Chef Archive
Thread: I refuse to charge that much for food
PSKstang hit it right on the dot. I had people buying crates of my SMALL GLASSES vasarian for 120K and reselling it for 12K per STACK. So they made a larger profit on the crate than I did and they didn't have to do a thing except spam at the spaceport.
BTW, too much for food? You're joking right? With the Vasarian andDoc Buffs(which I and many other combat veteransgladly pay 10K for)I can wear Full Armor and VibroKnucklers and SPAM my TKA special attacks on anything in sight with my combat account. Why is this important? Well, I can do 10K missions even faster if I so desired. For what my food costs, someone could make it back using only 4 doses of one stack to afford an entire crate.
Haala,
I am an exact agreement. I spent probably more time then i should in pricing Brandy and Canape with additives. At most i was at 325k a crate due to BE costs, but since that has kind of relaxed i have brought my prices down to something along that line.
The fact that some chefs, not all, dont have reallyany idea or realization on how to coordinate costs is whats disturbing, not only is by the ones that generate outrageous prices like the 525K you heard of, but its a 100-150k thats just as desturbing. Yes your making it more affordable, yes your not seeming greedy, but tell that to a Armorsmith, Weaponsmith or Architect that he is being greedy with his prices. Its just new to everyone that we actually can make something exceptional.
So for those paying outrageous prices and to those undercutting the market to make a sale. I salute you, minus 4 fingers from the usual.
Im just more or less frustrated is the sum of it all. It will take a month or 2 before things just settledown.
This is the best thing I like about the revamp. Everything just isn't handed to everyone and told do this. Almost every food has 2-3 choices in it and almost all of them have their uses.
jason67 wrote:
There is a huge range of potential benefits and costs to various foods. It's always nice to have a choice between the uber high end products if you can afford them and the economy version.
worry about your own profit margin.... i'e been selling spice for a while, and cheaply at that. but i'm still within my desired profit margin. I encourage people to resell my crates of moun gold at server standards, cuz then i'm still getting my 50% profit, and i'm having devoted customers that only desire my spice.
of course once i've started chef i've realized that it is a lot harder than spices, so I'm going to go with a higher profit margin than 50% because of work involved. 1 run to a factory is a lot easier than 3-4 runs.
so, grind out all your numbers and find out exactly how much it costs YOU and not what other people are selling it for. and buy an economics book if you have any further problems
Aras
owner of Aras' Sounds of the New Republic cantina in Edoras, Naboo in the Tempest Galaxy
Smuggling chef of the rebellion
Your bio-engineer is severely overcharging you for the additives. Lets look at a few things here and how I'd charge for them if I was still actively selling bio-eng stuff on Ahazi...
Hyper Yeast Additive - this needs wild meat which is hard to find with decent stats so it's a little more, however I'd sell this for around 400c per item at the most.
Micronutrient supplement - fairly easy to find resources, this would be only 150c.
Intelligent Nanonutrients - this was the one you mention, needs domestic meat and wild meat which can be a real pain to get with any kind of decent stats so this would be around 615c from me.
Like it said, your supplier is really screwing you over cause theres no way these things are worth those amounts of money each.
LOL Creedon now that's a rant I can live with. Someone who's not just flaming to flame.
To the original poster. As a consumer myself(not a BE or Chef) I like to be able to make those decisions based on what resources I currently have available at my disposal. Personally I have the Cash at the moment and would much prefer spending a much larger amount of money on a much more useful product(BE enhanced/Casked). But you will also get those who simply dont' have the money for the high end foods and for them there are other foods avialable. Charge what you feel you need to charge in order to make it worthwhile to you to continue making your product. If your consumers feel that it is too much then they will let you know by not buying your product. If you are underselling yourself then they will also let you know that by lining up at your factories waiting for you to pull your product out.
There is a huge range of potential benefits and costs to various foods. It's always nice to have a choice between the uber high end products if you can afford them and the economy version. Doc's do this regularly and certain docs will use economy buffs that hit much lower than your elite docs the prices varying usually from about 6k-15k. And often a doc will choose one side or the other but they dont' normally carry both. It's a little easier for you to work both ends of the Chef profession if you are intersted in it or like the Docs you can simply choose a position and fill it. There is a need for both economy products and high end products and you can choose to fill one or the other or both.
I have at this point custom ordered several crates of foods from a local Chef(BE enhanced and casked) and was more than happy to pay the premium in order to get exactly what I wanted. There are many others out there like me and there are also the opposites. It's all up to you and what helps you have fun while in the game. Don't do anything you don't want to. If you dont' like the idea of selling crates of food for 200k+ then by all means dont' worry about it, others will fill in that niche and you can work on the areas you feel more comfortable working on.
Hostageh
Valcyn
Master Doc/Master Rifleman