Supply quality auto to 150 after changing it 5+ times

Look guys, pick a corp, any corp, dont show me...

Look at the months turn over, products sold. So thats the money the corp received for its goods that month right.

Now multiply the number of goods that your corp made that month by the going rate for that product. That will give you the price of standard market 100Q prducts you sold.

Divide the first figure by the second figure and you will get the mark up you received, the base price times whatever Q increase you actually got.

Results: You will see that you received a lower Q mark up than you actually produced. So selling at 10 below or market price makes perfect sense. That strategy will almost always ensure your products are sold every month. If you ask 100 over then they may not sell that month or for several months and your corp will lose billions each month it doesnt sell (compared to the maybe 500M it makes if it does sell). Even if you ask for 100 over and it all sells that month you will still see you only got paid less than your Q produced.

Word of caution, this method will only work for the financial pages of corps that are selling all product every month as left over product will mess the math up. Same for no contracts. And it may not be 100% accurate due to the figures being from one month and the prices being last months, but it will be within a couple of percent.

Try it and see. I hope I'm wrong but I've done it on a load of corps.

Forgive me, but I still don't understand.

I have set every corp to bid 200 over and every product is sold. All the time.

So if it's true that it's sold at 10 below quality anyway, then the pricesetting you can do is without meaning.

Now, does price strategy for purchasing also not do anything?

Asking for too high a price can result in stuff not being sold. If all yours sells at 200 over then you are very lucky and must have corps that make product that is always in high demand. But it doesn't change the fact you wont get paid 200 over. Basically, yes, the selling strat is about obselete.

Buying strategy does still function.

Well that's the rub, isn't it? You have to find the right spot where you are selling your products for max profit but you are still selling it.

All I want is a chance to play and find that spot.

I'm betting that 'spot' is well above the -10% of market price the computer is forcing me to give my goods away at currently.

Almost everything I produce is in short supply.

Of course, I'd say- It's not hard to locate the industries that have a high demand. Why build industries that are in the green?

Most don't stay in the green all the time, just like very few should stay in red all the time.

Tarmore...read and try my post above.

If it's been years for you, then I can assure you it's changed.

I aint going to repeat myself again, so if you aren't willing to see for yourself then f**k you, you post what the best strategy is and prove me wrong.

I don't get the attitude?

I said nothing about 200 how about you red my posts...

Seriously I will find a strat that works for me the same as you did, all I want it to be able to begin to feel it out, but can't because I am hand cuffed by this stupid set-up where I am selling my goods 10 points too low.

Is that where you sell yours?

Sorry Tarmore, nothing personal, just sometimes I get fed up answering questions for new people only to have it totally ignored or argued with.

This is part of why I have called for many other experienced players to contribute in helping newer/returning players.

It's ok.

Mt fustration is not with you or your answers, it's with the system.

Another week and I'm out of this this price hell!

Hopefully then I can start making some good money

As for experienced players helping others, it's more of a culture thing in most games, the more people do it the more others get involved (typically but not always: has been my experience anyway) About the only thing you can do is what you are doing, and when this crop of newbies get more experience at least they can follow your example.