Trading Practice

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What is your trading practice?

Trade at every stop?
12
44%
Only trade between Hi Tech. and Low Arg.?
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15%
Only trade a few commodities at highest profit margins?
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41%
 
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Re: Trading Practice

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RyanHoots wrote:
I'm near Tianve...
A friend of mine recently visited the pulsar, and recommends it highly.
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I'm currently waiting for my docking slot at Tianve Orbital... prepare for a full report in "Tales from the Spacelanes" after I dock safely (or not). But for now, just know that I LOVE your custom cobra set... my Cobra Mk3 Taylor Miller is the best looking ship in chart one. :D
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CommonSenseOTB wrote:
I rob from the rich and give to the poor--->me. :P
While we are off topic, I want to warn CommonSenseOTB to be careful. I would hate to see a random hits contract put out with his name on it, especially since, if it was listed as a hard one, I would be obliged to take it.

On topic, I sometimes put stuff in hold before/after a contract to run it back to the main station/a seedy space bar. I only have 18 tons cargo though, so I don't carry much. I used to trade every system when I started out.
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RyanHoots wrote:
I'm currently waiting for my docking slot at Tianve Orbital... prepare for a full report in "Tales from the Spacelanes" after I dock safely (or not). But for now, just know that I LOVE your custom cobra set... my Cobra Mk3 Taylor Miller is the best looking ship in chart one. :D
I hope you've factored in some 'equipment credits' into your budget. I like to ensure I've got an additional 30-50kCr on top of the new ship purchase price so I can deck my new baby out with all the mod cons - Mil Lasers, Docking Computers (yes, I can dock manually, yes, I am lazy), Injectors, ECM etc (not necessarily in that order though). Being a Jameson in a base model Cobra III is fine but you wouldn't want to live there...
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Bugbear wrote:
RyanHoots wrote:
I'm currently waiting for my docking slot at Tianve Orbital... prepare for a full report in "Tales from the Spacelanes" after I dock safely (or not). But for now, just know that I LOVE your custom cobra set... my Cobra Mk3 Taylor Miller is the best looking ship in chart one. :D
I hope you've factored in some 'equipment credits' into your budget. I like to ensure I've got an additional 30-50kCr on top of the new ship purchase price so I can deck my new baby out with all the mod cons - Mil Lasers, Docking Computers (yes, I can dock manually, yes, I am lazy), Injectors, ECM etc (not necessarily in that order though). Being a Jameson in a base model Cobra III is fine but you wouldn't want to live there...
<offtopic>No worries, I have about 5k and all absolutely required equipment. Including docking computers, I'm lazy, too. Although I've always wanted to dock an Anaconda manually... :roll: </offtopic>

<ontopic>I've been relying on trade a lot recently, due to the purchase of a shiny new ship and all, and I'm still in the general area of Tianve. I plan to move to G5 when I get the chance. I'm tired of not having a cloaking device.</ontopic>
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I trade at every stop, even ones that are not very profitable. What I really like to do is stay in one system for awhile. Poor Industrial, unstable worlds are my favorite as they often offer good prices for certain commodities. I arrive with an empty hold and harvest along the way to the station, but never from trader types, only the bad guys. After selling off my re-stolen goods I'll head back out again. When the action slows I'll leave the system as my current quest is to visit every world in chart 1.
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