Originally Posted by
Dreadmime
Yes you can do the same thing through private trade but i'd rather select 10K flour and punch in 40gc and hit trade once, then use a macro or do all those stacks by hand. Also, it'll be nice to see some prices come down because of competition like nobles/etc in terms of gem items. Someone's always going to be undercutting the next guy. The upside of that is you'll have an easier time *finding* watermills and nobles and silos because people will be selling them on trade.
Overall the trade system is a boon to the server and the 24 hour rule is a perfect fix for the false traders that scam people out of their hard earned gold.