Posted - 2005.07.13 03:56:00 - [1]

 

Edited by: Herko Kerghans on 25/03/2006 15:55:43


A’ight crew, lissenup! Ain’t no love from the mighty CCP for the rookie trader, skill descriptions are a mess, and my heart just cannot take another hauler pilot with a question mark on his face, so here it goes: what do all those dark, obscure trade skills do?

Lessee!

Trade, Retail, Wholesale, Tycoon, Daytrading: if you cannot figure’em up for y’self… go pick a mining laser or camp a gate son. This career aint for ya’. Same for anybody asking “why do I need procurement? I can purchase any item in the region even if it is 64 jumps away!”

The rest of you: please open your wallets at the “Orders” tab and keep the lower part in view.

Accounting: Easy enough... it reduces your sell taxes. Pretty straightforward, huh? Every time you sell something, SCC gets 1% of the sell order total value… per level, you get a 0.1% reduction (you pay 0.9% at lvl1, 0.8% at lvl2... up to 0.5% at lvl5).You will see the % you pay under “transaction tax” on your “orders” screen.

Broker relations: Almost as straightforward… Almost. Each time you put an order (be it buy or sell), you pay 1% to this bloodsuckers. Every level of the skill reduces the amount per 0.05% (so, 0.95% at lvl 1, 0.9% at lvl 2…) You will see the % on “Base Broker fee” on the “order” tab. Bear in mind though:

-You pay the bloodsuckers every time you set up an order. If you cancel the order, you don’t get yer Isk back mkay? (the sell tax is only paid when you actually do the sell)

-If you are a trader (you are a trader, right? ‘cos, like, you are reading this!), remember you pay these bloody bloodsuckers TWICE every time you move an item: when you set up your purchase order, and when you set up your sell order!

-You DON’T pay if you buy or sell directly (as in, without setting up a purchase order).

Example 1: I go to the market, directly buy gizmo for 100 Isk, and then set up a sell order for 200 Isk (and they call themselves pirates because they blow up stuff… heh)

-When buying, you pay no tax nor broker fee

-When setting up the sell order, you pay the broker fee (2 Isk if no skill, reduced with Broker Relations)

-When and if you sell, you pay the SCC tax (2 Isk if no skill, reduced with accounting, which is to say you receive 198 Isk when the sell is completed)

Example 2: I set up a purchase order, buy gizmo for 100 Isk, then set up a sell order for 200 Isk.

-When setting up purchase order, you pay the broker fee (1 Isk if no skill, reduced with Broker Relations, so you gotta have 101 Isk in your hand).

-When setting up the sell order, you pay the broker fee AGAIN (2 Isk if no skill, reduced with Broker Relations).

-When and if you sell, you pay the SCC tax (2 Isk if no skill, reduced with accounting, so you get 198 Isk when the sell is completed)

And remember… Broker relations influence your BASE broker fee. It is also influenced by your standing towards the Faction that controls the station where you set the order (ain’t got numbers, I ain’t no runner so my standings are crap)

Another thing: this lazy bastards don't lift a finger for less than 100 Isk. Good for them, me neither... and it means that if you actually enter an order for, say 1200 isk, the fee will not be 12 isk but 100 isk. If you try the above examples in practice, for a 100 isk order the dude will charge you another 100 isk. Cookie goes to Theron Gyrow for his outstanding perception on the matter.

(Of course... what kind of cheap jerk wastes a perfectly good order for less than 10.000 isk? Don't do it. I'm serious. Orders for less than 50.000 isk make baby Oveur cry, and all the other traders will laugh at you. I mean it!)