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Bad Bobby
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Posted - 2013.09.20 12:53:00 -
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Logical Chaos wrote:This pretty much. You can pretty much always buy PLEX before/during Summer and then sell in Winter for a profit.
I've been buying all my personal use PLEX once a year during the price slump for as long as I've been using PLEX.
I doubt the discount from buying a year's supply (about 200 PLEX) in advance compensates for the opportunity cost of locking away the isk, but I try not to fuss too much about that kind of thing.
My recollection is that every year there is a period where I look at my PLEX pile and the current price of PLEX and tell myself that I did the right thing, again. |
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Posted - 2013.09.20 19:30:00 -
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Logical Chaos wrote:Bad Bobby wrote:I've been buying all my personal use PLEX once a year during the price slump for as long as I've been using PLEX.
I doubt the discount from buying a year's supply (about 200 PLEX) in advance compensates for the opportunity cost of locking away the isk, but I try not to fuss too much about that kind of thing.
My recollection is that every year there is a period where I look at my PLEX pile and the current price of PLEX and tell myself that I did the right thing, again. I don't say it is the best investment but it is a pretty safe one. And yeah you probably still should not put all eggs into that basket as well.
I don't consider it to be an investment so much as a price fix. These are just my PLEX for personal use, something that I know I am going to have to buy regardless of the price. I know I'm going to chomp on 15 or so PLEX each and every month. Quitting EVE is not an option I care for and scaling back accounts makes no sense when the value each account generates far exceeds any likely PLEX cost.
And yes, I wouldn't put all my eggs in this or any other basket. No matter how good the eggs or the basket appear to be.
But my logic, or lack thereof, in making this once a year bulk purchase isn't as relevant to this thread as my confidence that the price of PLEX has regular and fairly predictable ups and downs. |
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Posted - 2013.09.25 16:58:00 -
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Zaxix wrote:Where's Dr. E and his pile of confiscated PLEX?
It wasn't price alone that caused him to act last time.
PLEX could reach 700m, 800m or even more without there being any need for him to intervene. |
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Posted - 2013.09.26 18:40:00 -
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Zaxix wrote:Bad Bobby wrote:Zaxix wrote:Where's Dr. E and his pile of confiscated PLEX? It wasn't price alone that caused him to act last time. PLEX could reach 700m, 800m or even more without there being any need for him to intervene. I can't seem to find the article/minutes/whatever the info was originally posted in. My Google Fu is totally failing me. Do have a link? If not, what was the other reason?
The Fanfest economy section. The piece you are interested in starts at about 29:30.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie9V2P5El0E |
Bad Bobby
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Posted - 2013.10.28 06:47:00 -
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Dirk Decibel wrote:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A2CI8LE/ref=dsvrt_review_asin_detail
This for real? 3 PLEX for 5 dollah??? If it is I can imagine this having a rather profound effect on PLEX pricing....
CCP Guard wrote:Hey everyone.
It appears that Amazon, who operate as a third party re-seller for some of our products, put the wrong price on a package of PLEX and then quickly pulled the offer once the error was discovered.
A few thousand extra PLEX are in circulation as a result which is not enough to cause any significant or lasting impact on the in-game markets.
Source: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=3794242#post3794242
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Bad Bobby
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Posted - 2013.10.31 17:42:00 -
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Jita PLEX 599/590.
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Bad Bobby
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Posted - 2014.03.23 06:58:00 -
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Ahkea wrote:There are a lot of us who pay with plex others bought, but CCP doesnt care, they made their money the instant the plex was purchased
Of course CCP care.
They care about their players, they care about retaining those players, they care about recruiting new players, they care about their subscriber count, they care about their peak concurrent user count and they care about their profits. Anyone running a business like CCP are is going to be concerned about these things. To claim otherwise is just foolish.
There is a difference, however, between caring about players and being able to keep all players happy in a massive sandbox game with a player driven economy. The first should be a given, the second is basically impossible.
I feel for your situation and I am held back by the cost of PLEX just the same as you. I've recently cut down from 18 accounts to 13 and am considering dropping one or two more, because things that were worthwhile when PLEX was 500m are not so worthwhile when PLEX is at 670m+. I too cannot justify paying subs on EVE accounts, as I'm semi-retired now and don't have the income I once had. I love the fact that CCP has made it possible for wealthy veterans to play the game at the expense of others. But none of us has the unalianable right to play EVE for free.
Ahkea wrote:and if I dont buy it from the other pilot, someone else will.
And if that is true, it's the market that is setting the price of PLEX, not CCP.
Ahkea wrote:Perhaps if enough of us quit over it CCP might do something
Maybe. But if enough of us stop using PLEX to run extra accounts the market will adjust and the price will come down without any intervention from CCP at all.
Ahkea wrote:but otherwise inflation will be rampant in another MMO
Inflation isn't the big deal that people make it out to be in EVE. The majority of people claiming it is are just plain ignorant.
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Posted - 2014.03.27 13:42:00 -
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Claire Voyant wrote:apparently the guys that have cash to spend on a game have decided that they don't want to
Which is entirely understandable. The economic outlook over the last year, both in the real world and in the land of internet spaceships, has been less than encouraging. It should come as no suprise to anyone that less people want to put real life money in to EVE, which means more isk chasing fewer PLEXes. |
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