist ;~;

[B0WJOB]

hey! i use my wishlist ;~;

:[

Basil is helpful in finding items from time to time...
but that's it :p

[Luscent]

I use it to find clean overalls, but that's all the use I really get out of it.

[Retalion]

I use basil for making money. Buy cheap there, then resell for more in fm, haha. That and looking at the noob threads there always entertain me for some reason.

Oh, and if you want your videos to get a tonne of views (5-10k), then just stick it on Basil and hope it gets approved to the front page. Then you'll have a lot of noobs who have no idea what they're talking about comment and watch it! (lol @ viewboosting)

[Sublimity]

over two years ago I did use basil to sell and buy because it was cheap because I could never buy nx. But then Im guessing with the advent of mts, any other forum of sellinghas been made redundant really.

[pHantOm]

Unless I want a pair of tobi's that place is worthless.

And I dont need tobi's.

[Hero]

I use the wishlist there, only go there to laugh at people asking what their base dex should be, etc. :redface:

Course, you should just set up a wishlist with stuff worth something; BWG, SCG, Maple shields, PAC, weapon of choice, scrolls. That's what I do, anyway. :eek:

[Magus]

Every single comic on that site in a nutshell:
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/5347/mycomiclolgp1.jpg

[Apollo]

^ xD

I never find what I need at Basil so I stopped going after the 5th visit <_<

[Hazzy]

I heard they had issues with the system, that might have done something.

[Chameleonic]

I stopped going there after it required you to sign up to view anything.

[Retalion]

Every single comic on that site in a nutshell:
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/5347/mycomiclolgp1.jpg

I lol'd and its so true... people there have such low standards in terms of comics and videos (Rofl, you're the person who made that amazingly hilarious video about how people make bad videos right? xD)

[Cardboardsnail]

Every single comic on that site in a nutshell:
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/5347/mycomiclolgp1.jpg

Very true indeed

[Worthyness]

I only go there to see if there's some decent equips 0_o

except i never have the funds to go for the decent stuff xD

However, Basil is usually cheaper than the usually over priced FM stores

[Airrat]

I go on there to look at stuff from time to time. Mainly claws as everything else is pretty much empty.

[Cardboardsnail]

I go on there to look at stuff from time to time. Mainly claws as everything else is pretty much empty.

It wasn't like that a few months ago

Now I can't find a single 1h sword even in Bera's auctions

[thelagger]

I can care less about them anyway, everytime I put a bid up some kid bids and never buys it.

[CronoRegen]

I use basil for making money. Buy cheap there, then resell for more in fm, haha.

That'd be my copyrighted marketing technique that you don't have permission to telecast to everyone D=.

Protip: never sell anything on Basil unless you really are in need of getting rid of that item. If you want something for cheap, GO TO Basil lol, scrolls are like 1m less than fm price.

[★tastie]

ive never really understood basil, going through the auctions. i see people supposedly buying swords and other things for ridiculous prices, obviously people were throwing in fake bids. i could also never find a well upgraded item when i wanted it. i guess the REAL reason people use basil is for scrolls? the other thing is in terms of forums, people there spam SO much.

[JezzaRules]

I don't like basilmarket, he keeps rejecting my submitted pictures even though they're not bad in any way. Plus I find the forum rules too stupid, (must have +5 feedback to post and discussion about private servers will lead to suspension)

[Kigaz]

most people use basil for the forums (unfortunantly)

[Judgment]

Plus I find the forum rules too stupid, (must have +5 feedback to post and discussion about private servers will lead to suspension)

The thing that I dislike about this rule is that BM also culls inactive accounts. (I took a break from MS in 2007, and I think my BM account got culled because of it.)

I absolutely don't see why this account culling at BM is necessary.

[Kevvl]

The forums aren't that bad. The Class specific sections are nice enough at least, and that's all I visit. Although, it has significantly more spam than other sites, I enjoy going to Basil because I can help people there more than any other site.

[Muse]

I havn't been to BasilMarket for a couple of years. Thats probably because I turned 18.

[xLishaBaby]

I used to go on basil a lot.
I haven't been using it for months now though.
It just takes longer, than looking through fm, because you have to win the auction, then wait for the person to contact you or answer your msgs, then you have to wait for that person to show up. And if you're really unlucky, you won't finish the trade anyways in the end, cause that person may have changed their mind or just put up an auction for fun? D:

[Rain]

I havent been to basil...well...for...uh...awhile :f6:

[Delicae]

Yeah, I've also noticed that.

It used to be useful with finding out the typical price of something at a glance, and finding some good auctions going on.

But now it's scarcely used. I guess those fake auctions/bids kinda drew people away.

That's okay, I never used it anyways :f3:

[»-Chris->]

Easy enough to just find in fm now? Way shorter wait time, and even can get cheaper prices.

[miny]

When I was lower level, I used Basilmarket a lot, but now, I don't even use it.

[Bacon]

I have never used BasilMarket (as in, I've never bought or sold anything). I used to use BasilMarket as a standards of checking the price of an item, but with the fluctuation of the market, I find that BasilMarket isn't as reliable as it was when it first came out.

Basil is useless to most people, since they already know the prices of things.

[Cardboardsnail]

I have never used BasilMarket (as in, I've never bought or sold anything). I used to use BasilMarket as a standards of checking the price of an item, but with the fluctuation of the market, I find that BasilMarket isn't as reliable as it was when it first came out.

Basil is useless to most people, since they already know the prices of things.

If most people knew about prices, then scammers would be out of a job.

[Bacon]

If most people knew about prices, then scammers would be out of a job.
Scammers can only get to the newbies who have never played. I feel sorry for the people who've been playing for years and can still get scammed. If you've been playing for over a month of so, I'm sure you'll be able to find buddies who know all the prices. You don't even need to learn them yourselves. If I ever need to find out the price of things, I'll usually ask in my buddylist or guild and I'd get an answer back within a few minutes. It's quite nice.

[HeroxAndrew]

too much flaming and trolling on basilmarket
sleepywood > basil in everyway

southperry > Sleepywood >:D

[JezzaRules]

The thing that I dislike about this rule is that BM also culls inactive accounts. (I took a break from MS in 2007, and I think my BM account got culled because of it.)

I absolutely don't see why this account culling at BM is necessary.

omg, they CULL accounts :eek:?
Mines is probably culled already, been inactive for at least half a year now...

[Katie]

Do they even update things on there? Seem's like anytime I went to that site, prices of things just seemed completely wrong. Same with the auctions. I could never find anything and when people did bid on something, they were stupid about it.

['Lexy]

I put up a buying auction for a 120+ Spear, and a ton of people contacted me in-game.

...though I eventually ended up buying a 119/14 FF [About 7 more STR and 1 less watk for 150m less than the 120 spears] from a guy who saw my post on SW...

[Eneko]

i think alot of them are fake. Basil is now a place just to socialize and post pics and vids and look and watch them. I go there when im bored.:redface:

[Elu]

omg, they CULL accounts :eek:?
Mines is probably culled already, been inactive for at least half a year now...

No, we don't. Not that I'm aware of.

[Worthyness]

Now i have to get my basil account to +5 before i can bid over 1 mil... so i have to collect ores for a while i guess...

[JezzaRules]

No, we don't. Not that I'm aware of.

Hey Elu, never knew you'd be on SouthPerry too =P.
Glad 2 hear that my account is safe for now.

[EndlessAxis]

great idea relation :P Imma try that nao xD