Porting is a privilege, not a right...

[maskedmelon]

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

...so i find it enjoyable to be generous in a place where money literally equates to nothing IRL.

lmao, I am thoroughly enjoying this new persona ^^

[Sodors Finest Poster]

Gordons Express route is about 8 Sodor Bucks per ticket.

Take that how you may.

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[hurfblurf]

I always pay at least 50pp, more depending on how much effort the porter had to put in

[Trungep99]

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

Man, bunch of cheapskates ITT. I tip at minimum 50pp for a port, and 100pp for a rez, but usually more. If you consider the opportunity cost, 50pp for a port that saves you a 30 min run, or a 100pp for a rez that saves you hours of lost exp is almost insulting. I mean, people pay 1-2k for a chardok AoE pull, and there is no way a pull in chardok gives 10-20x more exp than a rez.

Tip well and you'll have a lot easier time finding ports and rezzes. It isn't about reimbursing their cost for performing the service, its about showing appreciation for the time that service saved you.

Yeah but many people assume because someone is a high level they are rich, which isn't always true. For the majority of my time on p99 I have been broke. Only once I hit 60 I earned some play here and there, still not rich like many others on the server.
But my point remains the same from earlier, if the porter is just sitting around OT porting a full group to WC then their tip should be less than if they run out of their way to help in some way.

[Loke]

I was curious about this so actually spent a couple hours porting last night while I was watching TV. I did probably 15-20 ports and only once was I tipped over 50pp. Additionally, the majority of people I ported requested the port, and then weren't at the rings when I got there. I had 2 people request I run across a zone to where they were located as opposed to meeting me at the rings. I had someone wearing a fungi tunic throw me 13pp and then request full druid buffs (regen, ds, skin, etc) in addition to the port I just gave him. I had someone else ask me to port their friend, and the friend just jet without paying. I'm not sure if the guy expected me to come to him to get tipped, but I wasn't going to do that.

All in all I made under 400pp in over 2 hours of porting. I don't really need the plat and was doing it purely to see how much porters make these day, but it is definitely not something I'm going to be doing again. I'm honestly kind of amazed anyone is willing to port for plat on a regular basis with returns like that.

[Lhancelot]

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

I was curious about this so actually spent a couple hours porting last night while I was watching TV. I did probably 15-20 ports and only once was I tipped over 50pp. Additionally, the majority of people I ported requested the port, and then weren't at the rings when I got there. I had 2 people request I run across a zone to where they were located as opposed to meeting me at the rings. I had someone wearing a fungi tunic throw me 13pp and then request full druid buffs (regen, ds, skin, etc) in addition to the port I just gave him. I had someone else ask me to port their friend, and the friend just jet without paying. I'm not sure if the guy expected me to come to him to get tipped, but I wasn't going to do that.

All in all I made under 400pp in over 2 hours of porting. I don't really need the plat and was doing it purely to see how much porters make these day, but it is definitely not something I'm going to be doing again. I'm honestly kind of amazed anyone is willing to port for plat on a regular basis with returns like that.

That's interesting, at least you tried it and got an idea what it's like instead of people proclaiming how easy and awesome it is to port for money that never did it themselves. I am sure it can be lucrative, but I am sure there are times like what you experienced. Also, take into account some porters will do free CRs, and free transports for lowbies needing help to get from one continent to another. All of this gets forgotten though when people are too busy criticizing those who port for money.

[Tupakk]

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

I was curious about this so actually spent a couple hours porting last night while I was watching TV. I did probably 15-20 ports and only once was I tipped over 50pp. Additionally, the majority of people I ported requested the port, and then weren't at the rings when I got there. I had 2 people request I run across a zone to where they were located as opposed to meeting me at the rings. I had someone wearing a fungi tunic throw me 13pp and then request full druid buffs (regen, ds, skin, etc) in addition to the port I just gave him. I had someone else ask me to port their friend, and the friend just jet without paying. I'm not sure if the guy expected me to come to him to get tipped, but I wasn't going to do that.

All in all I made under 400pp in over 2 hours of porting. I don't really need the plat and was doing it purely to see how much porters make these day, but it is definitely not something I'm going to be doing again. I'm honestly kind of amazed anyone is willing to port for plat on a regular basis with returns like that.

Did you do that tagged or untagged?

[Nixtar]

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

I was curious about this so actually spent a couple hours porting last night while I was watching TV. I did probably 15-20 ports and only once was I tipped over 50pp. Additionally, the majority of people I ported requested the port, and then weren't at the rings when I got there. I had 2 people request I run across a zone to where they were located as opposed to meeting me at the rings. I had someone wearing a fungi tunic throw me 13pp and then request full druid buffs (regen, ds, skin, etc) in addition to the port I just gave him. I had someone else ask me to port their friend, and the friend just jet without paying. I'm not sure if the guy expected me to come to him to get tipped, but I wasn't going to do that.

All in all I made under 400pp in over 2 hours of porting. I don't really need the plat and was doing it purely to see how much porters make these day, but it is definitely not something I'm going to be doing again. I'm honestly kind of amazed anyone is willing to port for plat on a regular basis with returns like that.

Those people get added to ignore. Also, you should have dispelled him as you say POTG INC!

[Boyblunder]

Originally Posted by Spyder73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I tip 15pp to almost everyone I feel thats more than fair. On occasion a lucky porter might get a ruby or other gem, but 15pp is the price otherwise. Price goes up for certain things like traveling multiple zones ect, but I don't see greedy Druids/Wizards offering me discounted rates for having to pull for hours on end in every XP group.

But I forgot the DaP narrative that only Druids/wizards time is important... Maybe I should unionize the monks and we start charging an hourly rate for pulls.

#GetOverYourSelves

I think Warriors should get 1pp per taunt cause it's not like they want mobs to attack them :P

[gprater]

who leaves groups to go port for money? I hope I dont group with them.