I'm having my Belt of the Archmage crafted for me by someone and I intend to tip them. They said to tip what I felt like. The person seems nice and I don't want to rip them off, but since I've only ever had my mates craft things for me I never tipped and so have no idea what to give and I don't want to rip myself off (I've spent enough time and cash on the mats already!).
I thought 10g or maybe 15g.... I really don't know.
Thanks for any advise you have.
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How much would that item have cost you, had you bought it from an anonymous person on the AH?
How much did it cost your friend for all of the materials? (Farmed stuff isn't free, btw.)
If I was tipping someone for such an expensive item, I would tip them at LEAST their cost, but no more than what it would have sold for on the AH.
Edit: Typo.
Edited, Wed Oct 12 08:00:57 2005 by Kesshi
How much did it cost your friend for all of the materials? (Farmed stuff isn't free, btw.)
If I was tipping someone for such an expensive item, I would tip them at LEAST their cost, but no more than what it would have sold for on the AH.
Edit: Typo.
Edited, Wed Oct 12 08:00:57 2005 by Kesshi
Tipping on Crafted items,
Well a few ways to look at it; Firstly What you can afford, if you have 30 gold at level 60(assume you just spent all your Cheese), Then a good tip is 7-12 gold is a good tip. Seconlyly, aobut 15% of the cost of mats(better be loaded), lots of Enchanters use this method to determine the cost for enchants(makes me laugh, I get my enchants tough guildies that do it at cost). The best guide IMHO for tipping is about a tenth to a fith of the cost of the pattern in quesion, so if somebody is making me a Ironfeather breastplate, and the pattern cost 20 gold, and I had all the mats,2-4 gold seems fair.
Well a few ways to look at it; Firstly What you can afford, if you have 30 gold at level 60(assume you just spent all your Cheese), Then a good tip is 7-12 gold is a good tip. Seconlyly, aobut 15% of the cost of mats(better be loaded), lots of Enchanters use this method to determine the cost for enchants(makes me laugh, I get my enchants tough guildies that do it at cost). The best guide IMHO for tipping is about a tenth to a fith of the cost of the pattern in quesion, so if somebody is making me a Ironfeather breastplate, and the pattern cost 20 gold, and I had all the mats,2-4 gold seems fair.
To Kesshi
Sorry if I didn't explain the situation fully:
The person crafting the item is a random dude I met in ogri and so not a friend and I am the person who has farmed all the mats/bought them. So basically this random person is just being very nice by putting them all together for me and crafting the belt. I am basically paying him for transforming the mats into the belt. SO he has gone ot no effort at all on my part.... apart form of course obtaining the pattern which requires a lot of effort I wouold imagine.
So that's the situation in a bit more depth, sorry for not explaining myself fully before.
In respect to not tipping my mates, we just make things for each other for free, lend gold, give gold, just be nice to each other as these are my friends in the real world not just through wow. I wouldn't ask for a tip from them just like they wouldn't ask for a tip from me. It's all been fine up to now it's just reaching the higher levels there are things we just can't make each other yet :)
Cheers for your input anyways
Edited, Wed Oct 12 11:28:05 2005 by Flomo
Sorry if I didn't explain the situation fully:
The person crafting the item is a random dude I met in ogri and so not a friend and I am the person who has farmed all the mats/bought them. So basically this random person is just being very nice by putting them all together for me and crafting the belt. I am basically paying him for transforming the mats into the belt. SO he has gone ot no effort at all on my part.... apart form of course obtaining the pattern which requires a lot of effort I wouold imagine.
So that's the situation in a bit more depth, sorry for not explaining myself fully before.
In respect to not tipping my mates, we just make things for each other for free, lend gold, give gold, just be nice to each other as these are my friends in the real world not just through wow. I wouldn't ask for a tip from them just like they wouldn't ask for a tip from me. It's all been fine up to now it's just reaching the higher levels there are things we just can't make each other yet :)
Cheers for your input anyways
Edited, Wed Oct 12 11:28:05 2005 by Flomo
To Capitolg:
Thanks for the guidelines. Basically after all the mat buying I'm pretty damn broke :) but I do appreciate this guy making it for me and leaving it up to me to decide on a tip. I think the 7-12g would be quite manageable.
I looked up the most common cost for the pattern for Belt of the Archmage... 500g! So a tenth to a fifth = 50-100g! So although it sounds like a good idea, for such an expensive pattern I couldn't afford it.
Thanks for the guidelines. Basically after all the mat buying I'm pretty damn broke :) but I do appreciate this guy making it for me and leaving it up to me to decide on a tip. I think the 7-12g would be quite manageable.
I looked up the most common cost for the pattern for Belt of the Archmage... 500g! So a tenth to a fifth = 50-100g! So although it sounds like a good idea, for such an expensive pattern I couldn't afford it.
Flomo, I had the same kind of dilemma when I had my Belt crafted. I actually got it for free by a guildmate of a friend of my guild leader (complex enough? :-P). I tipped them by giving two Golden Pearls that I had left over. It was a huuuuge over tip, but it made me happy to help. On a side note, the materials only cost about 350 gold on my server; I guess I lucked out!
10 gold sounds like a fine amount for a tip, I think.
10 gold sounds like a fine amount for a tip, I think.
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I looked up the most common cost for the pattern for Belt of the Archmage... 500g! So a tenth to a fifth = 50-100g! So although it sounds like a good idea, for such an expensive pattern I couldn't afford it.
ya thats nuts to even think of it, my comcept of pattern cost is more based on patterns that are slightly eazyer to come by, just got a hide of the wild, form a freind, that could have come out to a messy tip if she had bought it, i gave her 15 gold, but she also gave me most of the leather for it too... soooo. you pointed out that you broke the bank on the item, so a small tip is fair, if you gave 7 gold and all you had was 20, it is a generous tip, or even close to that stuff.
As LockeColeMA pointed out a tip dosent have to be money,i am a alchemest, so i have tiped with transmutes,or potions.
Edited, Wed Oct 12 16:05:45 2005 by Capitolg
I'm an alch too, so yup that's a damn good idea.... I intend to tip him, but to offer a free transmute and a few pots might make it all the sweeter. Cause what goes around comes around. It's always gonna be a positive thing to be in good books of a high level crafter.
I'll be sending the mats tomorrow.
I'll be sending the mats tomorrow.
So I got it and damn is it nice! Ended up tipping the guy 15g and 2 ghost dye just because he'd ben really decent about it.
Thanks for all the help
Thanks for all the help
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