WHMs charging 1-2k for Teleports

[Halifirien]

I saw an interesting thread on Allakhazam about WHM's finally raising the prices for Teleports. Mea, Dem and Holla are jumping from the "standard" 500 gil to 1 or 2k.

Sounds like a great idea to me. Everything else is going up in price (Erase, Raise III). Why shouldn't the price of teles? I've never advertised my tele ability, but I usually respond to shouts if I'm not busy. I think I'm going to start ignoring those offers of 500 gil.

You can always walk if you don't like the prices.

 

[Kat]

Very nice post. I agree totally. We are always getting the shaft saying how we should have all our spells. Melee constantly say, well I spent such and such for this, why can't you spend such and such for erase, Raise whatever, yada yada.

The difference you melee's FAIL to realize is you CANNOT un-eat a spell!!!!!! Once you spend the gil, it's yours to keep forever. When you melee's sell back a weapon, or jewelry, or armour you all KNOW you'll get at least HALF of your gil back. Well we don't have that option.

So yah, I agree totally with raising the price of tele's. You can always choco or walk, or airship if you don't like it.

 

[Reality]

when I shout for a teleport, I always offer 1500-2500g in my /shout

gets me where i'm going much faster, and it's not a lot of money anyways.

 

[jender]

I had to pay 1k last night for a MEA.... ><

As a RDM/BLM I also pay a lot for spells, so it kinda sucked actually.

 

[Kat]

I had to pay 1k last night for a MEA.... ><

As a RDM/BLM I also pay a lot for spells, so it kinda sucked actually.

If it's any consolation Jender, level that whm sub. When you're lvl 74 you can quest your tele scrolls and charge the 1k for Dem, Holla and Mea also :wink: .

 

[Roofie]

it'll nvr happen cuz there will b ppl like me who will start doing it for free. free teles send me a tell only if im not busy tho and right now i only have dem holla and yhoat

 

[Halifirien]

it'll nvr happen cuz there will b ppl like me who will start doing it for free. free teles send me a tell only if im not busy tho and right now i only have dem holla and yhoat

Roofie, even your aspirations to godhood can't put you everywhere at once to offer a tele to everyone who wants it. If you're busy or not in the mood to do it, you're not going to be able to do much about an increase in price for the service.

I don't think charging 2k for Mea, Dem and Holla is unreasonable. I'd settle for 1k if that's where the market goes, but 500 gil doesn't really pay the bills. As I said, I've never advertised, but I can certainly decide which teles are worth my time.

 

[Roofie]

o yes i can and yes it is unreasonable

 

[jender]

ummm....2k for mea, dem, holla is a bit steep. I would think whm's should be satisfied with 1k - I mean come on. All jobs have expensive spells/armor/furniture, etc. Everyone has to "pay the bills" most of us have to farm for it.

 

[Roofie]

they should be happy with 500 i usually pay for around 10 teleports a day, its very easy to make 15-20k an hour just selling dem and holla, ive done it several times b4, theres no reason other than greed to raise the price of teles

 

[Halifirien]

I'm not denying 2k sounds steep, considering the traditional price has been in place for so long. I'm not Norma Rae and the Gordon "Greed is good" Gekko suit doesn't fit well on my shoulders, but at the same time... a tele is never a necessity to get around. It's strictly a convenience.

 

[jender]

I'm not denying 2k sounds steep, considering the traditional price has been in place for so long. I'm not Norma Rae and the Gordon "Greed is good" Gekko suit doesn't fit well on my shoulders, but at the same time... a tele is never a necessity to get around. It's strictly a convenience.

I see what you mean, but refresh is a convenience that I don't charge for (i mean, people COULD buy their own juices to refill MP) as well as D2's, I don't normally charge for those...

 

[Kat]

Oh boy, here we go :lol: ...

Had to open up that can of worms.

Anyway, I also don't charge for cures, protectra, shellra, bar spells, haste, erase, RAISE III (and I cross zone AND pay for my own choco).

Speaking of Raise III, has anyone seen the price of it lately? Y'all want it? Bring the damn price down so mages can afford to cast it on your happy asses!!!!

 

[Phear]

1k seems allright for normal teles ex dem mea holla.. 2k is ok for vhazal altep yhoat ... imo at least i always pay 1k for teles at least if not more. And 500G was the normal going price a few months ago.. but as someone said prices are rising so pay up ^^

 

[jender]

yeah Raise3 is absurd now...I definitely believe that the WHM's static should help in paying for that - since it benefits them most

 

[Kat]

yeah Raise3 is absurd now...I definitely believe that the WHM's static should help in paying for that - since it benefits them most

Not just static Jen ... Dynamis, Gods, Missions, quests, etc. Y'all don't realize just how much that spell is actually used by a whm. You want it. But yet the people who are selling it are not making it easy for a whm to buy it.

 

[Pascal]

The biggest reason prices are going up is because of the new tax system. SE was trying to bring prices down, but in turn is actually raising them. The ones of us, who make our Gil by playing the market, now have to compensate for the cost to resell the item. Which means the prices of other things also have to come up, including teleport services, also people can always use the outpost teleporting service, instead of WHMs.

 

[Kurgon]

I don't charge per death, nor per provoke either. :twisted: Listen, Tele are optional. If a wtm was charging group members for tele's to get to their exp area faster I might have a problem with it since everyone should be willing to use all their skills in a group setting to most benifit the group. Now if you are just unwilling to take the time to run/Chocobo/Airship to get somewhere then you have to ask yourself what exactly is it worth to you. I've never used a tele personally but I don't put a lot of worth on my in-game time I guess.

 

[Kat]

The biggest reason prices are going up is because of the new tax system. SE was trying to bring prices down, but in turn is actually raising them. The ones of us, who make our Gil by playing the market, now have to compensate for the cost to resell the item. Which means the prices of other things also have to come up, including teleport services, also people can always use the outpost teleporting service, instead of WHMs.

oOo, very good point Pascal. But then, that takes time and work to quest them.

 

[jender]

yeah Raise3 is absurd now...I definitely believe that the WHM's static should help in paying for that - since it benefits them most

Not just static Jen ... Dynamis, Gods, Missions, quests, etc. Y'all don't realize just how much that spell is actually used by a whm. You want it. But yet the people who are selling it are not making it easy for a whm to buy it.

I do understand that Kat....but I also understand that everyone has expensive spells to buy - have you priced the NIN scrolls lately? I mean, WHM's have it easy finding party's for a good portion of their gameplay, so it is only fair to make SOMETHING hard for them...

(and I am totally not trying to say that you guys should suffer for spells that do not benefit you....I am just saying, everyone has a hard time keeping up the gil for armor/spells/etc. Why screw people over by charging outlandish prices for teleports?)