Sabriz Adoudel
Glorious Revolutionary Armed Forces of Highsec
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5059
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Posted - 2015.05.04 07:27:05 -
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Cholly Chi wrote:This is an excellent initiative, and I'm happy to donate to the cause.
As someone who pays for the game solely through ingame earnings, I'm really interested to know more about the economics of this charity drive. I mean, is my 'donation' really in name only - made by CCP on my behalf? Or, since there is a relationship between CCP's real economy and Eve's virtual one, have I actually contributed anything more than honest goodwill?
Regardless, I'd be hard pressed to afford to make such a donation out of my own pocket, so I'm glad that CCP has stepped up.
You all have my thanks and deepest respect.
Cholly.
What you have done is RMT'ed some of your in-game assets, and given the money from that RMT'ing to charity, via CCP approved means.
CCP probably roughly break even or make a small loss after their administrative costs related to the transaction. I could be wrong but I believe most PLEX are created from 2-for-USD35 transactions where CCP pays a fee of around 5% to a middleman that advertises the PLEX and processes the transaction. Let's assume that's right.
So CCP get about USD 16-16.5 per PLEX sold. They give USD 15 to Iceland's Red Cross for each PLEX surrendered and keep the difference to cover their costs. I would be *stunned* if the employee time that goes into PLEX for Good doesn't come to at least as much as that difference, maybe more (remember, they need lawyers to draft things up, etc, and they need to advertise again post-PLEX for Good to make up for sales effectively reversed in the charity drive).
It's a bit more obvious when someone donates a massive amount (e.g. the guy last PLEX for Good that gave a trillion ISK). Basically, he's RMT'ed a trillion ISK for about USD 17000, with the 'buyers' being people that have bought PLEX from CCP over the last few months at various times. CCP always control that USD 17000 and give it to the Icelandic Red Cross.
Shoot everyone. Let the Saviour sort it out.
I enforce the New Haliama Code of Conduct via wardec ops. Ignorance of the law is no excuse - read about requirements for highsec miners at www.minerbumping.com
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Sabriz Adoudel
Glorious Revolutionary Armed Forces of Highsec
CODE.
5063
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Posted - 2015.05.05 22:49:54 -
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WE DELIVER wrote:It would be great if you guys ran a direct donation along with this. While I do think that players turning in game money into something they can donate, I personally think its a bit crazy to pay 20 bucks for a PLEX, send it to you, and you donate ONLY 15 of it to the cause.
Just give directly to a charity of your choice that does relief efforts in Nepal.
CCP can't donate more than 15 per PLEX because a good number of PLEX are sold in discounted large bundles. I *think* (someone correct me if I am wrong) that 28 PLEX is usually USD 400, which is likely USD 385-390 once CCP incur bank fees on the transaction.
Shoot everyone. Let the Saviour sort it out.
I enforce the New Haliama Code of Conduct via wardec ops. Ignorance of the law is no excuse - read about requirements for highsec miners at www.minerbumping.com
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