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Thread: You know guys I think it is about time buff prices go up.
Skotticus wrote:
Price fixing! Shame!
Price fixing my foot. This is a case of making it worth the time it takes to buff people.
Price fixing is generalypeople getting together to makethe price goes far past the amount it should be.
Sotaudi wrote:
KamaKuro wrote:
Go ahead and raise your prices.. the market will dictate how you do..
I for one will not..
/agree
If you want to raise your prices, that is up to you. If you do not feel you are making enough profit, then it is your right to charge whatever you feel is appropriate. If the public wants to pay it, they will. That is the way a free market balances supply and demand.
However, coming here and trying to get everyone to do the same is a bad idea. You can justify buff prices anyway you want. You can make outrageous claims about how people can get multi-million credit Krayt Pearls with your buffs, but that is disingenuous. I have killed or helped kill a couple of dozen Krayts, but I have never gotten a pearl. Are you going to give me a refund if I go out to get a Krayt Pearl using your buffs and do not get one? Even if I did get one, did you buff everyone in the group that I almost certainly had with me when I killed it; therefore, giving you some claim to helping in the overall kill? Do you adjust your buff prices higher for people going out getting high value loot vs. lower prices for some new player just trying to survive against durnis and butterflies? Do your costs go up simply because someone is going to use your buffs to get high value loots?
Coming here and trying to get others to go along with your pricing is, indeed, price fixing. We hate when people do it to us, so why would we do it to others? It is also counter-productive.
We charge higher buff prices, and they charge higher prices for Avian meat and other resources.This raises the costs of producing buffs,which increaseyour costs if you produce your own andineveitably raises the costs ofbuff packs for those who buy them instead. Smugglers use the same logic to charge higher prices for slicing, chefs use the same logic to charge more for food. All prices go up, and we are right back where we were. We have more money in our accounts, but only temporarily have greater buying power because eventuallly the market will level prices at the new higher level, and you will be back here asking people to raise their prices again, causing another round of inflation.
If your costs go up and you cannot make a profit, then by all means, charge what you feel is necessary. If you feel you need to get more for your time raise your prices. The market will decide if it is the correct price. But do not ask the rest of us to price fix, because it only leads to economic disaster.
My buff prices will remain at 10k for the public.
Message Edited by Sotaudi on 07-01-2004 10:25 AM
Duh it is going to bring another round of infaltion, butyou go up with the water or drown as much as I hate to say it.
I just see meat(200cpu), class 4(150cpu), and all good resources going up and not to mention I am not a multi-millionare so I can't compete for avian as well as other docs.
The reason I came here was to ask you guys what you thought.
LordOfFatness wrote:
If you want to raise buff prices, so be it, but be aware of the consequences. Your supplier may raise their buff pack prices. After all, why shouldn't they? You are still making profit since you raised your prices. Then the hunter will say, "The docs raised the prices on their buff packs, so I can charge more for Avian and Herbivore Meat". Do what you want to, but you may not like the ramifications of your actions. Just don't come back here crying when you have to pay even more for your meat.
That is why I make my own buffs.
For the most part I also harvest my own resources too, but once in a while I will have to get a good stock so I will enlist help.
And I do know all the problems with raise prices, but realy if you look at it in the same time I make 30k buffing I could have done two solo missions.
This isn't meant as a flame by any means, but if that is the case, then I suggest you do 2 solo missions.
TheWhiteRaider wrote:
LordOfFatness wrote:
If you want to raise buff prices, so be it, but be aware of the consequences. Your supplier may raise their buff pack prices. After all, why shouldn't they? You are still making profit since you raised your prices. Then the hunter will say, "The docs raised the prices on their buff packs, so I can charge more for Avian and Herbivore Meat". Do what you want to, but you may not like the ramifications of your actions. Just don't come back here crying when you have to pay even more for your meat.
That is why I make my own buffs.
And I do know all the problems with raise prices, but realy if you look at it in the same time I make 30k buffing I could have done two solo missions.
I had some uber buffs that were buffing for 2600+ and 2800+ in med cities for 3hrs 7mins and I charged 15k for them and nobody had a problem because of how good they were.
So anyway I wouldn't care if the prices stayed where they are or went up I still make around 3 times as much money back as what I spent on the buff packs so I can't complain. If it does go up we will probobally see no change at all people wil quite happily pay anything for buffs, heck I was charging 25k for buffs at fort tusken, I had a queue and nobody complained.