When you buy you can see how much you've paid on the buy/sell screen.
Currently in Alpha the there are no tools to remember this data in game or total up current cargo load cost.
Remembering trading prices
- Thread starter Oculus
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When you buy you can see how much you've paid on the buy/sell screen.
Currently in Alpha the there are no tools to remember this data in game or total up current cargo load cost.
Understood, but it would be nice if that sum/cost was retained, so when you came to sell it you can get an idea of how much profit you've made, without have to resort to paper/pen on every purchase.
Leaving the shop you as a consumer will have a paper till receipt. If you were to shop online you'll have it electronically.
Businesses today keep stock records that will cost as well as quantity - why wouldn't a business (e.g. a trader) keep these records in the future? Be assured that your supermarket of choice is well aware of the cost of your tin of baked beans.
Agreed, to think that your computer wouldnt record the price you paid is simply laughable. Or do I have to get my 'ledgers' out of the filing cabinet, dammit wheres that secretary gone!
And that's a problem... how?
IRS (Intergalactic Revenue Service) may have something to say about this.
§69.1 Subsection 9A of the Intergalactic Tax Statue states that all trade transactions should be recorded electronically for tax purposes. Failure to comply may result in fines and extra tax levies based on assessed income. If the tax and fine can't be cleared immediately it may result in impounded accounts and properties until the debt is cleared.
So no, good old and paper isn't good enough.
Oh god youve just reminded me ! Shouldnt be playing on elite dangerous got a tax return to fill in and not this years !
I don't classify tedious, mundane chores like taking notes as "challenging". A challenge should be a test of skills and/or decision making, not a test of one's ability to withstand mind numbing, boring clerical work reminiscent of 1980s. I know many of us are older but let's not get carried away with our nostalgia.
still imagine it woudnt hurt to capture screenies.
what would be really nice is some in game trade info thingy (there is a mock up of a cooler looking trade window in one of the newletters) that allows you to keep track of known prices. maybe a ship upgrade or something would be cool considering the insane amount of systems and planets and stations it would be nice to have some way in game of keeping track of it. oh well. if not as you say screenies for now would be good. but some way of logging known trade info would be helpful maybe some of the bigger ships could have that built in or something.
what would be really nice is some in game trade info thingy (there is a mock up of a cooler looking trade window in one of the newletters) that allows you to keep track of known prices. maybe a ship upgrade or something would be cool considering the insane amount of systems and planets and stations it would be nice to have some way in game of keeping track of it. oh well. if not as you say screenies for now would be good
. but some way of logging known trade info would be helpful maybe some of the bigger ships could have that built in or something.Not to weigh into this too late, but it seems that people are looking at trading as if it is a quick easy way to make credits to buy whatever prize ship you want.
That isn't the point of trading. It is supposed to be as viable a game play choice, both in regards to enjoyment and money gain, as any of the other primary game play options (pirating, bounty hunting, exploration).
If they added a galactic ebay where you could just scroll down and find the best deal, then you completely remove the game play aspect of trading, and it becomes nothing more than a mundane milk run to farm credits.
There has to be an element of risk, and an even bigger element of unknown. Without that, the risk vs reward will never match up to the other game play choices.
If you want to make money trading, then you have to learn the game just as you would if you intended on becoming a bounty hunter, or a pirate, or anything else.
The galactic map gives you hints to look for, such as if the system is industrial, miners, agricultural, etc etc. That's all you need to go on.
In regards to recording what you've purchased/spent, that sounds like another thing I might have to add to my elite cockpit build - a cargo data logger!
That isn't the point of trading. It is supposed to be as viable a game play choice, both in regards to enjoyment and money gain, as any of the other primary game play options (pirating, bounty hunting, exploration).
If they added a galactic ebay where you could just scroll down and find the best deal, then you completely remove the game play aspect of trading, and it becomes nothing more than a mundane milk run to farm credits.
There has to be an element of risk, and an even bigger element of unknown. Without that, the risk vs reward will never match up to the other game play choices.
If you want to make money trading, then you have to learn the game just as you would if you intended on becoming a bounty hunter, or a pirate, or anything else.
The galactic map gives you hints to look for, such as if the system is industrial, miners, agricultural, etc etc. That's all you need to go on.
In regards to recording what you've purchased/spent, that sounds like another thing I might have to add to my elite cockpit build - a cargo data logger!
Hopefully with SP offline you will be able to save and load at whim (whilst docked) as it affects no one. Sure you're locked into SP offline but some people want exactly that.
Nowhere. I felt it was reported as a problem, was trying to get an explanation.
Got it.
Happy.