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Thread: Yesterday I Was Insulted for Asking 12k for Buffs

purplebooks
Wed Mar 17, 2004 10:03 pm
#14

Guys this is like a bad record.. read the words not just see its a post saying something about price... with this publish super high power packs dont matter anymore. 800 or 900 power is a much smaller difference... since the buffs are now evened out.



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PikemanAreRarerThanJedi
Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:11 pm
#15

Any way ridac and nick charge 8k for there nice 2.5k buffs (bria). They say they make a profit. Saw someone chargeing 15k lol his buffs didnt even come close.



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ooBoBoo
Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:38 pm
#16






rsnyc wrote:
why are you overcharging or even buffing at all when you 45 million credits? 12k is too much i think. has the cost of making buffs really doubled?





Check the thread titled "Finally Docs waking up and realizing their true worth" for the answer to why charge 12k.


As far as why do I buff when I have 45 million credits, the answer is I'm a doctor and that's what we do. Why do wealthy doctors comntinue to practice medicine in RL?

DarthXanthic
Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:43 pm
#17

I see hardly any reason to try to break 800 as with a base 800 power pack with biv and be you'll hit 2191 and with a 900 you'llhit 2465.


Its SO much cheaper to make an 800 that you could charge 7-8k with 800 packs and STILL make money.


I see plenty of people charging 10k if they hit 2k or higher, and people pay it.


The time of the 900 "ego" pack is gone, unless you are rich. Aspiring doctors, good news, hit800 and you'll make money, I gurantee.
DarthXanthic
Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:45 pm
#18

That's a measley 274 point difference, but at a HUGE frontend cost for the doctor, unless they have been playing since release and stock piling 900oq/900pe resources. Geta 2100/2200 buff and some stimpack 'b' and you are good to go, especially since doctors could feasibly make TWICE as many 800 packs as 900 packs at the same cost.


Aynsun
Thu Mar 18, 2004 12:47 am
#19

That is true but as a semi-serious crafter I want to make as high quality packs as possible even the profit would be lower and packs more harder to make. And for some people 200-300 points does matter. For my opinion anything over 2000 is good but as in real life some people drives with ford and some wants ferrari.



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Lexy
Thu Mar 18, 2004 2:36 pm
#20

Just tell them "You are the cheapest link, goodbye."
Numen
Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:17 pm
#21

No matter what you charge you are not going to please everyone. I have seen people pass on buffs for 6k because they were too expensive.


This isn't targeted at you, but just to anyone in general that raises their prices for their service. If you expect everyone around you to accept the raise with no issues at all, you are living on a different planet. It issomewhat human nature to resist change and some people get upset about it. You just have to realize those people are out there. You can ignore them or whatever you want, some listen to reason, others don't so its your choice whether or not you explain it to them.


Raising prices isn't a bad thing, there are just certain things you need to accept when you do raise your prices.



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Cailid010
Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:50 pm
#22






ooBoBoo wrote:





Anyway, those of you who are charging the true worth of a buff, bravo to you. You have my respect. I'll keep selling and see if this annoying behavior stops.







It's your comments like this that say to us that if we don't agree with you then we're not worthy of any respect. That only your opinion matters. That onlyyou are right and those that don't agree are wrong.



Who put you in charge of deciding what my buffs are worth?




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Malovec
Thu Mar 18, 2004 5:26 pm
#23

Cailid010


It is not a matter of who put who in charge to decide the final price. The game has done that for us.


It is because of the DOCTOR that the bounty hutners can kill the so called uber jedi, that a brawler can tank gurks, rancor, vortior, and gurrecks. Lets not forget that we doctors make it possible for those jedi to even exist in this realm, and let alone the all powerful TKM to solo a night sister lair or a kryat dragon. Then again even those weee lil pets who are not big enough to hold there own even require our help until they reach there maximum potentional. It is because of the high demand for the buffs of a doctor that people are pissed when a rancor group forms and there are no buffs around, if 10,12, and even 15k is too much, then I want you Cailid010 to go ask these same people where they get there ability to become to powerful. Not to mention that even a couple lairs can get them what they paid for the buff back, and even then the buff still will have close to 1.5-2 hrs left on it anyways allowing them to make another 10, 12, 15k very easy.


So yeah I would consider that more than just an opionion, I would almost call it a theory. Because it has been almost proven over and over again with out buffs most could not hunt on the places they do make it damn near close to being a FACT.


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ooBoBoo
Thu Mar 18, 2004 10:49 pm
#24










Cailid010 wrote:





ooBoBoo wrote:





Anyway, those of you who are charging the true worth of a buff, bravo to you. You have my respect. I'll keep selling and see if this annoying behavior stops.







It's your comments like this that say to us that if we don't agree with you then we're not worthy of any respect. That only your opinion matters. That onlyyou are right and those that don't agree are wrong.



Who put you in charge of deciding what my buffs are worth?








You're right and i'm sorry about the statement about respect. Just angry at those who charge low because you make it difficult for those who want want to chargewhat they believe is a fair rate. I can accept the 8k rate docs. It's just when I see the 6K docs or the "Tip what you want" docs that I get a bit pi**ed. On my server that is ridiculously low and is, IMHO, disrespectful to other docs trying to make a profit.


We are trying to emulate a real economy, so show some professional curtesy to your colleagues by not undercutting toan extreme.


I never tried to be in charge ofdeciding your buff's worth. That's pretty silly comment. I am asking that we all raise the rates. Of course it's it's always been your choice.

YamadaMan
Fri Mar 19, 2004 5:36 am
#25

cmon even tho you'll have to pay 300cpu for all the ressources needed, there's no way to charge 12k for a 2000 or even 2200 buff.

as a master doc I think it's unacceptable, I know what the packs worth, and 800 packs are cheap, cheap to make and cheap to buy.

as a regular custommer, I find that rate ridiculous and funny.

in the worst case, a 800 power buff, cost you, let's say, the very worst case, 3k or 4k credits, with average components, and good quality ressources, I made 910 packs without any problem. so making 800-870 packs is very very cheap, why would you charge 12 for a cheap product ?

as a Mdoc, and buffs crafter, I'm against those rates. comon. I just bought crates of 936/940 packs yesterday, 145charges/crate 100k/crate, one WHOLE SET cost ME 4138 cr, add the bivoli and clothing/droid, so we get let's say 4500cr/full set.

I'll charge 10k/set for those, so I'll make 5500 cr/buff wich will end to a very nice 797500 BENEFIT, when I'll finish those packs I'll just have 1.4M in my pocket wich is quite enough and fair.



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Cailid010
Fri Mar 19, 2004 9:41 am
#26






ooBoBoo wrote:







We are trying to emulate a real economy, so show some professional curtesy to your colleagues by not undercutting toan extreme.


I never tried to be in charge ofdeciding your buff's worth. That's pretty silly comment. I am asking that we all raise the rates. Of course it's it's always been your choice.






Make up your mind. Which way do you want it?


How about you show someprofessional courtesyto other doctors and not denigrate them for charging what they feel is a fair price.





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