$895m for a yacht for only +500 happy and 1 honor seems like a bad deal. Below explores why Torn may be against MORE BENEFIT(S) for the yacht AND why there should be, followed by my recommendations.
Yachts aren’t:
Yachts are famous for being extremely expensive and having little value other than to show off via parties or cruising, as above. Therefore, Torn sees this like spinning the wheel(s) with Leslie; it's not meant to be profitable/overly beneficial, that is the whole point.
Also the point is that the people that buy these yachts "have more money than sense" and it is something they can easily afford so why not have it?
As such benefits from the yacht will surely be largely outweighed by the drawbacks?
2. Why the yacht should have other benefit(s):
As above, benefits may ARGUABLY be largely outweighed by the drawbacks, hence + 500 happy and 1 honor. It's obvious a yacht is not value for money, however one is unlikely to buy a yacht for such insignificant, arguably non existent benefits when considering the fee involved and that it is a yacht.
It is agreed the benefits of the yacht should not be overly good as with the point I think u make of buying a yacht, as above. However, the threshold should be re-considered.
3. Suggested benefit(s):
Yachts are:
From increased reputation:
If we are to have other yacht benefit(s) there should be staff costs relating to upkeep of the yacht, otherwise it’s unrealistic.
My suggestion:
An Investopedia article (link below) states “an owner should expect to pay around 10% of a yacht’s initial purchase price annually to keep it running”.
10% of $895m = $89.5m/year.
$89.5m / 365.25 days = $245,038 (0 d.p.)/ yacht staff cost per day
I think that’s a nice simple method to quantify a realistic cost on Torn, assuming we get more benefit(s) :P
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/082015/can-i-afford-super-yacht.asp
Ty for reading.
PLEASE NOTE my inspiration for this thread came from a collection of older threads on the same thing:
https://www.torn.com/forums.php#/p=threads&f=4&t=15908167&b=0&a=0
- Why the yacht has no other benefit(s)
- Why the yacht should have other benefit(s)
- Suggested benefit(s)
- Benefits detail/summary
- Maintenance cost
Yachts aren’t:
- Cheap; they cost millions to billions to buy on top of eye watering maintenance costs
- Economical to own or use
- A fast way to travel
- Practical, especially considering there often gigantic stature
- Cruising in a highly personalised and luxurious environment
- Hosting gimmicky, extravagant parties
Yachts are famous for being extremely expensive and having little value other than to show off via parties or cruising, as above. Therefore, Torn sees this like spinning the wheel(s) with Leslie; it's not meant to be profitable/overly beneficial, that is the whole point.
Also the point is that the people that buy these yachts "have more money than sense" and it is something they can easily afford so why not have it?
As such benefits from the yacht will surely be largely outweighed by the drawbacks?
2. Why the yacht should have other benefit(s):
As above, benefits may ARGUABLY be largely outweighed by the drawbacks, hence + 500 happy and 1 honor. It's obvious a yacht is not value for money, however one is unlikely to buy a yacht for such insignificant, arguably non existent benefits when considering the fee involved and that it is a yacht.
It is agreed the benefits of the yacht should not be overly good as with the point I think u make of buying a yacht, as above. However, the threshold should be re-considered.
3. Suggested benefit(s):
Yachts are:
- A status symbol – if u own a yacht (or are pretending too) that strongly implies u have power/influence. Why because the yacht means u probably belong to “higher” social circle(s), i.e. u have powerful contacts.
- Could this give u a higher credit rating with Duke, or a reduction in jail time, or hospital time because of a “favorable” reputation?
- Could this give u access to a special yacht members club? This could give u discounts on certain items in Torn and, or abroad?
- Following yacht club idea, perhaps it will give u access to a VIP section of the casino where there are exclusive games only yacht members can play? Also, maybe u get given more casino chips as u are a VIP.
- A great way for aforementioned “higher” circles to network – they often congregate in rich people areas like Monaco.
- Could this lead to record breaking, multi-billion dollar deals? I think it could. Could this increase your ability as a company director to sell more of your service and or product than someone who doesn’t have the “big fish” contacts?
- Could it also justify charging slightly more for an equivalent product/service without total revenue decreasing?
- Could this make a non-10 star company grow faster?
- A good way to party it up – I can’t personally vouch for that but through what I have seen online, on the movies, etc. it looks like they can be a lot of fun.
- Surely this would make your happiness increase quicker, or if it’s an activity u do then it will increase it by a certain amount?
From increased reputation:
- Higher credit rating with Duke
- Reduction by %X in jail time
- Reduction by %X in hospital time
- Option to join yacht members club [cool name needed]:
- A fee would be needed to join (one off fee, or recurring)
- Grants %X discount on certain items in and, or out of Torn
- Grants access to VIP area of casino with exclusive games that only VIPs can play
- Grants additional XXX casino tokens every day
- Increase company revenue by %X
- Ability to charge slightly higher prices for product/service without negative decline in revenue. This would be by %X.
- Grow a company’s star rating faster, possibly as a result of above two points. [If no, method needed to quantify this in numbers]
- Happiness increases by additional X% every 15 minutes
- OR, if “partying on my big ass yacht” is an activity, increase happiness by X,XXX and if it exceeds your full happy it will revert to full happy at the next 15 minute cycle.
If we are to have other yacht benefit(s) there should be staff costs relating to upkeep of the yacht, otherwise it’s unrealistic.
My suggestion:
An Investopedia article (link below) states “an owner should expect to pay around 10% of a yacht’s initial purchase price annually to keep it running”.
10% of $895m = $89.5m/year.
$89.5m / 365.25 days = $245,038 (0 d.p.)/ yacht staff cost per day
I think that’s a nice simple method to quantify a realistic cost on Torn, assuming we get more benefit(s) :P
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/082015/can-i-afford-super-yacht.asp
Ty for reading.
PLEASE NOTE my inspiration for this thread came from a collection of older threads on the same thing:
https://www.torn.com/forums.php#/p=threads&f=4&t=15908167&b=0&a=0
