Nov

23

Reader question: How much can I sell logs for?

November 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Runescape Job Board is now open for business. Buyers and Sellers wanted!

I sincerely appreciate the questions, comments and tips other folks leave me through this blog, and while I’m currently way behind on approving comments for display, I plan to be answering a lot of the good questions that have come through. If your question doesn’t get handled, feel free to leave a comment about what you’re wondering about!

Recent Reader Question:

Submitted November 16/06
“Hey, i have a pure wc’er and hes only lvl 6. =] hes 59 wc but i never seem to be able to sell them. what price should i prefferably sell them :)”

Congrats! That’s a lot of chopping to get to wc59! And you’re so close to being able to chop Yew, which is highly sought-after by members because bows made of Yew ‘high alch’ for great rates!

In a non-member world, wood is probably a lot harder to sell, simply because the ‘fletching’ skill is not available to the players around you.

For those who might not have read about it much, fletching is a members-only skill which allows players to whittle arrow shafts and bows from various types of logs.

My personal experience has been that regular logs sell much better than oak or willow. Maple sells better than regular logs, but their higher price is likely because there are no Maple trees on non-member worlds and thus the whole ’supply and demand’ bit is imbalanced. Yew logs sell for the highest price, but also require the most dedication to be able to cut in the first place.

Note, I’ve been away for a bit so my prices may not be superbly accurate. They should be close, if you can find the right buyer, however:

Regular logs - 50gp per log (when selling to an arrow-maker)
Oak logs - 20gp per log
Willow logs - 30gp per log
Maple logs - 100gp per log
Yew logs - 300gp per log
Magic logs - 1000gp per log

As is standard with most things on the Player Market, transactions are done in bulk. For you, the woodchopper, that means you should be collecting at least 250 logs before advertising to other players in common meeting areas like banks, and if you take the time to collect 1000 logs before selling, you’ll find buyers with real cash who won’t try to trade you junk in return.

The key with making money on the player market as a ‘worker’ is having the patience to understand that the real buyers don’t buy in 100-lot quantities of ore, wood, flax, cow hides, feathers, etc… the real buyers are players who spend serious chunks of money on raw materials so they don’t have to do the collection work themselves but can make use of the materials in boosting other skills or re-stocking equipment such as arrows. They don’t want to meet you every time you have 100 to sell.

Once you’ve found one single buyer for your stock, it’s usually not that difficult to leverage the relationship to find additional buyers, or find additional “jobs” with the first buyer. Players who use the player market to buy raw materials in bulk generally buy many different raw materials from many different players, and have friends who do the same thing as well. If you serve your first client well, you should be able to get some referrals in time, to expand your “business”

Good luck with your woodcutter, I hope Yew brings you much wealth!

Future Entries will tackle the topics of:

- Not all lowbies are noobs, not all highbies are jerks
- Unlocking zone music
- Where to find nature runes

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Oct

30

How To Be Annoying On Runescape Or Other Online Role Playing Games

October 30, 2005 | 45 Comments

Updated Sept 2007 for Jobs board link.

Short version of this post:

No, I will not give you anything for free, and I will not loan you any money. People like me, however, offer jobs to those who don’t mind doing work to get the money or equipment they desire. So, venture over to the Runescape Jobs and Pals board and list your info, or find a buyer there, and YES feel free to ask me for Runescape tips, but NO, DON’T ASK FOR ANY MONEY OR GAME “STUFF” FOR FREE.

In fact, don’t even tell me how broke you are, or how poor you are. I don’t want to hear about it, you’re in the same boat as 95% of the Runescape population.  The other 5% have found some way to feel joy from doing the things that gain big money over time.

Long version of this post:

Free online role playing games are a lot of fun, specifically because there are SO many people to meet and talk to (or attack and kill), as well as so many things to do on the game, and so many places to go…

But they’re also annoying sometimes, because with free online games come a whole bunch of people who can’t afford the registered/members version of the game, and it seems that among these players there are a higher percentage of folks who display Annoying Behavior, and who seemingly don’t realize it’s annoying.

This entry is dedicated to the education of all individuals as to what denotes Annoying Behavior on an Online Role Playing Game.

Mainly it’s this:

BEGGING.

Begging is when you ask for something for free from someone you barely know.

If you’ve spent a few weeks chatting and exchanging Runescape tips and getting to know someone, you might have built up enough good will in the relationship to borrow something, and that’s a different story.

I’m talking about the folks who talk to me for 10 minutes or less and are then asking me “is there anything you have that you don’t want that you could give to me?”, “I got hacked/I died, can I have some money/equipment?” and “wow you must have a lot of money, could I borrow 50k?” or the likes. I’ve even been asked by people if I’d pay REAL money for them to become members!!!

You think there’s no big deal in asking the for a few in-game items for free, but know this: the person you’re asking (ie: me) has probably been asked that question by 10 different people already today, and 10 people yesterday and 10 people the day before…

You’re seen as JUST ANOTHER BEGGAR. Beggars are annoying on the game just like they are in Real Life when you’re walking down the street and 5-10 complete or near-complete strangers come up and ask you for change.

Please don’t beg for handouts from me. I’m perfectly willing to give you a “job” cutting wood or mining ores, and I’ll even pay you in cash or equipment (up to and including mith stuff) so you get what you need, but the quickest way to my Ignore list and permanent non-chat status with me is to beg for handouts (ie: anything you didn’t work for).

Begging just is NOT cool.

And in closing, advertising how broke or poor you are isn’t cool either - it’s begging without even having the guts to ask the direct question of “can I have something from you to relieve my broke or poor situation?”

We now return you to your regularly scheduled blogging, and I apologize to you non-beggars out there for having to read this, although I’m sure you agree wholeheartedly with this post.

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