Ramuh.Dasva said:
Also I used to sometimes wait to sell. Though really selling them on Ramuh has been bad for awhile. Keeps getting returned people lowering the prices. Sad cause it went from 19-20k a stack and they would all sell within hours no matter how much you put up to like 16-18k maybe 5-6 stack a day. Sometimes none sold for a week though
For a while there was a few people buying almost every shell on Ramuh and going directly to the delivery npc (upper jeuno, the far end near choco stables). Not sure who there were sending to but I did see the same mithra bonecrafter almost every day I went to the guild in windurst. They had a taru running to them, then back to their moghouse a lot. I assumed it was someone crafting constantly since you make ~20k npc'ing the NQ rings. Buying shells for 15-16k is just smart business :-\ slow and lots of work for 5-6k but I wouldn't doubt if it was automated scripts running by rmt or others either.
I quit fishing shells once the masses caught on to them. Back when they were little known to the rest of the world, I made a killing off them only selling 2-3 stacks a day. A few of us on Titanictus.com kept quiet about where and how we caught them. Lasted almost a month that way before I saw it posted on wiki where to catch them. I would catch them for a friend that was a bonesmith but other than that, was pointless most the time. Could catch fish in Talacca cova and NPC them for faster gil with ebisu and a shrimp lure (I think... maybe minnow, been out of the game a while now :-P )
With shells, I had the best luck during thunder weather with robber rig. Had better luck with bite rates using Lu over Ebisu also but that shouldn't matter ... maybe my ebisu had bad luck on it.