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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[Rader]

Will just add, if everyone was as cheap as many here are, and 10pp was the average tip, I would never port strangers. I have plenty of things to do in game other than save you a bunch of time by zipping you to where you want to go.

[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!

[Sabin76]

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

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...

This is actually interesting. My first port as a lowbie on green way back in March (I had JUST missed the boat in FP trying to get to my friends all leveling in BB) I asked a DAP member how much it was. Paraphrasing, they said something like, "It's supposed to be 1pp/level but I'll take whatever." I think I was level 8 and I had something like 5pp on me and said as much. They came all the way to the dock to pick me up.

I've thought about it during times when I've walked to where I was going and, I mean... at 50 I can easily kill 3 HGs in the 15 minutes it would take me to run from EC to Rathe which - on average - more than cover the cost. And that has mostly been true no matter what my level has been.

[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.