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Thread: Do you let ppl cut to the front of the line if they offer you 50-100k to buff them 1st?
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Icre
Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:18 pm
#1
I buff on Lowca and a couple times or more everyday this happens to me I'll have a hudge line and some1 will say I'll give you 100k to buff me right away, and of course its a offer I can't refuse, so I do it. Just woundering if this happens alot you guys to. The most Iever got was 200k buff some1 right away.
Darksigns
Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:32 pm
#2
Every time I set up my queue, I can be assured I will get one impatient idiot who assures me he "is in a hurry" and need to be buffed "right now plz"...I've been offered 200k to cut to the front of the line, and its just not fair, no matter what your doing. These people always ask to cut thru /tell. If they were to say it in the open for all to hear, and then EVERYONE in the line were to say "Hey, that’s alright, take your time, take him first"...THEN I would accept...but this wont happen. In the meantime, were have a queue for a reason 
Ewach
Wed Jun 30, 2004 9:05 pm
#3
I don't understand how someone willing to pay a premium for head of the line service translates to an "impatient idiot".
With money comes privileges. Look at RL and lines - there's people that stand in line and there's will call windows.
Not sure about RL, 'cause I don't frequenty many clubs, but in the movies you're always seeing someone slip a bouncer a $20 spot or C-note and get in ahead of others waiting.
I have a Master Doctor, but he doesn't do much public buffing. If I did, and someone offered me 200K to buff them out of turn, I'd turn to the next guy and say "excuse me, but he just paid for premium service". If someone complained, I'd give them the opportunity to match or exceed his offer.
If 15 people in line, at 10K each, decided they no longer wanted my services, that's perfectly fine because that only adds up to 150K so I'm still better off.
Where else are the going to go? The fact that there's a line means the following things:
-- the demand exceeds supply
-- the price point is too low because people are willing to exchange their time (opportunity cost) just to pay 10K (or whatever your price is) for a buff
Don't talk to me about "fair" - that has nothing to do with it. If I want to have more leg room and board the airplane first, I pay more $$ and fly first class. Is that fair? Absolutely, because anyone else that has the same amount of money as me has the same opportunity to fly first class too.
mistermackey
Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:04 pm
#4
i can't buff yet but if someone offered me 50-100k to buff them first i would definetely do it.....and 200k is unbelievable!
Fayfe
Thu Jul 01, 2004 3:51 am
#5
I dont buff in the starports much, at all really maybe5 times for a few hours but I would do one of the following....
One let the "premium" customer through but havla the rest of the line so everyones happy or two"premium" customerpays for every person thats in the que before him aswell as his offer 
RyadhiMakkar
Thu Jul 01, 2004 5:21 am
#6
I would say this is ok if the "impatient idiot" would pay those waiting in line as well, but it's not only your time that he's taking up. He's taking time away from everyone standing in line ahead of him. I've used a premium system standing alongside a doc charging 10k, I charge 30k. This isn't due to my buffs being all that much better, but it allows for a short line so customers can get buffed quicker.
I ran this as more of an experiment....with mixed results. 1st I talked about this with the other doctors buffing at the starport and made sure they were ok with the arrangement.About 15% of the customers would get in the line without knowing how much the buffs were, then getting angry about the price. There were never more than 3 people in line at a time and I was using havla to speed up the process. Most customers were very happy and willing to shell out an extra 20k just to avoid the line. All in all, it worked out pretty well. Not sure if I'm going to try this setup again. Over time I made about the same amount I would've if I'd sold buffs for 10k, but of course my profit margin was dramatically increased. Still I think I'm sticking to the 10k/buff.
Roustabout
Thu Jul 01, 2004 6:06 am
#7
What I do is tell them to discuss it with the other players in line. This usually is functionally impossible if there are 7 or more people in front of him so it really is just a polite way of saying no. I think the only way I'd buff someone first is if I got an offer for like 500k or something. I don't normally buff and will sometimes do it if the lines are long as more of a service than anything...besides I'd rather have 10 happy people than 9 pissed off and 1 happy person.
BrJLa
Thu Jul 01, 2004 6:12 am
#8
I don't think it's right or wrong. I'd defend, in a variety of ways, the pure capitalist nature of the game's economy, and the same goes here. You can conduct your business however you want.
But I, personally, don't let people cut. The thought of it makes me feel guilty, and I'm not going to do something that makes me feel guilty just to earn an extra $100K.
Ewach
Thu Jul 01, 2004 7:25 am
#9
Eurynome wrote:
Okay, the wait for a single premium customer is not that long, you might say, but lets say there are 5 new kids on the block (ugh, ok I hate myself for just saying that, sorry). Then time becomes a factor.
On the other hand, if you have multiple people willing to shell out big cash to cut in line, then the price is too low.
I like the other post here, where someone provided a premium service (30K buffs) for people that are in a hurry.
I can tell you myself, I'd gladly pay an additional 20K to not spend 20-25 minutes in line waiting for a buff.Time is money and I can make that 20K back in less than 10 minutes and still be further ahead.
Rchuno
Thu Jul 01, 2004 8:19 am
#10
I make them pay for everyone in line on top of a 50k service charge. This way I get more than I usualy charge and everyone in line is happy because they get free buffs. Everyone wins in this situation. Well sure they have to wait but they get free buffs out of the deal.
Eurynome
Thu Jul 01, 2004 12:39 pm
#11
But it is about being fair when you refuse to let people cut the line. The others may have been waiting for 30 minutes or more for you to buff them, and in comes this new kid with cash, cutting the line and making the others wait even longer. Those in line will gain nothing from this new kid, on the contrary, they just end up wasting more time.Okay, the wait for a single premium customer is not that long, you might say, but lets say there are 5 new kids on the block (ugh, ok I hate myself for just saying that, sorry). Then time becomes a factor.
That being said, I would accept the 100k and buff the new guy(s) first. What can I say? I don't like buffing the public and only do it for the cash, sothis new guy just saved me a lot of work. I am fair enough to the other customers in line to have the price for premium service at 100k and no less (and I would explain to the others that the guy just paid 100k to be buffed first), but there is a price to everything. Like Doctor Ewach pointed out with his "flying first class" reference, if the others want to cut the line too, they have the same opportunity to do so.
Reza95
Thu Jul 01, 2004 7:34 pm
#12
i never know what to do, i don't wanna be called 'greedy' i guess. i even ask my friends to wait...
Songe
Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:36 am
#13
That's a pretty sweet idea, but it gets hard when people use bank tips to pay, which is the norm on Sunrunner.
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