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Thread: Am I the only one who charges more for heavy GAS harvestors?
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Numen
Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:30 pm
#1
I see heavy water harvs on vendors all the time and just am amazed when I see them for 150k or so. I'm not complaining or anything, but it would be nice if a few of the other schematics were extremely different in the amount of materials they take.
Ashii
Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:39 pm
#2
Charging only25% premium on the gas's is giving them away. They use 8x the amount of good steel as any other heavy harvester.
I just refuse to make them for resale, only make them for friends on request.
As for moisture... while its true they don't use walls, walls are made from Crap Ore and Crap Steel, and as a rule aren't very valuable. My pricing struture is based 75% on the amount of quality materials I have to use, and then 25% for the rest, as the other materials do have some value.
But to be honest, the amount of walls/structure modules that go into a structure do not contribute much into my pricing scheme.
-Jubey, Core Tech Master Architect
Corbantis
Dvnce
Thu Feb 12, 2004 6:27 pm
#3
Yes I too charge more.. for Gas.. but alot of people dont understand why ..
BoberFett
Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:19 pm
#4
I take an almost identical approach. Since the water vaporators only require structural modules, I only charge 100K for those. Gas harvesters requiring vast amounts of high quality steel I charge 175K for. Other BER13s are 150K.
ElBlufer
Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:26 pm
#5
I personally do not..but after reading this thread, I am going to raise my price.
Bandola
Fri Feb 13, 2004 12:11 am
#6
Most definitely, with 7,100 untis of the HQ steel that is an extra cost of around 15-20k compared to the other heavies.
LadyLeala
Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:10 am
#7
I started making a lot of these recently... and watched as my supply of high quality steel RAPIDLY diminished.
I decided that I needed to adjust my rates!
I was charging 145k for all my heavy harvestors. But there are now two exceptions:
A) Gas Harvestors I now sell for 160k due to the insane amount of HIGH QUALITY steel it requires to make one (about 8 to 10k)
B) High Efficiency Moisture Vaporators I sell for 100k because they only take 6 structure modules (which I still think is a bug 
But I'm not complaining).
But I'm not complaining).Do you guys charge more for Gas harvestors? If not, you should. Heeee
Pawlin
Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:24 am
#8
I also charge a premium for heavy gas. My price for gas is about 25% more than my minerals.
Manipulative
Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:31 am
#9
I've only made a few of these, and 2 were for myself, but yea, the steel requirements for a Gas is outrageous, isn't it? From an opportunity cost perspective, a Gas could easily have a 2x or even 3x price tag over any other heavy.
AngryHoopJumper
Fri Feb 13, 2004 9:04 am
#10
What y'all said. $160K for most. $150K for fusions. $200K for gas. When I tell them "Gas is 6500 units of ubermetal, vs 1200ish for everything else", I never get complaints.
ElBlufer
Fri Feb 13, 2004 9:05 am
#11
AngryHoopJumper wrote:
What y'all said. $160K for most. $150K for fusions. $200K for gas. When I tell them "Gas is 6500 units of ubermetal, vs 1200ish for everything else", I never get complaints.
holy crap...my prices must be really low on heavies. 100k per...135k per mineral
EimrealiaMael
Fri Feb 13, 2004 9:11 am
#12
Folks you need to realize that we're on different servers - and different servers = different economies
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