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MightyRhinox
Minmatar Rhinox Heavy Industries Twilight Military Industrial Complex Alliance
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Posted - 2009.09.26 09:28:00 -
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Because CCP is satisfied that the prices are around where they intended them to be and are a realistic reflection of the kinds of margins RL manufactures make.
Intel, for instance has a profit margin of 7.38% and an operating margin of 17.02%.
This is about where every manufacturer in Eve operates (unless they're incredibly stupid), even the "free mins crowd", with the exception of some hot items (the details of which I'll not be sharing today :P)
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MightyRhinox
Minmatar Rhinox Heavy Industries Twilight Military Industrial Complex Alliance
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Posted - 2009.09.26 09:35:00 -
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Originally by: Brock Dillinger
Originally by: Nika Dekaia ... people set the prices lower than they should, at times even make a loss without knowing it
"Than they should"? So, is your problem with aggressive competition, or the fact that people aren't playing the game the way YOU think they should? If people choose to sell under market value, irrespective of their ACTUAL COSTS, that's their business. Some of you guys need to get over it.
Yeah, all these people whining about others selling "too cheaply" are really whining about their own lack of competitive advantage.
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MightyRhinox
Minmatar Rhinox Heavy Industries Twilight Military Industrial Complex Alliance
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Posted - 2009.09.28 08:55:00 -
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Originally by: Aylara Edited by: Aylara on 27/09/2009 11:43:14
Originally by: Brock Dillinger
Originally by: Nika Dekaia ... people set the prices lower than they should, at times even make a loss without knowing it
"Than they should"? So, is your problem with aggressive competition, or the fact that people aren't playing the game the way YOU think they should? If people choose to sell under market value, irrespective of their ACTUAL COSTS, that's their business. Some of you guys need to get over it.
Selling under production cost is considered "unfair competition" and it is a criminal offence in ALL the market economies around the world. The problem with the capitalism today is that everyone wants to have monopoly.
Wikipedia article on Unfair Competition.
Aylara plays the "It's not fair" card, wrecking herself for 5000 damage.
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MightyRhinox
Minmatar Rhinox Heavy Industries Twilight Military Industrial Complex Alliance
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Posted - 2009.09.28 12:52:00 -
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Originally by: Aylara
Yeah, i see now that my experience in economics pale in comparison to yours, but since you were probably very tired when you made this post, you forgot about this: Wiki US Competition Law. I hope this will refresh your memory, but if you're not convinced, you can google for competition laws in all the democratic countries around the world.
Anyway, i was under the impression that he was thinking that this is a real word practice; i just tried to help him ...
Yeah, selling cheaply is not illegal, selling cheaply with the express intention of driving out (note that is driving out, not just trying to make the sale ahead of)other competitors is illegal. As has been pointed out, given the commodity nature of the Eve market, it's not actually possible to do so.
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MightyRhinox
Minmatar Rhinox Heavy Industries Twilight Military Industrial Complex Alliance
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Posted - 2009.09.29 04:59:00 -
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Originally by: Callista Omenswarm Internet spaceships is serious bidness As said on the first page, some people aren't looking for ISK profit; their payoff comes from the warm fuzzy feeling of producing stuff that others are buying and using.
There, I fixed it for you. It's a subtle difference, but an important one for a crowd of people who are terrible confused about how profit in business is actually measured.
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