I was reading this thread on the WoW General forums earlier, and it got my to thinking. What is an acceptable tip? Is there such a thing as tip expectation? What can result from poor tipping? Me? I usually tip 5g or so per service. If I have multiple cuts I am having done on gems, I will pay about 80% per cut, cause there is not the same amount of travel time for each cut that there would be if they were separate events.
The reason I am curious about this is primarily because I now have a number top level crafters. I have 375 in Dragonscale Leatherworking, Armorsmithing, Jewelcrafting and Potions Mastery. Smithing is not really a profitable profession, primarily only used by those who don't Raid and mostly by the smith themselves. Alchemy can be profitable, but Potions Mastery is one of the least profitable of them all, simply because there are all of 3 or 4 potions in TBC. Elixir has far more demand.
Leatherworking can be profitable from the creation of armor kits, but these days it seems only the purple ones are in the highest demand, but honestly I haven't tried to sell and of my Clefthide Leg Armor. Drums are only usable by Leatherworkers, and the bags are the same and pretty easy to farm up. I guess you could sell some if you found a non 70 Leatherworker, but I don't see them the highest in demand.
Of all of my played characters, I see only my two Draenei to have professions I can use to make some cash. Telaan, my Draenei Paladin, has 375 Jewelcrafting as well as over a dozen cuts of blue quality gems including two Meta cuts. This is character has the most potential for profitability, but will it ever make back the over 4000g I have spent on the recipes? My second profit potential character is Traluun, who is currently Enchanter/LW, but will be dropping LW for Inscription in the next expansion.
None of this, though, addresses my points. After discussing this with a few guildmates and in game friends, I would say that overall I will accept tips. However, if I see a person getting a lot of cuts and not tipping, or turning around and seeing that person with those cuts up on the AH, I will set forth a fee. Overall, though, for the majority of my professions and those asking for those services, just as I do with services I ask of others, I will use a tipping system. What do you all think? Do you tip? Do you demand a fee? Will you use a player for a service who demands a fee?
The reason I am curious about this is primarily because I now have a number top level crafters. I have 375 in Dragonscale Leatherworking, Armorsmithing, Jewelcrafting and Potions Mastery. Smithing is not really a profitable profession, primarily only used by those who don't Raid and mostly by the smith themselves. Alchemy can be profitable, but Potions Mastery is one of the least profitable of them all, simply because there are all of 3 or 4 potions in TBC. Elixir has far more demand.
Leatherworking can be profitable from the creation of armor kits, but these days it seems only the purple ones are in the highest demand, but honestly I haven't tried to sell and of my Clefthide Leg Armor. Drums are only usable by Leatherworkers, and the bags are the same and pretty easy to farm up. I guess you could sell some if you found a non 70 Leatherworker, but I don't see them the highest in demand.
Of all of my played characters, I see only my two Draenei to have professions I can use to make some cash. Telaan, my Draenei Paladin, has 375 Jewelcrafting as well as over a dozen cuts of blue quality gems including two Meta cuts. This is character has the most potential for profitability, but will it ever make back the over 4000g I have spent on the recipes? My second profit potential character is Traluun, who is currently Enchanter/LW, but will be dropping LW for Inscription in the next expansion.
None of this, though, addresses my points. After discussing this with a few guildmates and in game friends, I would say that overall I will accept tips. However, if I see a person getting a lot of cuts and not tipping, or turning around and seeing that person with those cuts up on the AH, I will set forth a fee. Overall, though, for the majority of my professions and those asking for those services, just as I do with services I ask of others, I will use a tipping system. What do you all think? Do you tip? Do you demand a fee? Will you use a player for a service who demands a fee?
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