Tailor Archive
Thread: Gotta love this
Heh, this happened to me the other day....first time I've ever put a customer on my ignore list. I can usually put up with vague requests (not everyone knows what every item in the game looks like), cheap barterers (not everyone's made of money), and impatient customers (we all have real life to contend with), but this guy just got on my last nerve.
Wookiee: "hey jyron."
(I'm sending a /tell to someone else, so I fail to answer him right away)
Wookiee: "hey tailor guy"
Wookiee: "clothes dude"
Me: "Yes?"
Wookiee: "can u tailor?"
Me: "Yeah."
Wookiee: "can u make me a smock? i'll give u 1000 creds"
(I usually sell Wookiee smocks for 2k, but I was feeling generous)
Me: "Sure, just follow me over to the crafting station."
Wookiee: "ok"
(We run over to the crafting station. I discover that I'm out of synthetic cloth crates.)
Me: "D'oh, I'm out of crates, gotta run back to my workshop."
Wookiee: "ok, i'll wait here"
(I run back to my workshop. So far so good. But as I'm running, he starts sending me /tells...)
Wookiee: "can u make me a full set of the best wookiee gear, too?"
(What defines "best" gear, anyway? Technically, padded gloves are obtained at a higher level than patterned gloves, but I have yet to find a Wookiee who prefers them. Yet again, I'm /telling someone else, and Mr. Patient over here repeats what he just said.)
Wookiee: "can u make full set of best wokkie gear?"
Me: "Chill out, dude."
Wookiee: "jeez, wasn't sure u got my tell cos u didn't reply"
Me: "I was talking to someone else. Yeah, I can make some other stuff. What sort of budget do you have?"
Wookiee: "i only have 1000 credits"
Wookiee: "i can give u a scout blaster too"
(Yay, just what I wanted, a gun I'll never use.)
Wookiee: "and some bone, i have lots of bone"
Me: "How much?"
Wookiee: "312"
(Oooh, that is a lot! Okay, okay, don't taunt the newbie, I tell myself. He doesn't know. Maybe I shoulod just makehim a full suit of newbie Wookiee gear and hope he doesn't know the difference.)
Me: "Well, selling you the smock for 1k is already a discount, I dunno about selling you a full set for that low of a price."
Wookiee: "jeez, sorry, i just wanted a smock and gloves and one of those hoods that covers the whole head"
(Right, 'cause that's a "full set." I'll be taking a loss on that Sage's Hood, but I do want to make the sale, so...)
Me: "Oh, okay, I guess I can do that. I'll be there shortly. Can you meet me in the cantina?"
Wookiee: "fine but can u hurry up d00d i'm still waiting"
(No kidding? I was just killing time out here to tick you off, dude. I run back to the city cantina. He's hiding in a back room for some bizarre reason, and it takes me a while to find him. I drop off some otherclothes with a different, much less annoying customer while I'm searching.)
Wookiee: "i was in the corner, where were u?"
Me: /shrug
Me: "I couldn't find ya, sorry."
(I open a trade window, and as I'm adding the items, he goes linkdead. Oh joy)
So I said screw it, and I /ignored him and took a shuttle elsewhere to meet yet another client. I felt kinda bad for the guy, since he waited so long and didn't get any clothes in the end, but come on. A little common courtesy wouldn't have killed him.
Oh yeah, if anyone ever asks for a karate, kung fu, judo, etc. outfit, make 'em a pair of white pantaloons and a white/black belted vest (and no shirt or shoes). This combination has a pretty spiffy traditional martial arts look.
i use to be really nice and sell schematics to armorsmiths i know for 1k. (please don't stone me @.@)
however, God forbid that i have other customers... a friend came by with an order of uniforms for 10 people. she needed it in 2 hrs for a gig, so i got to work immediately. as i was working, i got a tell from some guy i know asking me to make schematics for him. i told him that i'll be busy for the next 2 hrs, and he should try back later. i also informed him that after i make master tailor (which i'm close to) i will no longer sell crates nor schematics. when he told me that it would only take a minute, i told him again that i'm working on another order, and even sent him the order i was working on (just to let him know i'm really busy)
he then told me (direct quote) "u know you could have just said... f***off i dont want to sell to you anymore... would have made more sense" ???
i tried to explain nicely that i'm working with someone else, and go figure that i might want to relax and go out hunting after i get to master. i've also told most of my other customers this, they're disappointed, but none of them starts being rude to me like that 
that'll teach me from being nice and helping people again, geesh =/
edit: yes, I do go back months later to edit typos
Message Edited by Pappi on 09-03-2005 09:36 PM
And talking about the Han Solo pants, someone asked me for a Han Solo outfit today, but he knew exactly what he wanted, and that looked quite nice in the end (he was very happy). So if someone wants a Han Solo outfit, make them some black uniform boots, white long sleeve shirt, black simple vest and black pants with a red stripe 
"In case you are wondering badass usually turns out to be yet another synonymfor black."
ROFLMAO Emily hahahah That is so true.
My pet peeve has always been leetspeek and I have admittedly been a real b**** to anyone who tries to talk to me in past games, but I have tried to exercise extreme patience in SWG since its luckily few and far between on our server.
"u r a tailor? I need some cloths"
"yes i am would you like a waypoint to my store? I have over 200 items in stock"
"u have ne dusters?"
"yes of course"
"im in wayfar can u come 2 me?"
"erm, no...that is why I have a store darlin'!"
etc
Today's encounter:
'Can u give me some clothes?'
Me: No, but I can sell you some if you want.
'Can you give me a red cloak for 250?'
No, sorry, I sell those for 3000.
'RIPP OFF!!!!!'
Well, you're more than welcome to buy from some other tailor then.
'OK, I will!!!!'
Thank goodness!
While out hunting I get a tell about the grand healer's robe, which is labeled "female only" on the display model. They ask if it really is female only *sigh*. I reply yes it is that's why it's labeled as such. They thank me and a few seconds later my email beeps. Before you know it I get another tell. " I just bought the robe 'cause didn't believe you but I really can't wear it, can I get a refund? "*sigh* I reply to just offer it to vendor at original price and I'll rebuy when I get back. When I get back, I check the vendor and it's twice the original price. I promptly send a tell and the guy proceeds to tell me he did that because he bought alot of other stuff and that would cover his spending on the other clothes *rollseyes*. I tell him to come pick up his robe, he's not getting a refund now. So there I sit restocking the vendors when he shows up. After a few minutes of his bitching(mind you i'm sitting there afk crafting), he tries to duel me. Well, needless to say, I accepted and my pet Dodil had dinner.*priceless* ^_^
It's me again.
I have a shop I split with another friend, but I do most of the work inside because he's a roaming Archi (aka goes to planets to sell houses). I'm sitting inside crafting and someone wanders in..
guy: Hay are you master?
me: No I have a novice title on .. why?
guy: Oh I need a duster can you make that?
me: No sorry, I have a long way to go and I don't grind exp.
guy: Why not? That's stupid. You'd make a lot of money on Rori.
me: Probably, but I'm not that gung-ho about sitting here for hours crafting.
guy: It's just clicking.
me: How would you like to click everytime you needed to take a shot? Or reload your gun every 5 seconds? Or use a tool to do a special attack?
guy: I don't have to
me: That's not the .. nevermind, I have a few stim kits to make do you need anything?
guy: Yea a duster.
me: ...
*5 minutes go buy he's just standing here*
guy: I told my friends you were rude.
me: Righto .. you know I've lived on Rori for near two weeks and never seen you .. who are your friends?
guy: They're in Narmle.
me: Righto again! Are you going to buy anything or leave?
guy: I'm going to leave, but never recommend your store.
me: Alright, be well.
*banned customer*
What the heck did I do to him? o.O
Love, Kay
Hehee, I love it. Makin' this my new mantra.
Don't let it die! This is keeping me going!
tell: "Hay did you make tailor yet?"
me: "Novice? Yes.."
tell: "No, master."
me: "No, I have a novice title on."
tell: "You ahve to be $^%*ing kidding me! IT's been a week since I talked to you!"
Riiiiiiight .... Oh yea .. insert bad typing =P
Love, Kay
Had to resurrect this because well... I've had a bad day.
her: You mack colths
me: yep
her: can I buy so me ferst pleas
me: well what would youlike to buy?
her: i colths are out of date
her: imne
her: I got 1676
her: so me on you person
me: well let's see what I can do
I try on some stuff to show her things that have been very popluar with the other dancers in the area
her: no
try again
her: yes
me: the whole thing?
no answer... obviously she doesn't speak english well so I re-word
me: all of it?
her: no doots
me: ok
her: ok
me: same color?
her: how muck yes
me: (price)
her: no
her: not that one
me: no? not what?
her: ya
me: you won't pay (price)?
her: mabe -huu- hum
her: sothing eals, sorry for healing you
her: im heal ing my frind
me: it's ok
her: hellow - hi - are you brb
me: I'm making something else
her: ok - how you do that
try on more stuff
her: no - no - no
loosing my patience
me: brb --- I leave to find the address of nivea's website, perhaps that can help her
her: how much for robe
me: the Cloak? - (price)
her: no
me: ( I send her a tell suggesting she alt tab and take a look at Nivea's site
her: huu
her: see you all
and she leaves... I'm standing there confused and ticked off ... thinking just maybe she went to log to take a look at the site but haven't heard back from her. Doesn't help I wasted a bunch of precious syn cloth since my poor factory is still gone and have not been able to afford a new one yet. Guess that one's my fault though.
Got another one to add for our mutual, head-shaking enjoyment...
I'm reloading the bazaar when I see someone say "Hello" in Mon Calamari - now mind that since my name wasn't included, I didn't pay any more attention than notice it was said.
A couple seconds later (and I'm still loading the bazaar, one of those slow refresh data days) and I see, again in Mon Calamari "yooo hoooo HELLO"
Then, "what are you doing"
Then, "why are you ignoring me"
Mind that at no time was I ever greeted, addressed, or otherwise indicated to that someone was trying to get my attention...
I close out the bazaar window to see a female twi'lek standing so close to me that I couldn't actually see her until I moved back a pace or two.
She says, "HELLO ARE YOU THERE" (yes it was in all caps)
So, I assume she's talking to me and not any of the other 12 or so people in the immediate vicinity, so I target her, /greet then say, "I was placing some items on the bazaar, is there something I can help you with?"
Her: I want a twi'lek hat
Her: not one of those yucky ones though
Me: There are several that I can make you, is there one you have seen that you like?
Her: no
Me: Are there any that you have seen that you don't like?
Her: the yucky ones
Ummm, ok....
Me: what do the yucky ones look like?
Her: like ribbons
Me: ah, you don't like the yekku (yekku...yucky...there's no difference there, I should have know exactly what she was tal;king about, right?)
Her: i don't like the yucky ones
Her: How much are the ones you make
Me: well, it depends on the item (and send her a short list of all the ones I am willing to make right there, of which the bone crest is the cheapest)
Her: I don't have enough money for any of them, make me one cheaper
Me: I'm sorry, but those are my prices, youa re welcome to contact me if you are still interested when you do have the funds (me: oh please, please go away now)
Her: I know someone that will make a bone crest cheaper
Me: well I suggest you go talk to that person
Her: nm, gimme sec I'll have the money (me: uhuh, you really know someone else don't you...)
She proceeds to walk up to the person standing nearest us and asks what they are doing, before they can reply, she asks them for 300 credits. I'm thinking they must be a friend of hers (funny how naive we can be sometimes). The person waves at her and runs off, she proceeds to say outloud that I won't sell her a bone crest cheap and am making her get more money. And begins to make the rounds to the others in the area!
I decide that since I have other errands to do in town, that the prospects of actually seeing an order are slim, so I take off to do the other things, and send a tell to the young twi'lek that perhaps she should consider doing some missions for a little while, as I would be in town for about another hour, then let me know...
Well, she got the money somehow (I don't want to know how, LOL) then sends me a tell - whered you go?
I tell her to come to the cantina to meet me - amazingly, she shows up, announces that she has the amount I quoted her, and proceeds to let me make one to match what she was wearing, then doesn't haggle over the payment or anything!!!
Thought she was going to be a bigger pain than she turned out to be, guess there's some silver lining in some of those nasty clouds after all.
I do agree though that there seem to be several in this game, and other online games that seem to think that respect, politeness, and courtesy are dispensed with when they log in...sad =(