Merchant Archive
Thread: Annoying Customers you want to throw in the Sarlacc Pit
Can you believe some creep made the same item and copied my same exact naming format and personalized name? That's just lame. Trying to cut into my business by naming it the same thing. Not even alittle different, like McDonald's/ McDowells,for expample...little punk..
I've been lucky so far and have not run into a lot of idiots. As a reseller merchant, I don't make my own stuff. I pride myself on being able to find good deals for people on fairly short notice. I've got a lot of shops in my datapad and will always send someone if they're looking for something I don't have. I've even run a sort of concierge service and made pickup/deliveroes for people on occasion, charging a good premium for my travel time and expenses. Only once has it backfired on me.
I had a request come in for a full suit of composite. Of course the guy wanted killer stats for next to nothing. I sent him a wp to an AS who does a range of composite from basic to very high quality. He said he didn't want to go and would I pick it up for him? Not having anything else to do at the time I decided what the hell.... sure. I explained that I would charge travel time and expense plus 20% of the cost of the armor as my fee for getting the stuff. He said ok, and I was off to go shopping! When I got to the store, I found a set of good composite for 185k. I sent a /t to my client explaining the cost of the armor and my fee. I think it all came to 230k. I told him this and he said no problem. I met him back at my shop (a mere 500m from where I bought the armor), expecting to make tthe transaction seeing as I'd explained the cost and gotten a positive response. When we met I reiterated the cost to him. His response was that he'd give me a medium house and two swoops which I could sell in order to get the money he owed me. Needless to say, I was less than impressed. Blame my own naivetee, I suppose. I told him that I deal in cash, not trades. He said fine and that he was going to town to sell the stuff and get my money. I never heard from him again. I ended up putting the armor on my vendor for a total of 10k more than I'd paid for it just so I could unload it.
On the other side of the fence, as a merchant I'm always on the lookout for a good deal and I LOVE to haggle on prices. That's not to say I'm cheap. I don't mind paying someone's original asking price for their merchandise. But I feel that I'd be missing out on the game experience if I didn't at least enter into the challenge of a good bargaining session. Hell, if I enjoy myself enough I might even finally pay more than the final number we settle on. Same when I'm on the other side of the bargaining table.
Troll:
Message Edited by Skyfish on 02-04-2004 07:52 PM
Message Edited by Skyfish on 02-05-2004 01:17 AM
I've had similar situations to this about 4 times:
RandomGuy: Hey, can you program my droid? Im WILLING to pay you a lot of money.
Me: Well actually you can program them yourself...
RandomGuy: No, I can't...
Me: Yes you can, click on it and use the program menu.
RandomGuy: LOL, dude that just makes him say ?,OBVIOUSLYit's bugged (duh). Come here, program it and I'll give ya 500 credits.
This is where I can frustrated and try not to respond
i sell powerups and loot drops from rancors (teeth, hides) at times.
cust (/tell): hey you sell powerups?
me: (activates AFK message that includes the powerups i have stocked, vendor location and message that i dont reply to any tells asking stupid questions).
cust (20 minutes after): your powerups suck! they dont work! I want my money back
(ok at this pointthat catches my attention)
me:what's wrong with them?
cust: Ibought10rancor powerups andcouldntuse them.
me: rancor powerups?
cust:dont act dumb, the ones you use against rancors!
me: uh..whotold you that?
cust: dont you know anything?sheessh no wonder your $#@ powerups suck!!! everyone in my group was using theirs and I couldnt use mine! I want my money back.
me: explain this, ive never heard of this.
cust:the teeth powerups,the ones you use unarmed againt rancors! my group leader was using one and he kicked ass! I tried to use mine but got killed dozens of times
me:are you a teras kasi?
cust: no
me: was your leader a teras kasi?
cust: yes
me: that was aVK not a rancor tooth. rancor tooths are used as sword component enchancements not as weapons.
never heard from him again.
Pawlin: Sure, no problem. I charge 120k for them. [I think I'm cheap]
Twilek Dancer: Oh thats a lot, well I'll have to save up my money, thanks.
Pawlin: No problem just let me know.
Bystander: 120K? Geez, Architect2 sells them for 60k.
Pawlin: Are you sure thats a large and not a medium?
Bystander: Yes I'm sure. He sells them to everyone in our town for that much but I could get her one for that price cause Architect2 is my buddy.
Pawlin: Well thats pretty cheap, I can't compete with that.
Bystander: Well why don't you just be nice and cut her a deal?
Pawlin: 60k is less than my cost of materials. I can't sell for that low.
Bystander: OK then I guess if you just want to rake in the money you can do the greed thing but I'll just have to buy a bunch from Architect2 and sell them to people to keep you from gouging everyone like that.
etc. etc.
So I send a mail to Architect2 "Hey someone said you sell larges for 60k, is that true? ... Architect2 : "No, I charge 5 cpu ... who told you that?" I tell him who it was and he says "Ya they've been doing that kind of stuff to people. I'll have a talk with him".
Turns out that Twilek Dancer and Bystander apparently work a con together. She sets someone up with the how much do you charge question and then he steps in with the claim that you're way over price and that he can get it cheaper elsewhere. Guess if they succeed they get you to sell really low then resell for market value and split the profits.