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Thread: Post Your Price?
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Shiro_Okami
Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:20 am
#1
Sent an Email (That was sent to me) to another Doctor lastnight. It was the one about Buff Prices and how they should be higher than this so called "Standard Price" of 10k.
He was very polite and sorta agreed with the Email. Saying that He cannot Justify to his customers a higher price when everyone else is charging "Only" 10k.
So, I figured I'd ask fellow Doctors to post what they are currently charging for Full Buffs along with the Buff Stats. (Average Power & Average Duration).
Maybe if those who feel Stuck charging 10k see's what others are charging, they'll not feel so bad when someone takes it upon themselves to Reem him/her for charging a little more?
Just a thought and I hope I'm not crossing any boundries here.
When I started buffing not too long ago, I Did charge 10k. And by the time I depleted a Set of Packs I thought.. "Gee.. not bad.. It took me forever to raise the cash to buy that first set, but at this rate I'll be able to buy the stuff I need to make my own and.. and.. oh.. wait.. I'm out of packs... I gotta go buy another set for 180k".
So anyway..
Shiro' Okami, currentlyCharging 12k for2400-2500/3.5 hours. (with about a 25% Complaint Ratio)
VTmoon
Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:35 am
#2
see it's not just the stats of the buff that matter, location, time and convinence play a factor.
Example, I get the tell saying can you buff me I say yeah, where are you?
He is on the other side of the planet, I tell him too far, he says please, I don't want to go to coronet so I say no I don't want to waste my playing time like that, and he goes and says "name your price".
So me hoping to discourage him I said 200k, the guysaid thats cool and was very happy to pay that. So it just shows that some people are willing to pay for the service and not just the buffs.
Zalbiky
Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:40 am
#3
Id also be interested in this, i remember back around ocotober when i was still a doc, i was charging 6k, 5k for imps, and refunding 1k for anything under 1000, but this was months ago and i really didnt make much money at all. Now with the price of everything going through the roof i can understand the jack in prices. 10k seems more then reasonable, and it still might be cutting your own throat.
"You can't make a profit for selling under your cost by the volume of sales" holds true in every profession that deals with sales.
Otin
Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:47 am
#4
Well I generally charge from 10-15k depending on time and place. Restart at coronet 15k since I am the only doc usually, Coronet at peak, 10k so i can get business. My biggest gripe is this though:
A WS or and AS can charge pretty much whatever they want and make sweet profits. I have talked with a few WS and they make 100% profit off their weapons. The AS I have talked with say they make between 100-500% profit off of their products. These two professions which pretty much the game could not be played without are making HUGE profits and no one complains. When it comes to doctor such as myself, not only do we get yelled at because our prices are outrageous, but also our buffs are never "good enough" for some people. I have calculated it out (all numbers are rounded up for the benefit of non-docs who are getting buffs)and by buffing at 10k I make 73% profit, at 12k its 80% profit and at 15k its around 90% profit. So even charging 15k I just barely am short of doubling what I spent on the buff packs to begin with.
That brings up another point. Bivoli is GREATLY over priced, it is selling for 150k per crate, which is generally 3x10 so 30 uses of bivoli. Add that into the costs of buffing and my profits drop even farther. Throw in droid batteries, a droid, BE Clothes and either mind buffs or brandy, and then again the profit margine drops even more.
So everyone that thinks being a doc gets you UBER rich UBER fast has either never been a doctor or never looked to see how much they actually spend on buffs.
Twunt
Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:00 am
#5
also depends on current economy on the server.
on chim, i charge 13k flatrate for all 6 2500+, 3.25 hours
inevitably there's usually only me and one or two others outside theed starport, all of us have round about the same price, a bit lower if the buffs aren't as good.
but, the best part, 50k for overt imps. put my life on the line, if some overt reb comes along and kills me, my queue will still be there, cantina just round the corner for the little BF i get, not much hassle.
Menoetius
Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:40 am
#6
The economy of each server is different, to say that Doctors don't make a good profit is native to the server your on not in general.
VradinJonusk
Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:50 am
#7
Its all situational. I charge 10k most of the time for 2200+ for 3.5 hours. If i'm the only doc buffing ata particular time i'll charge anywhere from 10-15k depending on demand and and time of day. For instance if i'm in Coronet and there are 3 docs buffing 10k is about all you will get seeing as how thats what most docs charge. On the other hand if i'm on Dantooine at the Mining Outpost and i'm the ONLY doc there and its crowded, i'll charge about 12-14k for a set of buffs, and of course, people pay it.
It's all about time and place.
Vrad'in Jonu'sk
Phonelesscord
Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:11 pm
#8
hehe, I knew this would hit the boards eventually. Most likely, I sent ya the mail or it was sent by somone who got it from me. Is it titled "A message for a fellow Doctor" or something?
Please, do post it. Ive tried to start the price raise on SS
-Sacbut Trombonium
Please, do post it. Ive tried to start the price raise on SS
-Sacbut Trombonium
TenshiHanaKinu
Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:15 pm
#9
6k . 2100 - 2400+ 
I am not commercial, but that is my standard selling price... unless the person is rude to me.. in which case I will raise the price.
Eyedun
Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:24 pm
#10
Guildmates = 5K = no bivoli usually 2100-2300
close Friends = 10K no biv = 2100-2300
Corronet 15K = biv 2500
Any other planet = 20K. biv 2500 (or 15K no biv)
Anywhere there is minimal Drs and a long line = 25K. biv 2500 and havla if i have it.
Thats it. I dont engage in debates with whiners, if they done like it they can go find another Dr. I dont budge on prices..i'll happily pack up my droid, log on my other character, buff him and go have some fun or make some REAL money running missions. i dont need to sit and listen to morons.
close Friends = 10K no biv = 2100-2300
Corronet 15K = biv 2500
Any other planet = 20K. biv 2500 (or 15K no biv)
Anywhere there is minimal Drs and a long line = 25K. biv 2500 and havla if i have it.
Thats it. I dont engage in debates with whiners, if they done like it they can go find another Dr. I dont budge on prices..i'll happily pack up my droid, log on my other character, buff him and go have some fun or make some REAL money running missions. i dont need to sit and listen to morons.
Bloodburn
Mon Jul 26, 2004 2:13 pm
#11
25k all day long. 1600-2000 pts 2.5-3 hour buffs.
50k if you want me to come to your planet.
And yes, I do get customers. just 2 customers yeilds me the same amount of credits as it would if you had a whole line of customers, the only difference is I use 2 charges of each buff and save a lot of supplies, while you may go through a whole crate.
If they dont want my buffs, no biggie, I can just buff myself and make 500k doing missions on dath.
50k if you want me to come to your planet.
And yes, I do get customers. just 2 customers yeilds me the same amount of credits as it would if you had a whole line of customers, the only difference is I use 2 charges of each buff and save a lot of supplies, while you may go through a whole crate.
If they dont want my buffs, no biggie, I can just buff myself and make 500k doing missions on dath.
Zephrin
Mon Jul 26, 2004 2:29 pm
#12
Perhaps I'm one of the few doctors on Lowca that doesn't have a set rate. My price is "whatever you feel the buffs are worth to you". What are my buffs? With bivoli they are roughly 2260 for all 6 stats with a duration of just under 3 hours. However I'm pleasantly surprised that I haven't been short changed as much as you'd think. (The average price seems to be 12K) Don't have to worry about haggling about price. Since I gather quite a bit of resources myself, or by friends for next to nothing, my overhead costs are low. True my time gathering them is valuable, but I can always to other things if I don't feel like buffing, so I don't mind too much.
So that's my pricing structure for the time being 
Menoetius
Mon Jul 26, 2004 2:43 pm
#13
My price structure is this, I don't have onedon't buff like that.
These days I consider myself a crafting Master Doctor only.
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