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Hi there, as droids will be coming onto the markets at a steady pace, I am wondering if anyone knows of a fair droid price guide-line. I don't want to over or undersell anything but remain fair to the going prices expected for certain models of droids.

I know there are not that many on markets as the credit limit is 3K and I Just have no idea what is expected price-wise.

Thanks. ( Happy Holidays )

Calculate your costs and add in a profit margin that is reasonable to you. If you find that people won't buy, shave your margin. Don't sell under cost, but look for ways to reduce cost (like operating your own mines).

I find that my cost is about 0.7 cr/unit averaged over all resources (I buy gas on the bazaar). That makes true cost for a loaded R2 about 3k, plus 5k for my time is 8k retail. I find that this sells.

Hey thanks Garenth, that'll certainly help. Wondering if anyone has put or if there is an official price guide for the retailing of all the SWG droids, as it would help with the market and ensure that people would trade at reasonable levels for the buyers.

Here's my current price guide that I use in coronet-Ahazi. But yoru best bet is to talk to those around you who you'll be selling with. match their prices (or even go higher when they're not around) and you'll find you'll all do decent business.

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> Hello, and welcome to Woodrow Acktoe's Droid Brochure. Here, you can find the price for all major droid models, and many Droid-related questions are answered as well.
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> Before we list the prices, here are the different features, or 'modules', a droid can have:
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> -Private Crafting Station: The greatest of things for crafters and medics alike! Having a droid with one of these will allow you to craft the highest complexity items AND experiment on those items any time, anywhere. No further need to own a house and huge bulky station in there! You can choose from any of the private crafting stations available, or even have MULTIPLE CRAFTING STATIONS in a droid. Sorry for the caps, but its a new feature!
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> -Medical Module: This baby allows medics to practice their wound healing Anywhere! You no longer have to be in a city or med centre to heal, because if you have a droid with one of these, then it acts just like you were in a med centre. Only one module functions in a droid (multiples have no further effect)
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> -10 item inventory space: Self explanitory baby. Unfortunately we can only put a single 10 space inventory module into a droid.
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> -repair module: This is used to repair the BLACK wound damage on droids, NOT white HAM damage. We'll be getting a new droid repair kit over the next month so don't fear for long.
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> Now, for the prices on the popular lines.
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> Baseline Droids:
> R5, MSE, WED treadwell, or DZ-70
> -with one module: 20k
> -with two modules: 22k
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> Surgical droid:
> -comes with food/chem crafting and med module: 25k
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> R2 droid:
> -one module: 25k
> -two modules: 28k
> -three modules: 30k
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> R2 Advance droid:
> -four modules: 35k
> -five modules: 40k
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> R3 Adv droid:
> -six modules: 65k (Favorite setup: all 4 craft stations, medical, inventory)
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> Combat Probot: (820 HAM, 40% resists to all dmg types. Perfect Non-CH pet)
> -No modules: 25k
> -one module: 30k
> -two modules: 35k
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> Alright! That should do it! If you can't find what you're looking for on this brochure (I.E. Seekers or Arakyds), feel free to ask me or try out some stores of other droid engineers on this server Good luck mateys!
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**note to self: increase prices of probot

Below is the email i'll send out to anyone who is interested in buying a droid from me (Chimera).But most people still just ask me to 'make the best medi droid you can' and to be honest i'll sell them what they ask for - a droid (adv surgical) with just a lv6 medical mod. My best selling droid is an R3 because of being able to get so much into it. A fully loaded one of them is 40k.

A good way of getting sales is to offer discounts on mulitple purchases. Above R3 is 40k, but i happily sell two for 70k. People will ALWAYS come back if their first buy is a good one.

Oh and if anyone has any ideas on how to improve this list...

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Habe's Droid Price List:

This price list consists of 3 parts - Frames, Options and Misc Droid Parts.

Droid frame information is given first. This includes Price and 3 options - Max Modules (Mmod) allowed, Max Armour (arm) allowed and a Personality Chip (Pchip) option.

Second is the Module, Armour and Personality Chip options including price and a little information on each item.

If you want a full Droid then 1) select frame type and 2) any amount of options up to the Droid Max.

ALL DROIDS ARE THE SAME!!! Only the Modules you chose for your droid makes it any better or different from any other Droid. An MSE with a Medical Module is EXACTLY THE SAME as an Advanced Surgical Droid with the same Module. HAM can change but it is only a minor difference between Droids.

House display Droids are marked with an * asterix as it is not yet possible to display all Droid types. You pay just frame price for these.

If you have any further questions please ask for 'Habe's Droid FAQ' (currently in production).

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FRAMES:

Binary Load Lifter
Cost - 40,000
Mmod - 0
Marm - 1

*Advanced Binary Load Lifter*
Cost - 50,000
Mmod - 0
Marm - 3

DZ70 Droid
Cost - 1400
Mmod - 1
Marm -

Advanced DZ70 Droid
Cost - 1600
Mmod - 2
Marm - 1

LE Repair Droid
Cost - 6000
Mmod - 2
Marm - 1
Pchip

*Advanced LE Repair Droid*
Cost - 8000
Mmod - 3
Marm - 1
Pchip

MSE Mouse Droid
Cost - 500
Mmod - 1
Marm - 0

Advanced MSE Mouse Droid
Cost - 1000
Mmod - 2
Marm - 1

Power Droid
Cost - 30,000
Mmod - 1
Marm - 0

Advanced Power Droid
Cost - 36,000
Mmod - 1
Marm - 1

Probot
Cost - 10,000
Mmod - 0
Marm - 1

*Advanced Probot*
Cost - 12,000
Mmod - 2
Marm - 2

Protocol Droid
Cost - 9000
Mmod - 0
Marm - 0
Pchip

*Advanced Protocol Droid*
Cost - 10,000
Mmod - 2
Marm - 1
Pchip

R2 Droid
Cost - 8000
Mmod - 3
Marm - 1

*Advanced R2 Droid*
Cost - 10,000
Mmod - 5
Marm - 2

R3 Droid
Cost - 10,000
Mmod - 3
Marm - 1

*Advanced R3 Droid*
Cost - 12,000
Mmod - 6
Marm - 2

R4 Droid
Cost - 2500
Mmod - 1
Marm - 0

*Advanced R4 Droid*
Cost - 6000
Mmod - 3
Marm - 2

R5 Droid
Cost - 1700
Mmod - 1
Marm - 0

Advanced R5 Droid
Cost - 2500
Mmod - 2
Marm - 1

Surgical Droid
Cost - 7000
Mmod - 2
Marm - 0
Pchip

*Advanced Sugical Droid*
Cost - 9000
Mmod - 3
Marm - 1
Pchip

Treadwell Droid
Cost - 1500
Mmod - 1
Marm - 0

Advanced Treadwell Droid
Cost - 2500
Mmod - 2
Marm - 1
Pchip

MODULES:

General, Weapon & Droid Crafting Station:
Cost - 2500

Food & Chemical Crafting station:
Cost - 2500

Clothes & Armour Crafting Station:
Cost - 2500

Structure Crafting Station:
Cost - 2500

-All function as a private, portable crafting station. According to 'forum rummor' they all equall or exceed a 43% home version of the same when Master made.

Repair Module:
Cost - 4000

-Lets you repair other Droids. DOES NOT CAUSE DROID TO FIX SELF.

Lv1 Medical Module:
Cost - 500
Medical Rating - 55

Lv2 Medical Module:
Cost - 1000
Medical Rating - 65

Lv3 Medical Module:
Cost - 1500
Medical Rating - 75

Lv4 Medical Module:
Cost - 2500
Medical Rating - 85

Lv5 Medical Module:
Cost - 4000
Medical Rating - 100

Lv6 Medical Module:
Cost - 5000
Medical Rating - 110

-Lets you heal wounds outside of towns and camps. DOES NOT AUTO HEAL. The Medical Rating is the % of skill used for determining success e.g. 110 lets you use all your skill + a 10% bouns.

Lv1 Data Module:
Cost - 500
Data Rating - 20

Lv2 Data Module:
Cost - 1000
Data Rating - 50

Lv3 Data Module:
Cost - 1500
Data Rating - 80

Lv4 Data Module:
Cost - 2000
Data Rating - 110

Lv5 Data Module:
Cost - 3000
Data Rating - 125 TEMP UNAVAILABLE

Lv6 Data Module:
Cost - 4000
Data Rating - 150 TEMP UNAVAILABLE

-Lets you store schematics from your datapad on the droid. Data Rating is the max number of schematics stored.

Lv Item Storage:
Cost - 500
Storage Rating - 1

Lv Item Storage:
Cost - 1000
Storage Rating - 2

Lv Item Storage:
Cost - 1500
Storage Rating - 4

Lv Item Storage:
Cost - 2000
Storage Rating - 6

Lv Item Storage:
Cost - 3000
Storage Rating - 9 TEMP UNAVAILABLE

Lv Item Storage:
Cost - 4000
Storage Rating - 10 TEMP UNAVAILABLE

-Lets you store items from your packback. Storage Rating is the max number of items you can store.

Lv4 Armour:
Cost - 2500

-Currently only do Level 4 armour. One section is 25% resist, two sections is 40% resists.

Personality Chips:
Cost - 2000
Types:
Sarcastic, Worshipful,

-Gives your Droid a personality, currently bugged.

Bounty Hunter Only Droids:

Arakyd Probe Droid
Cost - 3000 each/Crate of 5 for 13,000

Seeker Droid
Cost - 1000 each/Crate of 5 for 4500

I use a site that is good. Its www.undeadfish.com/droid.phb

Here people can assemble what they want. I use the prizes as standard too.

My prices are almost identical to robertread's... the major differences being the BLL and Power Droids where I'm significantly cheaper.

I use the same chassis vs module pricing scheme and it has served me very well. And like he said, giving your customers a good buying experience is by far the best way to get repeat sales. I have several customers who have come back over and over to buy new droids simply because I took the time to teach them how to tame, program, and name their droids the first time they bought one. A personal experience is much better than an email, too - it sticks in their minds longer. I do have an instructional email that I send them, but I also walk them through it.

All of my droid prices include max armor and a personality chip where applicable.

Hey folks, I really appreciate all the time and effort it has taken you all to put these guidelines down, they sure will be a big help and are all very informative thanks. And I'd like to thank Gyper too, as we have met on farstar and I would like to apologise for hasseling you with what must like reems of annoying questions, I have found everything you have said a great help and you certainly have the patience of a saint, cheers....

My prices are very close to what Woody has listed in his post. I can not sell them for less because I have a hard time keeping my vendors stocked as it is.And that is with two factorys always running and 5 high BER harvestors up and running all the time.

I just finished a load of R2's that have all the crafting stations, medical modules,storage and repair modules in them. Took me over a week to finish up in my factorys. I sell them for around 60k. While that may sound high to some of you, I look at it this way: Once you buy that one R2 droid you will never need another droid again. You can grind through any profession with that droid and never need a replacement droid with the other module(s) that you need.

I generally charge 10 CPU, then add 25% to that total, then round up to the nearest 500 (ie 18,310 = 18.5k, 18, 795 = 19k). I sell a decent amount of droids and can easily cover my costs.

I normaly sell droids for about the same. Much below that price it is far from worth my time to make them. Hopefully SOE will one day make our profession worth the time to become.