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RIG BPO pricing - big jump once researched
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Pirate BlackJack
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-05-06 05:17:12 UTC
is the research time really that valuable on rigs that a simple large t1 rig BPO will move from ~1.5M NPC price to +40M when researched on contract in Jita?

That seems like a really big jump for not too much time in a POS lab.
Karak Bol
Low-Sec Survival Ltd.
#2 - 2013-05-06 09:09:39 UTC
If someone is willing to pay then yes, then its that valuable. Not sure what the question really is?
Hesod Adee
Perkone
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-05-06 09:31:28 UTC
Karak Bol wrote:
If someone is willing to pay then yes, then its that valuable. Not sure what the question really is?

I think he is asking why there is such a large jump in price.
enterprisePSI
#4 - 2013-05-06 11:24:15 UTC
My POS is powered by the tears of the poor people. Hence the big price difference.

The tears of the many, outweigh the tears of the few. Or the one. enterprise-psi©
Carniflex
StarHunt
Mordus Angels
#5 - 2013-05-06 11:57:04 UTC
Dunno, have not looked recently, but a while ago it took some additional skills to be able to R&D a rig BPO unless my memory is playing particularly nasty tricks on me.

A 40 mil jump would probably be kinda uncommon in the price even in that case tho.

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Samroski
Middle-Earth
#6 - 2013-05-06 12:34:09 UTC
Seems like a market opportunity to me. Have noticed the same trend with other low cost BPOs; they sell for great margins.

Research cost is also likely to go up in the current scenario, which may relate positively to researched BPO prices.

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Pirate BlackJack
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2013-05-06 12:41:18 UTC
granted i haven't been watching the contract prices to know if it is a short-term anomaly or not, but yes, this did just seem like a really large price premium for what looks to be ~2-3 weeks worth of easy research.

thanks
Secret Squirrell
Allied Press Intergalactic
#8 - 2013-05-06 13:31:28 UTC
Large rigs are basically highest (prior to cap rigs) uses of materials/time in manufacturing, thus material research matters a great deal. Rig BPO prices are low enough that they aren't a big factor.
Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#9 - 2013-05-06 14:17:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Daniel Plain
Samroski wrote:
Research cost is also likely to go up in the current scenario, which may relate positively to researched BPO prices.

seconded, the market has likely already adjusted to the rise in pos fuel prices.

I should buy an Ishtar.
Karak Bol
Low-Sec Survival Ltd.
#10 - 2013-05-06 14:26:16 UTC
Hesod Adee wrote:
Karak Bol wrote:
If someone is willing to pay then yes, then its that valuable. Not sure what the question really is?

I think he is asking why there is such a large jump in price.


Yes and I answered truthfully: Because someones pays this price.
MailDeadDrop
Archon Industries
#11 - 2013-05-06 16:34:50 UTC
Karak Bol wrote:
Hesod Adee wrote:
Karak Bol wrote:
If someone is willing to pay then yes, then its that valuable. Not sure what the question really is?

I think he is asking why there is such a large jump in price.


Yes and I answered truthfully: Because someones pays this price.

If the OP is citing an open contract* then technically 40M is the price that someone hasn't paid. Or stated differently: a price at which the product has not, and perhaps will not, sell. Realistically there are an infinite number of those.

MDD
* open contract meaning one which has not been accepted and completed.