GreenSeed
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Posted - 2012.07.30 04:21:00 -
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Minerals bought off the market in "real life" include on their price more than the time invested to obtain them and a profit margin, they also include insurance, amortization, transportation costs, etc. if they didnGÇÖt, all the people that make a business out of their extraction would eventually go bankrupt.
On eve, due to the way the game is designed, thereGÇÖs no reason things should be any different. But miners are a special breed, and so minerals on the market often include just the time invested to extract them and a VERY small profit margin.
Miners donGÇÖt realize their profit is so small because they devaluate their time, simply because this is a game and they actually have fun while mining or maybe they watch a movie, TV , play another game, or they just **********. Neither do they value the cost and risk of hauling, and letGÇÖs not start with the idiocy of miners who refuse to accept that losses are inevitable, and donGÇÖt set aside part of their profits to fund their eventual loses. (Self-insurance)
And so, if you are like the average miner, mining your own minerals will not be free at all, but will be less expensive than buying off market. You will "pay" the time cost of the minerals with your own time, and you just add the profit margin of the mineral extraction to your profit, since you are not paying it to anyone else. But keep in mind that you will be GÇ£payingGÇ¥ the time with your own time at the lowest the market will pay you for it! If you donGÇÖt like what the market will pay you, then just donGÇÖt mine and buy off the market instead.
Now, if you are a smart person who knows this isnGÇÖt a game of perpetual accumulation, but instead a game where both goods and the tools to create them can be lost or destroyed, you will find that mining your own minerals can at times be extremely expensive.
Undocking a ship means putting it in danger, that alone makes your own minerals more expensive. Why would you choose to account for that danger by reducing your profits? Because thatGÇÖs what you would do if you are a real miner. Part of your profit MUST fund your eventual loses.
So you see where im going with this?
Why would you value your time at the lowest the market will pay you for it, when you know the lowest the market will pay in eve does NOT include amortization costs?
Just buy off market, let the suckers fight each other to sell you their time AND let them carry the cost of potential losses.
ItGÇÖs almost machiavellian, but thatGÇÖs the way it goes. You see this on real life too, with countries destroying their own environment because they GÇ£are making money and giving jobsGÇ¥. little do simple minded people know about the real cost of the things they sell.
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