Brictoria's Buybacks

[Brictoria]

I've finally decided that my buy-back queue needs pruning, so decided to offer some of the excess here.

Due to local taxes (Australian GST), price are 10% above melt value, but I won't bother adding anything for Paypal fees as any purchases will both help shrink my buy-back queue, as well as contribute towards the shiny undersuit to match the gold sniper-rifle I recently received.

CCU's for ships releasing soon (With likely corresponding price increase):

Releasing	To:	From:	Melt Value	Price	Number available
2023?	SRV ($150)	Razor ($145)	5	5.50	16 13 2 1
3.20	Hull C ($350)	Starfarer Gemini ($340)	10	11	22 8 0
3.20.x	A1 Spirit ($175)	Sabre ($170)	5	5.50	9 0
3.20.x	A1 Spirit ($175)	Khartu-Al ($170)	5	5.50	3
2023?	E1 Spirit ($150)	Razor ($145)	5	5.50	9 0

Ships:

Insurance	Ship	Melt value	Price	Number Available
120 Months (10 Years)	Constellation Phoenix	350	385	2
120 Months (10 Years)	Vulture	140	154	1
120 Months (10 Years)	A1 Spirit	175	192.50	4
6 Months	Hull C	350	385	5
6 Months	Hurricane	195	214.50	6

Paints:

Ship	Paint	Melt value	Price	Number available
400i	Fortuna	11	12.10	6
600i	Fortuna	16	17.60	6
Ares	Lovestruck	11	12.10	11
Arrow	Lovestruck	5	5.50	11
Avenger	Solar Winds	5	5.50	12
Buccaneer	Ghoulish Green	7	7.70	5
Carrack	Auspicious Red	19	20.90	5
Catterpillar	Ghoulish Green	11	12.10	6
Centurion	Beachhead	7	7.70	20
Constellation	Auspicious Red	11	12.10	5
Cutlass	Ghoulish Green	5	5.50	7
Cutlass Black	Skull and Crossbones	10	11	16
Cutter	Groundswell	5	5.50	50
Cyclone	Lovestruck	5	5.50	14
Dragonfly	Ghoulish Green	5	5.50	5
Expanse	Stardust	9	9.90	5
Freelancer	Auspicious Red	9	9.90	5
Galaxy	Protector	13	14.30	30
Gladius	Solar Winds	7	7.70	10
Hammerhead	Fortuna	19	20.90	5
Herald	Ghoulish Green	7	7.70	5
Hoverquad	Lovestruck	5	5.50	11
Legionnaire	Shadow Strike	7	7.70	8
Mercury Star Runner	Fortuna	11	12.10	6
MULE	Ghoulish Green	5	5.50	6
MULE	Smokestack	3	3.30	17
Nomad	Auspicious Red	7	7.70	5
Nomad	Lovestruck	7	7.70	11
Pisces	Auspicious Red	5	5.50	6
Pisces	Code blue	5	5.50	50
Redeemer	Fortuna	13	14.30	6
Sabre	Auspicious Red	9	9.90	5
Scorpius	Lovestruck	11	12.10	11
Spirit	Crimson	9	9.90	41
Spirit	Intrepid	9	9.90	25
Spirit	Olympia	9	9.90	42
STV	Blue Steel	3	3.30	25
Vanguard	Fortuna	11	12.10	8
Vanguard	Solar Winds	11	12.10	9
Vulture	Ghoulish Green	9	9.90	6

Paint Packs

Pack	Paint	Ships	Melt Value	Price	Available
2951 Auspicious Red Paint Pack	Auspicious Red	Freelancer, Nomad	16	17.6	2
2952 Auspicious Red Paint Pack	Auspicious Red	Constellation, Sabre	20	22	2
2953 Auspicious Red Paint Pack	Auspicious Red	Carrack, Pisces	24	26.4	1
Fortuna 2952 2 Paint pack	Fortuna	400i, 600i	27	29.7	5
Fortuna 2953 3 Paint pack	Fortuna	Hammerhead, Redeemer, Vanguard	43	47.3	5
Ghoulish Green 7 paint pack	Ghoulish Green	Buccaneer, Caterpillar, Cutlass, Dragonfly, Herald, MULE, Vulture	49	53.9	6
Lovestruck paint 6 Pack	Lovestruck	Ares, Arrow, Cyclone, Hoverquad, Nomad, Scorpius	44	48.4	11
Solar Winds 3 paint pack	Solar Winds	Avenger, Gladius, Vanguard	23	25.3	10
Spirit 3 Pack	Crimson, Intrepid, Olympia	Spirit (A1, C1, E1)	27	29.7	17

 

[MammonLord]

With the number of official sales from CIG it's easy to get almost all of the "Limited" ships direct from the source. Therefore, it's customary to charge a bit under buyback for non-LTI ships. If somebody really wants one of these now I'd rather you get it from a fellow TESTie, but Invictus and the anniversary sales are right around the corner.

 

[Brictoria]

With the number of official sales from CIG it's easy to get almost all of the "Limited" ships direct from the source. Therefore, it's customary to charge a bit under buyback for non-LTI ships. If somebody really wants one of these now I'd rather you get it from a fellow TESTie, but Invictus and the anniversary sales are right around the corner.

The ships were actually added as an afterthought: The main reason for this was to clear out some CCU's for upcoming ship releases that I don't require, but that others may want\need (So they aren't "wasted"), as well as to offer some limited availability paints that I have which people may have missed or been unable to acquire (concierge paints) when they were on sale.

Should anyone be after one of the ships I have listed and there was a sale coming up (IAE\Invictus\etc.) where the ship would likely be available, I'd always suggest they hold out (if they can) until the sale, but sometimes people want a ship "now" when there is no sale running, which was why I decided to list them. As an added bonus, If they don't sell, I can always restructure my fleet and use buyback tokens to use them myself, should I feel the urge... Having the freedom to adjust a fleet as\when you want to, rather than having to rely on specific sales to make changes, takes a bit of the stress out of deciding which changes to make.

 

[vahadar]

With the number of official sales from CIG it's easy to get almost all of the "Limited" ships direct from the source. Therefore, it's customary to charge a bit under buyback for non-LTI ships. If somebody really wants one of these now I'd rather you get it from a fellow TESTie, but Invictus and the anniversary sales are right around the corner.

That's not Reddit here with store credit resellers getting rid of their leftover at rebate up to 60%, typical of account resellers, or ppl desperate to clean their hangar.

Brictoria is selling his buyback, not his hangar. And you expect him to do it at a loss? (Actually he is doing it at a loss, no PayPal fees. He has VAT though like almost all backers beside US).

I haven't seen a single Reddit shop selling non LTI buybacks under melt price. At best they just don't charge PayPal fees.

Buying from grey market is anyway for people who are not patient. Everyone can buy 6 months stuff all year round, and 10 years stuff during ILW or IAE.

As any shops around, he is doing a service at cost to increase his concierge level. If people buy, good for him. If not, in all cases this always ends in CIG pocket. So why not help a fellow Testie?

Brictoria is a fine gentleman, we did business together in the past and he went out of his way with a collector I was after. He has my vounching 1000%,

 

[Doyzer]

Gonna have to agree with @vahadar . People selling ships at a loss have zero patience. You can easily upgrade an LTI token to a ccu’d ship and worst case break-even. You should never sell RSI credits at a loss.

 

[Shiwaz]

Just got a Hurricane -> Corsair CCU, so +1 for reliable service. Thank you again Brictoria!

 

[Brictoria]

That's not Reddit here with store credit resellers getting rid of their leftover at rebate up to 60%, typical of account resellers, or ppl desperate to clean their hangar.

Brictoria is selling his buyback, not his hangar. And you expect him to do it at a loss? (Actually he is doing it at a loss, no PayPal fees. He has VAT though like almost all backers beside US).

I haven't seen a single Reddit shop selling non LTI buybacks under melt price. At best they just don't charge PayPal fees.

Buying from grey market is anyway for people who are not patient. Everyone can buy 6 months stuff all year round, and 10 years stuff during ILW or IAE.

As any shops around, he is doing a service at cost to increase his concierge level. If people buy, good for him. If not, in all cases this always ends in CIG pocket. So why not help a fellow Testie?

Brictoria is a fine gentleman, we did business together in the past and he went out of his way with a collector I was after. He has my vounching 1000%,

Thank you for that.

I can understand (to a degree) a person selling items they had in their hangar at below cost, particularly if they planned on quitting the game and wanted done with it as soon as possible, but I can't imagine anyone selling an item from buyback below cost, given the buyback queue is technically another section of the store, which requires the item to be purchased by the "seller" in order to be able to sell to the "buyer".

As you noted, these are all from my buy-back list (except the 400i and 600i [1] ), so in order to be able to provide them to someone who has a need for them (rather than have them wasted, sitting in a buyback queue they would otherwise never leave) I have to purchase them from there - selling below cost makes little sense (I lose a small amount on a sale due to covering the paypal fees myself, but I'm willing to accept that as a contribution towards the small increase to my concierge level I receive in exchange through selling these).

[1] The 400i and 600i, whilst currently in my hangar, were both purchased with credit and so would need to be "melted" and re-bought with "cash" in order to be able to pass along to someone who needs them more than I do: I'm planning to melt them before IAE, in order to acquire some different ships during the event (Scorpius and MSR for BIS skins, for example... And I can hear a Pioneer calling, but doubt I'd have much chance with the credit sale on them), which was the only reason they made the list as I do like them both (and if the concept art shown for the 600i Exploration rework is how it ends up, I'll like that ship even more).

 

[Brictoria]

Just got a Hurricane -> Corsair CCU, so +1 for reliable service. Thank you again Brictoria!

It was a pleasure - I hope the Corsair is as good a ship as the information they have released indicates it will be, and that it lives up to your expectations of it.

 

[Brictoria]

For those on the fence, a quick reminder that 3.18 is on the way (although who knows when it will get here) with the expected increase in price for the Vulture as it releases with the patch...

I've also added a few extra recent paints if anyone missed out on them (or didn't have access) and wants them.

 

[Brictoria]

Updated CCU's and ships to reflect expected ship releases\price increases this year.

Added additional paints and removed some ships from list.

 

[Brictoria]

Updated Spirit CCU's (added some for A1, removed C1 due to price increase on source).

Added second Constellation Phoenix.

Added A1 Spirits (standalone).

 

[Brictoria]

Updated the number of available Hull C CCUs to reflect a recent sale and to retain a couple for personal use...

Hull C's CCUs will be removed on release of 3.20 which will likely be in the next week