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Thread: Droid Pricing Question

zChuckRoastz
Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:02 pm
#1

Anyone have a link or a guideline on how much to charge for a droid?


I was thinking5-7 cpu based on the number of materials needed to craft one. Some of the resources are hard to find (Lidium ore, Duralumin Aluminum, etc.)


Thanks.



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Lumpi667
Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:30 pm
#2

i use this page for my prices:


www.undeadfish.com/droids.php





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Jenden
Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:34 pm
#3

I think mine are at about 8.5cpu, maybe a little more. Some think its too low, but it keeps my credit count high and it allows more new players that don't have a lot of credits to get droids.



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VWBugKing
Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:35 pm
#4

You actually make sales from that high of a price? 12k for an R3 Droid w/ Full Combat and Level 4 Armor?



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VWBugKing
Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:36 pm
#5

Sorry, i was referring to the website prices.



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duncje
Fri Apr 16, 2004 4:02 pm
#6

Don't figure by cpu alone. Before I retired, I sold things for more based on rare resources or a lot of factory time.


Honestly, I think 5-7 cpu is a little low, you can sell decent resources at 3-5 cpu, when you figure factory time and the rares into the equation, you're probably making less profit than you could simply selling the resources alone.


That being said, after I figured my prices and figured out my cpu (after the fact), I was probably selling droids for 10-15 cpu, sometimes higher, sometimes lower.


Just charge what the market will bear. If you sell out of stuff quickly, raise your prices. If you're not selling stuff as quickly as you'd like, try lowering them a little.





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Iygow
Fri Apr 16, 2004 4:31 pm
#7

Dunje's right about not going on cpu alone. My biggest seller right now is a 144CR DZ70 with level 4 armor and 1006 HAM. These "Meatlump Slayers" fly off the bazaar at 6k each. Last week I did the calculation and it turned out to be 12 point something cpu.


I was glad to know I wasn't loosing any money while trying tointroduce people to using droids to hunt with and protect them on harv runs.


The only thing the cpu calculation is good for is to set a floor price, otherwise, charge what the market will bear. I wish I could sell them for more on the bazaar, since they're still underpriced.


Without taking missions, I went and killed Meatlumps and Thugs for about 45 minutes. Just looting corpses, I got 1500 credits and 2 locked containers, each of which sold for 6k. The droid did 95% of all the fighting/damage and only had to hit it with a 650 energy repair kit B once, so the value is there.






Jenden
Fri Apr 16, 2004 4:54 pm
#8

It all depends on what your after. I could care less about making credits, as long as I make enough to buy the resources I need to make more droids, I'm happy. If your out to make money, then charge what you can get for them (it takes some time to test the market and see what it will bear).



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Kollos
Fri Apr 16, 2004 5:49 pm
#9

Start at 10 CPU and go up from there. You can start lower than that if you feel that you need to in order to attract business, but lower prices really don't increase your sales. Location is FAR more important than price.


10 CPU plus variable (much higher) rates for the installed modules results in prices that range from 13k for a simple WED Treadwell mobile crafting station with storage to 50k for an R3 UberCrafter with all 4 crafting stations, item storage, and data storage. My combat droids range from 31k for a fully loaded LE Repair to as much as 130k for a "perfect" Probot with1094 HAM and a combat rating of 550. My most popular combat droids are R3 and Probot variants that sell for 50-55k.




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