Dealers

[exile]

I'm new to the game, and dealers seem pretty useless to me. Are they actually worth using? If so, what's the best way to make the most of them? I heard you can give them jars and other items, but I'm not sure if it's worth it?

[di eshor ribly]

Originally posted by ApocalypticAI:

A small tip: You can give them jars instead of bags. This will not increase the money they make, but it will simply keep them stocked up longer so you don't have to restock them as often.

A big tip: once you unlock the brick press use that instead. No more buying jars (extra profit), and three stacks of bricks is equal to 1200 units of whatever you're selling. Leave two dealer spots open so they can break the bricks down into jars or baggies automatically.

For reference, five stacks of jars is 500 units of product. It takes my dealers weeks to burn through their supply before I need to restock them.

[Gallener]

Originally posted by ApocalypticAI:

Originally posted by exile:

I'm new to the game, and dealers seem pretty useless to me. Are they actually worth using? If so, what's the best way to make the most of them? I heard you can give them jars and other items, but I'm not sure if it's worth it?

A bit late to the party, but yes. they are very useful. Although they take 20% of your profit, they save you a ton of time by doing the dealing for you. When you're just starting in the sweat shop, it may not seem that helpful yet, but once you get your to the bungalow you will be able to make more product then you can sell alone, not to mention you'll be busy either making the product yourself or getting supplies to your minions who make the product for you. Once you get to the end game, they are a must have. I have both the Barn and Warehouse running fully automated and I am making more product then even my 5 dealers can sell, and they are pulling in an easy 25k-30k a day. I will spend most of the time just keeping all the ingredients and dealers stocked up with supplies. In the little time I have left, I will deal a bit myself as well.

A small tip: You can give them jars instead of bags. This will not increase the money they make, but it will simply keep them stocked up longer so you don't have to restock them as often.

What's a good way to maximize their daily profits? Do I supply them with basic stuff or is it actually better to give them fancy mixed product?

[phoenixhockey07]

How much do dealers sell the weed for? Is it the asking price I have listed or suggested?

[GDOGTDM]

I didn't understand how dealers worked at first, I honestly thought that you get the orders, tell your dealer, and he goes out to sell them. So when Benji didn't deal the 3 orders I accepted, I took a baseball bat and broke his kneecaps thinking that he was slacking off lol.

[SpadooderDooder]

Okay so from what I read im in the minority here but personally, I don’t like using dealers (at least in the mid game). I prefer hand delivering because 1. It helps you learn the map better 2. You get quite a bit more profit wise and 3. You can stack all of them late night or in the morning and do the deals at night to get the early and late bonus together. I’ve seen a lot of people saying that the 20% isn’t that much but it’s more than the 20% when you are up charging 50-100 dollars per sale on top of the already modified price. When I have my dealers working they only make between 5-8k per day with the customers optimized and they also take away those customers from you whereas when I have none of my dealers working, I make between 15-25k per day and I can pretty much just afk stuff as long as I accept deals and then just get them all over with at 4am.
I think dealers mainly shine in the early game or late game. Early game to serve as a way to make some easy money and passive xp and late game when you have everything fully automated, unlocked, and set up how you want it just so you don’t have to run around everywhere. The main reason I don’t think it’s that useful in the mid game is because taking all the customers from 3-4 areas isn’t hard and doesn’t even require going around that much of the map. Thanks for coming to my ted talk

[TuBiRoMaN]

Originally posted by Tiny:

The dealers will automatically separate what there customer is asking for so if you give them jars they can sell singles if there is a spot in there inventory. You do not need to put the items up for sale as the only items you need to put up for sale is if your selling it yourself. Dealers handle most of the customers and are worth the money.

Well, my dealers don't sell the stuff I give them unless I list it for sale...

[beef]

Originally posted by TuBiRoMaN:

Well, my dealers don't sell the stuff I give them unless I list it for sale...

That is 100% not the case
You can give them all sorts of trash (failed mixes, poor quality etc) and they sell everything

[Sgt.Morrigahngaming]

You don't need a dealer before you feel you are getting overwhelmed with your customers. Dealers will sell anything you give them, non mixes and mixes. Benji is great to have ( and you have to get him anyway for the storyline ) after you unlocked the next area. A few small tips I would give is to pack in jars as soon as you can to give to your dealers. When you can buy the brick press, make bricks for them.
Dealers break up jars and bricks automatically, so you don't have to worry about it.
What I found ( and I'm probably wrong but it works for me ) was to only do Green Crack after I unlocked it, and I mix it with Viagra and Banana until I unlock Mega Beans. Then I swap out bananas for the beans. I change the price on on my product. Take the sugggested price, and multiply it with 1.4
You dealer(s) will sell for the price you set in the app.
You don't have to list products that you don't sell personally, the dealer will push whatever you give them regardless of this, listed or not. BUT they WILL sell at the price you set. Setting it any higher than a multiplication of 1.4 in the start will halter the sales.

If possible, when customers call, always set the time to the latest nighttime. You'll earn more due to curfew bonus. They will usually bid higher than the price you have set, so you'll make even more like that. If you sell directly, the price is starting on the games suggested price and you have to adjust the price yourself when offering product. Personally I don't do much "on the street" sales, but let them contact me on the phone for better prices.

Don't worry about the quality of the weed you are selling, as long as it's atleast of blue quality. Don't use PGR or speedgrow, it lowers the quality to green.
There is a controversy about how much quality means, and at this stage of the game no customer require better than purple quality, but personally I find that I do sell more when it's gold ( heavenly ). Mind you, this is much further into the game.

[TuBiRoMaN]

Originally posted by Sgt.Morrigahngaming:

You don't need a dealer before you feel you are getting overwhelmed with your customers. Dealers will sell anything you give them, non mixes and mixes. Benji is great to have ( and you have to get him anyway for the storyline ) after you unlocked the next area. A few small tips I would give is to pack in jars as soon as you can to give to your dealers. When you can buy the brick press, make bricks for them.
What I found ( and I'm probably wrong but it works for me ) was to only do Green Crack after I unlocked it, and I mix it with Viagra and Banana until I unlock Mega Beans. Then I swap out bananas for the beans. I change the price on on my product. Take the sugggested price, and multiply it with 1.4
You dealer(s) will sell for the price you set in the app.
You don't have to list products that you don't sell personally, the dealer will push whatever you give them regardless of this, listed or not. BUT they WILL sell at the price you set. Setting it any higher than a multiplication of 1.4 in the start will halter the sales.

If possible, when customers call, always set the time to the latest nighttime. You'll earn more due to curfew bonus. They will usually bid higher than the price you have set, so you'll make even more like that. If you sell directly, the price is starting on the games suggested price and you have to adjust the price yourself when offering product. Personally I don't do much "on the street" sales, but let them contact me on the phone for better prices.

Don't worry about the quality of the weed you are selling, as long as it's atleast of blue quality. Don't use PGR or speedgrow, it lowers the quality to green.
There is a controversy about how much quality means, and at this stage of the game no customer require better than purple quality, but personally I find that I do sell more when it's gold ( heavenly ). Mind you, this is much further into the game.

Benji nor any other dealers are selling anything I give them. Even if I keep the price in faire range. I noticed that if I list the product, they will sell this product, nothing else unless they are listed too. It's pretty annoying since I want to empty my stacks of w33d but still want to continue to sell 1 specific product on my own...

Is there another way ?

[GetSome]

Originally posted by exile:

I'm new to the game, and dealers seem pretty useless to me. Are they actually worth using? If so, what's the best way to make the most of them? I heard you can give them jars and other items, but I'm not sure if it's worth it?

I stopped using dealers and doing the sales myself, dealers get you cash, but no XP. You do the sales yourself, learn the daily police routes, remember that the Casino opens at 4pm (you can get 4 sales there), you could make 600 xp per day, getting you to higher levels faster. I reached KINGPIN 15 (there are no more updates within the game) and with so much meth production, using dealers again.

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Originally posted by exile:

I'm new to the game, and dealers seem pretty useless to me. Are they actually worth using? If so, what's the best way to make the most of them? I heard you can give them jars and other items, but I'm not sure if it's worth it?

yes they are you just need to assign each dealer right customer and give them expensive substances so you can earn money. (I get 15k from dealers daily )