Porting is a privilege, not a right...

[Loke]

I was curious about this so actually spent a couple hours porting last night while I was watching TV. I did probably 15-20 ports and only once was I tipped over 50pp. Additionally, the majority of people I ported requested the port, and then weren't at the rings when I got there. I had 2 people request I run across a zone to where they were located as opposed to meeting me at the rings. I had someone wearing a fungi tunic throw me 13pp and then request full druid buffs (regen, ds, skin, etc) in addition to the port I just gave him. I had someone else ask me to port their friend, and the friend just jet without paying. I'm not sure if the guy expected me to come to him to get tipped, but I wasn't going to do that.

All in all I made under 400pp in over 2 hours of porting. I don't really need the plat and was doing it purely to see how much porters make these day, but it is definitely not something I'm going to be doing again. I'm honestly kind of amazed anyone is willing to port for plat on a regular basis with returns like that.

[Lhancelot]

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

I was curious about this so actually spent a couple hours porting last night while I was watching TV. I did probably 15-20 ports and only once was I tipped over 50pp. Additionally, the majority of people I ported requested the port, and then weren't at the rings when I got there. I had 2 people request I run across a zone to where they were located as opposed to meeting me at the rings. I had someone wearing a fungi tunic throw me 13pp and then request full druid buffs (regen, ds, skin, etc) in addition to the port I just gave him. I had someone else ask me to port their friend, and the friend just jet without paying. I'm not sure if the guy expected me to come to him to get tipped, but I wasn't going to do that.

All in all I made under 400pp in over 2 hours of porting. I don't really need the plat and was doing it purely to see how much porters make these day, but it is definitely not something I'm going to be doing again. I'm honestly kind of amazed anyone is willing to port for plat on a regular basis with returns like that.

That's interesting, at least you tried it and got an idea what it's like instead of people proclaiming how easy and awesome it is to port for money that never did it themselves. I am sure it can be lucrative, but I am sure there are times like what you experienced. Also, take into account some porters will do free CRs, and free transports for lowbies needing help to get from one continent to another. All of this gets forgotten though when people are too busy criticizing those who port for money.

[Tupakk]

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

I was curious about this so actually spent a couple hours porting last night while I was watching TV. I did probably 15-20 ports and only once was I tipped over 50pp. Additionally, the majority of people I ported requested the port, and then weren't at the rings when I got there. I had 2 people request I run across a zone to where they were located as opposed to meeting me at the rings. I had someone wearing a fungi tunic throw me 13pp and then request full druid buffs (regen, ds, skin, etc) in addition to the port I just gave him. I had someone else ask me to port their friend, and the friend just jet without paying. I'm not sure if the guy expected me to come to him to get tipped, but I wasn't going to do that.

All in all I made under 400pp in over 2 hours of porting. I don't really need the plat and was doing it purely to see how much porters make these day, but it is definitely not something I'm going to be doing again. I'm honestly kind of amazed anyone is willing to port for plat on a regular basis with returns like that.

Did you do that tagged or untagged?

[Loke]

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

Did you do that tagged or untagged?

I was on a tagged DaP druid I have access to (although not actually my character). Also, to be fair, it wasn't during US prime time. I'd imagine more could be made earlier in the day during EU or US prime time. Was still pretty blown away at how poor a lot of people's port etiquette was. When I use DaP on my characters I don't even send a tell until I'm already at the rings.

I also wasn't advertising, just took ports from people who sent me tells directly - although I'm not sure how many more ports I really could have done with all the waiting and running around I did. I'm sure I could have made more under the right circumstances, but getting 15-20pp for a port when I end up waiting at the rings for 5+ mins it pretty lame. I'm glad there are people willing to do it because I use DaP pretty often, I just think there are much easier ways to make more plat quickly with how low average tips seem to be.

If all the ports were just quick pick ups and drop offs, it wouldn't be as bad, just seemed like a lot involved waiting or people asking me to run aroud for them, and not factoring that additional time into their tip.

[Tupakk]

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

I was on a tagged DaP druid I have access to (although not actually my character). Also, to be fair, it wasn't during US prime time. I'd imagine more could be made earlier in the day during EU or US prime time. Was still pretty blown away at how poor a lot of people's port etiquette was. When I use DaP on my characters I don't even send a tell until I'm already at the rings.

I also wasn't advertising, just took ports from people who sent me tells directly - although I'm not sure how many more ports I really could have done with all the waiting and running around I did. I'm sure I could have made more under the right circumstances, but getting 15-20pp for a port when I end up waiting at the rings for 5+ mins it pretty lame. I'm glad there are people willing to do it because I use DaP pretty often, I just think there are much easier ways to make more plat quickly with how low average tips seem to be.

If all the ports were just quick pick ups and drop offs, it wouldn't be as bad, just seemed like a lot involved waiting or people asking me to run aroud for them, and not factoring that additional time into their tip.

Yeah you work around those people that preset their ports. I actually like a heads up so I can juggle 5-8 ports at once. Peak you can clear 800-1k if your good 1k-1.2k an hour. It really just depends how much you want to put into it.

off hours 3-500.

[Nixtar]

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

I was curious about this so actually spent a couple hours porting last night while I was watching TV. I did probably 15-20 ports and only once was I tipped over 50pp. Additionally, the majority of people I ported requested the port, and then weren't at the rings when I got there. I had 2 people request I run across a zone to where they were located as opposed to meeting me at the rings. I had someone wearing a fungi tunic throw me 13pp and then request full druid buffs (regen, ds, skin, etc) in addition to the port I just gave him. I had someone else ask me to port their friend, and the friend just jet without paying. I'm not sure if the guy expected me to come to him to get tipped, but I wasn't going to do that.

All in all I made under 400pp in over 2 hours of porting. I don't really need the plat and was doing it purely to see how much porters make these day, but it is definitely not something I'm going to be doing again. I'm honestly kind of amazed anyone is willing to port for plat on a regular basis with returns like that.

Those people get added to ignore. Also, you should have dispelled him as you say POTG INC!