Selling contraband at full price

[Ahmed Qutb]

Hi,

Did anyone figure out a way to sell contraband at full price?
I have a contraband that is worth over 12K, but when I tried to sell it at Red Mile, the vendor only offered me 1.5K, which is around 1/8th of the full price.
This is really frustrating. It doesn't even make sense and isn't worth the trouble I went through to smuggle this.

[fauxpas]

Pretty sure contraband follows the same rules as all item prices, they are just worth more.

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by Ahmed Qutb:

Hi,

Isn't worth the trouble I went through to smuggle this.

I've found three contraband items in my first 40 hours playing this game.

All over 10 grand a piece.

Took me about two seconds to realize that they won't be worth the effort.

I left them exactly where I found them.

[Steppenrazor]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Pretty sure contraband follows the same rules as all item prices, they are just worth more.

thats what ive seem yes.

[Steppenrazor]

i found a stack of 10 mech parts.. worth like 12k each - sold for.. like 15k total. seemed worth it to me. heck even just one item that seels for 1.2-1.5k is worth it - especially when you've a hold of other stuff like guns and what not.

[Langkard]

Mech parts show that they are worth 12000+, but they best price I've gotten is just a few thousand from the Trade Authority guy in Akila.

[StarNate]

Originally posted by Ahmed Qutb:

Hi,

Did anyone figure out a way to sell contraband at full price?
I have a contraband that is worth over 12K, but when I tried to sell it at Red Mile, the vendor only offered me 1.5K, which is around 1/8th of the full price.
This is really frustrating. It doesn't even make sense and isn't worth the trouble I went through to smuggle this.

I sell them at Mars to the trade authority, they don't seem to care at all lol

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by Langkard:

Mech parts show that they are worth 12000+, but they best price I've gotten is just a few thousand from the Trade Authority guy in Akila.

Yeah, check the value of a gin versus what you get for selling it and you'll see roughly the same pattern.

[Schlumpsha]

Not even maxing out the Commerce skill tree will net full selling price. Be they contraband or otherwise. Still, they give a nice price and allows for better Trading Authority roleplaying for my space trucker.

[Steppenrazor]

Originally posted by StarNate:

Originally posted by Ahmed Qutb:

Hi,

Did anyone figure out a way to sell contraband at full price?
I have a contraband that is worth over 12K, but when I tried to sell it at Red Mile, the vendor only offered me 1.5K, which is around 1/8th of the full price.
This is really frustrating. It doesn't even make sense and isn't worth the trouble I went through to smuggle this.

I sell them at Mars to the trade authority, they don't seem to care at all lol

all depends on if you get scanned in orbit... if you can land can sell them anywhere i believe.

[Lemdoran]

Nope, contraband work exactly like any other items, with a big ~90 ish% cut when you sell them, and came with 2 added difficulties. You have to hide them or risk to be arrested, AND need a dedicated NPC to sell them. (from my personal point of view, killing 2 random npc and stealing 2 weapon worth the same price with no drawback, is far more efficient.

[Schlumpsha]

Originally posted by Steppenrazor:

Originally posted by StarNate:

I sell them at Mars to the trade authority, they don't seem to care at all lol

all depends on if you get scanned in orbit... if you can land can sell them anywhere i believe.

Nah, need special vendors to sell them at. Otherwise you could've just sell contraband via hailing ships in space. That usually leaves the TA for planet-side.

[Steppenrazor]

Originally posted by Schlumpsha:

Originally posted by Steppenrazor:

all depends on if you get scanned in orbit... if you can land can sell them anywhere i believe.

Nah, need special vendors to sell them at. Otherwise you could've just sell contraband via hailing ships in space. That usually leaves the TA for planet-side.

odd - i've sold them at the den. any trade authority will buy them, same w/ stole goods. but those you dont have to worry about being picked up is your ship is scanned

(edit by anywhere i meant TA vendors/kiosk.. same w/ stolen goods - but you dont have to worry about getting scanned for them.

[Tolfdir]

Contraband is more for roleplay purposes, like many other pats of the game. It is okay, but won't break the game. And this is a good thing in my book.

[Kyle]

But that's illegal! :(

[Schlumpsha]

Originally posted by Steppenrazor:

odd - i've sold them at the den. any trade authority will buy them, same w/ stole goods. but those you dont have to worry about being picked up is your ship is scanned

That's what I said. The TA is this game's fence for stolen goods and contraband. Normal vendors won't buy them.