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Thread: Non BEs question regarding additive pricing. Please help =)

SurrealKnyte
Tue Jun 08, 2004 7:14 pm
#1


Hi all! Figured I'd ask the experts here a question regarding pricing for BE-made additives. I'm an aspiring Chef, and my best friend plays a BE in game, so we have a pretty win-win setup going. I have vendors set up, and recently I have just been giving him half of anything I sold that I used BE additives for, not thinking anything about it. Money is not an issue between us at all, but I want to be totally fair. I pay the maintenance on most everything, and figured if I could save a little by not giving half of everything I made to him, but using it for maintenance costs, buying milk and eggs from other people, etc.


I looked around and really couldn't find just a guide to BE additives and what most people think are fair prices for them. I have no problem paying good money for them (and then some), but I'd just like to glean more knowledge about pricing. I'm not trying to be greedy, but if I could tell him, I will buy 40 from you for XX amount of money, that will be easier in the long run I think.


I'm not a BE nor have I any clue whatsoever about the profession, so that's why I'm here. If anyone can point me to a guide, a website, or anything that might give some information about pricing (even in general), I'd greatly apreciate it. Feedback, of course, would be greatly appreciated as well =)


Thanks for your time!
SurrealKnyte
Tue Jun 08, 2004 8:25 pm
#2

/bump
Kevie
Tue Jun 08, 2004 8:50 pm
#3

well i dunno about your server prices, but i know medium nutrients usually go for 25k-45k a crate, heavies for 35k-55k a crate


nutrients are pretty much the only kind that actually sell though lol, so i'm not sure how you would price other additives






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Agent_Riley
Tue Jun 08, 2004 8:55 pm
#4

A lot of this really depends on your server and the local economy on it. One thing you must realize is he has to get an pretty good size stack of high quality meats and other organics to make them. The bulk of our tissue is made with meat and then either other organics (as the case for most Chef tissues). Here is how I price my regular items I keep in stock for chefs..Nutrients (by far my biggest seller). I make everything else to order ussually, but the Nutrients are what my local chefs buy up in bulk.


Lights go anywhere from 400-600 a unit, Mediums I sell at 1k a unit, so 25k a crate. Large/heavy nutrients require a Master, so they ussually run more. (I can't make them yet, so I am not sure what they are running.)


This seems to be the norm for the tissues I see. Obviously this would be medium nutrients with stats 80+.. The only time I charge higher is if I get an urgent request, or if someone wants an exact stat.. In that case I open up my BECalc and start churning numbers.


Hope this helps you out some..



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SurrealKnyte
Tue Jun 08, 2004 9:48 pm
#5

Thanks for the feedback guys, I appreciate it. Wow, either I quit using additives until I hit Master Chef or I double the price of my food, LOL. I have been selling Blue Milk with additives for about 800 each. Looks like I better figure on new pricing, LOL. Thanks again.
Joilhath
Tue Jun 08, 2004 10:26 pm
#6

Gee the forums finially let me log in. As others have said it all depends on your server for Bria I'm about middle of the road with 1k/1.5k/2k per. But this varies the +88's I was selling for awhile were more as I paid 50cpu for the meat.



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Bracci
Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:29 pm
#7

BE Blue milk on our server goes for 80k per crate. 800 per is way too cheap.

The cheapest I've seen B-E tissues for is on my vendor

20-25k for light
25-30k for medium
30-35k for heavy

(higher quality=higher price)
DelusionArtisan
Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:48 pm
#8

think im one of the cheapest out there at the mo on any server, and generally charge


15k for lights,


20k for mediums


25k for heavies


this is for new contacts only. Regular customers will generally find i reduce the rates on these by up to 30%. Naturally regular customers get priority on factory time and resources.... I still make a really nice profit on these and it means the chefs i supply, in turn are able to furnish me with a wide variety of foodstuffs at a much lower rate. At the end of the day i get paid to collect some of the necessary materials from missions, and i harvest the rest at a near negligble cost.... Ive been operating like this for about 5 months, pretty much non stop, and ive only once had a problem getting resources in to complete an order and so had to resort to buying them myself.


Most people would argue i price gouge, or maybe just laugh at me for being ignorant of chefs prices... I used to be MChef/Mbe so im well aware of the cash chefs make as profits, but to be honest, im an MBE who does it for making superior quality pets, food additives are just a handy sideline that keep my bank balance on the rise while i work on producing the kind of pets that have meant i pretty much supply 3 large guilds on my server with all their pets, as well as getting a lot of private orders for pets from people who have for one reason or another, gotten hold of one of my creations and come to appreciate the effort i put into making every one, be it a lvl 5 jax, or a lvl 70 Kimogila, a fully functional, versatile,death machine.


Just for the record tho, the pricing scales Bracci mentioned on the post above this seem to be pretty much the standard on most servers ive found.




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