What do i do? (Trade)

[Roland040]

Hello i know this might look silly to those that are use to this game, but i would appreciate it if someone can explain how i negotiate or interpret this trade of as i write it down:

The USA are offering me 7 x daily con goods 4070 tonnes

items required 7 x daily $ 142.68m

financial value offered $ 547.19m
req $ 998.79m

What i want to know is what is it telling me and what options do i have? Is the offer to give me these goods at the offer price. While the request is the same items that they want to buy off me? So what options do i have to negotiate this sort of trade, as an example, so i know what to do with others. I would like a proper explanation what to do thanks.

[tkobo]

That offer is a bad one,unless you really need the goods.
They are making about a 30%+ profit from you on it.


You can make a counter offer and try to make it more fair.Whether they accept it or not, will be based on their dip and civ (mostly dip) opinions of you though.
And since they likely just showed those opinions by the unfavorable offer....

[Roland040]

Hello thanks for your reply. So it is one offer of those consumer goods and the final request figure of $ 998.79m is what they want? I was just wondering why theres all those other figures? Also are they giving me these goods over 7 days then. So the amount they want would be broken down over 7 days. I agree it is a rather expensive offer. I could do with consumer goods but not that desperate, hope to hear soon thanks.

[tkobo]

Yes, becuase its an overtime agreement ,its broken down as such.

The keys to look at are:
Financial value offered -this is what they are going to give to you.
AND
req $ - this is what they are asking for you to give in return.

So if req is higher than offered,its not a good deal for you,unless you really really really need it and cant get it anywhere esle.

Your option is too try and counter their offer,lowering what your required to give,or raising what they are required to give,in order to even it out.

[Roland040]

Hello thanks for the trouble explaining this. One final question. Have you ever seen it work when youve done a counter offer/request?

[tkobo]

Yes, most of the counter offers i make are accepted.