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Thread: PRICE CHECK! What are you charging? Too high? Too low?

evilgrinwi
Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:42 am
#1

I would like to become consistant with what I'm selling. What I'm looking for is to get an average cost of items so Doctors are on the same page. Some things I'm absolutely clueless what to charge. Currently, this is what I charge for things I sell:


Crate of 50 Stim B's..lets say 31 charge / 400 heal - 60k (high? low?)


Buff for all 6 stats - 5k (or 1k individually) (this seems to be the norm)


Crates of 50 ADV Components - No idea ???


Rescusiation Packs - No idea ???


I would REALLY like to see what Docs are charging!




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Croojee Jamila
Master Creature Handler
Sunrunner
mcglonec
Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:57 am
#2

This question is asked all the time. Of course, the only answer I can give you is that it varies from server to server. As each galaxy is autonomous,each has its own economy. I can tell you what I charge for things, but that's based solely on the Flurry galaxy and has little to no bearing on yours.


Pay attention to what other doctors are selling on your galaxy. Check out the medical shops on Sunrunner and get a feel for the market. That's the best advice I can give.





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evilgrinwi
Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:00 am
#3

I completely agree. However, I don't even have a ball park estimate on some things. I realize the economies are all unique. I would still like to see what people charge.



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Croojee Jamila
Master Creature Handler
Sunrunner
Groupal
Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:03 am
#4

Like MC said, it really does vary from server to server. If you were on Bloodfin, The prices you have listed are very consistant with the current market.

For Rescusiation packs, a lot of people charge 100cr per use, so a 20 use pack would cost 2k.

The best thing to do is place your items out there at that price. If things aren't selling as fast as you like, drop your price a little and see if they are selling any faster. You may also want to try and find a good place to do your sales or place your shop. Don't stand in the middle of WayFar on Tatooine and expect to sell a lot of goods. =)



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evilgrinwi
Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:08 am
#5

See, now thank you - I'm just looking for a ballpark figure. Something to go on.



Thanks!




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Croojee Jamila
Master Creature Handler
Sunrunner
mcglonec
Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:09 am
#6

Ok, well, here are some of my numbers, then.


For those stims, I'm assuming you're using all advanced components in them. For that, I'd say that 60K is probably a good price. If the herbivore meat was especially expensive, you might even want to raise the price a little more, but that depends upon your server, of course. I sell my stims (using Advanced BEC's and Advanced LS's and Regular CRDM's) for 45K a crate. In general, they heal for about 360 and have around 35 charges. However, just the other night, I saw someone shouting about his stims that were about 32/420, I think - he wanted 125K for the crate. I wonder if anyone had actually bought 'em...


Buff applications seem to have levelled off at 1K per buff or 5K for all 6. Some people run specials, esecially those that use buff selling as their primary source of income. For me, as I only sell buffs on the side when people request it, I won't budge fromthis price. My customers can take it or leave it.


Resuscitation packs seem to go for about 100 credits per charge on Flurry (and I think that's pretty common, actually). So, if you make a rez kit with 25 charges, sell it for 2500.


Anyway, those are just a few of my numbers. The one I have the hardest time with is selling enhancement packs. I could probably sell them for 3k or so a piece and make a decent profit...but if I keep that enhancement pack for myself and sell the applications, I can make 25k or more on that pack. That's a tough one. I usually sell enhance D's for 5k.





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Groupal
Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:03 am
#7

Oh yeah, I don't sell enhance packs. Quality Avain meat/Reactive Gas is just way to hard to come by. If someone REALLY wants to buy a pack for me, I'll sell them for 10k a pack or all 6 for 50k. (And yes, people have bought them from me for that much). I do sell a lot of buffs for extra cash as I need and handing over an 800 heal / 30 use Enhance D pack (That I could use for buffing and net a good 25k on) for anything less then 10K would just be silly.

=)

Now I do offer to other doctors that I'll make them as many enhance -D's as they want for 1k each if they provide me the Avain meat and Gas.



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DamionApostrophe
Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:38 pm
#8



evilgrinwi wrote:

I would like to become consistant with what I'm selling. What I'm looking for is to get an average cost of items so Doctors are on the same page. Some things I'm absolutely clueless what to charge. Currently, this is what I charge for things I sell:

Crate of 50 Stim B's ..lets say 31 charge / 400 heal - 60k (high? low?)

Buff for all 6 stats - 5k (or 1k individually) (this seems to be the norm)

Crates of 50 ADV Components - No idea ???

Rescusiation Packs - No idea ???

I would REALLY like to see what Docs are charging!






I'm trying to sell crates of 50 StimB 400PWR for 40k with no luck. I may have to go to 35k.



Damion' Wootinc - long retired
Enola_Gray
Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:54 pm
#9

I guess I am the only Doc here who doesnt sell Stim B's by the crate.....


I play on Eclipse and to me it seems other Doc's are selling crates for super low prices. I am just not going to sell a crate of 50x405/35 Stim-B's for 45k. I just refuse to do that.


You need 900 herb meat to make the Adv Chems to make the Stim B'seven super cheap you are looking at 15cpu. = 14k Then if you got5 Med Harvesters running to get your Tat Fiberplast, Lok Wheat, Dan Berries, Tal Water, and Class 4 Perto you are looking at least 13k in maint fees and power for running those harvesters just like 1 day... then you are looking at around 12k just in round trip shuttle fair to all the planets you need to go to.


Thats 39k right there.... way way way too much work for a 6k profit. Forget that.


I sell my Stim-B's on the Bazzar for 2175 each... 25 at a time...and I never not sell them... I sold125 of those Stim-B's in 4 days last week. Sure I could have sold them by the crate outside the Starport in 30 mins probably but I would have also gotten like 112k instead of the 269k I made...(cost me 3k to post all thestims on the bazzar).......and next week because of the lack of good Petro4 I am going to be selling those same Stim-B's for 2950 on the Bazzar.


The medical community on this game are really screwingthemselves by this massive undercutting of our skills and products. Not how weaponsmiths and armorsmiths dont do this ? They are selling 250 materal items for 700k lol

mcglonec
Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:38 am
#10






DamionApostrophe wrote:


I'm trying to sell crates of 50 StimB 400PWR for 40k with no luck. I may have to go to 35k.





Are you trying to sell them yourself? What I've done (and it has worked out very well for me, but mileage will vary) is to start a partnership with some businesspeople. I'm currently working with a two people that have shops all over the galaxy. They advertise my products better than I could ever hope to and I never have difficulty selling my wares.


Unless there is some serious undercutting going on where you are, there is no way those stims should sell so cheaply (regardless of which galaxy you're on). If you can't find someone to take the whole crate, try splitting the crate or unload the stims a few at a time and drop them in the bazaar for 1200 a piece or so.





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BolReleek
Fri Oct 24, 2003 11:03 am
#11

I have been using my own pricing plan that seems to be working out:


400+ heal Stim B's: 40cr per charge (32chg = 64k per crate... 40chg = 80k per crate)
350-399 heal Stim B's: 35cr per charge (32chg = 56k per crate... 40chg = 70k per crate)
300-349 heal Stim B's: 30cr per charge (32chg= 48k per crate... 40chg = 60k per crate)


So far my customers have been happy with this pricing plan, and when you tell them how much it is per charge they don't seem to mind the total price. I already have orders backed up using these prices.




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Atzawockao
Fri Oct 24, 2003 2:06 pm
#12

Hi, I am a master doctor on Bloodfin, these are my prices:


note, to make it easier:


hr=heal/enhance rating, ch= charges(performed as a decimal[30 charges=.30]), k=kit price, d=duration,


Any damage stim(stim b's, c's, etc): hr+(hr*ch)=k


ex: 400+(400*.30)=520/kit


Wound kits


3hr+(hr*ch)=k


Enhance Kits


6hr+(hr*ch)+(.05d)=k


example:


6*800rated+(800*.21)+(.05*9000)=5418/kit


For enhancing stats:


Since there is variance when enhancing, I allow the patient to pay however much they want depending on how satisfied they are with my work. I still make the kits, that is the only control I have left being a master doctor. Generally I get from 2k-6k for a full stat enhancement. Occasionally someone will give me 10k.


Resuscitation packs:


I sell them on the bazaar from 2000-3000 dependent on planet. Starter planets(corellia, naboo, tatooine) get them for 2500 on the bazaar. Faction friendly locations get them for 2000. Dathomir, Lok, Dantooine, and occasionally Endor will get them for 3000. My kits generally have 18-20 charges and have below 45 medical use on them. I also give them to medics that heal my wounds in a medical center or wherever they might happen to catch me. If someone requests them in game, I generally sell them for 2k per kit to them if they are nearby. If they waste my time, the price goes up.



Those are my prices.


I don't sell crates of advanced components because I am usually using them. I might sell a crate or two to a friend because they need them, but I allow them to set their own price.



Hope that's some help.





Master Doctor

Bloodfin

Everything is as is
Iapetos
Fri Oct 24, 2003 3:42 pm
#13

On Talus, I sell crates of 50 33/314 B's for 35k regularly, or 750c each. 35/140 Wound B's for 500 each. Prices vary on Enhance packs and other Stims.
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