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Ramsey_Lanclo

Sat Jan 17, 2004 9:07 pm

Since hitting master here's my price breakdown.

Armor: 100cr per %

Weapons: 200cr per %

No charge under 15%

(The reason for this is due to the fact that most people want you to slice a full set of armor, at least in my experience, weapons generally come one or two at a time.)

I've had _one_ person say my pricing was steep and tried to haggle with me. I let him know I wasn't hurting for business and he was welcome to find another master smuggler.

Kinda like people not respecting what artisans charge... ("Ooo... I saw %TT sell it for 9k, not 11k" "Then buy it from him")

-Ramsey Lanclo

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side..."
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Khubacca

Sat Jan 17, 2004 9:34 pm

#15

PoopsMcGeeTempest wrote:

Just wondering if the other master smugglers would like to raise the prices for slicing. Currently we are making as much as the lvl 4 guys and they are getting alot of business for the stupid slicer tag. I think if we raise or our prices people will not only pay it we will get more business from people asking why it costs more and then explaining that we give the best slices. I think this will help word get out and more people will look for masters.

Current pricing thought is 200 credits per % point forbase effectivnessand 300 credits per % point for encumbrence on armor

Then say 250 credits per % for weapons either speed or damage.

Just a thought

P.S. this thread is for tempest master smugglers, I already know if you aren't one you are gonna complain.

Under 20% = 1k, no more freebies

who says we have to eat the knives and clamps because of bad luck

Charge what you want to. People will come or go someplace else. But trying to get the smugglers of a whole server to change their price? HA! Good luck. I'd underprice you just to spite you.

Khubacca
Master Smuggler
Beach House Alliance
Tatooine, the biggest darn beach in the galaxy

ulfmanDE

Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:41 am

#16

as master smuggler we make good money at slicing and muon. sure, raise the price, then be sure everythingraises. the artisans will say we make too much, the weaponsmith will say the slice costs more than the crafting, experimenting and runnin factory with all kind of stuffs for a FWG5.....and the weapon costs will rise..........

i feel perfect fine set with 100cr./%. i make really nice money. and if i slice 5 or more pieces of armor: 10% discount. or 22k flat.

since i harvest myself water, radio, steel, copper - i sell muon 7k a crate - and fast.....

and if i see any master near me charging 150/% - then i will follow him all day, advertising 75/%....enjoy that...its a joke to say that must be done.

ulfmande

alt: ulfur and ulfmandesbuddy

evetsleep

Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:32 pm

#17

I beg you all.....stop beating this poor dead horse. Charge what you like....let others do the same.

"The is nothing to see here....move along"

Orzi - Light Jedi Assasin
Apol - Master Rifleman
"Your eyes can decieve you. Don't trust them" -o.k.

xPREDATORx

Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:11 pm

#18

omg not this ole rant to the ubove post master smuggler r bettre slicers fact! infact im gona bump this friken font size to drill it into some of your heads

master smuggler have better slicin skills than just a slicer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

master slicer max slice on armour 40%

master slicer max weapons slice 35%

normal slicer max armour slice 35%

normal slicer max weapons slice 30%

and yes i dont care what it says in the skill box because this is known fact.....

sorry about that i just felt it had to be done.... i charge 9k a slice on any of my items if its just 1 or 2 items if they get abad %slice i will discount some of the money not if its not thespecific slice they wantedi.e speed or damage. (shame really that we cant pik what type of slice we want but thats been said since day 1) if they want me to slice a suit or a multiple of items then i will greatly reduce the cost on a bulk deal....if its a noob player i will also decrease the price. im always slicin stuff for people and never get any complaints and always have master smuggler tag up not slicer because most of the players who have their heads screwed on will do a master smuggler search via control p and filtering out any idiots that pay me money then say i asked for ecumberance slices not effect. i really do not care about the arguments between master vs slicer aguments but it does make me mad when a slicer babbles the usual "there no bonus of being a master" common guys we are more rare than jedi at this moment and time and i dont think any smuggler at this moment in time can be called a rippoff merchant as they can be hard to locate hence probably why we are all dominated by slice tell at times... and please guys us smugglers should be sticking together not fighting.

Boe-Os Darksky Former SWG Veteran (Reactivated)
Proud Member of ATO (Yes we're back!)
Jedi and Melee hater No more...NOW NGE hater (We all preferred pre-cu didnt we!)

xPREDATORx

Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:25 pm

#19

WHO BELIEVES ITS TO RE CREATE THE SMUGGLERS UNION!

bout time we all stuck together and rather than breaking each others necks in price wars try getting us all to help each other and get a universal price for slicers and master smuggs and if you pull it off would could all even raise the cost as a whole....

and if you dont think it will work it can just ask any or the top master doc buffers as they have had simular porblems with buff prices and doc vs resource hunters.

Boe-Os Darksky Former SWG Veteran (Reactivated)
Proud Member of ATO (Yes we're back!)
Jedi and Melee hater No more...NOW NGE hater (We all preferred pre-cu didnt we!)

KloudRunner

Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:36 pm

#20

One thing you always have to take into account is your own TIME. I wont lower my prices to 2-3k per slice based on expirience in the buisness and having to play with a broke profession for nigh 2 years. I have actually had people complain to me about 5k per slice. Like many others charging that price i feel i should be charging more but i know people wont pay it because of some spam slicer GIVING away slices. I had some guy complain to me while i was waiting for a doc to buff me after he said no thanks he then went and got it for free off the same doc that was buffing me. In a case like that why waste your time asking me to slice something and having to pay when he could have just gotten it for free anyway. Seriously Slicing is doing my nut in. Its the one service that is only just becoming valualbe again and saught after. I remember being able to charge 10k per slice and no one batterd an eye lid now everyones like "When i was master smuggler i charge 2k per slice, man your such a rip off" Well if you loved smuggler so much and care so much you should have stayed a fraggin smuggler.

Bottom line and my rants over lol

I'll charge 5k per slice, no less. dont like the price go do a jigsaw.

Kloudrunner

Smuggler

Scoundral

Pirate

"The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can't do"

VegitoX

Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:44 pm

#21

/shrug

I charge upwards to 8k per slice, it really depends on how I feel.

PS

No more how much do you charge post please.

Reo Grande* Mos Eisley Bred* Blue Milk Fed
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Dreamslayer

Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:17 pm

#22

PoopsMcGeeTempest wrote:
Just wondering if the other master smugglers would like to raise the prices for slicing. Currently we are making as much as the lvl 4 guys and they are getting alot of business for the stupid slicer tag. I think if we raise or our prices people will not only pay it we will get more business from people asking why it costs more and then explaining that we give the best slices. I think this will help word get out and more people will look for masters.
Current pricing thought is 200 credits per % point for base effectivness and 300 credits per % point for encumbrence on armor
Then say 250 credits per % for weapons either speed or damage.
Just a thought
P.S. this thread is for tempest master smugglers, I already know if you aren't one you are gonna complain.
Under 20% = 1k, no more freebies
who says we have to eat the knives and clamps because of bad luck

I don't know about slicing on Tempest, but on Naritus I find that the all of my steady income comes from people who already know Master Smugglers get higher slices. My regulars know the difference between Slice IV and Master slicing and they are my bread and butter. If you are a starport spammer I guess you can include that info in your advert, to try and lure customers away from the Slice IV smugglers. But I don't feel like punishing my regular customers by raising prices just because a few uninformed people might be going elsewhere for slices.

You can't monopolize ALL the customers on your server. Some people are just going to go elsewhere and that's that.

iamnotatarget

Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:05 pm

#23

I have to go with the 5k per slice as a starting point. The price goes up or down depending on the attitude of the customer. I have no qualms about doing a free slice if the situation calls for it. Or charging 20k a slice to some loud mouth trash talking idiot. I am personally interested in hearing more about that "smuggler union". Didn't a Talon guy do something like that in the books? or is this off subject/thread?

Icierveiro

Captain of Irodonian Jewel and Moon-Curser

Owner/Operator of PackRats Import/Export Inc.

Iciev

Information Specialist, Rebel Pilot,and Field Agent of PackRats

Anjou

Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:08 pm

#24

10k per slice. No less. Make 500k a night easily. When people ask why I charge so much, I just say 'if people are willing to pay 8-12k for a 2 hour buff, why pay less for a modification that lasts the lifetime of the object..'

Zadioc

Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:49 am

#25

maybe if master smugglers were any better than "slicers" you could charge more. You do know that master smuggler is exact same skill at slicing as "slicer".

xPREDATORx

Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:17 pm

#26

well if people are actually interested in progress than i suggest we start down a list of the rough prices of slices on your servers we mite be even be able to get a even price across the servers if we work hard enough....

what r the goin prices on your server do a min max to make it alittle easier also i would suggest adding the amount of smugglers around on that server...

example a 1to 5 rating 1=meaning smugglers are the true jedi's

2=there a few but never when i want one

3=there around if i look for them

4=lots about price dont bother me coz il always find anotherslicer

5=blimey, is smuggler the newFoTM?

so slap it out like this

server=

min/max price =

server smuggler rating=

Boe-Os Darksky Former SWG Veteran (Reactivated)
Proud Member of ATO (Yes we're back!)
Jedi and Melee hater No more...NOW NGE hater (We all preferred pre-cu didnt we!)

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