Kit_fox
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Good news on the economic front
#87874 - 03/23/04 05:39 PM (129.138.30.194)
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Recently the prices for production have been dropping, fueled mostly by dropping resourse prices almost across the board.
Since the prices were last tallied the following has happened:
The cost of Basic Metals rose by aproximately 37%, though are still selling at a slight loss to the producers.
The cost of combustables has fallen by almost 9%,
The mineral which has the biggest impact on prices, precious metals, dropped by 17000 a unit, or a reduction in price of 19%.
Another importain and expensive resourse, Rare Earth Elements, dropped in price by 15% to 76650 a unit.
Radioactive elements has seen a price increase of 1%.
Finally, the cost of Neveronium fell by around 7%.
What this means for producers is the ability to sell their product at lower prices and still make a proffit, especially if they do not have a mine. As an example the break even price for Vehicle Internal Structure used to be 39,000 to 40,000 a unit. That has dropped to 33,198 per unit recently, a price reduction of about 15%.
This has translated into an almost direct drop in prices for VIS, reducing the price by 10-11%.
The price drop for other markets, such as full vehicles and high end units, is expected to drop more slowly due to the lower number of producers (less producers = less competition), however even there small price drops can be seen in recent months. The cost of low end vehicles especially has dropped quite a bit, with SCP's being back down to 5 million each and even Jeep LRM's getting closer to 2 million each.
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Mazer
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Re: Good news on the economic front
[Re: Kit_fox]
#87879 - 03/23/04 06:26 PM (68.60.13.118)
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I'm just happy VIS is actually fairly profitable to produce steadily without a mine 
Interesting trend though. Thanks for the info 
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Rex_Regis
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Re: Good news on the economic front
[Re: Mazer]
#87935 - 03/24/04 06:50 AM (204.187.76.3)
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Guess I will ahve to up the prices again. lol j/k -Wesley
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Toontje
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Reged: 01/18/04
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Re: Good news on the economic front
[Re: Rex_Regis]
#87941 - 03/24/04 07:21 AM (217.123.31.80)
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This is positive news on the economic side indeed, as more producers will have a higher useage than before. This will result in higher productivity across the board, and as prices drop a bit armies will increase in size.
I actually saw a 'mech priced for less than 33 mill this very day. (WSP-1A. Does anyone use clints btw, I only see 2 non-standard variants on the market, ac/10 and ac/2 variant. No AC/5.  )
Market analists expect a temporary increase in prices in 2-3 nevmonths, as sainta claus will be passing overland, losing presents all over the land.
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Rather to blow up, then.
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Tenshi
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Reged: 05/27/03
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Re: Good news on the economic front
[Re: Kit_fox]
#87947 - 03/24/04 07:38 AM (24.196.181.92)
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Low-end vehicles still aren't very affordable to make if you buy resources, with NASI charging tax I would still lose money producing JEP-SRM... which sucks because it's the first (and currently only) vehicle I've been able to produce...
/me shrugs it off and starts researching 40 ton vehicle concepts
Though it is still good news, since maybe Strikers, Vanguards and high-end Scorpions will drop into a price range where defensive vehicles will become a possibility for lower-level empires.
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Kit_fox
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Re: Good news on the economic front
[Re: Tenshi]
#87965 - 03/24/04 11:56 AM (129.138.30.194)
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I wouldn't have gotten into the jeep market if my life relied on it. Too many people rush for producing the easiest things, jeeps. However, even jeeps can be produced at a nice proffit if you have mines.
I will say that a lot of other vehicles can be produced at a proffit even w/o mines and if you knew exactly how much it costed to produce some of the tings that you would all be up in arms.
Example
Cost to produce a SCP-A1 last time I checked without any mines was around 3.3 million each. So, assuming that you do not have mines selling at 5 million really isn't too much to ask, about 2 million proffit per tank (though I do suppose that translates into a proffit of around 61%).
But if you have all mines you need? I believe the production cost for an SCP is closer to 850,000 each, so selling at a 5 million gives you a huge proffit. If you have mines it can be VERY proffitable to sell vehicles.
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davion76
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Loc: Ridgecrest CA, USA
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Re: Good news on the economic front
[Re: Kit_fox]
#87970 - 03/24/04 12:57 PM (138.163.0.42)
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Just wait for the next monthly MPOGD check. Then you'll see the prices spike. I'm already stocking up vehicles to sell then. (not purchasing, building - the prices are too volitile to resell right now... And people have finally wised up and are dropping stuff at incremental prices instead of huge price drops)
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Tenshi
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Re: Good news on the economic front
[Re: Kit_fox]
#87977 - 03/24/04 01:25 PM (24.196.181.92)
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Wow... Okay, that's it, I'm researching scorps now...
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