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Shaila
Webmistress Official DEAnet Website
http://www.swg-dea.net

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Batteries not Included Inc
Naboo, Trinity City -6732 -4491
Droid Engineer since 12/03

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Fantastic website! You are very talented! Any DE business you get, you deserve with that kind of dedication to the prof.

/clap

Two accounts cancelled due to lack of Dev interest

The NGE, a sad end to a great game!

*jots down names and waypoint numbers*

YouDE are hard to find on Naboo, I tell ya

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There'snothinginthisworldsosweetaslove,
Andnexttolovethesweetestthingishate.
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Thanks again. I really appreciate your comments (coming from fellow DE's). I knew going into SWG that droids were what I wanted to do, and I've done nothing but work towards that since day one.

If it wasn't for all those months waiting for droids to become useful in the game, I probably wouldn't have learned to decorate so well in-game. (trying to see the bright side...heh) And that gave me plenty of time to work on my website as well.

I think it's pretty awesome that we've had two major publishes "themed" around droids, and even though there is so much more potential for droids, I'm enjoying where we are today. (with JTL on the near horizon!)

I've kept from putting my prices andorder "form"on the website for a couple of reasons: One, I hope that other DE's will find it a useful resource to educate their own customers; and Two, I now keep plenty busy in-game with orders that I can't even think about adding to that workload with outside emails. I'm still struggling with some way to add "online orders" to the site in the future, but even so, I hope you all feel free to send visitors there to read about and see what we all have to offer. I am thinking I would like to perhaps add a DE "yellow pages", listing otherDE's and their servers/locations for visitors to find a convenient one...

Anyways, thanks for checking my site for accuracy, etc. and I'll keep working to improve it as time permits. I am certainly expecting to be adding whole new sections to it once JTL goes live. Can't wait!

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That's okay Grozeb, there are way too many confusing numbers to remember in droid crafting...heh.

And too many stacking options to explain to buyers.

I keep my prices simple by just having a FIXED price for a droid filled with modules. It's too confusing for my customers and too much brain damage for me to have to calculate a different price all the time depending on what types of modules somone wants. It's all factory crafted components anyways.

My prices are higher than some, but not as high as others I've read about, so I'm good with that. And I've only ever had complaints from new, poor characters just starting out who want the "best combat droid possible"...heh.

Save up for it.

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Im trying to think of the best way to say this without coming off as a complete jerk, bare with me

Just some friendly neighborhood advice, Yod, but if ya wanted, you could add the price to the information of each droid chassis along with each module so customers can get a general idea of how much your droid is going to cost customized. I dont know if you add on any customization fees or what not, but its an idea. I dont know how many people use your site though.(Although like Micco said, I utilize the info listed there as well)

By the way, I saw a few guys in Theed the other day with Entertainer Droids in front of the starport, they told me they bought in bulk from you for an awesome price. Nice way to get business, have other people mention ya. I know thats worked for me

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Radiant.Grymnir
Radiant.Shaye
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As I mentioned in the post right above, I just used "fixed" prices for my droids. (keep it simple for the customer, keep it simple for me.) A fully loaded R3 costs the same, no matter what's in it. An Entertainer R3 is just as important to an entertainer, as a Harvest R3 is to a scout, etc...

I haven't posted online prices in the past because: A) When modules were so buggy in the beginning, I didn't feel right charging full price for semi-working droids, and as those bugs got fixed, the prices moved up abit to reflect that, so they changed often... B) Before combat droids came out, my prices were below average so I could makesales regularly and keep myself in business... C)Once combat droids became popular, my prices went up to where they are now, but are still not the highest (or lowest) around... D)Not posting Yod Prices means fellow DE's can send customers to my site for information without fear of losing them to "better" prices...E) I didn't want to "lock" myself into prices until I had a better handle on how Post-Patch 8 prices were going to fluctuate.

Anyways, a bunch of reasons to say "I'd rather not post prices on-line....yet". And the final reason is, usually once I get a customer to bother emailing me for a price quote... I can almost alwaysreel em in for the sale. That's my version of SWG fishing....heh.

One-on-one customer relations is what I've built Yod DROIDWORX on. I really don't enjoy stocking a vendor full of models that I think "everyone should have" and then waiting for it to empty and re-fill.... I like my customers. They like me. It works.

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