Also, just as a side note... in case you didn't figure out from the fact I coded so many ability trees... i'm very materialistic... I like to have as many exclusive or notable things as possible..
The one thing I still haven't got my hands on is a Sakura Bandana... If you have one, I will be willing to trade it at a value of 25million info against any of these trees. I would not normally pay that much for it, as when we look at its true value, there are too many people paying way over the odds, with prices escalating over 50mil in some cases...
I will not give, for example, 5million worth of abilities and 20mil in info... however, if the ab tree you want works out at, say 20million, then I am flexible with regards paying the remaining 5mil in info.
The Sakura Bandana is the only thing I will negotiate on - so please, no haggling over the prices of these ab trees :smileyvery-happy:
Message Edited by kingcaw on 09-08-2005 07:47 AM
your baker analogy sounds good in theory, but here's the difference:
A baker produces a final product that he/she can sell for money, depending on what his prices are and the demand for his product he will be able to sucessfully sell his product to the interested consumer base. If the baker cant produce products at a price that keeps his/her customer base pleased, the baker will lose his/her customers to someone else who can produce the products for less money. The baker produces his/her supplies to fill the need of the demand, should the demand for the bakers products diminish, the bakers buisness will tank.
Your product is abilities that are pre leveled, with them being pre leveled, they're only good for lvl 50's, that narrows your market of possible customers substantially. So unlike the baker you can only sell to a select customer base. In the ability market, the main demand is for unleveled abilities, the majority of abilities sell to people who are still working on leveling their characters up. Upon achieving a new level, they gain access to new abilities and subsequently go out and purchase thoes abilities off the market if they dont have access to ability maker(s) so they can get the abilities at cost or at near cost. So the main demand is for non leveled abilities, not ones that are already leveled up.
Essentially you have a product that only select people can use, and that there's little demand for. So you have the supply, but you dont have the demand. The baker on the other hand can cater to everyone, levels 1-50. Its like just recently, I saw a level 50 Kung Fu ability sit on the market for about a week-week and a half, and it was only at 2 mil. Thats only 2 mil for a fully leveled ability, and it sat there for several days before someone finally bought it. The demand for pre leveled abilities just isnt that great, and there is little convienence factor in buying someone elses pre leveled abilities unless you can save yourself more more money by doing so. For example, you want 9.5 mil for your sniper tree, well I could get all the abilities myself, code them or have some one else code them for me, and put about 2.5 mil into the tree, level it up to 30, try the abilities out and say, this tree sucks, or discover that this really just isnt my playing style and doesnt fit my needs. To go that path I'd only lose 2.5 mil instead of the 9.5 your asking, I'd be able to try the abilities out before comiting and putting all the required info into it to level it up to 50. Its like buying a car, you dont buy a car until you test drive the car first. And to continue on with the car analogy, selling a used (pre leveled) level 50 ability is like selling a used car, you cant try to sell it at the price you bought it for and expect it to sell, because very rarely will it sell. You need to offer people a reason or incentive to buy from you, that means discounted prices or some type of bonus for bying from you. While you may find a few people willing to pay at cost or as most of your abilities are prices at slightly over cost, it is a rarity. If you actually want to sell them, you'd have much better luck selling them at 75%-65% of cost, It costs around 8.58 mil to level an ability up from 1-50, so at 75% of cost, ask for 6.4 mil, then you'll have much better luck selling your abilities.
Message Edited by AnXieTy762 on 09-09-2005 03:37 AM
