Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: Chef pricing
Psy1ocke wrote:
I'm not sure if I'm just playing in some little bubble or what, but I have a great and successful relationship with the BE I work with. I read the Chef boards religiously, and recently the BE boards, but it still baffles me about some of the tension between these two crafting communties. I understand some points from both sides, but all in all, I shake my head and ignore the hostility that some of the people from these two professions have shown each other over pricing.
I pay my BE an average of 30k a crate of BSNs, (this is on Corbantis), so averaging around 1.2 mil per full run. He averages about 4 runs a week for me. That's almost 5 mil a week he makes. That's a decent income off of one person. I don't usually provide him with meat or resources, that's his job, just as I wouldn't ask my customers who buy my food to bring me fruits, wheat, tubers, whatever if they wanted my food and drinks. (Ok, sometimes I have, likefor Bespin Port, just because I hate Tatooine and don't plan on harvesting there. =D) He knows I charge 250k for a crate of casked Brandy made with his suppliments and never once a complaint that I'm ripping him off, because he knows I'm not, and I know I'm not.
I'm not sure if some are forgetting that Chefs don't ONLY make Brandy. My goodness, I have about 15 different cratedBE'd foods and drinks on my vendor. For most of my foods I just charge double what my Non-BE'd foods cost, with about 5-10k added on (extra factory time/water, value/demand of the higher buff, etc). This basically covers the price I spend in additives. Then again, I'm not just in the cheffing business to make a quick buck. However, I'm probably one of the most successful chefs on my server, and have beena cheffor over 6 months.
Ihave great respect for the BE I work with and value his services, talent and dependablity, very highly, as well as for most BE's. People all play differently, if a chef wants to find a BE to make a schematic for whatever price is agreed upon, and the BE is fine with it, so be it, nothing wrong with that. I've found something that works for me, I don't want to tie up my factories with runs of suppliments, some BE's might feel this way as well and want to sell their schems. Everyone has a choice about pricing and who they want to work with, it's just a matter of finding the right business relationship for your play style and that of the person/people you're working with.I don't think it always has to be rocket science or math class to get what you want or to make both parties happy.
I agree completely with you. And I think this will all blow over in a month or two.
But something to keep in mind, less than 1/3 of the players post on these boards. Those that do usually have something to complain about. So these boards will always be more negative than what you see in game.
Psst, I'm on Corbantis and I'm running 20k/crate right now @83 nutrition,if you need any extra
Psy1ocke wrote:
I pay my BE an average of 30k a crate of BSNs, (this is on Corbantis), so averaging around 1.2 mil per full run. He averages about 4 runs a week for me. That's almost 5 mil a week he makes. That's a decent income off of one person. I don't usually provide him with meat or resources, that's his job, just as I wouldn't ask my customers who buy my food to bring me fruits, wheat, tubers, whatever if they wanted my food and drinks. (Ok, sometimes I have, likefor Bespin Port, just because I hate Tatooine and don't plan on harvesting there. =D) He knows I charge 250k for a crate of casked Brandy made with his suppliments and never once a complaint that I'm ripping him off, because he knows I'm not, and I know I'm not.
