I can speak about my own experience as someone who had never done pvp outside this game, and has only started pvping recently (after levelling several 50s, I thought I'd give it a try). I will say upfront I'm not a great player and need much improving with skill and situational awareness, however as a healer I've had fun and seen myself doing pretty decent numbers for a mostly recruit geared char. However, when I find myself in a group against a premade it takes all I have not to quit (I don't like leaving wzs). I usually last about 15 secs alive and it's like stun-stun-dead. It makes me consider whether I'm really wasting my time trying to get BM gear, since I will never, ever, be able to compete with this kind of players. So yes, it is really disheartening and maybe that is the way it should be, but it sure doesn't make new or undergeared players want to persevere.

I'm glad I found this thread because I'm presently quite annoyed with the same issue the OP is presenting. I have been selling ship upgrades for what I think is a fair price, considering the cost of materials and the level required to use them. I know there are players who can afford higher prices, but there are others who cannot. I know what it is to be very short of credits myself Anyway, there is this player who buys my items (and other items from other players who also sell "cheap") and resells them for what I consider too high a price. I've read all the posts in here and I agree that there is little I can do except to rise my prices and/or undercut him by a little, but it frustrates me. I've also noticed that the name of the seller on the gtn is not the same as the name of my buyers, which leads me to think of some kind of "wall street gang" setting up prices on the gtn To the OP, I completely agree with your views Thanks for posting this so others suffering the same can be conforted