Weird profit margins

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 20.11.2007, 01:45

Hi guys, been a while since I posted anything.
I can sell my steel for 134. ok. for a 1000 steel thats obviously 134,000caps

ok

now i looked into making and selling car bodies.
now the car bodies cost 300 steel to make. but only sell for around 27,000 on the market. hence lower through contract,,,
now 300 steel sold at 134 is 40,200 caps.

That is a massive 13000 caps different

why would I or anyone else waster money and time making car bodies and selling them?

is it me, have i missed something?
please help? what is it I am missing?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 20.11.2007, 03:41

You are using the selling price, but they most likey produce it themselves making ti much cheaper. They would also produce it in green so it can be made for around 80c each which adds up to 24k and not 40k.

Hope that helps,
NMR

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 20.11.2007, 07:56

Lone Star, it is exactly like you said it. And obviously too many people think they should calculate the value of the product with their own production costs. giveitall, I would recommend this thread: http://www.forum.kapilands.com/viewtopic.php?t=4276

I will bring it down to one simple question: Why should anyone produce car bodies and sell them for 27k, if he can sell the 300 steel he uses for 40k?

But the problem lies in the statistics. The stats are made in a way, that some products have to be sold below their actual value. I think cars are an example for that. (I

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 20.11.2007, 22:27

yes, pretty stupid to make anything out of steel when you can just sell it on the market for more money.

I think the reason is:

1) Stupid people and noobs unaware of this.

2) People making and selling high quality cars, at higher quality you can sell them in your stores for more money.
I know I can buy Q0 coffee beans and make them into Q5 coffee powder so I can still make profit, which is why coffee bean prices have jumped from $1 to $6.
I can buy Q0 cattle and make it into Q4 leather.
But people buying steel on the market are usually doing it for upgrades and are not looking for anything above Q0

But, err, I guess that's why people would buy them but does not explain why people are selling them for that low of a price.
Doesn't make sense buy if you are somebody who buys them then it is good for you.
I've given up on car, you might make more money in the long run but it just takes to freakin long and this game is slow enough.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 21.11.2007, 03:40

dbsuma wrote:yes, pretty stupid to make anything out of steel when you can just sell it on the market for more money.

Change anything to some things and you will be right. Wardrobes are very profitable. Of course, they only need 5 steel each.