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Thread: pretty much dead thanks for the opinions
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Dejik
Mon Jun 21, 2004 1:04 pm
#14
I actually have the same problem. I actually had run out of buffs for the week in about 2 days, came back after being offline for a day and a half....and to my surprise I had about 50 emails about my random med stuff being sold. Hell, I even sold some of my state packs! Although it is really hard to keep my vendors stocked I just tell my customers that I can only do so much so fast, and they accept that. Beyond that, I really have no advice to give 
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Bad_Bad_Leroy
Mon Jun 21, 2004 1:34 pm
#15
Raise prices... remember that the revenue the doctor will get is charges*buff price on your server. Typically, it's 30 charges at 10k per buff = 300,000 credits.
At 50%, your customers are still getting DOUBLE their moneyin revenueonce they sell the 30 buffs, and you did all the hard work. They invest 150,000, and they're guaranteed to earn all their money back plus another 150,000. Sitting and buffingin Coronet isa vacationcompared to collecting tons of rare resources literally across the galaxy, running factories, and maintaining a vendor. Not to mention, you also need to waste 30+ skill points in Artisan just to do it.
It is such hard work making crates of good buffs, I don't understand how you can give them away for so little.
I think it's more than fair to charge 50% or more of the 300k, considering that not only do you have to cover your expenses, but youdeserve to make a profit, andas a Master Docyou could just sit in coronet and get the 300k yourself!
Message Edited by Bad_Bad_Leroy on 06-21-2004 04:37 PM
Darkblade101
Mon Jun 21, 2004 7:11 pm
#16
Thanks to all the responses,
First as it says below my name on the left i am on bria.
Unlike some other servers we havent gotten a avian that we can make 900+ buffsfor a very long time,these packs was the last good avian we got 2-3 months ago.
There is some(dosa) avian that hit the server a verylong time ago that can make 930+ but the people that have it wont give any up lol.
I am working on something ,all my regular customers know i am doing the best i can and their is a few other docs who are helping to supply buffs.
For now i am going to keep my prices the way they are now, but if we dont get another real good avian spawn they will go up quite a bit.
There is a lot of very good responses in this thread,thank you all very much.
Songe
Mon Jun 21, 2004 7:36 pm
#17
Just one correction though... You get more than 300k for 30 charges when you buff for 10k. 300k would be for 6k.
ShakariPsy
Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:03 pm
#18
Songe wrote:
Just one correction though... You get more than 300k for 30 charges when you buff for 10k. 300k would be for 6k.
no 6k per buff is 180k 6 x 30 - 180 now 10k per buff is 10 x 30 = 300k 
Epezo
Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:11 pm
#19
I dont see what your mad about. I would be happy to get that much biz and rack in that much money. All i can say is maby make a ton of buffs (i mean alot) and then place them on.
Radew
Tue Jun 22, 2004 9:12 am
#20
I found that the best way to overcome vendor shortage is to be prepared.
I harvested the best resources for 4 months befor even setting up a vendor.
after that I made buff paks for a month without setting up a vendor.
I have a whole house stored with backup buffs, When I finally set my vendor up i put the first paks i ever made and slowly deleevery them each week while creating new buffs with the current resources just pushing them back in the storage house.
Alot of people may not have the paitence for this but it is very effective
I harvested the best resources for 4 months befor even setting up a vendor.
after that I made buff paks for a month without setting up a vendor.
I have a whole house stored with backup buffs, When I finally set my vendor up i put the first paks i ever made and slowly deleevery them each week while creating new buffs with the current resources just pushing them back in the storage house.
Alot of people may not have the paitence for this but it is very effective
Songe
Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:22 am
#21
The problem is not patience, it's mostly storage issues lol.
Really though, I would never keep the same prices if everything was sold out in one day. Granted, there are quite a few docs selling buff packs on my server, but my main priority is to keep the vendor stocked. It's no fun to spend your time restocking because you keep being sold out.
Darkblade101
Tue Jun 22, 2004 6:55 pm
#22
Epezo wrote.
I dont see what your mad about. I would be happy to get that much biz and rack in that much money. All i can say is maby make a ton of buffs (i mean alot) and then place them on.
I never said i was mad about being sold out within minutes,i was mad because a person /tell me ingame to hold them some buffs and i told them i couldnt and they got an attitude with me.
Your other advice is, i had people begging me not to shut down for a little while and stock up .
But an update on this issue,bria has had some Docs , advertising and putting out more buffs , and i only had one camper today ,when i stocked and they may last till tom i dont know.
I can't flip back to the poster right now but it was the last post before this one and he said it gets tiresome making buffs after buffs and you still have an empty vendor.
Yes i am making money but i just feel like i am being pressured into this two day cycle of stocking the vendor and it getting old.
I may just take a break for a little while and build up stock and try and enjoy doing this,it used to be fun when i logged on and had emails that my buffs had sold.
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