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I'm not saying it's unfair. I'm just curious how it's actually economically viable!
Edit: So if I pay €50m to a broker for an aircraft, it costs the broker only €45m to purchase? :o
I'm curious as to how Official Brokers can manage to afford -3% discount, and up to -10% for their closest partners.
My understanding is, brokers get scrapped planes. Scrapped planes on the whole tend to be rather cheap and obsolete and despite being able to sell to newbies, there is a supply glut of crap planes (and they automatically deduct cash from brokers when they arrive!) meaning low profit margins.
So...how does the huge discounts on new, expensive aircraft work? What makes official brokers able to do this without running out of cash?
Ahhh I get it now.
With €22 billion to play with, I was thinking of brokering for my alliance but seems I can't compete! Would D Express be interested in becoming a partner?* :o
*I'm not the marketing director of the WAA and this isn't my job but well worth asking nonetheless!
We have 10% (or was that 15%?) off for brokerage requests.
ok... now people will start targeting us and screaming unfair again :roll:
Stop being so defensive.
Quote from: "Armygrognard"Stop being so defensive.
People were telling me I am too offensive, so which side you want me to be on? :P
Quote from: "Armygrognard"Stop being so defensive.
People were telling me I am too offensive, so which side you want me to be on? :P