Business Knowledge Base - Import/Export

[feiaschdada]

Any Arguments against the Warehosue in La Puerta?

 

It seems the nearest to Lombank, and the most on the West...

bought that one. Is fine - only problem is, that the quick gps always route you through the city instead of the highway (which is most of the time the better idea)

[Wtfdontlickme]

Honestly... the best way in my opinion to make money with this new update is just to first, steal some MC supplies, and let them do their thing. Then steal a ton of vehicles, and deliver them to the warehouse. Sell one and do some vip missions while there is a 20 min cool down. Easy profit to be honest.

 

Eh... OP.. I like this way more then Crates & MC Businesses

[Jamwes]

There is a 20 minute cooldown after a sale, right? Do we think stealing missions take about 5 minutes? I'm thinking the best order to solo grind import/export with VIP missions would be this order with no cooldowns: sell > headhunter > steal > sightseeing > headhunter > sell

[jyssys]

I just had an idea, and I don't know if it's a stupid idea or not, so here it is: you get up to 4 CEOs in one session. Each of them start a vehicle mission at the same time. Three of them deliver them to a designated 4th guy, which takes his cars and theirs into his warehouse. The others then join his organization and they sell all 4 cars. Then they repeat it all, only changing who gets all the cars.

Would this increase all of their profits or would it be the same for each of them just soloing it?

[Black-Dragon96]

I just had an idea, and I don't know if it's a stupid idea or not, so here it is: you get up to 4 CEOs in one session. Each of them start a vehicle mission at the same time. Three of them deliver them to a designated 4th guy, which takes his cars and theirs into his warehouse. The others then join his organization and they sell all 4 cars. Then they repeat it all, only changing who gets all the cars.

Would this increase all of their profits or would it be the same for each of them just soloing it?

Well they would make more momey since they could sell foir cars at a time instead of only 1. But everyone could also just steal four cars for himself and after that they help eachother out with the selling missions.

[BlackMilk]

I just had an idea, and I don't know if it's a stupid idea or not, so here it is: you get up to 4 CEOs in one session. Each of them start a vehicle mission at the same time. Three of them deliver them to a designated 4th guy, which takes his cars and theirs into his warehouse. The others then join his organization and they sell all 4 cars. Then they repeat it all, only changing who gets all the cars.

Would this increase all of their profits or would it be the same for each of them just soloing it?

Gawd damn. I was about to suggest this. If there's no cooldown on delivering vehicles, this should work with any number of players that are CEO as long as they're friendly.

One little possible downside though, this would surely wreck your collection stats. But like K/D ratio, I'm guessing a lot of players don't care about that.

 

And it might very well be faster, yeah. I was thinking of a two player group, but with more people it's likely that there'll be enough easy collection missions to make up for the fact you're working on one car by yourself. People who don't give a damn about their stats might want to look into this with friends.

 

You get a point for beating me to it. I was still collecting some cars solo.

 

EDIT: To be clear, I said it could work with any number of players because I was only referring to filling up someone's warehouse. Ofcourse it's best to just have four players max if you're also planning on selling them. Unless the other players are willing to play along without being a part of the organisation. Shouldn't be much of a problem if people are using something like the PS4 party feature and just work together.

Edited December 14, 2016 by BlackMilk

[Stefanovic2407]

Don't know if this has been said before, but there seems to be a maximum on the damage done to a vehicle being stolen. I was collecting a Z-type when some Guy showed up and shot the car. The damage wouldn't go up higher than 34k tho

[FilipCRO]

All warehouse interiors are the same, right (3 variants) ?

[Sagrawa]

All warehouse interiors are the same, right (3 variants) ?

Yep, just those three variants.

[askinnywhitedildo]

Well, I just tried to do a special vehicle job.

 

No more solo work. Nice. Realllll nice. Thanks a lot R*.

[Laxkatze]

Concerning the LSIA vehicle warehouse (at the airport), I've bitched about it already. Now I've made a few screenshots so you can tell better.

 

When you exit your vehicle warehouse (e.g. after a succesfull delivery) and want to call a CEO vehicle (Buzzard or any other car), they will spawn a mile away at the airport entrance loop road.

 

 

 

 

 

Getting the Buzzard out there is a pain in the ass. R* trolling us?

 

And yeah, I know that you can run around the warehouse to Los Santos Customs and then call the CEO vehicle so it spawns on the road. But it's just a sh*tty workaround for a problem that shouldn't be there in the first place.

[askinnywhitedildo]

Concerning the LSIA vehicle warehouse (at the airport), I've bitched about it already. Now I've made a few screenshots so you can tell better.

 

When you exit your vehicle warehouse (e.g. after a succesfull delivery) and want to call a CEO vehicle (Buzzard or any other car), they will spawn a mile away at the airport entrance loop road.

 

 

 

 

 

Getting the Buzzard out there is a pain in the ass. R* trolling us?

 

And yeah, I know that you can run around the warehouse to Los Santos Customs and then call the CEO vehicle so it spawns on the road. But it's just a sh*tty workaround for a problem that shouldn't be there in the first place.

It's always happened like that at that location.

 

I've had to drop Brickade's off there in selling missions, and the same thing would happen to me when I'd call my Buzzard in. It's same way at one of my warehouses in north LS.

 

My Buzzard at MB Tower keeps spawning in a different location too now.

 

EDIT

 

And since we got a trophy on our desk for crate missions, you guys think we'll be getting anything like that for Importing/Exporting?

Edited December 14, 2016 by askinnywhitedildo

[Parth13]

So, you can't sell those collection vehicles? not the normal 4 car sale, i meant the 2nd tab that shows the vehicle photos with their number plate/special name and you have to have specifically those to finish that collection and get bonus.

[nido997]

so , I had a long session playing the new DLC features , just to get an Idea if it s worth it money-wise , or not .... here´s my verdict :

I´ve been playing for 5,5 - 6 hours straight , and according to my warehouse Laptop , my earnings are 802k , and if we exclude around 150k for repairing/tuning the cars , my profits would be around 650k .BUT :

- I still have 10 cars in my warehouse , 2 of them could be sold immediately ( because they don´t belong to any Collections ) , the 8 remaining cars are parts of collections so I´m keeping them till the collections will be completed.

- 4 missions were buggy ( 3 pick up missions where the cars weren´t marked on the map , and 1 sell mission where the Sultan RS was simply invisible and nowhere to find ).

 

I was solo most of the time : I just got a friend who helped me doing 2 sell missions ,that´s it . and the lobbys were friendly (I even was alone in the session for 2-3 hours )

so 650k profit in 5,5 hours ( + 10 remaining cars in the warehouse,waiting to be eventually sold) , I guess it s OK... it could be more if i didn t have the Bugs and if the cooldown was less than 20 mn ( 20 mn !!! between 2 sell missions )....so selling collections with friends should bring you a lot of money ,since you re selling multiple cars at the time without cooldown ....

EDIT : ah yeah, here´s something that you should know about cars´ damages : NPC´s bullets make the most of the damage on the stolen car (when they´re following you and shooting) , scratches or even very small crashes do absolutely nothing !

 

 

Well i think i will skip the import/export bussines. It does not look very profitable if you do it alone.

 

 

well you can read my post on top .

it s actually profitable , even very profitable if you´re playing with associates (that´s why R* limited the associate numbers to 3 , and the cooldown is 20 mn ) ... I´m sure that if you´re playing with 3 associates for several hours ,delivering 4 cars per sell-run ,and recieving Collection bonuses , you´ll be making millionS , even more than a large-crates Warehouse earnings !

the only bad thing in all this is the associates´ payment . my friend got 9k while we delivered 2 cars (I recieved around 137k for both cars , maybe because he delivered a Felzer -Felzer´s profit is 30k -, so I guess the associate recieve around 30% of the Profit you make from selling that car ..... I sold a Roosevelt during our sell-run so that was +100K , or 80k profit for me)

also (and that ´s very good ) , you recieve money immediately after any car has been delivered, you can see the money added to your bank account once an associate delivered the car successfully , even while you´re still on your own delivery run ....

Edited December 14, 2016 by nido997

[Hunter]

Just noticed something. On the computer where you export cars, if you look to the upper-right, there's another option. "Collection", or something like that.

 

Go there, and if you sell particular collections of cars it apparently gives you bonus money.

 

It's a little hard to describe. Oh, and of course, I'm sure that can't be done lone wolf too

[Laxkatze]

 

 

 

Concerning the LSIA vehicle warehouse (at the airport), I've bitched about it already. Now I've made a few screenshots so you can tell better.

 

When you exit your vehicle warehouse (e.g. after a succesfull delivery) and want to call a CEO vehicle (Buzzard or any other car), they will spawn a mile away at the airport entrance loop road.

 

 

 

 

 

Getting the Buzzard out there is a pain in the ass. R* trolling us?

 

And yeah, I know that you can run around the warehouse to Los Santos Customs and then call the CEO vehicle so it spawns on the road. But it's just a sh*tty workaround for a problem that shouldn't be there in the first place.

 

 

It's always happened like that at that location.

 

I've had to drop Brickade's off there in selling missions, and the same thing would happen to me when I'd call my Buzzard in. It's same way at one of my warehouses in north LS.

 

My Buzzard at MB Tower keeps spawning in a different location too now.

 

EDIT

 

And since we got a trophy on our desk for crate missions, you guys think we'll be getting anything like that for Importing/Exporting?

 

One could think that with adding a vehicle warehouse (a central part of the new DLC) to that location, someone at R* would see that the spwan points are messed up...

 

 

On another concern:

 

Starting a vehicle delivery mission solo, I tried to first fly the route with the Buzzard to see if the enemy NPCs would spawn. Nope. They're only spawning if you're driving the car marked for delivery.

[reform]

 

 

 

 

On another concern:

 

Starting a vehicle delivery mission solo, I tried to first fly the route with the Buzzard to see if the enemy NPCs would spawn. Nope. They're only spawning if you're driving the car marked for delivery.

 

 

 

You can just carry the car with a cargobob.

[allinclusive]

Any idea how to do the Phantom Wedge mission? Seems to be impossible with randoms. So many cops coming in.

[Jaxite]

Can you sell a collection Solo?

[Hunter]

Can you sell a collection Solo?

I doubt it, unfortunately.

[Shneb]

Sometimes it does not at all tell you where the car you sourced is. Is this a glitch or is there something I'm missing?

[Jaxite]

 

Can you sell a collection Solo?

I doubt it, unfortunately.

 

That sucks if true..

[Sagrawa]

 

 

Can you sell a collection Solo?

I doubt it, unfortunately.

 

That sucks if true..

 

 

 

 

Can you sell a collection Solo?

I doubt it, unfortunately.

 

That sucks if true..

 

Can confirm that you can't start up a collection sale on your own. You need the at least the same amount of players as cars you're selling.

[Hunter]

Can confirm that you can't start up a collection sale on your own. You need the at least the same amount of players as cars you're selling.

More f*ckery of the solo players then. Great

[novesori]

well you can read my post on top .

it s actually profitable , even very profitable if you´re playing with associates (that´s why R* limited the associate numbers to 3 , and the cooldown is 20 mn ) ... I´m sure that if you´re playing with 3 associates for several hours ,delivering 4 cars per sell-run ,and recieving Collection bonuses , you´ll be making millionS , even more than a large-crates Warehouse earnings !

the only bad thing in all this is the associates´ payment . my friend got 9k while we delivered 2 cars (I recieved around 137k for both cars , maybe because he delivered a Felzer -Felzer´s profit is 30k -, so I guess the associate recieve around 30% of the Profit you make from selling that car ..... I sold a Roosevelt during our sell-run so that was +100K , or 80k profit for me)

also (and that ´s very good ) , you recieve money immediately after any car has been delivered, you can see the money added to your bank account once an associate delivered the car successfully , even while you´re still on your own delivery run ....

I gave a Reaper which is High End to deliver from a friend, he also got only 9k. Pathetic. Who would like to help you if all he gets is 9k.

[CaliMeatWagon]

Any idea how to do the Phantom Wedge mission? Seems to be impossible with randoms. So many cops coming in.

 

Don't do it with randoms. Seriously. Even with my friends that I've been playing GTA with for 3 years, it was difficult.

 

Sometimes it does not at all tell you where the car you sourced is. Is this a glitch or is there something I'm missing?

 

Every time you source a car you get a text message with the picture of the car and some info on it. In some cases, you will only receive an image of an area that the car is in. With this one, you have to figure out where the picture was taken and search for the car there.

 

 

Can confirm that you can't start up a collection sale on your own. You need the at least the same amount of players as cars you're selling.

More f*ckery of the solo players then. Great

 

 

Get friends?

[BlackMilk]

 

 

 

 

 

On another concern:

 

Starting a vehicle delivery mission solo, I tried to first fly the route with the Buzzard to see if the enemy NPCs would spawn. Nope. They're only spawning if you're driving the car marked for delivery.

 

 

 

You can just carry the car with a cargobob.

 

Picking up a vehicle you're collecting with the cargobob will still trigger the same events.

You're not safe from Buzzards and such by using the cargobob.

[novesori]

WHY would someone help you to deliver cars for a pathetic 9.000$ ?!

[Semaj 2JZ♢]

 

Any idea how to do the Phantom Wedge mission? Seems to be impossible with randoms. So many cops coming in.

Don't do it with randoms. Seriously. Even with my friends that I've been playing GTA with for 3 years, it was difficult.

 

Sometimes it does not at all tell you where the car you sourced is. Is this a glitch or is there something I'm missing?

Every time you source a car you get a text message with the picture of the car and some info on it. In some cases, you will only receive an image of an area that the car is in. With this one, you have to figure out where the picture was taken and search for the car there.

 

 

Can confirm that you can't start up a collection sale on your own. You need the at least the same amount of players as cars you're selling.

More f*ckery of the solo players then. Great

 

Get friends?

No offense, but the reason most of us are loners is because we do not have 24 hours a day to be playing. The times and days we get to play are literally all random. I literally CANNOT say I will be on at any specific time. Who would for a simple video game anyways? It's not easy to get all of the "friends" together when some of us have actual real life responsibilities.

[BlackMilk]

WHY would someone help you to deliver cars for a pathetic 9.000$ ?!

Yeah, that's another nice example of the weird Rockstar logic. Surely they didn't intend for people to join other organisations constantly in even a single session. But that's what happens when all players in a group want the same payday. Only when someone has more than enough money is it likely that they'll join someone else and not insist on working on their own vehicle or crate sales.

 

They really should have allowed equal pay-outs for CEO and associate if they wanted people to stick together more often and longer. But that is simply not the case. Too bad they didn't even learn that before the biker update and now it's the exact same thing a third time.