| From: | Joshua Bell <joshbell@**********.COM> |
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| Subject: | Fencing vs. Street Index |
| Date: | Tue, 5 May 1998 18:58:43 -0400 |
first let me state the plain rules from the SR rulebook:
1. If you sell to a fence the standard amount of money the runners get
back is 30% list, which can be adjusted through negotiating (minimum of 10%
list, Maximum of 50% list).
2. All items have a Street Index, which is used as a multipiler to the
price. (Though runners still get to negotiate the price a little).
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My Question is therefore:
Where does the extra money go?
Look at this example... I will leave out negotiations tests to simplify, a
runner team gets 100 rounds of APDS ammo. Instead of keeping it the sell
it to a fence. APDS costs 70Y per 10 rounds and has a street index of 4.
the runners in this case get 210Y and the fence gets 2800Y - 210Y = 2590Y
I know that this is overly simplistic, but I think that you get my drift...
Why would a runner sell to a fence when he can sell the stuff on the street
(or to a fixer) at a much higher profit?
I mean, I KNOW that the fence is taking a risk.. but so are the runners!
what about this:
"Optional" Runners get to multiply an item by its STREET INDEX, then they
start at 30% of that and negotiate!
(Please understand that this is mearly a sugestion and I don't know its
effect on a real game because I just thought it up)
