Price Fixing on the GTN : would like your opinion :)

Report the in-game mail as harassment, put them on ignore and sell your items at a level that you are comfortable with.

I've been crafting and then selling the 1st Tier Purple, Level 21 Implants on the GTN for quite some time (since Launch)

To make these, the mats are relatively easy to acquire.
Genetic Anomaly x6 Microscopic Symbiote x4 and Molecular Programmer x4 - x6.
Note: there are no Purple component (Mechanical Symbiote - needed for 2nd Tier Purples ) necessary to create these

Back in Dec 2011, I was selling these at a reasonable price of 8k each, since it seemed at that time I was the only one selling them.

Around March, a few crafters joined the market, but they were selling at much higher price and I received in-game threats to "Fix" the price of these to 10k or quote.. "We will burn you to the ground".

Okay... 8k 10k, still in the "reasonable" range I thought, and set mine to their liking.

This sort of thing has happened twice since (different characters) and my current price is 14k each, a bit high in my book, but they seem to sell well.

The characters who threatened me to raise my prices have all left the market, because I do not see them selling these Implants anymore.

Recently I got another threat. I've been sent a couple threats in the form of in-game mail.
This person must be the most greediest of them all, and wants me to raise these to match her listed prices.... 23k each LOL.

Hmm.. Doesn't "Competition" make a market thrive?
I do not know if federal Laws apply to activities in a game, but according to Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act in the United States, "Price Fixing" is concidered a Federal Offense.
Since it's just a "Game", I'm pondering whether to report said characters, or should I just /ignore her.

Edit: I play Swtor for relaxation ( I like to craft = relaxation ), but I don't want to be harassed, because then it becomes a irritation

Wow! 3 pages. My first post that made 3 pages so far

Yes, I primarily do the missions for Bioanalysis and Diplomacy to acquire the necessary mats.

Anyways, here's my total cost to create One.

1) Around One to Two Missions level 17-24 : Bountiful Yield : Grade 2 Biochemical Compounds = 2 missions for Genetic Anomaly x 6 = 940 Credits.

Also, I can go to Imperial Side Nar Shaddaa Heroic-4 area with my 50 Sith Sorcerer and AoE pharm for these, but on a per hour basis, I can harvest more doing missions. But cost wise, it'll cost more since I'd have to include the price to repair my level 50 gear ,,,,, around 20k a run.

2) One Mission level 17-24 : Rich Yield : Grade 2 Biochemical Sample = 1 mission for Microscopic Symbiote x4 = 535 Credits.
3) One Mission level 17-24 : Rich Yield: Grade 2 Medical Supplies (either Dark sided or Light sided) = 1 mission for Molecular Programmer x 4 = 640 Credits
4) Some schematics need an additional "Single-Pulse Implant Processor" x 1 (Crew skill vendor) = 10 Credits.

So.. my total cost is 940 + 535 + 640 + 10 = 2,125 Credits
If I sell each at 8,000 (my original price) I make a ... 8,000 - (cartel cost 6% = 480) - 2,125 = 5,395 Credit Profit.

Now, due to several threats in the past, I adjusted my price to 14k each = 14,000 - (Cartel cost 6% = 840 ) - 2,125 = 11,035 Credit Profit

Now I'm threaten again to adjust to their 23K price
But I'll probably continue to sell them at 14K.

I should mention that I have 6 accounts and I have a "Factory" producing these mats in large quantities?
Yes, I'm a crafting addict.

I've been crafting and then selling the 1st Tier Purple, Level 21 Implants on the GTN for quite some time (since Launch)

To make these, the mats are relatively easy to acquire.
Genetic Anomaly x6 Microscopic Symbiote x4 and Molecular Programmer x4 - x6.
Note: there are no Purple component (Mechanical Symbiote - needed for 2nd Tier Purples ) necessary to create these

Back in Dec 2011, I was selling these at a reasonable price of 8k each, since it seemed at that time I was the only one selling them.

Around March, a few crafters joined the market, but they were selling at much higher price and I received in-game threats to "Fix" the price of these to 10k or quote.. "We will burn you to the ground".

Okay... 8k 10k, still in the "reasonable" range I thought, and set mine to their liking.

This sort of thing has happened twice since (different characters) and my current price is 14k each, a bit high in my book, but they seem to sell well.

The characters who threatened me to raise my prices have all left the market, because I do not see them selling these Implants anymore.

Recently I got another threat. I've been sent a couple threats in the form of in-game mail.
This person must be the most greediest of them all, and wants me to raise these to match her listed prices.... 23k each LOL.

Hmm.. Doesn't "Competition" make a market thrive?
I do not know if federal Laws apply to activities in a game, but according to Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act in the United States, "Price Fixing" is concidered a Federal Offense.
Since it's just a "Game", I'm pondering whether to report said characters, or should I just /ignore her.

Edit: I play Swtor for relaxation ( I like to craft = relaxation ), but I don't want to be harassed, because then it becomes a irritation