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Contracting full production to Enterprise does not seem to be functioning

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iainshepherd19

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01 Feb 2013 16:11Link
I recently got the idea that in order to ensure a steady profit for my corps and thus increasing their value I could buy all their stock and then sell it from the enterprise directly to the world market. However the automation does not seem to be working, the contracts are listed but the goods are simply not transferring, any ideas/solutions?

Many thanks,
Iain
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iainshepherd19

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01 Feb 2013 16:14Link
Please ignore this, seems to be kicking in now perhaps just took a few months to get in effect.
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Crafty

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01 Feb 2013 16:51Link
Yeah, it takes one month for the contract to be recognised. The corp then will keep a month worth in stock to sell, so nothing gets traded that month, and then the next month it can complete its contract to you, and so the cycle will continue, with the corp always having a months worth of production on hand, until you cancel it.
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iainshepherd19

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01 Feb 2013 17:44Link
Excellent thanks for the info, as a tip would you recommend this profit strategy?
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Borg Queen

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01 Feb 2013 17:47Link
sheperd, one thing you should be aware of:
no matter what quality the products you sell from your enterprise stock is, you can only sell it at 2xMarket Price. Means that if you sell 250Q from Enterprise Stock you can only sell it at the equal price of an 200Q Product
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iainshepherd19

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01 Feb 2013 17:55Link
I did notice this as well when I traded directly form corporations, however the profit of the corporations seemed to soar and I could easily see I was making more cash than by using the automatic follow quality trade function. Is it certain that the auto systems function correctly?