Inertia Posted:

It’s cheaper in the shop and I’m selling them for 50k each and there are still a lot left so i dont understand why people pay so much money for it instead of buying from me? Log in to see images!

They probably don’t realize that there’s an itembuildr store.

Trying to sell things for more than they’re worth, and more than anyone should reasonably pay, is just part of an auction site.

We are pretty sure that most buyers aren’t even looking at this board and most sales are made from the first page of the listings. If the first page of Two.fair.ladies.with.a.fine.champagne.glbum.1915.dvda listings were all for  100,000 and page two was full of  40,000 listings, I’m pretty sure at least a couple of the  100,000 ones would sell because the cheaper ones are out of sight and, therefore, may as well not exist as far as many buyers are concerned.

And, really, the fact remains that Flezz isn’t really worth much to a lot of players, so many players just don’t care if they’re spending more, if it means less effort.

I mean, we’ll pay  25,000 more Flezz just to not have to wait ten minutes for a Buy Out on a cheaper auction to become active. It’s not like the cost difference really matters, unless you’re trying to get most Flezz, once you’ve exceeded ten million Flezz.

Acid Flux Posted:

I really wish you’d be more specific when making comments like this.

Most of the legitimate Storefronts here don’t have more than a 10-15% markup for most items, except in certain specific cases. And that usually equals a price that is much lower than the listed Base Cost, which is in turn much lower than any Ppwn Shoppe price you’ll ever find.

There are a lot of Sellers that are not out to gouge their customers.

Ya 255k surgery products and books you charge even more then someone with 1 frug could buy it for, real legitimate. even selling books you get for free for like 200-500k

StrayNeko Posted:

Ya 255k surgery products and books you charge even more then someone with 1 frug could buy it for, real legitimate. even selling books you get for free for like 200-500k

Thanks for pointing this out to me.

Those two clbumes of items are available ONLY to players that purchased Episode Two.

Therefore, there is a premium & additional service attached to them. If a player has not or cannot purchase Brownie Points, but has an overabundance of Flezz and would like to use the Books & Surgical Procedures, then buy purchasing them through Kyoubai, they now have access to those Item Slots.

By the way, I only ever received ONE book for free, the rest were all paid for, and in most cases, I sell them for at or below Base Cost.

Additionally, my Surgery Kits were only 250K when I was testing market demand. Only a handful of people were interested in purchasing them at that price, so my next batch were lowered to 200K. And I am planning to reduce the price to 180K, as that seems to be the stable price most people are willing to pay for these items, as determined by my Reserve Auctions and the TMs that I receive from my customers.

And, by the way, all of those Surgeries have a minimum reserve of 155K. Which is exactly what I pay for them, i.e., zero profit.

So, please show me how a player, even with Episode Two access, with a Frugality of 1, can purchase a Teach Yourself Binary in 1100100 Hours Book for less than 19,000

Answer: They can’t. They would pay 22,652.

zagerblag Posted:

You only get one per account. That makes them highly valuable; I would consider them worth more than 500k.

StrayNeko Posted:

yes and how many times do you need the same book twice >.>

If a character does not know about the limit, sells his copy, and then later wants one, he will need another player’s copy. You’re just here to attack Acid Flux.

zagerblag Posted:

You’re just here to attack Acid Flux.

funny cause your just hear because he pays you to bad mouth other stores in their own threads even.

StrayNeko Posted:

funny cause your just hear because he pays you to bad mouth other stores in their own threads even.

No, he doesn’t. The only other store I have made disparaging comments toward is Oleg’s; he charges ridiculous prices far in excess of Acid Flux. I am now quite confident that you are only here to attack Acid Flux.

zagerblag Posted:

No, he doesn’t. The only other store I have made disparaging comments toward is Oleg’s; he charges ridiculous prices far in excess of Acid Flux. I am now quite confident that you are only here to attack Acid Flux.

nah actually I’m just stating facts, he’s the one who claimed he doesn’t over charge for stuff, 10-15% is all the mark up he puts, with his maxed out frug.

StrayNeko Posted:

oh so if it’s a episode 2 thing it’s perfectly right for you to price gouge, Funny I don’t don’t see you selling ep2 equipment with as much as a price gouge. Nah your just abusing peoples stupidity into thinking you actually give them deals.

Please don’t call my customers stupid.

A 10-20% profit margin is not price gouging, especially when my auctions have reserves that are usually less than 1% above my own cost.

StrayNeko Posted:

Yes it would be like you to pick a low end book that people get rid of and say that, how many “I Almost Had Sex With a Woman: Memoirs of a Hacker Hero ” have you been selling for 100k +? a book people do keep for the 10+ offense, not a mid level item they just buy along the way.

I sell the Hacker Hero book currently for 90K, and have sold it for as low as 60K. In fact, I set a 60K reserve for all of my Hacker Hero books.

zagerblag Posted:

I Almost Had Sex With a Woman does seem to be priced high; I wonder why. Acid Flux probably didn’t notice, or it sells fine at that price. Flezz doesn’t mean much unless you’re shooting for the Leaderboard.

Hey, Acid Flux, what’s your typical Buy It Now markup?

I set my Reserves at just above my own purchase price. For example, my Tumorous Kidneys have a reserve price of 650,000. My purchase price is 643,200, so this is a 1% markup. The Buyout price is currently 750,000, which is a 16.6% markup.

I may lower that soon, but at that price, they sell fairly regularly. I also regularly run sales as well.

The reason I offer different prices for reserves and buyouts is to accommodate more than one type of customers, as explained in my Storefront.

For those looking to get the lowest possible price, my Reserve Auctions allow them to get those items for barely more than I pay for them.

For those looking to get an item ASAP, the Buyout price allows them to use their item immediately, not three days later.

I cater to both demographics, and I do so fairly.