karthikking Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Wait for a year guru order 3 mil for 1 tech lets do this thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pd73bassman Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 My alliance does really well with the 3x3 deals at 3m for 100 tech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janax Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 241 nations...308 aid packages. It seems like the reports your tech selling out quickly were exaggerated? I mean, my alliance has 20% of your numbers, and still has 50% the aid slot usage. As mentioned artificial inflation is artificial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggarz Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Bob there is no such word as irregardless. Also if you don't want to buy 50/3m don't. If they can get the buyers then they are doing a hella better job than you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinite Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 *facepalm*Sparta's inside jokes don't go over nearly as well when all the accessory posts aren't included. I disagree. I laugh every time I see that everywhere I see it. The fact that nobody else gets it doesn't bother me a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crushtania Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 I think the instant tech scheme warrants the "immediacy tax" of 1.5M. I wouldn't mind a bit from me old GO mates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirDelirium Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 The price of 3mil/150tech was standard back when I was selling. That was a year ago. Now the price is 3mil/100tech and going up, and I bite my tongue to stop myself from yelling at all you idiots to stop this madness. This inflation is caused by the buyer. I understand that it's nice to give money to AA mates (which I do quite often, I don't mind a good 3mil/50tech deal) but I think the higher price you pay for tech, the worse quality of players you produce. When tech was 3mil/150tech, you had to ration your money supply and make sure you were prompt or things got all screwed up. These new, more expensive deals are making it easier for buyers to make mistakes and not learn from them. We are creating a new breed of players, unfit to join our military and economic ranks. For the sake of CN's posterity, do not buy tech at this price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haflinger Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 The price of 3mil/150tech was standard back when I was selling. That was a year ago. To be completely honest, you were getting ripped off. I started selling nearly two years ago, stopped in the fall of '07. 3M/100T was already a common price; one of the reasons my first alliance turned down Grämlins was because they were still on 3M/150T and we were doing 2.5M/100T, including about 300K to the middleman IIRC, as our standard deal. But when I switched away from middleman-based deals and went to 1x1s, everything was 3M/100T everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Quezada Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Good luck on these, I'll contact you for a few 100tech deals ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shigh707 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 The price of 3mil/150tech was standard back when I was selling. That was a year ago. Now the price is 3mil/100tech and going up, and I bite my tongue to stop myself from yelling at all you idiots to stop this madness. This inflation is caused by the buyer. I understand that it's nice to give money to AA mates (which I do quite often, I don't mind a good 3mil/50tech deal) but I think the higher price you pay for tech, the worse quality of players you produce. When tech was 3mil/150tech, you had to ration your money supply and make sure you were prompt or things got all screwed up. These new, more expensive deals are making it easier for buyers to make mistakes and not learn from them. We are creating a new breed of players, unfit to join our military and economic ranks.For the sake of CN's posterity, do not buy tech at this price. Give this man a cookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hizzy Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 if you have a surplus it means your prices are too high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentor Posted April 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 if you have a surplus it means your prices are too high. No it actually means we have allot of members, when you have 244 members and the AVR NS is 4000ish you are bound to have a surplus, the surplus is not as big as it used to be, we have found several buyers willing to buy at our going rates and it is getting smaller, this potential war is slowing the process down a little though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir jesus Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 if you have a surplus it means your prices are too high. Yay! Someone else understands economics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shigh707 Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Yay! Someone else understands economics. been saying this thooo...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loannes Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 (edited) I'm trying to wrap my head around how 3m/50T is better than 3m/100T... With a 3m/100T, it goes like this... Aid 1. Send 3m 2. Get 50 tech 3. Get 50 tech 4. Repeat Always works for me. 3m/50T Aid 1. Send 3m 2. Get 50 tech 3. Lose 1.5m Tech sellers might want prices to rise for their own benefit, but buyers want them to stay down. Now, think of it this way. For sellers, the increased prices would be better. However, if the price of tech increases, it will be bad for the buyers in the short run and sellers in the long run. Sellers will evolve into buyers, and be faced with the same prices they charged. Edit: Also, if you have a giant surplus, ods are someone is giving a better price than you and your prices are way too high. Edited April 20, 2009 by Drakedeath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramirus Maximus Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 I'm trying to wrap my head around how 3m/50T is better than 3m/100T...With a 3m/100T, it goes like this... Aid 1. Send 3m 2. Get 50 tech 3. Get 50 tech 4. Repeat Always works for me. 3m/50T Aid 1. Send 3m 2. Get 50 tech 3. Lose 1.5m The real problem is: $3m/100T: Use 3 slots, get 100 tech. $3mil/50T: Use 4 slots, get 100 tech. That's the problem. Cash isn't a problem, slots are. Both systems can deliver same-day tech (3x3 for $3mil/100T, 2x2 for $3mil/50T), so that's irrelevant. But since Guru Order only gives a 72-hour guarantee, instead of same-day tech, then their higher prices (I mean slot-price, not cash-price) are not justified imo. For all those who want to compare them to the early Grämlins; we guaranteed the tech on the EXACT DAY it was expected. If the actual seller didn't send it, then some other Grämlin would. In many cases this was handled before the buyer even realized anything was wrong. That is reliability that has yet to be matched on Planet Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Quezada Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 (edited) yeah, the THREE whole days guaranteed thing is a bit weird, to say the least. After two days I'm already wondering if I should get another seller. Edit: also if you took lets say 2 days the most, its 11 days per deal. So is not even the price but the time. There is nothing wrong in rethinking your strategy here. Edited April 20, 2009 by Luis Quezada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loannes Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 yeah, the THREE whole days guaranteed thing is a bit weird, to say the least.After two days I'm already wondering if I should get another seller. Edit: also if you took lets say 2 days the most, its 11 days per deal. So is not even the price but the time. There is nothing wrong in rethinking your strategy here. This. If one allowed 3 days to pass per aid slot, then let's see... April 20: Send 3mil May 3: Get 50 tech While with a reliable, 3mil/50T deal... April 20: Send 3mil April 30: Get 50 tech May 10: Get 50 tech Yeah, rethink your financial streategy, GO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoLauzier Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Drakedeath got a valid point there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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