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Thread: Curious any elses sales decreased?

DashZero
Sun Jan 25, 2004 7:47 am
#1

sales dropped drastically. Ive actually had fishak on a vendor for 3 days now. If you are selling crates to people that are hoarding you might be advised to make them aware of the situation with crated food after patch. Otherwise, you are likely to lose a few customers.

No one in their right mind is gonna buy crates of BoH or Fishak (or whatever)if they dont think they can use it between now and patch or dont have some where to store tons of single stacks.


The revamp screws our business now (if you are honest to your customers) and after revamp while we wait for this wonderful combat change to take place.


No point in being a chef for the next 2 months. Too bad we got news that holos were being yanked, it mightve been a good time to go play sheep and do what a stupid cube told me.



Nikkii Nightstrider - Eat, Drink and Be Merry!
Eat at Nikkii's - Fine Foods and Fashions
Nabubu (-1400, -4030)
Coronet (524,-5244)
Tierra
Sun Jan 25, 2004 9:19 am
#2

My sales are more or less as they have been. I dont sell loads however as my vendor is in a mall out on Rori, however my client base is filling over time...


I took quite a large order of fishak and pate this morning to a guy who has loads of storage room and is going to remove them all from their crates... however ive put my last batch of foods in the factories today and Im holding off making anything else until post patch.


Kind Regards,

Tally, Master Chef, Master Tailor, Master Merchant
Vodokar
Sun Jan 25, 2004 10:18 am
#3

I haven't seen a drop in business yet even though I sent out a message to all my customers warning them not to stock up and to use everything up prior to the patch, as well as, labelling all foods with the disclaimer that they must be used prior to publish #6. Everyone I talked to told me that they go thru it so fast that its not a big deal. Yet.


Im currently planning to produce over the next couple of weeks. Beyond that, i will have to play it by ear. I expect that closer to the time the patch is imminent, business will drop off dramatically. I'm preparing myself to buy back stuff, if necessary, to keep my customers happy, even though i shouldn't have to since im giving them fair and ample warning.


Post Patch plans


I plan to make some of every recepie possible and give out free samples asking only that people report back to me thier thoughts of the new foods, whether they liked it, would use it, etc.


My long term plans will be based alot on these customers oppinions. I am a chef because i love helping people enjoy the game more by providing them with useful buffs. I love being a chef. I make decent money doing that and thats been great, but i could make more money with less work just collecting resources.In other words, the money isn't why i do it.I won't stay in business trying to push garbage on people. If after the free trial and testing period is over my best customers tell me its **edit** and they don't need me anymore, I will close my doors and go become a doctor or something else useful. That would be a tragedy.





Master Chef Shiskussi
The Fireside Cantina - Sanctuary Naboo
Arruna General Store - Arruna Dantoine
Naritus Server

Eat, Drink and be Merry tonight! For tommorow, dead men we shall surely be!
Ja-van
Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:09 pm
#4

My sales have dropped the past few days, I am just curious if anyone else has noticed this. I know kettemoor has had a few new chefs pop up the past couple weeks so that could be it.


Denoby Master Chef of New Hope, Naboo
KrazyMONK
Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:32 pm
#5

Nope thats not it.


My sales stoped once word of the revamp came out - no mind buffs, no fishak, no nothing good.


revamp=lose


Im retired from chef as of reading these forums today - I will wait for the revamp, laugh about it, and not make nodda. I have read nothing but people getting mad about it, and not wanting it. Why do it then? Why do something that will cause most chefs to quit? It doesnt make sense to me..





KrazyMONK
|Master Tailor|Master Merchant|Jedi Padawan|
-= Hmmm ~ I WILL RISE AGAIN!! =-
-= Let there be ligh=-
-= Im comin back! =-

Gotik-CH
Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:57 pm
#6

I'm getting the exact opposite reactions. I'm selling out all over the place.


The revamp is going to be awesome. Once it goes live and we can start playing with these new schematics with the great resources we've been collecting. It amazes me.. .the reactions from some of you. Give it a chance.



Gotik
CEO Coffee & Donuts
New Vendor Tent on Rori 2188 -6828
haala
Sun Jan 25, 2004 6:22 pm
#7

I haven't seen my sales decrease either.In fact my customers are telling me how excited they are about the chef revamp



Haala's Twinloch Tavern & Petting Zoo, Twinloch City, Talus: -1083 -5060. Master Level Foods and Quality Entertainment.
- Tarquinas Server -
smw356
Sun Jan 25, 2004 6:57 pm
#8






haala wrote:
I haven't seen my sales decrease either.In fact my customers are telling me how excited they are about the chef revamp





They obviously havent noticed that everything they liked about food before is completely gone in it



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Syke
Sun Jan 25, 2004 7:36 pm
#9

Business has been pretty much the same...I've seen no drop in sales and if anything, there's been a small increase of late. Since I've been somewhat out of the loop, I am just now getting the information to forewarn people regarding potential issues in the revamp.


I guess I'll be uncrating everything the day before the revamp. LOL I could say something nasty, but why...it falls on deaf ears and won't change a thing...although I cannot imagine SOE is so incompetent that they would intentionally pass profession breaking bug like destroying pre-patch crates through.





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Syk'e Auttic Master Chef & Author - Formerly Syke Auttic Transcendent Emarr

FOOD: 60, -5524 (south of Coronet)
FOOD and MEDS: Celmar (6407, -1831 & 6596, -1777)
DashZero
Sun Jan 25, 2004 7:46 pm
#10






Syke wrote:

although I cannot imagine SOE is so incompetent that they would intentionally pass profession breaking bug like destroying pre-patch crates through.








You were here for killer food right? haha and the patch that destoryed anything on a vendor in a bag. No the first probably wasnt intentional. But they knew about it on test and pushed it live. Thats about as profession breaking as it gets. "Hi, buy my food, its killer" The bag issue however was 100% intentional. When I submitted my ticket I was told, we did this because people were claiming things were in bags that werent.


SOE has a history of intentionally passing game breaking bugs. My biggest fear is they will patch with no warning like they have been so fond of lately.



Nikkii Nightstrider - Eat, Drink and Be Merry!
Eat at Nikkii's - Fine Foods and Fashions
Nabubu (-1400, -4030)
Coronet (524,-5244)
Syke
Sun Jan 25, 2004 10:27 pm
#11

heh sorry the sarcasm didn't come through.


I was hear for ALL the nasty chef bugs...I was also here when SOE nerfed monks the first, second, third...well you get the idea...I was here when they changed the official EQ boards from a free exhange for discussion like we had here before the recent changes...II was even here before Sony (although it wwas Sony Entertainment, forerunner to SOE) bent retailers over the counter by cutting offcredit for defective playstations and games...hell...I was even around when Sony quit making their own VCRs...hehe



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Syk'e Auttic Master Chef & Author - Formerly Syke Auttic Transcendent Emarr

FOOD: 60, -5524 (south of Coronet)
FOOD and MEDS: Celmar (6407, -1831 & 6596, -1777)
DashZero
Sun Jan 25, 2004 10:33 pm
#12






Syke wrote:

heh sorry the sarcasm didn't come through.


I was hear for ALL the nasty chef bugs...I was also here when SOE nerfed monks the first, second, third...well you get the idea...I was here when they changed the official EQ boards from a free exhange for discussion like we had here before the recent changes...II was even here before Sony (although it wwas Sony Entertainment, forerunner to SOE) bent retailers over the counter by cutting offcredit for defective playstations and games...hell...I was even around when Sony quit making their own VCRs...hehe





haha yea...Ive been through all that too. And btw, Im from emarr also *laugh* Keep wondering how long it will be before they totally close these boards as well.


Sorry didnt catch the sarcasm





Nikkii Nightstrider - Eat, Drink and Be Merry!
Eat at Nikkii's - Fine Foods and Fashions
Nabubu (-1400, -4030)
Coronet (524,-5244)
KrazyMONK
Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:13 pm
#13

I spole a little to soon - my vendor was almost cleaned out.. Still have some fishak etc on there.. So, it is normal sales still - BUT, I am not restocking it.. And people go through fishak grinding prof. like its water.. Especially ID, as it will counter the Muon downer enough that you done loose all mind..


Oh well - still.. I am playing another character I have, and enjoying it - until the nerf him too.. =/





KrazyMONK
|Master Tailor|Master Merchant|Jedi Padawan|
-= Hmmm ~ I WILL RISE AGAIN!! =-
-= Let there be ligh=-
-= Im comin back! =-

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