Bots sell for less than they cost to make.

"Bronwin2;d-968924" wrote:
Bots are expensive to make both in terms of cost and time to make. After making the mechanism (5) and chips (2) then the cleaning bot ($1,500) I sold it and only got $88 simoleans. In contrast the handicraft table always sells for more than it costs to make the item. Not much of an incentive for robotics.

Bots can also be upgraded. Cost might go up then.

Wonder if Copypasto works on them?

Also, I don't know if always correct. I made a drone for 60 (+ free parts from tinkering) and it sells for 150 from inventory.

"EmmaVane;c-17314189" wrote:

"Bronwin2;d-968924" wrote:
Bots are expensive to make both in terms of cost and time to make. After making the mechanism (5) and chips (2) then the cleaning bot ($1,500) I sold it and only got $88 simoleans. In contrast the handicraft table always sells for more than it costs to make the item. Not much of an incentive for robotics.

Bots can also be upgraded. Cost might go up then.

Wonder if Copypasto works on them?

Also, I don't know if always correct. I made a drone for 60 (+ free parts from tinkering) and it sells for 150 from inventory.

According to this guide, fully upgraded bots still only sell for about $150 more and you'd still lose out heavily on your investment: https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/skills/discoveruniversity/robotics/

That is very disapointing. But what about selling them with the retail system or the garage selling table and use the highest price? A robot shop would be a great addition to the mall I am in the process of creating and probably never will :neutral:

"EmmaVane;c-17314189" wrote:

"Bronwin2;d-968924" wrote:
Bots are expensive to make both in terms of cost and time to make. After making the mechanism (5) and chips (2) then the cleaning bot ($1,500) I sold it and only got $88 simoleans. In contrast the handicraft table always sells for more than it costs to make the item. Not much of an incentive for robotics.

Bots can also be upgraded. Cost might go up then.

Wonder if Copypasto works on them?

Also, I don't know if always correct. I made a drone for 60 (+ free parts from tinkering) and it sells for 150 from inventory.

Or the cloning machine, that might be better.
Even with cloning, still not a good business prospect. You would have to sell quite a few bots before turning a profit.

You can't use copypasto on robotics, you can only burn them up. EA needs to rethink robotics. You get electrocuted too often and the sale prices are absurd, they sell way below the cost of making them. You should only make them for your own use and skill progression. In addition you can't que up the sub components for manufacture. It's a good lesson in basic economics: You don't make something to sell if it costs you more to make than you can get for selling it.

We need a mod to: 1. Lower the frequency of electrical shock. 2. Increase the selling price so that it always exceeds the TOTAL cost of making it, in addition given the time to make these items the cost should include an additional markup for the time of production.

Sounds like trying to sell back a textbook...

True, but you have to buy the textbook. Ah the days of examining the used textbooks to find one that wasn't marked up too badly. Now the real scam was law school case books. It seems that every term had a new edition of the books and the old ones, often costing over $100, were worthless.

Well, simmers asked for more challenging gameplay, this is where it went...

"paradiseplanet;c-17316144" wrote:
Well, simmers asked for more challenging gameplay, this is where it went...

Hmm.. I use a mod for faster retail-actions and have since then really enjoyed retail. Would love to make a store for robotics and herbalism-potions but they both suffer from not being worth the time invested in them.

Does the Marketable-trait from the reward-store help? Think that was the name. The trait that makes items that you have crafted more valuable.

Ha ha, challenging gameplay yes but this was not what I had in mind.

"SilentKitty;c-17316191" wrote:

"paradiseplanet;c-17316144" wrote:
Well, simmers asked for more challenging gameplay, this is where it went...

Hmm.. I use a mod for faster retail-actions and have since then really enjoyed retail. Would love to make a store for robotics and herbalism-potions but they both suffer from not being worth the time invested in them.

Does the Marketable-trait from the reward-store help? Think that was the name. The trait that makes items that you have crafted more valuable.

Ha ha, challenging gameplay yes but this was not what I had in mind.

Yes, Marketable trait does still help with making more valuable items as noted in Carl's Guide on the Robotics skill. I wouldn't know by how much though.