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Dang.  Gaston INC's owner finally figured out that a 96 cent a share dividend would bankrupt him quick, fast, and in a hurry.  The 525k shares I had in that would have profited nicely.

I looked it up, it seems like the company elected a new chairholder and he appointed himself CEO and reduced the dividends.

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On that note, what is the commission?  It's around 5% from what I saw of that one unit sale, but does it go down from bulk sales?

I am glad I can at least be somewhat helpful

As for commission, it is 5% regardless of amount.

I am the one who put up the water for so cheap  
If it does run out I have plenty more so buy now and profit from it

Jolly Roger of Davey Jones Inc. Fine Rum and Beer. Or at least it will be fine.. in a couple of months. Oh god there's no money in this is there? Oh well, at least going down in flames will be fun.

So what's the deal with producing water at beverage factories? Not bottled water, just water. It seems like you actually lose water when mass producing it. Is this just for the sake of improving water quality?

You produce Quality 0 water from a well, if you want to up the quality you need to 'filter' it in a beverages factory.  If you look at it straight then it may look like you lose water doing so, but there is a factor called Economy of Scale, where the bigger production orders you do, the less time per unit and components per units are required. 

Here is the formula for it if you are interested.

unit cost = 0.5 + 0.5 * (1 + Production_Quantity * Item_Base_Value^0.5 / 10000)^-0.25;

Unit cost is a fraction from 0.5 to 1 and it affects all products and cash cost required to make the product.

http://www.ratjoy.com/eos/overview.php

The game opened on January 15 and since then has steadily increased in popularity and players.  Its a game that wishes to be the most complex economy simulator with new additions being added every week.  The players have the chance to actively suggest new features and in many cases they are implemented.

Here is a description of the game by the developer

GAME DESCRIPTION

Economies of Scale is a free real-time browser-based text-based with graphics MMO business-simulation game with a tick-based store system. Sounds complicated? No, never complicated enough, because this game is inspired by the famous Capitalism Plus, which is among the most complicated and rewarding computer games ever made.

The ultimate goal of Economies of Scale is to provide a deep, engaging, persistent world that encourages freedom and social mobility, and treats all players equally without regards to in-game age, real life cash, and real life spare time.

As of version v0.38 of Economies of Scale, you are able to operate multiple companies, each of which can have dozens of factories, stores, and R&D buildings. Each building is able to produce, sell, or research a vast array of products at different qualities.

Want to make a car? Simple. Just run a few mines for the coal and iron, a smelter for the steel, a plantation for rubber, a chemical plant for plastic, then auto factories for the vehicle bodies, engines, wheels, and the car itself. Oh wait, I think I left out the branch involving integrated circuits and microprocessors. Of course, this leads to player interaction, as you can trade any product over the B2B, or even import various finished goods from foreign countries.

Being a factory owner isn't your thing? Maybe you can try running a store instead, all you have to do is to make sure you have the products in your warehouse, and put a price on them. Of course, if you want to achieve the maximum profits, then you'll have to play around with the simple equation of profit = (price - cost) * sold, and do it for all 114 products in the case of a supermarket.

Need cash? Take a loan or go public. Don't want to do the work alone? Hire a competent CEO! Don't want to do ANY work at all? Invest in the stock market!
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Try out the game, it is definitively worth it.  I am in as Walter Yorkshire so if anyone has any ingame questions just send me a message

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