Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: some customers, just drive me nuts!
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MejPeiper
Wed Jul 14, 2004 6:43 pm
#1
I had a customer the other day, that wanted a pet, around CL30 and he wanted it ASAP, I told him I had some DNA at the lab and would see what I had, no garantee. I toss some stuff together and get a CL 37 pet, so I try again and get a CL 26, he says that is fine, since it has 50% kin, and str poison, str disease ranged attack, hits for about 400+ and an almost 10K ham. He gets it, and leaves, after getting it trained by another CH.
I get a tell later, Great pet!
Next day, I log on, he asks if he can return it and get his refund.
I replyed nope.
I went out of my way to make it, since he wanted that night. I only had an odd assortment of dna, mananged to make an ok pet with some good attacks.
Just drives me nuts some people.
Mej
Zadokk
Wed Jul 14, 2004 6:51 pm
#2
and so is life. i've had customers ask for pets and then when i make em they turn and say that they dont want them anymore. ive stopped taking orders now, except for people i can trust or who want relatively easy to make pets.
Kevie
Wed Jul 14, 2004 7:31 pm
#3
Zadokk wrote:
and so is life. i've had customers ask for pets and then when i make em they turn and say that they dont want them anymore. ive stopped taking orders now, except for people i can trust or who want relatively easy to make pets.
/sigh
i've had so many people like this too, drives me crazy
PurpleWarrior
Wed Jul 14, 2004 7:38 pm
#4
In general I don't take orders now either.
I'll let someone reserve a pet if I know I'm heading out to make something like that anyway, but otherwise everything I make is for my vendor and they get a WP to it when they ask for a pet.
I take the odd special job if I think it's interesting enough to be fun. My idea of 'fun' is a little warped though 
Just ask anyone who's seen me trying to sample Enraged Rancors...
Just ask anyone who's seen me trying to sample Enraged Rancors...
ArthurDentOnBria
Wed Jul 14, 2004 8:03 pm
#5
It's actually a lot worse in other crafting professions. I've definitely had people ask me "hey make me a CL 35 rancor, oh and what will you give me for this CL 6 durni in trade?" But the good news is thatnobody can offer you pets through the vendor no matter what (once they are in the datapad) so we have that "excuse".
But as a tailor (or architect, or weaponsmith, or armorsmith) people offer you their old stuff on the vendor without even asking, or buy stuff and then return it. You want to be nice, and friendly, and reasonable, but it's a tough juggling act.
Erinys
Wed Jul 14, 2004 8:21 pm
#6
I had a guy once ask me to make him a Thundercat. I had the urge to say, "Hey presto! You're a Thundercat!"
NancyJ
Wed Jul 14, 2004 11:55 pm
#7
ArthurDentOnBria wrote:It's actually a lot worse in other crafting professions. I've definitely had people ask me "hey make me a CL 35 rancor, oh and what will you give me for this CL 6 durni in trade?" But the good news is thatnobody can offer you pets through the vendor no matter what (once they are in the datapad) so we have that "excuse".But as a tailor (or architect, or weaponsmith, or armorsmith) people offer you their old stuff on the vendor without even asking, or buy stuff and then return it. You want to be nice, and friendly, and reasonable, but it's a tough juggling act.
There are good sides and bad sides, sure people cant offer things randomly to our vendors but if we go out and make a custom pet for a client and then they turn around and decide they dont want it what do you do with it? Its not like its a set of armour that will sell anyway. Some custom orders are very specific and might not sell to anyone else.
droid327
Thu Jul 15, 2004 12:38 pm
#8
why didnt he want it? he just tried it and decided it wasnt as uber as he thought it'd be?
with those stats its still good enough to earn back its price at any rate
ArthurDentOnBria
Thu Jul 15, 2004 4:45 pm
#9
It happens, but it happens more as a tailor than as a bio engineer (tome anyway). When someone requests a "lime greenfighter flight suit, and a yellow robe of honor" then doesn't pick it up, doh! Same thing with a pet, but it's a pretty infrequent occurance, and I don't really get too worked up over it. I just put it on the vendor and look at it as an opportunity to broaden my inventory, which isn't such a bad thing.
NancyJ wrote:
There are good sides and bad sides, sure people cant offer things randomly to our vendors but if we go out and make a custom pet for a client and then they turn around and decide they dont want it what do you do with it?
Kevie
Thu Jul 15, 2004 9:21 pm
#10
the problem with me is once i finally match the pet to the customer's order.... i title it "order for (customer's name)"
doesn't sell too well to others who don't pick them up 
Madeco
Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:10 am
#11
LOL. For some reason that struck me as the funniest thing. I sat here and laughed til my co-workers started looking at me like I was a freak.
Erinys wrote:
I had a guy once ask me to make him a Thundercat. I had the urge to say, "Hey presto! You're a Thundercat!"
GMANHNC
Sat Jul 17, 2004 10:36 am
#12
Madeco wrote:LOL. For some reason that struck me as the funniest thing. I sat here and laughed til my co-workers started looking at me like I was a freak.
Erinys wrote:I had a guy once ask me to make him a Thundercat. I had the urge to say, "Hey presto! You're a Thundercat!"
You should read the can you make me a Kimo post that was some funny stuff. I wish I had book marked that the makes me laugh just thinking about it.
MickGrey
Sat Jul 17, 2004 5:41 pm
#13
I generally don't take orders either. I find its MUCH easier to just stock my vendor with an assortment of pets. That way I don't have to answer a ton of questions or worry about hitting a precise level target. Plus the customer sees exactly what they're getting and doesn't have to ask me to repeat the stats.
I do get less business this way than if I were actively advertising for custom orders, but its enough business to pay my upkeep and have a little extra for a rainy day.
I do get less business this way than if I were actively advertising for custom orders, but its enough business to pay my upkeep and have a little extra for a rainy day.
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