10-06-2003 07:13									#1
	Selling tech on commision Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

I think that I might have a solution to our Tech resale problem with GoW. We sell the tech for a commision. Here's how it works:

We buy (or get gifted) the tech from someone for initially a small sum. The Original seller sets a minimum total cost for the tech. We then get exclusive right to immeadiately resell the tech to the others. They then by it from us at a redused price with a timed non-resale clause (10 to 15 turns). We then send the original seller a persentage of the sale and we keep the rest. The seller gets what they want, but not right off, we get some cash and the tech first.

Here's how it goes, using GS as the original seller:

GS researches Education, they want to get 300 Gold from it
We by it for 50 Gold and then sell it to the others (GoW, Lego, ND and hopefully Vox) for 100 each for a total of 400. We then give the other 250 plus a % of the remainder back to GS and we keep the rest.

E_T

	10-06-2003 07:21									#2
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But how would we arrange to be the seller when GS could simply be the seller of their own tech?

This has potential, but I'm unsure how we'd get the original researcher to give up the right to sell their own tech at exorbitant prices and trick a few of the teams into purchasing it.

--Togas

	10-06-2003 07:43									#3
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It still needs to be thought out, but I do know that GS wasn't too happy with what they had gotten out of their research effort for Feudalism.

But they are just now starting to realize how things do operate in the "real PTWorld".... and that techs go for much cheaper than anyone would have first thought. They aren't playing the AI and they have to think outside their computer box.

But yes, the trick is to convice them AND to get the resale rights. But you can't do tat if they are pissed off at you, either

E_T

	10-06-2003 20:15									#4
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Good in theory but maybe the actual plan is a little more difficult.

	10-06-2003 22:03									#5
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I'd agree with Senor Mitchell. It sounds jolly nice, but I'm not quite sure if it'd be advisable in the end.