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Thread: Healthy competition?
Woah! That is all kinds of rude. I would have totally called him/her on it. LOL But I am more outspoken when it comes to stuff like that. Welcome to the profession. My suggestion would be to read what Envie wrote about her style under the buffing for money thread. I have used those same techniques myself, with great success.
After a while you will have so many regular patients, you won't need to advertise much, at least that is my own experience. I usually always buff in the same spot too, for two reasons.
A) my patients know where to always find me if I am logged on, and B) most docs on my server respect other docs spaces, so I can set up inside the starport every time I buff, even if there are other docs around, without worrying that I'm on their turf. If i dont' know the doc, I'll send them a tell saying hi and that I usually buff here, not trying to take any customers, just being convenient for my patients. I've never had anything negative from it.
I too have just mastered doc on monday and found on the Lowca server not too much of the shadow doc and price war.
Though, I have been subjected to the "mine are better than his " spam. I started of the same way you . Very nervous and jittery as the first que I had quicly ran up to 15-20 in a matter of moments. Mind you I was at 3/4/4/1. My initial stats were 1850 for 3 hrs (843 base and 90med use) I started off at 5k due to most of the 10k buffs were for 2200 or more. (figured that way I could get a little mony under my belt so I could buy the resources to grind crafting. Once I got to Master is where I got the stiff upper lip from the other Doc's. I get the better buffs though I dont have bio'd clothes. didnt think too much about it untill I was getting spamed . "I have 2400+ for 10k this guy cant even get over 2k"
That was a little harsh I thought. However a good master tailor I have know since last july sent me a /tell and gave me som +25 pants. BAM 2470+ just like that!! So I chose to re spam my shouts and put my stats in. All of a suden the same doc who was using Ironlung meds (for you Lowca ppl) asked me if ironlung came out with new meds.
Prequel to this. Ironlung meds are really good and WAY over priced....900 base 3.5 hrs for 150K per crate 5sets in each20 charges (on the ones I looked at). Now thats 1.5k per hit X's 6 hits and you got 7.2K in cost. Not a high profit margin. My meds are 900 base 3.5 hours for 89 med use, a full set of 5 per crate and 25 charges go for 315K. Thats about 1/2 the cost and teice the profit???go figure. I believe half the reason for this spam is the lack of profit for some doc's. with a 26% profit (which is good in any buisness) there is some what a greed to get more (prolly so they can buy another holo and grind that as fast as they can . rinse and repeat.) though thats a nother post. 
my profit and cost are the exact opposite (25% cost 75% profit) I can afford to free buff and discount when I forget to resupply the bivoli on my macro.
(back to story)
I said no I wasnt. he /tell me again where did you get them?? I sent no reply. I continued to I gnore his /tell's and continued to take his clients. I felt, for a short amount of time, bad that he was losing his que. Through no cheap shots, nor spam hating, did I take his customers. Just by being the fair and balanced doctor that I am. Now less than 5 days later, I have ppl that will travel across the Galaxy for "Bantha Corp. Advanced Genetic Enhancements"
Thanks for reading and I hope you other Doc's out there can be a friend to the surgens that rise through the ranks to master this fine and profitable profession.