Auggggggggghhhhhhhh, I accidently hit the back button whilest my fingers where flying across the keyboard and had to retype my post. Hehe, oh well.
I can't believe that their are people calling Haddo greedy. LMAO!!!! You've got to be kidding me. Now, I don't know Haddo well, and I'm not even in his guild or circle of friends in game. I do know him well enough and have watched him in game long enough to know that Haddo is one nice and patiently kewl guy who has worked long and hard to get where he's at in the game providing very nice wares and cut rate prices. One thing Haddo is not is greedy.
Haddo charges a reasonable price for his jewelry to recoup the cost for harvesting, crafting and mats in addition to making some profit. He is asking nicely for people to not buy and resell his jewels at ridicously marked up prices. I liken it to this RL situation. One walks into a store and buys a bag of Snickers bite size candies. On the bag, if you read it, there is a disclaimer that says "this product is not for resell....." The company and manufacturer of that said candy is asking and telling you that the candy is not for resale and if you do resell it, you could be subject to legal action and penalties. Haddo is basically making the same disclaimer on his jewelry and wares.
Haddo has been very patient about this whole thing as he has dealt with it since Windermeer. Furthermore the people that do it, usually wait till he is offline or as on Windermeer goes on a vacation so they know how Haddo feels about this. However, they do it anyway. Is the market in Ryzom a free market, yes, and I do not argue that. That being said, we the players have the right to make certain spoken rules about how business can be conducted in Ryzom's free market, what should be common courteousy, and to enforce those said rules and courteousies. Even in RL free markets there are some rules and common courteousies that people follow.
I said it once yesterday and I'll say it yet again....quoting myself from yesterday:
rrwfreak wrote:It is my opinion and view that if you want to get into reselling a crafter's wares that you approach and discuss this with the crafter, working out some sort of spoken agreement. If the crafter says, no, that he or she isn't interested, then walk away and search out someone else.
It is common courteousy to do this. Personally I'm to busy digging and rezzing people or going on explorations and treks, but if it is your thing to be a second party merchant, have the courteousy to ask the crafter's permission and abide by their wishes.
How hard can it be to do that? Really, come on. Maybe what needs to be done is a thread, a sticky, on some spoken in game rules and courteousies as far as the market goes as well as what will happen if someone persists on ignoring those rules and courtiousies. Although, this thread seems pretty straight forward and to the point.
edit: btw, I group the people that go out and still buy and resell Haddo's jewelry at higher prices, and people that go out and do this with other crafter's wares as well, at ridicously marked up prices (especially after being asked not to by said crafter) to people that are like "carpet baggers" and prey on victims of disasters when they are in need. A harsh comparison? Yes, maybe, but there are people out there that don't have a ton of dappers. Noobies, people that have lost their toons and guilds and had to start over, and generally some other people that just don't accumilate large bank rolls of dappers. I'm not saying we should be like a commune and share everything as I understand that there are players out there that play as merchants, but there is a fine line between making profit and being a Ferengi.
I'm not ingame atm 
