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ASF Import and Export service, freight dog's at your service

Discussion in 'Services' started by Atlan Leticron, Jul 29, 2011.

  1. Atlan Leticron

    Atlan Leticron Active Member

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    Hello Arkadians,

    The ASF Freight Dog's are at your service.

    If you need something from another planet, contact us.

    We fly cargo and passengers to and from every nook and cranny of this Universe.

    If your a crafter in need of materials or a hunter in need of weapons or just a traveler, you can contact us to fill your orders and needs.
    Big cargo, small cargo or just a pair of shoe's, you cry we fly. ;)

    Serious folks, I see people complaining that they can not get there stuff to do there thing while it is just one pm away.

    How it works:
    If you need something, contact me here in pm or ingame and we do our best to fill your order.
    Once we have contact, you state what and how much is needed and we go to fill the order for the best prices we can get.
    We always try to get it as cheap as possible unless you want it fast or have already seen it at a planets auction.
    We will perform the biding for you if needed.
    Payment is on delivering, so no advanced payments and no risk for you (unless discussed otherwise with you).
    Only a passenger flight is payed at take off.

    The costs:
    We charge a 16 PED fee to cover our costs and a tiny MU to build up our finances for bigger orders on a one way non stackable flight.
    VIP flights are double transport fee.
    The transport fee's are divided over the orders on that flight.
    So more orders we have on a flight, the lower the fee for you.
    We do accept tip's ;)

    On a high risk flight we have to ask for a larger fee to cover the costs of extra crew and escort for security.
    Extra costs will be discussed when the order is placed.

    Our current track record.
    So far we where able to deliver our orders below or on market value/auction MU.


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    The ASF Freight Dog's
    Transportation is our passion, your comfort our priority


    Regards,
    Ion
     
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  2. Yquem

    Yquem Active Member Pro Users

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    Do you buy stuff to sell at another auction that pay more than the planets auction where the stuff is looted?
     
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    isclay Active Member

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    Cool initiative and VERY cool name for the service Ion!

    GL man and let me know if I can help in any way. :cool:
     
  4. Neil

    Neil Adviser Pro Users Arkadia Adviser

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    The only problem I see with this is the idea of not taking payment up front. Say the client wants 1000 ped of goods from Calypso, you go buy it, bear the risk of transport yourself, and after all that, the buyer doesn't log in for a month, or changes his mind, or buys from someone else, and won't pay you. Now you're stuck with the goods and have to fly back to Calypso with the stuff to have a chance of selling it to get your investment back. How would you protect against those scenarios?

    Actually, another problem is the extremely low fee... 16 ped isn't even enough to cover a two way flight for one vessel... and on top of that, you have to factor in a certain percentage lost to pirates, if you're taking lootables. How are you planning to break even with that small a fee? If you're thinking of balancing the costs with passenger fees.... taking passengers at the same time as lootables is a bit risky (once pirates read this thread anyway!)... or is this service for non-lootable items only?
     
  5. Atlan Leticron

    Atlan Leticron Active Member

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    If you use a item info screen and select the market value button, I use the week MU as a reverence.
    Up till now I manage to keep my sales under or at the universal week MU, thats including my costs.
    On some occasions I go over it a little, but that mostly on stuff that are hard to get and I have to deal with what I get.
    The downside is that some orders can take a few day's because I have to hunt for the low prices.

    My current customers have no problems with the bit longer waiting times for 3 reasons.
    1 they don't have to do biddings on the requested items because I do that.
    2 they don't have to travel them self to get the requested items.
    3 they still get there items below or at the same MU as they would pay on Calypso.

    Regards,
    Ion
     
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  6. Atlan Leticron

    Atlan Leticron Active Member

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    Hello Neil,

    Yes there are risks involved.
    However so far I get most of my clients at Arkadia, and this is a complete different community as on Calypso.
    Actually I find my Arkadia clients very reliable and that they can be trusted to take there orders.
    Something that is hard to accomplish at Calypso.

    So far I manage to get my stuff even under Caly MU, so if I have a bad customer I will still be able to sell it at Ark auction under Ark MU.
    This keeps my losses very small.
    In case of pirates, than the loss is on my account.
    I do this services and accept the losses to keep the Arkadia economy moving.
    If no one imports the goods than crafters etc can't do there crafting than the economy will come to a halt.

    Thats why I am a freight dog, fly in near impossible conditions at no or very little gains to keep the world turning.
    Long waiting hours in auction, the risk of being looted and loose all you have invested.
    But at the end of the day, someone has to do it until things improve.

    Passengers cover a part of the costs.
    Some say it is not wise to fly with stacks and passengers.
    But lets be honest, if you get killed and looted with or without a passenger, it doesn't matter for the passenger.

    Butt I handle stacks different than non stack items.
    I have my own way's to move stackables ;)

    And yes, I all do this to keep Arkadia moving toward better times.

    Regards,
    Ion
     
  7. Atlan Leticron

    Atlan Leticron Active Member

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    And a bumpetybump.



    Regards,
    Ion
     
  8. Fopsie

    Fopsie Active Member Pro Users

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    I cant wait for shops to be reliesed on Arkadia. As soon as as the shops comes out and I manage to buy one I will atempt the import and export of stackables again, Hopefully by that time the MU of Ark materials has stabalized. I Don't want to go throught the same mess and lose another 700 PED like I did with Ospre Ingots thanks to MU crashing.

    Lol who needs pirates just need to gamble on MU of an item.
     
  9. Alice

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    i think the actual problem he meant was about some funky passenger writing /pos im team chat, so his friends in the armed quad wings can read it and find you(or similar ways)
     
  10. Fopsie

    Fopsie Active Member Pro Users

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    Why you should always fly eradic and nether in a straight line for more then 2 min when escorting a passanger (espesialy if the client has taken out ensurance on his goods)