ORP:Phoenix Event - The search for the elusive items!

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waerth
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Re: ORP:Phoenix Event - The search for the elusive items!

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Why do you need popcorn? I am making us a lot of buttered popcorn already!
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Re: ORP:Phoenix Event - The search for the elusive items!

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Right,

Broccoli stems: 29
Buttered veggies: 15
Body paint: 7
Strawberries: 7

That's how much I have... feel free teh grab it if yer gonna use it.

Meanwhile, I'm gonna go make some more crates for the lot of yeh.
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Re: ORP:Phoenix Event - The search for the elusive items!

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I have been able to acquire a small amount of Broccoli stems in the Town Hall.
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It was as any other usual day when Orion walked through the market and scouted for the items. The many traders & creatures who been crafting the items made the offer look very impressive. It was not too long before Orion get all what he needed not only for completing the next phase, but also getting more for the future.

Yes, phase 2 is complete! Now, for the next one!

Orion finally saw bacon, cheese, crates and even cream on the market. And then for his surprise...lot of buttered veggies.

Wow - a phase 4 items for sale already? It was just amazing! But there was a big problem - since there were NOT even one creature in Widu who has completed phase 3 - the buttered veggies were no use to anyone yet.

It was clear as a day for Orion that the MAIN KEY items for finishing phase 3 were the body paints just as the MAIN KEY items for finishing phase 1 were the face paints - and both of those were made by masons.

Orion was very close for finally getting his workshop. With overpriced aloe leaves, overpriced lanolin and overpriced roses he was sure that to complete phase 3 or for some creatures - to complete phase 1 - will NOT be possible at all.

So the only way for Orion to finish the next phase was to become a mason himself, buy the overpriced raw materials and make the much desired key items. The plan was perfect, so he left the market and went back to the Widu orchard to pick more oranges.
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Re: ORP:Phoenix Event - The search for the elusive items!

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As I was the only one providing these items and I was threatened by the mayor, which is why I left and withdrew this items. I would like to know where did these items come from? And at what price were they sold?

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Re: ORP:Phoenix Event - The search for the elusive items!

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Since I know that not every creature reads all the news. I'm re-stating what I have stated in other places here:
Texas_Knight wrote:I did not threaten him... but you be the judge and see
waerth,

I would like to ask you nicely to bring the prices of your event items down to a reasonable level. In particular when you pay no more than 2f per butter and want to charge way too much for this:

1 Buttered popcorn 60.00Freznics waerth Buy Buy for Town Hall
16 Buttered popcorn 60.00Freznics waerth
(Via Steward)

Among your event items is way too much. If you do not bring them down voluntarily, I will put out a mail telling citizens to not buy any of your items, event related or not.

The choice is yours.

TK
That is neither a threat, nor anything close to blackmail. That is simply asking him to lower his prices on event items. I did receive a very short and curt reply from him..

Re: Prices of items Sat Oct 18, 1654
12:26 am
From: waerth (In Character) Message Status: Read
I do not like being threathened.

W

The items required to make Buttered Popcorn are:
Blacksmiths make Buttered Popcorn from Popcorn and Butter
Blacksmiths make Popcorn from Corn
Butter found during milking of Cow

He is a blacksmith. He did not raise animals. He has completed the Second Phase of the event. He was overcharging everyone on the event items and I called him out on it. He acted like a youngling and decided to take his toys and go elsewhere rather than lower the prices and not fleece everyone needing the items for the event.

IF anyone is happy with his overpricing of items, then get him to make them for you at his prices. But before you do, get a reliable source and find out what those items are going for in OTHER towns.


And yet he calls me the evil mayor. *shrugs* Whatever.
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I do not overcharge people. I base pricing on what I have paid for the articles that I have made. Which is much higher then the 2f butter I bought lately. At one point my buttered popcorn was 40 frezs when the prices were lower. I still have 20 popcorn that I bought for 10f in the beginning of the event. Butter was 20 in the beginning of the event yet I sold buttered popcorn for 70f a huge loss. My cost then was 110f in produce and 10f in labour for a total of 120f yet I sold for much lower.

So far I have made a loss on Phoenix items. I have spend many more Freznics then I made. I had 5000 freznics before Phoenix. Now I have 300 freznics. I had a huge stock of items that I bought that will be totally worthless after Phoenix ends.

End yes you blackmailed me. The message clearly states if you do not do what I do I will hurt you.

Also it is not up to you to decide what people should charge for things they do.

Plus it is very funny that it seems Phoenix items that a blacksmith makes appear on the market after I left! Which means that you have prepared for me to leave and have deliberately chased me away knowing that now I cannot sell my items anymore. And you are making a handsome profit yourself now.

You are a swindling Orc. Using blackmail and threats to get your way done. As long as you are mayor of Widu, I will NOT return.

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waerth wrote:I do not overcharge people. I base pricing on what I have paid for the articles that I have made. Which is much higher then the 2f butter I bought lately. At one point my buttered popcorn was 40 frezs when the prices were lower. I still have 20 popcorn that I bought for 10f in the beginning of the event. Butter was 20 in the beginning of the event yet I sold buttered popcorn for 70f a huge loss. My cost then was 110f in produce and 10f in labour for a total of 120f yet I sold for much lower.

So far I have made a loss on Phoenix items. I have spend many more Freznics then I made. I had 5000 freznics before Phoenix. Now I have 300 freznics. I had a huge stock of items that I bought that will be totally worthless after Phoenix ends.

End yes you blackmailed me. The message clearly states if you do not do what I do I will hurt you.

Also it is not up to you to decide what people should charge for things they do.

Plus it is very funny that it seems Phoenix items that a blacksmith makes appear on the market after I left! Which means that you have prepared for me to leave and have deliberately chased me away knowing that now I cannot sell my items anymore. And you are making a handsome profit yourself now.

You are a swindling Orc. Using blackmail and threats to get your way done. As long as you are mayor of Widu, I will NOT return.

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black·mail
ˈblakˌmāl/Submit
noun
1.
the action, treated as a criminal offense, of demanding money from a person in return for not revealing compromising or injurious information about that person.
I did not blackmail you. I did not threaten you either. I told you what I would do. That was a fact, and a promise. You are right, it is not up to me to decide what people should charge, but it is up the the citizens as to what they will pay for ANY item. As far as the event items that have appeared on the market AFTER you left, I have had traders scouring the lands looking for cheaper items, and they just arrived in town with the events. And they are being sold, not by the Town Hall, but by the creatures that brought them to the town.

Get your definitions straight. Get your facts straight. And get your prices straight.

You call me a swindler? And yet I am trying to help the citizens complete what you have already done without being overcharged. Let me help you with that definition as well. By overcharging for your goods, YOU are the swindler.

swin·dle (swndl)
v. swin·dled, swin·dling, swin·dles
v.tr.
1. To cheat or defraud of money or property.
2. To obtain by fraudulent means.
You are a liar. Here's the definition for you since you seem to be uninformed of the two things you have accused me of being.
lie
n.
1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood.
2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression.
v. lied, ly·ing (lng), lies
v.intr.
1. To present false information with the intention of deceiving.
2. To convey a false image or impression: Appearances often lie.
v.tr.
To cause to be in a specific condition or affect in a specific way by telling falsehoods: You have lied yourself into trouble.
Idiom:
lie through one's teeth
To lie outrageously or brazenly.
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The FACT that you have asked other creatures to provide the products we produce ourselves means you preplanned to chase me away.

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I will tell you what I will do for you and Wyllow. I will step down. And one of you can have the office. This is effective immediately. Just say the word.
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