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Thread: Resource Merchants... a question...
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Niles2828
Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:34 pm
#1
For those of you who primarily sell resources...
Has anyone noticed a drop in sales since the 30k resource kits came out? I run a vendor that gets pretty good business, but suddenly I've had a drop off in customer activity. Is this a product of the resource kits, or am I crazy?
Has anyone noticed a drop in sales since the 30k resource kits came out? I run a vendor that gets pretty good business, but suddenly I've had a drop off in customer activity. Is this a product of the resource kits, or am I crazy?
SystemJinx
Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:40 pm
#3
I haven't experienced a drop in sales either. 30K resources are nice for some uber project, but most people won't use it for grinding andsub-component creation.
Steel and Fiberplast are always a strong seller...
Message Edited by SystemJinx on 03-12-2005 10:41 PM
Elyssa
Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:09 am
#4
That's kind of what I would expect.
SystemJinx wrote:
I haven't experienced a drop in sales either. 30K resources are nice for some uber project, but most people won't use it for grinding andsub-component creation.
I chew through 30k of resources in no time.
eaglebacca
Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:30 pm
#5
Elyssa wrote:That's kind of what I would expect.
SystemJinx wrote:I haven't experienced a drop in sales either. 30K resources are nice for some uber project, but most people won't use it for grinding and sub-component creation.
I chew through 30k of resources in no time.
I am not thinking of using them just yet, wanting for some better spawns of resources before i decide as they are vet award per account.
Just me opinion
Washell
Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:23 pm
#6
30k resources isn't much for most professions. Buying them on eclipse works out to 100 to 120cpu so it's really only profitable for some creature resources.
DesktopSaki
Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:54 pm
#7
The 30k kits are a drop in the bucket, and no one in their right mind would use them for grind materials. My sales are about the same as always (which is to say slow, but I still enjoy it).
bluejanus
Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:20 am
#8
Not really. Course I only do resources part-time. Did some sales and some trading with my 187 days old LWW . Quite lucrative. Sold a bunch for a nice price. Traded the rest for some 339 days old Dantooine Berry Fruit (two-thirds of which I traded for two resource kits) and the rest for two of the best irolunn gases my server ever had. Quite lucrative all the same.
. Quite lucrative. Sold a bunch for a nice price. Traded the rest for some 339 days old Dantooine Berry Fruit (two-thirds of which I traded for two resource kits) and the rest for two of the best irolunn gases my server ever had. Quite lucrative all the same.Message Edited by bluejanus on 03-13-2005 11:21 PM
Happymob
Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:31 am
#9
The only change I have seen is animal resources are now basically capped at 200 cpu (since the going rate for the 30K reward on Scylla is 6 million credits). A lot of avian meat has been devalued, but everything else seems to sell at the old prices.
RamondChappell
Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:22 am
#10
I will also back what the previous posters have said. I sell bulk mineral resources. When I say bulk, I mean I average selling about 1m in grind resources per week. The 30k deeds haven't slowed my business down at all because the vast majority of people will use those to acquire creature resources.
Niles2828
Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:29 am
#11
Good points all, but I neglected to mention one thing...
My main resource vendor is primarily a meat vendor. 30k is a drop in the bucket when it comes to non-organic needs, but 30k is a lot when it comes to meat or other hunted resources.
Just a thought.
DesktopSaki
Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:10 pm
#12
Niles2828 wrote:
Good points all, but I neglected to mention one thing...
My main resource vendor is primarily a meat vendor. 30k is a drop in the bucket when it comes to non-organic needs, but 30k is a lot when it comes to meat or other hunted resources.
Just a thought.
I sell both mined and organics--my other character is a Master Ranger--and you're right, 30k of an organic is a very different thing than 30k of something mined. (Yet I still get people wanting to buy "grind hide at 1 cpu" or "top quality meat at 5 cpu.") But--depending on what it's being used for, that 30k can still go fast. It might not even be one factory run. It's more a dollop than a drop.
Ledao
Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:56 am
#13
Niles2828 wrote:
Good points all, but I neglected to mention one thing...
My main resource vendor is primarily a meat vendor. 30k is a drop in the bucket when it comes to non-organic needs, but 30k is a lot when it comes to meat or other hunted resources.
Just a thought.
Yeah, that's the problem... None of the docs are going to be buying Avian meat for years... And I wouldn't even expect many of them to be buying high quality herb meat, as there was such a glut of it in the last couple of months.
Our chefs do still seem to be buying creature resources though... But I think the armorsmiths are in the same situation as the docs -- there are a ton of resource kits out there.
As for other resources, I've noticed a definite upturn in high-end sales -- the resource kits seem to have caused more people to try crafting for personal use, or even to start businesses, and so I'm seeing quite a bit of interest in Doc and Chef staple resources.
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