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Batchie
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Posted - 2005.10.23 05:28:00 -
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Hi there.
Ok so ive been training an alt for quite a while now, but havnt been using him. I finally finished my iterion mark 4, will begin training on the mk5 (man that takes forever!)
I want to use it for hauling to make money, but i tried this hauling lark today and BOY is it hard!
Everything i look at buys for example at 100, and sells at 80. How do i make a living from hauling?!
Yesterday i bought 10kM^3 of garbage, went 31 jumps and actually LOST 200k when i sold it for a higher price! (at least i think thats what happened. Im confused)
Ive been using alts to check other regions for prices and i still dont get what im doing wrong.
Please can someone teach me? Any help will be much appreciated.
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VantDre
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Posted - 2005.10.23 09:16:00 -
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Contacts, Players.
Limited amount of rich folk trading with each other unfortunately.
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Batchie
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Posted - 2005.10.23 11:21:00 -
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Oh... Well thats not too good...
Ive made about 2 million in a few hours of hauling so far, trading whatever i can find. But after the 6 months or so of training it took, was it really worth it? NO!
I'll train for an obelisk (how im going to afford one is another story). Buy that time i should have a better idea of what im doing. AND if i get an obelisk im sure theres alot of people who will want to give me hauling contracts...
Another 6 months of training 4tw!!
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Carfax
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Posted - 2005.10.23 14:48:00 -
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You could try using the item database to find out whose buying the stuff as they should be paying more.
Dubious that theres much point in having a freighter with a capacity way in excess of the cargo you will be hauling.
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2005.10.23 15:43:00 -
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NPC trading is decent, however you have to be smart about it.
The best trading is finding underpriced items, and selling them back to players on the open market.
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2005.10.23 15:44:00 -
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 Originally by: Batchie
Oh... Well thats not too good...
Ive made about 2 million in a few hours of hauling so far, trading whatever i can find. But after the 6 months or so of training it took, was it really worth it? NO!
I'll train for an obelisk (how im going to afford one is another story). Buy that time i should have a better idea of what im doing. AND if i get an obelisk im sure theres alot of people who will want to give me hauling contracts...
Another 6 months of training 4tw!!
1) Its not 6 months. Its about 3 weeks for an itty 5, and a few days more for an obelisk.
2) Using an obelisk, you can run NPC trade routes. I found one of these in my second month and made loads of money--it has nothing to do with "rich folk." Its just a matter of knowing what you're doing. Obviously, you don't. There was an NPC trading guide around here somewhere...
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Batchie
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Posted - 2005.10.23 21:00:00 -
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Do you have a linky to the NPC guide?
Also i maxed out my learning skills, along with science and engineering and all that lark so yes, it was about 6 months of training.
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Cerrano
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Posted - 2005.10.24 05:22:00 -
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This one?
http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=135178
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