5.1 "Aftershock"

[Busy Miner]

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Yup, commodities for POB supply are still way too expensive (especially compared to pre-5.0 money) and too few and inbetween. 23 cr for BA in Berlin or 34 in Frankfurt? That is 2300 per unit in old money. Does anyone really trade in water, oxygen, food rations or basic alloy? That is not an argument.

Just a comparison: Water is now at least 7cr, that is 700cr in old money, while before the patch it was mostly 15-30 cr old money. Reinforced alloy I can't compare since it is not in the wiki anymore, but was like 50cr in old money iirc, now basic alloy is worth 2300 at least in old money.
The profit margin for POBs that for example refine ores and their respective suppliers/traders nowhere near reflects that because the prices for those have increased to only like 200% (aluminium ore pre-patch vs. refined aluminium now)-300+% (gold ore pre-patch vs gold ingots now), not to at least 2300% like water or over 4000% for alloy. That is nearly the price equivalent of a whole cargo load of mined ore (considering the prices most POBs pay) that you need to cough up for one load of reinforced alloy (daily), plus around two loads of water, some MOX (or equivalent), Uranium (or equivalent), Fertilizer.... Aaaaaaand you have to cross at least 2-3 systems to get to a sellpoint with "reasonable" prices, so that is still a chore, too.
And the argument that you spoke with POB owners, probably playing for years, that sit on hundreds of millions of new money, is no argument, since I am a POB owner and supplier who tells otherwise.
So I suggest you reduce the rate of how quickly a POB burns through the supplies, especially alloy.