Image Designer Archive

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Ani_cul wrote:

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Maisland wrote:

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Pooplefronk wrote:

My fee for the migration is always 50K. If they do not have that kind of credit and are respectful to me and I sense newbie, I will forego my fee. I do however stress the fact that they only get this one freebie or they can give me one IOU - most actually choose the latter.

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Someone awhile back said that they charge Newbies the Maroj Melon that everyone starts with... so if someone claims to be a newbie, that's what I do. If they don't have that melon, they can't be all THAT new.

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ahh but the catch, you can forage the Maroj Melons up with scout skill.

as a Tailor I say charge em the shirt off their back...no creator name on those..

or perhaps start a weapons wall in your home, taking their pristine starter weapon as your 'good deed' badge to hang up...

Message Edited by Ani_cul on 03-07-2005 08:45 AM

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LaurnaRose wrote:

newbie = No title/No guild/No badges/Basic clothes and gear = Free services

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, chances are ... its a duck.

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Or a powergamer's new buffbot alt. Or a Jedi's unlocked character. Or... get the picture?

Sometimes, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a cow.

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OnysAmen wrote:

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Ani_cul wrote:

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Maisland wrote:

Someone awhile back said that they charge Newbies the Maroj Melon that everyone starts with... so if someone claims to be a newbie, that's what I do. If they don't have that melon, they can't be all THAT new.

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ahh but the catch, you can forage the Maroj Melons up with scout skill.

as a Tailor I say charge em the shirt off their back...no creator name on those..

or perhaps start a weapons wall in your home, taking their pristine starter weapon as your 'good deed' badge to hang up...

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Ah but the problem with that is people sells those on the bazzar for real cheap or when you train a novice skill the helper droid gives you one for free. If your charging only 5k-10 people probably wont go through the trouble but for 50k they might.

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Heh... I would say the melon would be part of the whole package... which includes no (or very few and easy to get) Badges, bazaar crap armor (if any), non-guilded (if a newbie is in a guild, they don't need handouts)... and KNOW what the different starter outfits look like... not to mention that if they are Ithorian or Sullustian, chances are that they got the 75k creditbonus in their bank account for JtL.

The melon is much harder to fake than the clothes and weapon... and if someone goes to the trouble of making sure that their character fits every other aspect of a newbie, I am willing to take their melon in return for a stat migration... and make note of their name so they only get the one free.

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FuschiaD wrote:

I have one hard and fast rule about payment: I don't have set prices, but I don't work for free. You must pay SOMETHING. If there's nothing entered in that box (or banktipped to me), the session does not get accepted.

I long ago acknowledged the fact that we are just as responsible for making sure we get paid as those who seek our services. Always keep the upper hand. After all, THEY need YOU.

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Hmm, your idea is a good one. Usually, I let the customer tip me whatever they want (when they ask), with the same concept (that they must pay me something). After they accept the change and don't tip, I end it with a remark that makes them think. "Thanks for your generosity." That doesn't seem enough though, because some people I guess just don't understand.

ID is like tailor I guess. I will tell the customers about payment first before I do the deed.

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NJ62 wrote:
Yeah I charged 10k for a stat migration and then tips for everything else. One girl tipped me 10001 for the stat migration/hairdo session. Smacktard.

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