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Myrdyr
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Posted - 2008.01.14 21:52:00 -
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LOL, Benvie just dropped 3.5bil of other people's isk on an 11mil SP character.
http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=681128
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Myrdyr
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Posted - 2008.01.14 22:18:00 -
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The LOL here is in the numbers, not the act.
Standings are worth more than Accounting V or Broker Relations V, and you paid 3.5B for 8mil of relevant SP.
I understand a small premium could be paid for the opportunity cost of not having to train up another trade alt, but wow.
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Myrdyr
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Posted - 2008.01.14 22:53:00 -
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 Originally by: Trilori
The seller says there's not much to the standings worth mentioning so whats your point?
Could you please let the big kids talk?
Originally by: Benvie
It would take me about 60 days to get an alt to the skill level I need, just for the trading skills (I have the skill plan set up in EveMon right now). I can make 100-300m a day profit with the skills that character has. With that level of profit I don't really care. It'll be paid off in a couple weeks. Better than waiting two months to train the alt.
I'm pretty sure you can make more with 3.6billion isk and a brand new trade alt with the 40-50 slots you can start off with. I was curious how you'd present your argument for opportunity cost and quite frankly I'm disappointed.
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Myrdyr
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Posted - 2008.01.14 23:16:00 -
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Edited by: Myrdyr on 14/01/2008 23:16:25
What do you want me to do when you can't understand the basic facts? You're [Trilori] being dumb.
Character was for sale. Benvie paid an IMO unwarranted premium and I was curious to get his stance on it. If the character had 6-7 standings with Caldari Navy I'd personally value it at the 2bil he bid initially, but for 3+ bil I'd expect some pretty serious faction standings. If you don't know what standings are good for, for a trade alt, well...try to figure it out. Shadarle has some good posts on the subject.
Trade alts are harder to find than freighter alts, though, so while I understand his willingness to pay what he did, it initially was a pretty wasteful expenditure of what looked like public funds.
But that's why people post questions or bring facts to light -- to get clarification on a subject and promote discourse.
GL in your bond venture Benvie.
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