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OK people... I am seeing this... I make ALOT of Starshine cause well it is easy and it gives good xp (80 I believe).... however I got to the Bazaar on my Server and I am noticing people are using ridiculous prices for items that are just well.. not very good... I sell a 4 use Starshine for 75 credits... I am seeing people sell the Ruby... whatever for 200 credits... OK that is insane... or am I just underpricing my starshine cause I am finding it easy to make and sell... I have to go back about once a day and restock my sells of Starshine cause people buy it up that quick for me.... I play on Radiant and I am on Naboo in Theeds... I believe there are maybe 1 or 2 other Chefs in that area... But... What would be the fair priving for some items? Post how much you charge for your items:

Starshine - 4 uses - 75 credits
Ruby ???? - 3 uses - 50 credits
Air Cake - 3 uses - 100 credits

I think that most people are going 3 or 4 times the number of ingredients.

Thus something with 10 hides and 10 water would be 20 ingredients or 60-80cr

I goa bit farther and just watch the bazaar... look at other prices and make sure to adjust acordingly.

Opeha

i charge depending on the local market. teltier noodles (over 100+ health & strength) i sell in bestine on tatooine for around80-100 credits, but the same item in wayfar i'll sell for 250-300, and they sell out in minutes, literally. all those players fighting the tuskens down there are always looking for good buffs, but in bestine, which is a highly populated city, there's more people selling it on the bazaars. i'm usually the only chef in wayfar, so all the combat folks come to me for their buffs.

I usuallycharge by the buff and usage.

My price range is usually as follows:

Starshine Surprise 90-120 credits

Jawa Beer 85-100 credits

Ruby Bliel 85-100 credits

Caf 65-75 credits

Aitha 65-75 credits

Air Cake 55-65 credits

Tetlier Noodles 90-110 credits

My prices are usually lower than the other people selling food in the area. I just try to be fair and make a little money to pay for harvesters.

My prices are about the same as yours smuggler, things that are harder to make I charge more for, I dont really go by how much it cost to make per resource. I also REFUSE to charge obscene amounts to make money, I know my prices are low, and I know that they don't cover the cost of time, and resources but charging more to me would make me feel like a fraud. I also charge 30 to 50 percent less when I sell in person (at the cantina), because when I sell on the bazaar there is no interaction, it's boring, and the list fee, but in the cantina I can have a good time being a bartender, and I want others to have a good time also.

I sell Starshine Surprise's from 100credits to 250 credits. Course my Starshine Surprises have attribute buffs up to 136 in Strength and Stamina. I've also had some with 146+ to Stamina.

With them lasting 6 minutes, I don't have a problem with selling them for 200ish for an above average Starshine. I also sell Chardes and Cafs from 75credits to 175credits depending on the quality of the attribute buff.

Guess one of my hardest things is I did experiments and I don't remember which ones have the above avg buffs and stuff... I sooo wish I could stack like drinks (same buffs) so it is more then the quanity... Kind of like Resouces... I dunno... I would much rather sell a case of 20 Starshine in 1 sell for 1k vs trying to sell gosh knows how many 3 charge Starshines...

I charge 3cr/resource if the ingredients can be harvested or sampled.

I charge 4cr/resource if the ingredients have to be hunted down.

So maybe that seems pricey to you, but I have heard no complaints from my customers.

After spending some time thinking about this and posting here for advice, I decided to go 3 or more per resource (I have a spreadsheet pricing resources on how hard different resources are to get) and tack on 5-10 for labor (this helps offset the price of items that take multiple components, like the cake). I also add on 20 if I sell to the bazaar, and if I like someone or they make a big order I take off 15-20%. I have a nice spreadsheet I'm working on for this, be happy to email to anyone interested - write [email protected].

Here's my current prices (add 20 for bazaar):

Air Cake: 100

Ruby Bliel: 125

Starshine Surprise: 130

Tetlier Noodles: 190

Wastril Break: 145

I thinka lot of people are sellingtoo low. Look at the other artisan classes - charging 3-4 per resource for items,or what people are selling resources for on the market. Also remember that our food is smaller and bulkier than something like a house, so it's much harder to make and sell a lot of it. Finally, think about the cost of running harvesters and a factory - it's not cheap. I've been getting a couple orders a day and selling a batch on the bazaar, making a few thousand. I go the the med center and make the same amount in tips in much less time! And the only property I'm able to really keep up is my house - I closed down my harvestors and am saving for a factory (which I think lets you make stuff in bigger stacks).

Please don't undercutme, you're hurting both of us .

how much xp does a factory give vs. running costs. is it worth it as a novice chef to start a factory for the xp, or just grind away until you can make better items for more xp? i'd also like to be able to sell crates of food rather than 3-5 shot foods on the bazaar. novice chef food may not be the best, but if i sell it in bulk it makes a bit more sense.

also, kinda off topic, but:

grinding on 3 food crafting tools, making 3 westil breads a minute for 70 xp each (210 xp/minute) i'm getting approx. 12,600xp/hour, so i can fill one tier one box every 3 hours or so, there has to be a better way. i also noticed i don't get food crafting xp from any recipies in the domestic tree (air cake, starshine surprise, etc.), this needs to be changed. as a master artisan i get structure crafting xp for every harvester i craft, and i'm not even going into architect. but only my novice chef recipies give food crafting xp. shouldn't all foods give food crafting xp?

I am e-mailing you as I type this... I was just coming up with a price with no real scheme on what to charge... I am not a business man... I simple make the stuff and do the work... Just like in the real world... I refuse to be in management and I wont deal with money cause well I suck at it... I rather just do the work and let someone worry about how much to charge and stuff... So if everyone is agree to charge 3/sample resource and 4/hunt resource then Complex/credit... Then we will all ahve a good market cause we would all be selling around the same price... now I do agree with competive selling but if I know what a average price is I will charge it... So... Yes I would love to see this spread sheet...

A friend told me this... Think of a credit like a paso... how many paso's equal a doller?? So.. don't be hesitant to charge 100 credits for something.. especially if they are making 20k a day... I know I did at one point... did nothing but survey missions... then some stupid PC killed my NPC

I charge 5cr per resource used.

I hunt 6 hours a day for meat/hide, run harvesters, and still have to buy a lot of the resources I need.
If I run out of water, and want to buy it, on Tarquinas, it's 6-10cr a unit, many other resources are 5cr+ a unit.

I generally spend 10k a day on harvester upkeep & 3-4k on additional power, and sell about 5 items a day @ 50-250cr.
I cannot sell factory created food on the bazaar as people never look under crates, and as you only get 1 use per item, rather than 3+, its useless taking them out to sell.

People are only just realising what food does - I often can't even give away food for the UXP...

So, all in all, I charge less than it's cost me to make 9/10, and watch people sell their resources at 6cr-20cr a unit, and moan about food prices