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Marara Kovacs
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Posted - 2008.06.27 08:58:00 -
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How do you work out how much a BPC is worth, taking into account ME and PE levels? I cant find any information on it.
Thanks in advance for any help
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saracen9
Drunken Deeds
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Posted - 2008.06.27 09:45:00 -
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 Originally by: Marara Kovacs
How do you work out how much a BPC is worth, taking into account ME and PE levels? I cant find any information on it.
Thanks in advance for any help
I am also looking for the same. Is there a common formula which can be used as a starting point?
Currently I work of the assumption that the buyer has perfect production efficientcy and therefore take market selling price of produced item less predicted input costs to produce and adjust accordingly.
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Xajide
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Posted - 2008.06.27 09:46:00 -
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I simply compare the BPC I'm interested in, to other BPC's available. Since it's a supply and demand question, in a way there will never be fixed prices.
BPO's bought from NPC's in the market usually do have a fixed price.
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OMG ItsATrap
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Posted - 2008.06.27 10:03:00 -
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In situations of no competition, I would say something like:
(# of hours of research * 300k) / (how many you can copy in a week)
for more expensive bpcs you may increase the price to be able to 'break even' selling a solid 2-3 month's of copies depending..
When in doubt, start an auction at the least you are willing to let it go for to test the waters...
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saracen9
Drunken Deeds
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Posted - 2008.06.27 10:47:00 -
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I'd agree with both of the above but would consider the opportunity cost.
At the end of the day you may be able to build the item and sell for a larger profit. Depends on your skills / resources I suppose and would be the only drawback against pricing solely on a market escrow benchmark.
Quite like the idea of the 300k formula and will have a look at that 
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Mia Morningstar
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Posted - 2008.06.27 10:53:00 -
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Manufacturer point of view.
When buying BPCs a manufacturer will always look at how much will cost him one run job (taking in account ME and wastage it produces).
So pretty much you need to take in consideration number of runs and ME.
eg. raven BPC
1) ME50, 10 runs, 10M for BPC (1M per job + ~153k in wastage/job)
2) ME25, 5 runs, 4M for BPC (800k per job + ~304k in wastage/job)
Take a guess which he'd buy.
PS: wastage numbers maybe a little bit more different, haven't updated my spreadsheet with current mineral prices.
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Alex Redwidth
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Posted - 2008.06.27 13:33:00 -
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A BPC's worth, to me at least, is the value of the saved wastage.
If a BPC saves you 1mil in wastage, then its approx value is around that mark.
There are then other considerations to take into account, such as buying the BPO over multiple BPCs, other BPC sellers on the market, etc.
A 'loose' formula I use is between 25-50% of the saved wastage, assuming this value is above the 'rate' of the lab cost (POS fuel cost/number of slots + markup %).
This is mainly borne out of my own early frustrations in manufacturing where I'd often find BPCs more than or close to the cost of the saved waste, leaving little profit/mark up for anyone wanting to get into manufacturing. I'd rather encourage more would-be manufacturers into producing by giving them an incentive (profit) through my BPC pricing.
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