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Message Edited by Akuma-Paragon on 08-17-2004 03:04 PM

My standard price 5k per item, and if I'm in the right mood, I'll do 1 piece for free on a suit of armor. I started charging this about 4 months ago as my "leave me alone unless you're desperate" pricing schedule. I don't think it works for that any more. People seem to be really desperate for slicing now.

i advertise 4k per item. for a suit of armor i usually do it for 35k (1k discount) and if someone wants alot of items sliced i usually just make a price up instead of chargeing exactly4k per item. i make my own supplies so i could go pretty low and still make a profit. i have a good many repeat customers even after i did a 18% speed slice on there 30l llc. i don't slice for free though, even if it's under 20%. any slice is better than it was before but discounts seem to make customers happy.

I ask how many they have and if its just one I charge 5k but if its like four I charge about 18k.

I tend to charge 5k per slice, comp suit for 30k. I've notice that my armor slice %s aren't as high as my weapon slices. I know it's completely random, I just find that I'm luckier with weapons. I don't do anything for free, or lower prices for a 'bad' slice, but if I'm disappointed with a slice outcome I sometimes tip the player back a few credits. Because of that, I've already gotten a few dedicated customers.

I'm slicing 5k per item regardless of amount or item type. The only exception is that I agreed to do 50 items for 200k (4k per item) but that's a special case. Currently I"m thinking about upping my rate to something like 8k.. not sure yet though.

Erm... on a toon I use on Shadowfire (not giving name), charges 1k per slice... rest is gratis. What a cheap master smuggler heh. I feel bad that I am charging that much.

Five grand per item, flat rate. Free for guild mates. I charge more if they give me a hard time. I don't mind someone saying "That's a bit steep" going to browse the market, can't find anyone else and come back to me. But if they go "5k????? U CRAZE!!1!11!!", and then come back later, its eight grand.

Why do I feel justified charging this much?

'Cause of all the b.astards who felt justified charging fifteen grand for me to slice thier container, want it back, and call me a thief if its junk or I took a while to slice it while I was first leveling.

I can understand charging little for it, for the longest time, I only charged five hundred credits per slice. Then I realized, its my time they're using, and the slice is a powerup to thier item that's permanant. If they say it isn't because the item wears out, I tell them its not my fault that they don't take better care of thier equipment and/or get it repaired when neccisary.

Am I being mean? Only when they get mean with me.