Tailor Archive

Hi all! Been on vacation (in case anyone was missing me hehe). Had to post this wonderful conversation I had.

http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=setandget&tp=47060&poll_id=0&category_id=20&warned=y

You should have told them if they're gonna have an attitude like that, you'd be more than happy to run a set of 1000 off for them at a cost of 4k per crate. Take or leave it

Or the more they argue, the more you raise the price...

Grrrr. That's nonesense. But I've had a couple of those as well. kudos for sticking to your guns. And 5 stars for ya.

Oh lordy! Good for you, and how nice of them to ignore you so you don't have to be bothered w/ it!

Yeah, my reply to that was "anytime!"
My other favorite thing lately is people asking if I make something and then telling me where they are. I'm starting to add 10-25% to an order's final cost if I have to deliver it

I could not believe it yesterday. I just joined a guild (my first) and so there seems to be this expectation that you give guildies freebies. Ok, so one of them asked me to make him 3 items. No problem. Made them and sent him an email informing him that they were done. A moment later he sends me back a response requesting that I travel from Dantooine to Dathomir to deliver them to him "so that he doesn't have to stop what he's doing". I had this big urge to just pull the computer power plug right out of the wall when I heard that. I was literally too shocked to even send him a reply, I just stared blankly at the screen for the next several minutes. WOW, some people...

Word to the wise, some guilds think a personal tailor is someone who does nothing but make clothes and sit in their shop hoping for business or a reason to leave. If you can't go hunting with them (stupid limited skill points) make sure they realize you DO OTHER STUFF, and while you will 'hook them up', you aren't their slave.

I've been lucky in that my guild is all crafters, so we know what everyone else is going through, and don't take stuff for granted.

I do freebies for my guildies because my guild is tiny, made up mostly of RL friends, and are very respectful of my time. They also hook me up in return with either their own crafted products or with super cool loot (lately that's come in very handy for free tailor loot components).

So it can work, but I'd never dream of doing free work for guildies if I was a member of a larger, less tight knit guild. I'd do discounts, but I wouldn't be their little kept tailor.

Treating you that way is pretty disrespectful. The first thing I'd do is send a mail to the entire guild with your guild discount policy and maybe some ordering guidelines. If that doesn't help the way folks treat you, I'd probably have a quiet word with one of the guild leaders...

Thanks Donna and Gonzo, I appreciate your advice in this area. I've very naive and inexperienced in dealing with such things. I guess I'd better adopt some policies soon or I'll become a doormat, lol.

Sorry to hijack the thread.

Trim is cheap. A run of 1000 would make 40 crates. At 3k a crate that's 120k. 50k for a schematic is too much. More like 10 to 20k would be a better price. Least you wouldn't get laughed at.

I realize my math was off a bit when i said 300k. LOL
50k may sound a little too much to you, but what if they person turns around and sells those panels? I'm not going to give them something where they'll be making a 100k profit.
I also set the price this high for a couple reasons:
* to encourage them to find lower level tailors that need the credits. Everyone seems to think they need a Master
* anyone that is expecting me to drop what I'm doing and go to where they are gets this price

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Dridstar wrote:
Trim is cheap. A run of 1000 would make 40 crates. At 3k a crate that's 120k. 50k for a schematic is too much. More like 10 to 20k would be a better price. Least you wouldn't get laughed at.

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It wasn't trim, it was Reinforced Fiber Panels - and I don't think those sell for 3K a crate.

Message Edited by AnitaSWG on 03-07-2004 10:12 AM

ooops, my bad. RFP eh? well then how bout 4500 a crate instead.