Image Designer Archive
Thread: Image Designer customer stories please share :)
My most recent was as the customer. I made a character, but the hairstyle I wanted for her was an Expert style. So I go to Theed and find an IDer and find out she only charges 1k for the change. I was shocked, having had a Hairstylist on another server(whose skills I had to drop..*sigh*But Master Entertainer/Dancer, going for Master Musician too, with some fighting skills...yeah, no room for ID 
), and I usually see 5k+ for hair. Well, I have her show me two styles, the second to last one which is the one I had in mind, and the other one with the hair pulled back and a few strands over the face. I decided on the one I originally wanted, and paid her 2k, would have paid more if I'd had the cash. But then, another customer comes in, and asks to be made to look old. I was amused, as she sat there going through hairstyles and such, and I was standing there suggesting hairstyles as well, since I'd been an ID as I said before, and that was quite fun to watch.
I'm going to miss ID
Wow. Some amazing stories here. I just have to post.
Soo, the most interesting setup that ever happened to me was when a freind of mine's alt chara (A BE. The main chara is a Tailor.) Asked for a quick do' change. She (Nailin) told me pretty much exactly what she wanted, and then told me that her 'sister' (Tailin) would tip me. I am freinds with them both and told her not to worry about it. I logged off after that becuase I had to go... So when I log back on the next day, I have a mail: Tailin has tipped 500000 credits to your Bank. Nailin had used an ID job as an excuse to set me up for my Armorsmith Grind!
My OTHER story requires a little back-history. If you read my Bio in-game, it's all about my chosen ID profession. My history in an obscure sect of Alderaan practicing illegal forms of Genetic Engineering on humans, which serves as a basis for my ethos that a body is a work of art. I'm really proud of my Bio.
So I'm sitting at the Imperial Outpost on Dant, waiting for a shuttle, and I get the ever-dreaded "Cam u do hair" tell. I kick myself for it sometimes, but I pride myself for not ever denying service, even to the rudest of customers, nor do I ever ignore signs of potentially bad ID's.
So I /tell him back, "Yes, I can do hair."
So he /tell's me: "i got a freind who wants cool hair can u do it?"
So I say: Sure. Where is he?
(I sometimes boggle at some of you, who deny service, refuse to travel, and charge so much for such simple things. I mean, I can understand a little extra for a skin color change: I have to Muon or Fishak through those, and more often then not I end up belly-up in the dirt after a skin color job.. but 1k for hair someone said? Maybe that IS ludicrous... or maybe being tipped 500k ruined me. DANGIT! I feel so dirty!)
As it turns out, the person I'm supposed to go ID is in Coronet, which is where I'm headed anyway, so I of course have no problem meeting you, and yes I'll go to the Bank terminal to avoid Lag.
So I arrive at the pre-determined location and find standing there two people of quantatively different proportions. On the one side, I have a slightly pudgy Zabrak with a positively disgusting look to him. On the other, I have a well tailored Zabrak with handsome features. As I approach, the well-tailored Zabrak points to his fatter freind and says to me "thats my freind. u halp him?"
I group the pudgy Zabrak, and we get to work.
And this is the amazing part. The 'freind' turns out oto be his 'brother'. They are supposed to look very much the same but the pudgy one ((Who was totally playing off my Bio-Engineer family background)) explained that an accident with a clone facility had left him like he was, and could I please make him an exact clone of his 'brother'. He spoke in complete sentences, used proper emotes and was the most polite job I've ever done.
We finish and he tips me, a not overly generous but still decent tip, and we part ways. Three days later I'm telling a freind of mine about the job, and it turns out this freind is in the same guild as the two. Lo and Behold, apparently the two men were not 'brother's' but the SAME GUY, just alternate characters on seperate machines! And they talked and acted SO MUCH different! Sheesh.
Once again I am too long winded. Hehe...
Okay you guys, this is my first time posting anything so bare with me! hehe I was previously a BH but the investigation upset me...so I dropped it. I was currently working on CH and decided on Fencer as my "fighting" profession. Then I kept searching for another profession..and what do you know, I chose ID! hehe...Anyway...I only have 2-0-1-1 but I'm working my way up. Now for one of my funny stories. (Btw, everyone in this profession is awesome, you all are so nice and helpful!)
Customer: Hi, I need a new hairstyle, color, and eye color.
Me: I can't change a lot, but I'll try and help you out.
Customer: How much will it cost me?
Me: I just take tips, I'm only novice.
Customer: Great let's get started.
I sit there with her (human female, master pistoleer) and I won't go on about how time consuming some people can be because you all know lol. She just couldn't decide.... Eventually she did and we finished. She tipped me 3k which was totally fine because I don't have many skills. She was a very polite person up until this point...
Customer: I don't mind tipping you but another ID a few months ago charged me out the *edit.* How come you think you have the right to charge when you don't use resources or buy weapons?
Me: (Kind of ticked off) It's a PROFESSION just like pistoleer. You do missions, I change someones look. It's all a matter of clicking a mouse button.
Customer: Yeah whatever, I'd like to see YOU in a fight....
Me: (While I'm secretly LMAO)....Okay wanna duel?
Customer: LOL ARE YOU SERIOUS?!
Me: Um...YEAH
Customer: Okay....I'll DB you though.
What this girl obviously doesn't know (because I'm holding my weapon) is that a fencer is very fast lol...so we duel and I incap her in like 20 seconds. LOL She is calling me names and everything. I don't take it as a bad experience though...I think of it as freakin hilarious. I didn't DB her though...I probably should have but I hate the decay as much as anyone so ya know...Anyway...
Kwee, I read like everything you write to get ideas (as well as other people's) and you all have helped me with ideas and such so I thought I'd share my funny story as an ID starting out...hehe 
There's a definite benefit to being an ID/combat blend! Hehe you go girl! Welcome to the community
ladyadrienne wrote:
What this girl obviously doesn't know (because I'm holding my weapon) is that a fencer is very fast lol...so we duel and I incap her in like 20 seconds. LOL She is calling me names and everything. I don't take it as a bad experience though...I think of it as freakin hilarious. I didn't DB her though...I probably should have but I hate the decay as much as anyone so ya know...Anyway...
Note: As background, and not to brag, I'm one of the most well known - if not the most well-known - ID's on my server, mainly because I've been a master since mid-July, and haven't dropped it.
Chat log still in front of me, but edited for length...
Customer: I hear you do image design
Me: yep
What a night, two "I want #XX hair style" (I hate those) one 2k tip one 50 credit tip and /disband without even a thank you. 
But the best was a guy thatwould not answerquestions on how he wanted it, refusedevery hair styles and then said "never mind" and as I was typing a reply to tell him about the site to seeallthe styleshe ask for 500 credits!!!!
So if you have a black ball list for kettemoor add "erek" and "Rooin" to it 
. Right now I hope we get a Major function and a overkillXP fix. Mahahahaha
So what do you all think? Terrible social faux pas?
Sir_Voor wrote:
So if you have a black ball list for kettemoor add "erek" and "Rooin" to it
Syzygy-Gorath wrote:
Sir_Voor wrote:
So if you have a black ball list for kettemoor add "erek" and "Rooin" to it
Oh my god…you got erek? A friend had to deathblow him the other day for not understanding that the woman he was hitting on was said friend's girlfriend. Poor guy…I warned him…
LOL, I love it....
When it gets close to getting the revamp/functions I think we should make a bad customer list, and to be truly vengeful. We shouldin-game email them letting them know Mahahahaha ......... Yes Sir_Voor has a dark side
Sir_Voor wrote:
Syzygy-Gorath wrote:
Sir_Voor wrote:
So if you have a black ball list for kettemoor add "erek" and "Rooin" to it
Oh my god…you got erek? A friend had to deathblow him the other day for not understanding that the woman he was hitting on was said friend's girlfriend. Poor guy…I warned him…
LOL, I love it....
When it gets close to getting the revamp/functions I think we should make a bad customer list, and to be truly vengeful. We shouldin-game email them letting them know Mahahahaha ......... Yes Sir_Voor has a dark side
That's really not a bad idea... I've lost touch with a lot of my server's ID's (I don't even know who still plays anymore) but I used to send out emails of names if I got harassed by a real doozy.