Tip your Porter

[Nordenwatch]

Originally Posted by Scavrefamn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You clearly don't use common sense.

You said I was a dick for using common sense, I'd say you are unintelligent for always assuming things because I did read the thread.

Here is a summary of the thread:



etc etc. I'm out, this thread was very dumb...

you missed the most important part of the thread, they dont charge because they don't want money from everyone, just the people who can afford to pay the 100 pp. You're just saying the same thing over and over again without taking that into account.

[Scavrefamn]

Originally Posted by Kassel [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Porting for donations =/= porting for free.

All it means is that the cost for the port if dependant on your ability to pay, a donation is still required unless refused by the service provider.

Donation: a voluntary gift.
An optional contribution to a charitable cause or fund.

they dont charge because they don't want money from everyone...

Then they should charge or not complain, end of discussion.

You're just saying the same thing over and over again without taking that into account.

Actually that's what you're doing except without taking into account common sense.

Here, let me fix this for you:
"Porting for 2 plat for each level you've gained"

Done.

If someone CHOOSES not to pay an OPTIONAL fee, they have done nothing wrong and you have zero right to complain.
The prosecution rests sir.

[Hitchens]

Originally Posted by Nordenwatch [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

you missed the most important part of the thread, they dont charge because they don't want money from everyone, just the people who can afford to pay the 100 pp.

Someone decked out in gear and rolling in plat doesn't neglect to tip because they're unaware that tipping is tactful. They neglect to tip because they don't have to and don't want to. I doubt this thread will convince them otherwise.

[Wotsirb401]

I generally tip 30pp-100pp depending on the urgency etc. The only time I pay less or nothing is on my new monk, which he never carries plat on him=( I try to pay them later on my EC trader

[Nordenwatch]

When a porter says "porting for donations" you know damn well that they want money, but don't want to specify an amount. Just because the literal meaning of "donation" means a voluntary gift does not mean that the porter wont be sad if no one gave them anything.

I think the problem is you're taking everything too literally, unpack the meaning of what people say. Why would they sit in EC advertising that they port for donations if it was cool that no one paid them?

When I needed money in my lower levels I didn't tip if I could avoid it, because I couldn't afford it. Now that I can afford it, I pay.

And porters have a right to complain just as you have the right to not pay your porter.

[Yanomamo]

Originally Posted by Grozmok [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also, I almost always carry 50pp with me just for tipping ports, SoW and rezzers.

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I assume the eye roll means you dont? well you should. Except i would add SoW never requires a tip. Just /bow.

Summary of thread: Don't be a stinge-ball

[Yanomamo]

Originally Posted by Wotsirb401 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I generally tip 30pp-100pp depending on the urgency etc. The only time I pay less or nothing is on my new monk, which he never carries plat on him=( I try to pay them later on my EC trader

Someone already said this, but what you need to do is carry Peridots. A stack of peridots is essentially 20 10p chips which weigh 0.1

[Grozmok]

Originally Posted by Yanomamo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I assume the eye roll means you dont? well you should.

Incorrect assumption.

The eye roll means I'm pointing out expected behavior.

[Danyelle]

Originally Posted by Yanomamo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I assume the eye roll means you dont? well you should. Except i would add SoW never requires a tip. Just /bow.

Summary of thread: Don't be a stinge-ball

Ok...why?

It's basically the same as a port, all they are is mana, granted the porting takes the time to port and come back but when you take into account that the porter, 90% of the time, meets the following anywa:

1. is bound in EC and can gate back. thus makes it a matter of 30 seconds to a minute of wasted time at max
2. Is sitting in EC offering the ports already and/or not doing anything but staring at auctions and thus isn't really doing anything with his/her time to be wasted

I must ask what makes a port qualify more for a donation than SoW?

I must quote you on this: don't be a stinge-ball

[Jakob]

This is actually a good thread for a question I've been having for a long while. I just recently started playing and just dinged 34 last night. I'm not swimming in plat, that's for sure. I do tip every single time I get a port. However, I never know just how much I should tip per port. I typically tip around 10pp because that's what I can afford. So the question is:

What is considered a typical tip amount given the level of the person getting ported?