Tipping for Ports: Apparently I've Been Doing It Wrong

[DMN]

Originally Posted by Bardp1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You get 10pp for porting me and you should be lucky you are even getting that

You have entered toxxulia forest.

[Frug]

Originally Posted by Bardp1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You get 10pp for porting me and you should be lucky you are even getting that

What's your in game name so I can just /ignore you preemptively?

[Zeboim]

Its literally in his sig

[Frug]

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

Its literally in his sig

Thanks, which I've literally turned off for everyone.

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While I'm at it, what's yours? LOL

[uygi]

I think the bigger problem here is your need/appetite for ports. By the time people were selling ports, I had the cash to pay 20+pp per. I was also in my mid-30s before I was taking multiple ports per day.

I think 20pp is a very fair price. Consider that a worthwhile port (across an ocean or continent) probably saves you at least 30 minutes, possibly an hour or more, and the value of the items/cash/XP that time should have. If you’re calling up DAP to get from WC to SRo, at lvl 17, at this stage in server (with no main to fund you), I think you’re doing it wrong.

Expecting more cash from higher levels is very fair. Expecting 5pp from a lvl 10... I don’t think so. Lvls 10s have very little business being ported as a general rule.

[cd288]

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

Thanks, which I've literally turned off for everyone.

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While I'm at it, what's yours? LOL

No need to be snarky about no one knowing you have that feature turned off

[Frug]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No need to be snarky ...

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[Canelek]

Holy crap you people are cheap.

Walk.

[DromalPhrenia]

I usually tell people that I won't do it for less than a certain amount of plat, and they get to decide if the price is worth it. Some pay more, some pay exactly, and some flip out and accuse me of greed. I play EQ to have fun and being able to port myself and friends/groupmates around is part of that fun. Working as a taxi like it's my job is NOT fun, so the port has to be worth my while - I have no plans to go zone-to-zone advertising teleports.

Mana regen is impossible to come by right now, but that's just one factor at play. The request for a teleport is basically saying "sacrifice some of your (the druid/wizard) time to save me a lot of my time". If saving you that time isn't worth double-digit platinum at the very least, then I don't think you need a port.

[Jimjam]

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

I usually tell people that I won't do it for less than a certain amount of plat, and they get to decide if the price is worth it. Some pay more, some pay exactly, and some flip out and accuse me of greed. I play EQ to have fun and being able to port myself and friends/groupmates around is part of that fun. Working as a taxi like it's my job is NOT fun, so the port has to be worth my while - I have no plans to go zone-to-zone advertising teleports.

Mana regen is impossible to come by right now, but that's just one factor at play. The request for a teleport is basically saying "sacrifice some of your (the druid/wizard) time to save me a lot of my time". If saving you that time isn't worth double-digit platinum at the very least, then I don't think you need a port.

The funniest thing when you do ports for a fixed or minimum price is the number of people who claim they "would have paid way more", guess what, I've ported you before and know you don't.