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> Tough one really, maybe work out what you would sell it for and half it
> ? or take off a third ? I know how hard it is to get resources even
> with 8 BER 13's working full time on a 70%+ site. Then it's finding the
> good stuff as well. I've been looking for l/s resources...Titanium
> Alluminium and Culsion Gas with high OQ they're selling this stuff for
> 50k for 1000 units (50cpu). Worth more than crystals !
>

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> Hey, if a guildy (in particular your guild leader) is requesting
> resources, what is a good rule of thumb for a discount on the resources
> collected. I have collected a large quantity of HIGH QUALITY hides and
> could sell it in the open market for close to a million. But I want to
> sell it to my guildy for a reasonable discount that does not make my
> collecting time wastefull.
>
> Normally I would just give away stuff to guildies but this was a
> substantial bit of work.
>
> Any suggestions?
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> Honestly, your best bet is to let your guildmate know what you were
> planning to charge and ask what they think would be a fair price. If you
> don't think the initial offer is fair, see if you can negotiate a bit.
> Being honest about what you'd originally intended will probably make
> things easier. If you can't agree on a fair price, you need to decide
> whether the lesser money is worth the guild loyalty and decide to deal
> with the Guildy or the Bazaar/Vendor.
>
> Or just give them some of it and sell the rest.
>
> Personally, I tend to either sell low (2 cpu area) even for good stuff or
> just give it away. Gave away 100K+ of Excellent Chef quality bone this
> weekend to our Guild Master & I've given away probably 40 Million worth of
> CAs to different Guildies recently.
>
> But that's me. Of course the Guild WS gives away very good weapons free,
> and food free, and droids... So we more or less help each other out. Your
> guild might not be the same way.
>
> The Bar-erras Clan
> Lowca Galaxy
>
> "dRaGko" <dragko@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1127249302.662793.205590@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
>

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> Hey, if a guildy (in particular your guild leader) is requesting
> resources, what is a good rule of thumb for a discount on the resources
> collected. I have collected a large quantity of HIGH QUALITY hides and
> could sell it in the open market for close to a million. But I want to
> sell it to my guildy for a reasonable discount that does not make my
> collecting time wastefull.
>
> Normally I would just give away stuff to guildies but this was a
> substantial bit of work.

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>
> "dRaGko" <dragko@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1127249302.662793.205590@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> If you and a guildey have a history...let's say he made you some stuff,
> helps out people in chat, etc by all means give him a discount.
>
> However, if he rarely answers questions in guild chat, and the only times

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> communicates is when HE NEEDS something, then don't bother.
>
> Just because he is in same guild don't mean jack.
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> I wanted to follow up on this. I offered it to him in trade and
> intended it to be free. But before I could click the accept button he
> posted 200K Now that is below standard price but I was happy. So I
> accepted. I thanked him for the unnecessary payment stating that it
> will help as I was down to 30K. He said What? and tipped me 1
> million.
>
> Needless to say he will forever get resources for free from me. Plus I
> now see that this is the way our guild works. Help others and they
> will help you.
>
> I thank everyone for the advice and although I now feel sheepish for
> ever considering payment I learnt a valuable lesson that others (price
> gougers) should take heed.
>