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Originally Posted by Swyftfingers
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if people tipped their level in plat
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What a levelist! I bet you are a racist as well, and expect Ogres to pay more due to the extra mana required to lift their gigantic asses into the ether. Or are you a classist, and think that antisocial Shadow knights should pay more than pompous, self-aggrandizing Paladins?
More seriously: When someone oocs that they want to buy a port, and you port them, you are de facto accepting their price, whatever it is. If you don't like it, negotiate the price in advance. I suppose most porters don't do this because they want to charge by level. They are willing to port for 10p, but they hope to receive 100p from communist sympathizers such as yourself. Judging by these threads, it frequently does not work out - which is hardly surprising. The grocery store doesn't charge lawyers more for hamburger than janitors. The gas station doesn't charge doctors more for gas than chimney sweeps. The lawyer is probably willing to pay more to not starve, and the doctor to drive to work, but that is called consumer surplus.
Businesses solve this consumer surplus 'problem' by offering a slightly improved but vastly more costly service. If I wanted to make a lot of money as a porter, I'd train baking and offer 5 stat foods to anyone who tipped more than 100p. Many enchanters, for example, have a lot of platinum and don't cap charisma (especially int-build gnomes . . . ). A slick macro, a bit of roleplaying, and a few siren pickles and I can feel like I'm getting more than just a port. Or, you could mention that people who tip more than 100p get put on your friends list and get preferential treatment in terms of pickups. But the key is giving people a reason to pay more for your service.