A Little Miscommunication

[Cecily]

That's exactly what a robot would say.

[Mojo24]

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

For real though, if I give you 75p to 100p for a port... please port me immediately. I'm paying for your time and tipping you well. Don't waste my time by spending 5 mins collecting every person in the zone who wants a port. Alot of DAP scrubs pull this shit in OT / EC and I often just want to ask for my money back to give it to someone else who appreciates it.

This

Also, ran to FoB for an arranged pick up and the guy logged off. I rarely use dial a port after that.

[B4EQWASCOOL]

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

For real though, if I give you 75p to 100p for a port... please port me immediately. I'm paying for your time and tipping you well. Don't waste my time by spending 5 mins collecting every person in the zone who wants a port. Alot of DAP scrubs pull this shit in OT / EC and I often just want to ask for my money back to give it to someone else who appreciates it.

If you don't want to wait 5 minutes, then walk. For fuck's sake, they're probably saving you hours of run time and you're crying about 5 minutes so they can help others too? Think past your nose...

[zanderklocke]

I thought when Jopp/Kodiakk created Dial-a-Port, the members were only allowed to ask for donations and not set a price?

However, I certainly can understand not wanting to do what that guy was asking for less then 100p.

[dafier]

I had a really nice Dial a port dude evac me to EJ for 16pp. All I had on me. He was cool with it, but I did apologize for being lame.

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by B4EQWASCOOL [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you don't want to wait 5 minutes, then walk. For fuck's sake, they're probably saving you hours of run time and you're crying about 5 minutes so they can help others too? Think past your nose...

If my taxi driver made me wait so he could pick up a couple more people going the same way to make more money on the same tank of gas, I'd be a very unhappy customer.

[Dirtynads]

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

I thought when Jopp/Kodiakk created Dial-a-Port, the members were only allowed to ask for donations and not set a price?

However, I certainly can understand not wanting to do what that guy was asking for less then 100p.

To clarify a couple things no set rules were ever established when kodiak founded the guild, I then took over about 2 months into the project with only 4 or so members. We needed to find a model that worked for the porter and the "Customer". From that point I decided to let the porter decided what his/her's time is worth whether its a regular port or something a little more complex.

As swish mentioned at the start of the thread if one price does not suit you I suggest you try another member. Each porter is essentially an independant entity working within a few simple rules so that the community may have acess to a port or other services in one spot, instead of searching through the list of who all druid 29 60.

Have always mentioned in the past if anyone ever has an issue my door is always open and I take complaints very seriously even though we are not the most serious guild.

[Uthgaard]

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

If my taxi driver made me wait so he could pick up a couple more people going the same way to make more money on the same tank of gas, I'd be a very unhappy customer.

This. Even Uber lets you choose carpool option, and costs less if you do put up with that shit.

[Tupakk]

Originally Posted by B4EQWASCOOL [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you don't want to wait 5 minutes, then walk. For fuck's sake, they're probably saving you hours of run time and you're crying about 5 minutes so they can help others too? Think past your nose...

Alot of times we are getting multiple tells about OT ramp pickups some from HH or some from WW. Personally I ask if they are close and if not I will just make the loop. Others wait. I also ask if the person already sitting there is in a rush. Medding is also a factor. Just cause we get there and you hand us money doesnt mean were prepared to click instantly. However that is rarely the case.

Like Dirty said we take this very serious.

[Tuljin]

This is a case of a nub not understanding that porters will happily do favors for you -if the toon is right at druid rings or a wiz spire-

The /tell exchange very quickly got lost in snarky aspergers MMO nerd translation

OP could have been a little more friendly to the nub who seemed to sincerely not understand how things work but I think the nub was very quickly offended because 100pp is a staggering amount of coin for a true nub

Pras Dial-A-Port - its a great service and a great way for people on their first toons to make some money