Tip your Porter

[Danyelle]

Depends on the porter (is he/she a generous person or a fuckhat?), your level, the port destination (is it a simple location or somewhere like on Kunark?) and the plat you have.

It's also a donation, not Wal-Mart, so there's no set price ;P

Let me give a few examples. I have always donated for ports as well. Here's how my pricing ranges typically work.

If the destination is a port on Antonica, Odus or Faydwer thats generally 15 plat. If it's Kunark it's typically 20-25.
If the guy is nice and doesn't ask for anything that's an additional 5-10 plat tacked onto the donation. If he's a jackass and demands plat upfront I usually cut the entire donation down to 5-10 plat to spite him.
If I'm level 20 or lower i keep it at about 10-15 plat. level 20-40 I keep it at about 20-25 plat. level 40+ I donate 30-40 plat per port

It scales from there. This is, of course, just how i make my donations and isn't something you necessarily have to follow.

EDIT: oh I forgot a variable too. If you're evil and the port is to NK I usually tack on a couple plat for the invis. I also tack on extra plat if he/she offers SoW with the port. If you're on a CR this may affect prices as well depending on whether the plat is on your body or not.