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Post by Wandering Rian on Feb 21, 2010 18:25:43 GMT -8
Guys,
Looking at the profits from teh four companies we have... I am wondering if a different model may be in order until the new modules are put live.
I guess I am suggesting that we look at how to have the gun factory get guns into the hands of the folks training and how to get teh wheat factory to feed the bread factory to feed us.
I see the idea but have no idea how to implement it effectively... any thoughts?
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Post by danny on Mar 5, 2010 6:30:51 GMT -8
Offer a discount to party members for your produce and encourage them to buy. Refund them so that the actual cost is less than the minimum market value. That way AE members will only buy AE produce when the opportunity is presented. Yes, it will reduce the margin of profit, but it depends on how much you want it to operate like this. If it's easier for you to do it over a given time period (each week for example) KEEP RECEIPTS!. Use google spreadsheet or something and make sure the quantity of discount returns is equal to the numbers sold to party members (you'll have to keep updating a list of sales to party members on a regular basis. An excel spreadsheet on the CEO's personal desktop will be enough. But DO NOT try and work it out from memory. It will also require the head of every involved company to keep records and each party member desiring a discount to message the total cost of items they bought, for which they intend to seek a return. All buyers must agree, all companies must agree and all must contribute towards keeping a record. Are you up for it? I think the bureaucracy is too much. you could also use the same system while selling goods above market value and bringing them below market value for party members (with the above mentioned discount system). That way, it's simpler and the party members don't need to contribute to the book-keeping, as all sales will either be to party members (or insane people who wanted to pay above market value for no good reason). But if you adopt that system, companies can say goodbye to their profits. You'll obviously still have to make sure everyone applying is a party member. Neither system is exactly wonderful (and the second one runs contrary to the doctrine free trade. As an economist I am obliged to condemn it to the depths of hell). If you would like this simplified put 5 of these faces (  ) on your next post. ;D |
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Post by weedabixxx on Mar 7, 2010 15:18:26 GMT -8
hum, who's gonna take the time to keep all these records... Company CEO's?
and I agree, thats a lot of bureauCRAZY... lol
if everyone involved can keep count of the discounts and the members, I'm all for it, however.
and we could could the discount low enough to help profits, if we were to offer it to AE members, no? after all, a discount is a discount, however small it is.
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Post by danny on Mar 11, 2010 5:39:03 GMT -8
I suppose that depends on the margins of profit. I've been led to believe that there's no shortage of competition in the domestic market. I don't actually know whether our companies can undercut the minimum market value and still make a profit. I should get details like that off Andy at some stage. Maybe have a look through the company updates too. I just need to get motivated..... Anyway, the flooding of gold from real life accounts is not something i considered in the initial structure. Makes it a bit more complicated. We make more relative profits, but excess flooding of gold will reduce the value of gold (Deflation for IEP). This means that our company goods will be worth less in purely nominal IEP terms on the private market after a while. Then the central bank's artificial exchange rate needs to be considered. What have I gotten myself into?  |
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Post by Wandering Rian on Mar 11, 2010 9:00:38 GMT -8
the designers limit the amount of gold that can be purchased... <<You can buy Gold only once every 7 days, in order to avoid Gold inflation. Therefore, be sure to get the appropriate pack to suit your needs for a whole week.>> <<Additionally, you can get another 3 Gold via sms in case of emergency.>> Of course I see that you can by 160 gold every week... LOL. |
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Post by weedabixxx on Mar 11, 2010 21:01:03 GMT -8
if I were rich I would. I'm also happy Danny's here to our companies. I leave everything in yur capable hands  anyone know if theres gonna be massive changes when V2 comes around? |
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