Make official price for tipping

[Jibartik]

Originally Posted by fastboy21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I always tell people who ask that I tip 50pp, but I never do.

I usually only give about 20pp, but I figure, by telling folks that white lie I encourage others to give a little bit more...which actually increases total tips for porters.

Classic Win-Win

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[Arvan]

Originally Posted by Dolalin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Tipping culture is weird. In real life it just leads to a race-to-the-bottom on wages, with the guilt of customers expected to make up the difference to aid the profits of the restaurants. It's bull.

I guess it can work in a video game. Maybe. If people are reasonable.

Good faith. Tip what you can. The guidelines in the OP aren't unreasonable.

You one of those guys who doesn't tip at restaurants?

[Vdaria]

Each port event (a person seeking a port getting one) has a unique circumstance, including time of day, plat level of porter, plat level of portee, distance porting, mana of the porter, opportunity costs of each person porting vs not porting, etc etc etc etc. If you want to pin down EVERY single variable and try to put a number on all of them, then sure, let's talk about the precise amount to tip. But until then, it seems fruitless to try to pin down a precise number.

If you are level 50, tip somewhere between 20 and 50. If you're leveling, tip what you can. This should leave no reasonable person unhappy. Anything more than 50p feels like a gift, and anything less than 20p seems a bit insulting.

[Tankwipe]

Originally Posted by Vdaria [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Each port event (a person seeking a port getting one) has a unique circumstance, including time of day, plat level of porter, plat level of portee, distance porting, mana of the porter, opportunity costs of each person porting vs not porting, etc etc etc etc. If you want to pin down EVERY single variable and try to put a number on all of them, then sure, let's talk about the precise amount to tip. But until then, it seems fruitless to try to pin down a precise number.

If you are level 50, tip somewhere between 20 and 50. If you're leveling, tip what you can. This should leave no reasonable person unhappy. Anything more than 50p feels like a gift, and anything less than 20p seems a bit insulting.

hey hadden buddy i agree w/ you

[Vdaria]

Originally Posted by Tankwipe [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

hey hadden buddy i agree w/ you

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[strongNpretty]

Holy shit boys, it doesn't need to be this difficult.. We now have multiple threads open on tipping prices? For 1- Dial a Port does not set a standard in pricing for porting.. So if you're mad cause you tip 1pp per level or cause that's the unspoken standard of the server, then that's your fault. You're choosing to tip 1pp per level just cause that's what other people recommend, but nobody ever said you had to...

Rule 1- BE NICE AND SHOW RESPECT
Rule 4- GREED WILL NOT BE TOLERATED OF ANY KIND
Rule 5- CANNOT THREATEN TO BLACKLIST
Rule 7- MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ASSIST IN CR's, LOWBIES, and NEW MEMBERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE

So hold the druid porting you responsible for dickin you in price if you've had a bad experience.. Otherwise if they are DAP members- Nobody should be saying a word when it comes to fares. We will port you, but if that member secretly doesn't appreciate you, then you just may never get a response in /tell anymore. just sayin!

[Castle2.0]

Pretty sure DaP lets you set pricing if you want to, but if you do donations you're not supposed to complain how much people pay. Most DaPorters do donations only. I have seen some do set prices.

[Gwaihir]

Rez 3p/level
Port 1p/level

/thread

[drackgon]

lol so many 50/50 its either what I Originally posted, or cry that its insane.
Won't lie love it when I tip 50pp for a port and the porter from DAP freaks out happy as hell. Then I ask ask why its only 50. "Last 6 ports I've done I made 21pp total from 3 lvl 50s, and a few 20-45s, you sir paid more then all 6 and double that" I say DAP should shame them totally those 50s. No way in heck someone can't farm and sell like 8 FS wps. or heck 1 scroll from paw.

P.s. I do like the random 1-100pp as tip ideal kudos for thinking outside the box.

[douglas1999]

1p\level sort of breaks down when the lvl 9 person you're porting has a rubi bp and two yaks. I tip 30-50p cause I can afford to. I occasionally get CR ports on my alt, and in those cases I add the porter to my friends list and tip them later on