Pricing issue/question

[M00nshine]

ok so i opened a, guess what, gift shop as my first shop. I just tried increasing prices but then every customer says "i'm not paying that" and doesn't buy anything until i drop prices to a reasonable level. ok, fair enough. So why is it then, in this simulation, that i can stand in an AI controlled gift shop where the prices are double or more than double the market price and every customer that comes in goes yeah i'll have one of those thanks without complaint :).
I mean that's what nudged me to up my prices as all my competition were charging waaaaaay more than i was, despite what the market price says. I can see what they're charging by hovering the mouse over their rounded displays.

Is this just an EA thing where the market price for competitors is not reflected in the flyouts we get when we mouse over their displays?

Thanks.

[BonPadre]

Originally posted by M00nshine:

ok so i opened a, guess what, gift shop as my first shop.

No rally ??? 😂
Yeah I'm also starting to get aggravated by how rigid the "tutorial" / story is...

Now, At least on my side (but I played already a good 60 days in game, so maybe other shops have closed), the other gift shops are located in higher value / revenue neighborhoods.

Also they only sell EXPENSIVE gifts (caps for emphasis, not shouting).
Eraly game you sell CHEAP gifts.
So those shops sell indeed expensive gifts at $52, while I still sell them at default price of $48

But the "double" you see is most likely due to the fact it's cheap gifts. Those sell $20 default for me.

[M00nshine]

I've got one competitor gift shop in my region and one that's just across the street in another. Both have the same prices - cheap gifts are $40 and expensive are $96. WAy waaaaaay more than i can charge and what the market rate indicates.

[BalrxBE]

i wonder Where can u even see how mutch others ask for some products ?

[BonPadre]

Originally posted by Traicere:

i wonder Where can u even see how mutch others ask for some products ?

I went into the gift shop.

Originally posted by M00nshine:

I've got one competitor gift shop in my region and one that's just across the street in another. Both have the same prices - cheap gifts are $40 and expensive are $96. WAy waaaaaay more than i can charge and what the market rate indicates.

Ok, so it seems it's somewhat randomized I guess... I only have 2 other gift shops, and none in the "poor" area where I am.

[Nightprowler]

Prices can be raised according to the neighbourhood your shop's in, then the rating of the is certainly taken into account too (ie Skill of cashiers, cleanliness and so on)

[M00nshine]

Originally posted by Traicere:

i wonder Where can u even see how mutch others ask for some products ?

You literally go into their shop and mouseover the respective display - either cheap goods or expensive. You then get a fly-out with the price. The more i think about this the more i think it should be ignored. I just don't think that this figure is tied into the market price you see when inspecting your own shop prices in bizman or whatever it's called.
I think it's just something the devs havn't gotton around to properly referencing, if that's the right term.

[M00nshine]

Ok, so it seems it's somewhat randomized I guess... I only have 2 other gift shops, and none in the "poor" area where I am. [/quote]
Sure, but when you walk your character into one of those shops and put your mousecursor onto one of the shop's displays selling gifts, what price does it show you? Actually take your character in there as if you're checking out the "opposition".

[BonPadre]

Originally posted by M00nshine:

Sure, but when you walk your character into one of those shops and put your mousecursor onto one of the shop's displays selling gifts, what price does it show you? Actually take your character in there as if you're checking out the "opposition".

That's what I did, and that's where the numbers I provided you with in my answer
But I had only shops that were selling expensive gifts. none were selling cheap gifts, so I could not give you cheap gifts prices from opposition.

[M00nshine]

Originally posted by BonPadre:

Originally posted by M00nshine:

Sure, but when you walk your character into one of those shops and put your mousecursor onto one of the shop's displays selling gifts, what price does it show you? Actually take your character in there as if you're checking out the "opposition".

That's what I did, and that's where the numbers I provided you with in my answer
But I had only shops that were selling expensive gifts. none were selling cheap gifts, so I could not give you cheap gifts prices from opposition.

Ah sorry bud i thought you were just quoting the market value as presented in the bizman thing. So your values are different then. How odd. So does that price reflect or is at least close to the market price?