Cost of Corking Device?

[Morniel]

I don't tinker, but a good friend of mine does and I sell her wares for her. Corking devices sell out fast on Tunare at 1k each, and I don't see lots of them for sale. I had to lower my price to 950 in order to match someone else, but I suspect that I could have gotten more... I have to admit that I would feel like I was gouging, though.

the necro devices are another one that seem to be incredibly high priced - the one other I have seen for sale was at 2500 plat, I priced mine at 1500 and still think that's kinda high. Of course it hasn't sold yet either - thinking about dropping it even more.

Geerloks all seem to sell pretty cheaply - anywhere from 10 to 100 plat. Resizing devices have dropped from 1k two months ago down to 700.

[Sendar Tocs]

Cost of corking device....

When I got my brewing skill to 248 and discovered I could either

camp ground spawns in a zone KOS to me (*shudder*)

buy a corking device and spend a few dozen plat per attempt

(um... didn't it take me like -40- attempts to go 247 -> 248 .... *groan*)

I checked on the price. (Pre-PoP)

3000 plat. (BD was 2k)

Ouch.

Then PoP came out and BD prices fell like .... rocks.... *groan* no pun intended.

Been seeing someone selling corking devices for 2k still in /baz ... NO. Sick and wrong and not going to happen.

Seen another guy selling for 1k ... ok, that's fair (will explain why) ...

Then when I went to get a pair ... (two trophy attempts) .... saw someone had 9 for sale at 950 .... expect the price to come down as more gnomes hit the trivial level for the device.

Why is 1k fair when you can get BD for 200 pp on our server. (yes, 200, you just have to wait for it.)

Because the trivial on these is .... 174.

What, you ask, does that have to do with the price of corking devices on Bristlebane?

Because, my young friend.....

THERE IS _NO_KNOWN_GM_TINKER_ON_BRISTLEBANE_ ....

Why?

BECAUSE it's -expensive- in a way that makes GM jewelers FAINT.

Corking device is trivial at 174.

Rebreathers are trivial at 175, and are the only thing a quick look at the tinkering recipies shows as anything LIKE a skill up path.

Each attempt at tinkering skill takes hundreds of plat when working in the mid 100's.

Corking devices are a "return on investment" for the gnomes dedicated enough to make a go of it.

They earned it.

You want people to pay you for your skill when you make Champagne for the Solstice quest... right?

*boggles at the concept of one tradeskiller questioning the profit motive of another tradeskiller*

[Grozza]

Skilling up on Rebreathers?

Nobody skills up on rebreathers anymore, not if you want to stay sane. You start on geerloks at 135, or even earlier, and take the all the way through to 215. The brewing one only costs about 3pp per attempt, and the others are only about 30-50pp per attempt.

[Calabar]

I cringed when I found out that every attempt at a brewing trophy ate a corking device. But there’s no getting around it. After seeing corking devices for 1500 on Seventh Hammer for some time, I bought one for 1200 when I saw it. I’ve been using it every since and just planned to replace it when I tried for my trophy. Then I saw someone advertising one for 800 in the bazaar. I rushed over and bought it. So now I’m all set for one attempt at my trophy, except for buying all the metal bars. I almost have the money for those, so I’ll soon have a trophy or I’ll be looking for another corking device, along with everything else.

[Liwsa]

Blue diamonds sell to vendors for more the 200pp. If I didn't want/need them for anything, I would buy them all and sell to vendors for a profit if they sold for 200ppin the bazaar on my server.

Terris-Thule 350-500pp for BD's.

[splunge]

My tinkerbot is 16. Not high enogh to do much of anything. I farm tinkerin parts with my ranger.
Wakening land to get armor parts and forage sylvan oak.
Blue diamond: 262.5p on vendor
Sylvan oak: Free
Bolts: 2p
Sprocket: 7p
Cog: 10p
Grease 2p

Total cost for me to make: about 285p
My price: 400p or 1BD and 50p.

But i play on Test Server. Different economy and mindset, and lower demand. (well ok maybe higher demand per-capita, as they take the server down without warning and people have lost their corkers in a brew-barrel a few times.)

I still get tells from people wanting them, and shrinkers i cant seem to keep in stock (also 400p). =)

[Delfontes]

What I want to know, is how this got bumped...

That delfontes guy that started the thread isn't even an active account anymore after all this time.

Some say he is now a GM brewer...

At the time on brell, the only corking devices for sale period were 4k in bazaar, seriously...

I still will never know if people paid that, but for a very long time that was the only price. More recently I have seen them for 1400 or so though, so basically this topic does not make sense anymore, as the information is way out dated.

Actually I am very glad they weren't selling for 1400 back then, as I would have purchased in bazaar instead of farming parts and finding a gnome. Ended up spending half that price, even after paying 500pp for the BD's.

About now I'd expect to be able to find a gnome and have a few combines done for maybe 400pp total each when all is said and done.

Then again, this thread was started last year so it is only natural that prices are way different.

[Calabar]

I would assume the thread got bumped because someone had an interest in the subject. So I don’t see what the problem is. Yes, the thread is three months old and a lot can change in that time. But much of the information is still relevant. I, at least, still found it interesting.

[Delfontes]

I didn't say there was a problem, it was actually cool to reread and see the new posts.

What I found funny was people saying prices aren't that high on them... I was pointing out that prices are no longer near that price.

No one else had mentioned it had been bumped after 3 months of no posts, I didn't want to look like I was complaining about the price of an overpriced item that is no longer as overpriced.

[Figg]

i happily pay what my tinker friends ask for their wares. i save any rare drop components, and even buy items i see on merchants they might be able to use. the people that pay 2-4k for a corking device are paying to NOT have to gather the components, do the sub combines or PL a tinker alt. my son made a tinker gnome, and i funded much of his research and it was expensive. he is curently around 120s (been a while since he worked on it). it was also very time consuming and too many drop items were non-stacking. some of this may have changed but i still respect the time and efforts the GM tinkers (and even up-and-coming tinkers) have invested. as for any tradeskill, usually bringing extra supplies will get you better results than plat....and a polite manner.

[Delfontes]

the people that pay 2-4k for a corking device are paying to NOT have to gather the components, do the sub combines or PL a tinker alt

Well, speaking specifically on a corking device I have to completely disagree with this. There are no sub combines at all, and "gathering" the components involves spending 2-10pp for a branch (now stackable and more abundant) in bazaar, buying 4 vendor sold gears, cogs, etc. for 10pp each or so, 40pp total, and acquiring a BD, either dropped if you are higher level, or paying 300pp for one.

Then you need to find a gnome with a skill of about 170. I think most tradeskillers will acknowledge that at 170 is not GM, and is not someone who has invested thousands. They are someone who has made quite a few Brewing geerloks. Admittedly not getting much back for them due to flooding. If they spent thousands before geerloks, life kinda sucks sometimes.

When I wrote this post donating 500pp for their time was warranted after gathering the components. If I did it now, I'd probably donate a bit less because the price of components is less, and there are more gnomes with sufficent skill.

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Disclaimer: If this did require sub combines, if this required a GM tinker 250 Skill, or if any of the components were rare or difficult to attain, I would donate a significantly higher amount. The above is speaking about one specific item.... an item that admittedly I will never ever need again .

[Laearya Lifeblood]

Tinkering is so much easier to hit 250 now than ever before, as there are gap fillers that don't cost 100's of pp per combine in between now

I don't sell Corking Devices unless someone directly asks me for one, BD's are better spent making armor

[Galathnor]

I just checked the prices on the Corking Device and on Blue Diamonds in the Bazaar on Povar.

Corking device 6 sellers all at 3k per,
Blue Diamonds 16 sellers prices from 430 to 1500

[Jannelle Silverthorne]

Blue Diamonds buy for 262 off vendors. Normal price on Karana is 400 altho you can find them cheaper if you hold out for them.

Gathered up stuff for 4 combines on Corking devices and had my Tinker friend go 4 for 4 on them. Since I'm not close to GM'ing brewing yet, I let him keep one and passed two more to guildies who are working on raising brewing. When it comes time to go for the trophy, I'll just have him make more as needed.

[Xefin]

Still like 3-4k for a corking device on Sullon. If there's an enterprising tinker out there not interested in ripping people off, I say to you, come!
-X.