Topic

Tower etiquette help?

Just a question for you long timers.
If you are selling something for the lowest price compared with glitchremote.com  in your tower should you feel compeled to lower the price due to someone saying I don't want to pay that much. My question is do you stay steadfast or do you adjust to individual demand? 

Posted 96 days ago by Little Dust Bunny Subscriber! | Permalink

Replies

  • i stay steadfast.  there will always be someone trying to sell lower.
    Posted 96 days ago by Airya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pricing is entirely at your discretion. Nobody can dictate how much you charge for something. If they don't like it then they can go shop somewhere else where the price is lower.

    As a general rule it would be wise to at least be more profitable than selling to the Cebarkul vendor. I don't understand anyone who sells basic/advanced resources for less than that per unit. 

    What item are you selling out of interest?
    Posted 96 days ago by Cleops Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If I'm selling for the lowest price in all the towers, people should be happy to come buy from me. If they don't want to pay that much, they can wait until someone undercuts me.
    Posted 96 days ago by Aliera Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I hope you told this Glitchen where to go?

    You can sell at whatever price you choose, if you sell for less than you can get from the vendour, then you're crazy, if you sell for WAY over what anyone else is then you'll be lucky to sell anything. Anywhere in the middle is fair game as far as I'm concerned.

    If someone doesn't want to buy at the price you are selling for, they know where the door is.

    Good luck.
    Posted 96 days ago by Mr Mellifluous Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The only reasons I see for lowering the price you sell at would be if numerous people are selling lower than you do, or if you never, ever sell anything. But even then, selling for lower than what the vendor pays means that you lose money on every item sold, and that people might buy something they don't even need and immediately resell themselves.

    If your price is already the lowest available and the other person wants you to lower it, then they should just go and get/make whatever they want themselves. If they can't get it themselves and find your price too high, then they can either wait for someone to sell cheaper, or get themselves some more currants. They don't have a right to buy from you at the price of their choosing. Of course we'd all be happy to, say, buy a full EHSP for 20 currants - but that doesn't mean that anyone is obliged to sell us one at that price. Naturally, a bit of haggling might be fun, or one might be in a charitable mood and help out a starting player with a freebie or something cheap, but there is a difference between someone asking if you might possibly be able to go a bit lower on the price, and someone demanding outright that you take a loss because they are unwilling/unable to pay what you ask.

    I'm really not sure if there is any etiquette at all involved in pricing, except perhaps that some players might consider it inappropriate to buy items from others and resell at a higher price - although others would probably say that this is totally OK - and that it is not nice to buy things like honey that anyone can get from a vendor, and resell them for multiple times their price in order to con newbies who don't yet know that they don't need to buy honey in the AH.

    As you can't force anything to buy what you offer and as others don't take any harm from not buying from you, I'd say pretty much all selling/pricing/buying decisions are governed by economic principles, not manners.
    Posted 96 days ago by Not a Princess Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You should not "feel compelled" about anything having to do with pricing. It's an open market and there are no price constraints. The buyer is just looking for someone who wants the currents enough to negotiate a little. If you want the currents at that moment you adjust, otherwise stick to what you've determined is a fair price and wait longer for a buyer.

    I do agree that fleecing newbies is bad form.
    Posted 96 days ago by Lucille Ball Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Everybody loves a bargain, and many people don't know what price is usual for a given item. So don't think too harshly of the person who asked you for a lower price, unless that person was insistent and tried to guilt-trip you.

    I enjoy trying to find workarounds and trades when people can't afford a wall segment or other expensive item. But you have no obligation to deliver the fruit of your efforts for less than what yourself think is a fair exchange.
    Posted 96 days ago by Lil Frumious Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I consider Tower sales as a way to get rid of all that stuff that I make for Badges.  As a result, I usually set my prices as a bit lower than the value stated in the Info.  If there is no set value, I just set what I think is a fair price.  I do not sell much and don't care other than I might want to get rid of more things.  There is always the Auction but I don't really want to do that (just not my "thing").  I don't sell large volumes of items and am not trying to corner any market.  I just want to empty my furniture inventory and cabinets.

    I suggest that you set the prices you want.  If an item doesn't sell consider lowering the price.  If you are making multiple items to make currants then bone up on what others are charging for things and try not to stray too far from that.  Some would consider a markedly lower price as undercutting their profit.  You can, of course, do that but you still need to make currants and if you are concerned about etiquette then you do not want to undercut the average prices for your items.  It's up to you to decide.  There may be a shaky balance between etiquette and greed.
    Posted 96 days ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am always willing to hit a tower that may cost a little more....IF I can buy a massive amount there. I would rather pay a little more going to one place to get 10k vapor then going to 20 places to get the same
    Posted 96 days ago by phelps.mike Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Certainly shouldn't feel compelled to do anything. I wasn't there, but it's possible the person just didn't realize how much the thing you were selling costs, and doesn't want it anymore at that price. You have no obligation to make a deal.
    Posted 96 days ago by Niqster Subscriber! | Permalink
  • How much do you want to get rid of that item?

    How much do you want the currants?

    If the answer to those questions is "meh" then when someone asks for a discount just say "that's the price". 

    Maybe they're just looking for a discount just for the sake of wanting a discount. Not that there's anything wrong with your price.

    I've found most things sell even when they're way overpriced. 

    Things just sit unsold longer but everything in my tower has sold in some quantity. Even the water at 100c of which I've sold dozens...for which I have no explanation.

    And I agree with Mike.Phelps I"ll buy cherries at 10c if I can get thousands of them and pass up batches of 50 at 3c. Loading is a pain.
    Posted 96 days ago by M<3tra, obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I agree with Mike, too. I'll pay more for quantity. But when the glitch said 'I don't want to pay that much', did they then ask you to take less, or did they go looking for a better price?
    Posted 96 days ago by glassy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for all the replies. :) I think I will just stick to my prices from now on. The person was not rude or did not even ask me to lower the price. I was just curious to see what you seasoned users do. I don't mind doing deals for some people who buy in bulk but other then that I think I'll just stick to staying steadfast. 
    Posted 96 days ago by Little Dust Bunny Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sometimes when I talk to sellers directly (one-on-one or by name in the trade channel) I'll say something to the effect of "I don't want to pay that much" - not in an attempt to have them lower their prices, but just to let them know I won't be buying from them, rather than ending the conversation without saying anything else / leaving them hanging.

    (This goes for non-rare items where I'm not haggling.)
    Posted 96 days ago by diaveborn ♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ^ What diaveborn said. Sometimes if a player says an item is too expensive I'll lower the price with them or haggle for a deal. Any time a player says that something is set too high I always check as many sources as possible before making a decision to change the price or not. Maybe they're right!

    I would always rather make a low sale than no sale. My advice is do whatever fits your fancy. Sometimes you feel like being generous and sometimes you don't. Sometimes you're just too lazy to be bothered either way. Do what feels right
    Posted 96 days ago by La Mariposa Subscriber! | Permalink