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Mme Pinkerton
United Engineering Services
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Posted - 2010.06.17 14:05:00 -
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Edited by: Mme Pinkerton on 17/06/2010 14:06:16
 Originally by: PinkFish
stuff
Are you talking to me?
I did try to explain why prices for courier contracts are very low and I see that you basically follow my argument. That's nice, but no reason to get so emotional.
As a result of the argument laid out above, I would advise courier services like Red Frog Freight to turn into true cartels and punish pilots delivering (public) contracts for less than the standard rate. I think they could get away with it.
That does not mean that I think this is "right" or that couriers are entitled to some level of profit or any of that other stuff you are trying to read into my post.
I just try to look at the situation and ask myself "how did this situation come into existence/is maintained?" and "what would be the reasonable thing to do? (for couriers)"
As far as I remember I have never delivered a single courier contract and I don't set up courier contracts on a regular basis.
By the way, I think courier work does have a barrier to entry comparable to that of other professions in EVE - training for a freighter (with proper navigation skills and Hull Upgrades) requires a substantial SP investment and you should have at least 800m for a freighter + 1b for collateral before getting started.
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Andrea Griffin
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Posted - 2010.06.17 15:26:00 -
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Worst courier EVER. 1M per jump? Seriously?
Granted, I don't have huge contracts (I usually move 100-200m in goods at a time, 3-5 jumps or so) and I generally pay 1% of the collateral - which is pretty generous for the area. My stuff is always moved quickly.
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Gabriel Rosencrantz
Red Frog Investments
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Posted - 2010.06.17 15:41:00 -
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Originally by: Mme Pinkerton
As a result of the argument laid out above, I would advise courier services like Red Frog Freight to turn into true cartels and punish pilots delivering (public) contracts for less than the standard rate. I think they could get away with it.
Under no circumstances would Red Frog participate in such an endeavour. There's plenty of freighter work to go around.
It looks like the OP is thinking about losec/nosec work. Clearly, professional hauling in a kill-zone is a dangerous business. The rewards should be commensurate. Whatever rules the OP wants to set for himself and his clients are his business, not anyone else's. The market will decide whether or not they are reasonable.
Fair warning though: you can definitely look inside cans that are inside courier contracts. Always set the collateral equal to or greater than the value of the contents.
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