Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: Proper Busines Etiquette: Everyone please read and comment! No flames!
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BarboGato
Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:19 am
#14
There will never be any way to control what people sell thier products for, nor should there be in a free market economy. That said, I never sell droids below my cost of resources and cost of my time.
Kaelas you do make an excellent point, there is never an excuse to bash another DE in public.
Straker_Atrella
Mon Jun 14, 2004 4:22 pm
#15
Heh this is an old post, look at the dates. No wonder people are excited about MSE Droids.
Honestly though, I give away free Droids all the time.
-To my guildies, given millions away free.
-As advertizing, especially Entertainer Droids, I give away one once in a while to non-afk dancers who are keeping the profession. They are very happy, and ALWAYS tell people where they got it. Quite often, they send me business. Many people don't know how good Droids are, so don't bother. Only by having more Droid users will they learn.
-To get rid of non-perfect Droids. Sometimes I'll mess up and put in the wrong module, or really muck up the HAM on a CombatDroid. So i'll find a new player and give it to them. Be honest, say it's not the best, but it will be usefull to them. They will be happy and will probably buy any future Droids from you.
While I agree that DE's should play nice and most things should be priced around the same. There are time when giving out free droids or being cheaper can be acceptable.
Wirebiter
Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:27 pm
#16
Straker_Atrella wrote:
Heh this is an old post, look at the dates. No wonder people are excited about MSE Droids.
HAHA, sorry guys, I was bored at work (really I was, Its a government job) And decided to Necro-post. I didn't realize it still had some value to it after I read it twice, but hey /shrug it got people talking. Sorry if I pissd you off. I just did it in the spirit of fun.......
/slaps his own hand and promises not to do it again for at least a couple of weeeks
..../sigh
CHODA-----MDE/Droid teacher to the Kettemoor massess
Shian_Tavkin
Mon Jun 14, 2004 7:52 pm
#17
TheRealTK421 wrote:
This is very true, on most every server (I'm sure).
Cartolis wrote:
Dont go cut throat on each other people, there are very few of us as it is.
DEs, by comparison, make up a very small number of the playerbase. So, there's a lot of potential customers out there for all of us. No one should really need to give droids away.
The issue is helping those that haven't bought know why they should buy a droid. It may not be fun, but educating your client = selling to your client.
/bow
Respectfully,
Amen TK 
TheRealTK421
Mon Jun 14, 2004 7:57 pm
#18
Wow.....where have YOU been lately?
Shian_Tavkin wrote:
Amen TK
Seriously, did you take a vacation or something?
Your voice around here's been missed.
/bow
Respectfully,
Neevah_ofValcyn
Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:39 am
#19
I refuse to put a lvl 6 medical module on anything less than an R3. lvl 6 storage, etc. You want quality pay for it, you want some cheap mouse droid, fine you'll get a 100 rating medical, lvl 4 storage or whatever but I absolutely refuse to waste my money on resources selling garbage because people are cheap. My R3's have storage, food crafter, medical rating: 100, stimpack, and barker. They are too cheap for that, I suggest they stay a medic. And what one guy said about undercutting price by 300 is totally true, one guy near my shop sells at exactly 300 credits under my prices. I still don't lower them, why? Because I still sell out. He needs to understand supply and demand. The lowest price isn't always the best thing for profit and a satisfied customer. Anyway, if you sell mouse droids with lvl 6 storage or lvl 6 med modules, you might as well forget ever having money. That, or sell them for 60% the price of the R3. People need them too much and you need to make all those memory/gp modules to keep up. My two credits...
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