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mattos90

Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:15 pm

I only got banned from 2 shops when I was reselling, and they were both crafters. My philosophy is, why do you care, if you got the money you wanted for the item?

Lerno

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mattos90

Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:02 pm

#15

I could sort of see an issue, if you were just starting out, and trying to build a clientale. If one person constantly bought out your vendor, and sold for more, and when other people came to your shop and found empty vendors, there might be a problem there.

Lerno

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Little-Green-Guy

Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:59 am

#16

all of you who are making 'ridiculous' amounts of credits by purchasing (from others) and re-selling..I would bet are the same people who are not liked very much on each of your respective servers.

at some point..people need to have some 'virtual' ethics.

This game isn't all about credits.

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Emotemaster

Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:05 am

#17

Little-Green-Guy wrote:

all of you who are making 'ridiculous' amounts of credits by purchasing (from others) and re-selling..I would bet are the same people who are not liked very much on each of your respective servers.

at some point..people need to have some 'virtual' ethics.

This game isn't all about credits.

You think people don't buy and resell in real life?

*cough*stock market*cough*

ÎVØ§§iÇ?

-X-

Little-Green-Guy

Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:07 am

#18

Emotemaster wrote:

Little-Green-Guy wrote:

all of you who are making 'ridiculous' amounts of credits by purchasing (from others) and re-selling..I would bet are the same people who are not liked very much on each of your respective servers.

at some point..people need to have some 'virtual' ethics.

This game isn't all about credits.

You think people don't buy and resell in real life?

*cough*stock market*cough*

are you confusing this game for real life?

Mucus' " tHe FiNe aNd gRiNd "
Specialty Resources - Premium Grade Resources - Grind Resources
South Coronet (SoCo) Ship Systems
Both located: 600m South of Coronet (JTL) Shop @ (-266 -5514), (Resources) Shop @ SoroSuub Mega-Mall (-235 -5560),
Uber Ships & Components for Uber Pilots (SoCo) Price List : -Clicky-

Emotemaster

Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:15 pm

#19

Little-Green-Guy wrote:

Emotemaster wrote:

Little-Green-Guy wrote:

all of you who are making 'ridiculous' amounts of credits by purchasing (from others) and re-selling..I would bet are the same people who are not liked very much on each of your respective servers.

at some point..people need to have some 'virtual' ethics.

This game isn't all about credits.

You think people don't buy and resell in real life?

*cough*stock market*cough*

are you confusing this game for real life?

Are you having an issue with people buying and reselling items for profit ingame?

ÎVØ§§iÇ?

-X-

Pawlin

Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:13 pm

#20

Little-Green-Guy wrote:

all of you who are making 'ridiculous' amounts of credits by purchasing (from others) and re-selling..I would bet are the same people who are not liked very much on each of your respective servers.

at some point..people need to have some 'virtual' ethics.

This game isn't all about credits.

Why do you dislike it? Why is it unethical?

Our economy is a capitalist system.

We have Merchants as a profession in the game by design. By definition, merchants buy and sell. Doing so does provide a service by providing goods to people.

Reselling doesn't mean gouging or scamming.

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mattos90

Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:05 pm

#21

If you think about it, big-time resellers move lots of money around.

Lerno

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The Anti-Ahazi

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Giamai

Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:52 pm

#22

Pawlin wrote:

Little-Green-Guy wrote:

all of you who are making 'ridiculous' amounts of credits by purchasing (from others) and re-selling..I would bet are the same people who are not liked very much on each of your respective servers.

at some point..people need to have some 'virtual' ethics.

This game isn't all about credits.

Why do you dislike it? Why is it unethical?

Our economy is a capitalist system.

We have Merchants as a profession in the game by design. By definition, merchants buy and sell. Doing so does provide a service by providing goods to people.

Reselling doesn't mean gouging or scamming.

it can...on the smaller servers where particular crafters are few and far between buying them all out can create a monopoly

i've only seen this happen once but it is possible

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Little-Green-Guy

Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:04 am

#23

its very possible to 'influence' the economy. there is a small group of crafters/entreprenuers on my server that are capable of doing so @ will.

to your points.....if people are 'buying and reselling' ..wouldn't it make more sense for the original sellers to mark up the prices?

having said that..maybe they are pricing their items 'lower' for a reason. so people can afford them.

Mucus' " tHe FiNe aNd gRiNd "
Specialty Resources - Premium Grade Resources - Grind Resources
South Coronet (SoCo) Ship Systems
Both located: 600m South of Coronet (JTL) Shop @ (-266 -5514), (Resources) Shop @ SoroSuub Mega-Mall (-235 -5560),
Uber Ships & Components for Uber Pilots (SoCo) Price List : -Clicky-

PoetDancer

Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:41 am

#24

I always wanted to create a department store chain. Buying the finest goods in the galaxy, and creating a store chain on every world.

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Pawlin

Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:22 am

#25

Giamai wrote:

Pawlin wrote:

Reselling doesn't mean gouging or scamming.

it can...on the smaller servers where particular crafters are few and far between buying them all out can create a monopoly

i've only seen this happen once but it is possible

A reseller could engage in predatory business tactics. But so could any crafter, merchant or loot seller by gouging or scamming or undercutting or whatever.

Reselling by definition isn't evil. thats my point, someone above seemed to think just being a reseller means everyone must hate ya...

Pawlin Construction of Kettemoor.
Harvesters and Crafting stations - Triad Coronet Mall just outside Coronet (-177 -5490)
Architect, House, Furniture, Harvester FAQ
Oprolan the Wookiee of Sunrunner. Cheap resources W. Daeric Talus (-639 -3058)
"Worst FF ever *thumbsdown*" -- Pawlin fan club
"I am not going to win Miss Congeniality again this year in the Senate." -- John McCain

** Please refer to Elyssa's answer

Wrathamus

Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:29 am

#26

i do this all the time. buy low and sell high, it's just marketing. whenever i see something good that i know is worth WAY more than what it's selling for, i buy it and resell it. i did this on a large scale recently with illegal core boosters on the bazaar, i bought roughly 20 for 10k a piece and resold them for 100k a piece in the course of abotu a hour. a 1,800,000 credit profit. not bad. profit isnt always that good, but sometimes it's even better.

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