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Celeste Taylor
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Posted - 2012.06.25 19:05:00 -
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I realize many people out there don't see things this way, but here is my take on the situation.
Even though I was directly effected by last night's price drops I am still happy with the new pricing. My philosophy is to not spend more on an item than what you believe it is worth to you. For me that bar is set pretty high for apparel items, although not as high as CCP's original AUR prices. My personal opinion is in general it is dangerous to buy something based off of perceived rareness and potential value and you shouldn't buy something that you feel is overpriced.
Given that theory I do not feel like the money I spent on the Executor Red/Gold or the re-issued shoes was a waste, since I intend on keeping them and did not mind spending the money to get them. On the other hand I bought the ten new apparel items released today for the same price as my Executor once cost. Had CCP released the new items at 3000-4000 AUR each there would have been no way I could have bought the complete set.
I do think that it would have been a bit wiser for CCP to release a new color (like the Quafe shirt, which I don't think would have been difficult) which would have also increased the available inventory, and keep people from getting upset.
I suppose that there is the other side of the coin with the I have something you will never have mentality, but I personally never cared for the divide between the haves and the have nots. I like to buy things that I like, instead of buying things that are rare and cost a ton, although there is sadly often a correlation between the two. That 500m ISK coat is still worth 500m, and if that isn't true to others perhaps they shouldn't have spent that much for it. |
Celeste Taylor
Ruby Dynasty
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Posted - 2012.06.26 21:14:00 -
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Dirk Culliford wrote:So, OP, from your own post said shirt was worth 1.2b. You could therefore have acquired it for 3 plex, with some isk left over.
Either
- You actually kind of wanted 13 plex anyway, which shoots down your own argument of "I only bought them for the shirt"
or
- You failed at economics lesson 1
This point is unrelated to the other valid points already presented relating to whining about the free toy that came in your cereal when all you paid for was cereal.
This is exactly what I don't get either. People buying stuff in EVE based only off it's value as dictated by the items rarity and high AUR price. It is as if CCP were to make virtual gold bars which couldn't be used for manufacturing or anything else. I was a bit hesitant in paying 400m on the red/gold Executor which was competitive with the old retail 3000 AUR priced Sterlings, but decided to buy it since that is about the top of what I would pay for something I would wear. The monocle on the other hand looks tacky and is above my current budget so it remains the only (not counting the new FW stuff) item that I don't own. |
Celeste Taylor
Ruby Dynasty
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Posted - 2012.06.28 04:42:00 -
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They also removed the discounted launch items (Greave Knee Boots, Mysterio Boots, etc.) and restored them to their previous AUR prices. |
Celeste Taylor
Ruby Dynasty
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Posted - 2012.06.28 13:07:00 -
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Perhaps the best solution would be to have a slightly modified version for those who bought the AUR version of the shirt, or would people prefer getting the AUR refunded. Maybe add a new color/version and refund so people have the option to rebuy the new version of the shirt. I wouldn't mind this at all and people can get both versions much like the two Quafe shirts. |
Celeste Taylor
Ruby Dynasty
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Posted - 2012.07.10 22:23:00 -
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Mashie Saldana wrote:What about the Red/Gold female Executor coat that you also messed around with?
The prices of the R/G has been rising and is currently about 100m buy 200m sell. It will probably balance out a little under what it was before the update and slowly climb after that if no more are introduced. I don't think it is a big deal and wrote off my loses. |
Celeste Taylor
Ruby Dynasty
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Posted - 2012.07.10 23:18:00 -
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iskflakes wrote:
6) There is a group of players who will not be compensated by this change: Those who had buy orders up the day before the isukone release. Those players, such as myself, woke up to find our wallets a few billion lighter, and our hangars filled with worthless shirts. As these players did not own the shirt during downtime when the change was released, they will not be compensated by the scheme you have announced, yet they still lost billions due to your mistake. I believe the best course of action to help these players is to allow the ishukone shirt to remain rare. This way it will recover some of its original value, and traders such as myself will eventually be able to recover some of our losses.
Either that or you did well if those orders were filled with the classic shirt. I tried to dump as much of my inventory that I could when I saw that the items were on the NEX shop and filled other peoples buy orders. Buying stuff to fill the orders was not an option since I never have owned any AUR, and I was more concerned about being stuck holding a bunch of devalued merchandise (minimize losses) rather than making a profit. Was a bit slow on the trigger though, but wouldn't be surprised if the people who dumped their merchandise to the buy orders first had the classic shirt. I think the Mysterio Boots, Greave Knee Boots and maybe the original Excursion Pants were briefly repriced at 100AUR, and I managed to fill a number of other people buy orders with my stock. |
Celeste Taylor
Ruby Dynasty
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Posted - 2012.07.25 19:53:00 -
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CCP Navigator wrote:
Russian CollectorGÇÖs Edition
There will be no change to the Russian CollectorGÇÖs Edition jacket as there are currently in excess of 3,000 box copies in circulation. This item was a giveaway with that box and many more will come in to circulation as players pick up that box set. The number of additional jackets sold before we removed them from the Nex store was exceptionally low and there is no logical or easy way to make this item more exclusive. It simply will have more jackets added over time and that is by design.
Having had a few of these both before and after 1.1 I will admit that the long term impact probably will be small for this item. The prices while lower than they were pre-1.1 are not that much off from the prices from a few months ago and are climbing.
Looking at the traffic history for the Ishikone shirts suggest that they were far fewer in circulation. I am not too clear about the explanation. From my reading it would imply that whoever is the most current owner of the shirt should be reimbursed. I would imagine that it would be fairer if it were given to those who had Ishikones when 1.1 rolled out since many people dumped their stock to minimize their loses, and those buying the "true" Ishikone shirts from the open market got them for very cheap. At this point it is even probable that a few "true" Ishikone are floating in the market hubs intermixed with the NEX Ishikone for a fraction of their 1.2 value.
I wouldn't be surprised however if it is not possible to see a complete list of Ishikone owners at the 1.1 patch moment which would explain the current owner policy which is probably the next best solution. |
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