[Ginger]

Originally Posted by Suzerain of Sheol

From what I gather, the problem isn't gradual inflation based on rarity and age, but immediate inflation of items as soon as they're released.

Since, despite there being theoretically limitless resources, said resources (donation items) are only available for a finite time and cost actual money (for the most part) meaning that, after the month (or year) is up, there will be a finite quantity of them in existence on the site.

So, if some sort of plutocracy is formed by the extremely wealthy on here, buying donation items for extremely high prices because a.) they want to make sure they get the items and b.) because they have so much money that it's still mere pennies to them, it makes the acquiring of donation items by less well-off posters (who can't afford to donate real money to the site) extremely difficult, if not impossible, as even if said plutocracy does decide to sell the items, as you said, why would they sell for less than they payed? And since they've effectively created a monopoly, the price of the item in question is driven enormously high.

Not that that actually seems to be happening here (at least not to a really concerning degree, from what I've seen) but it theoretically can happen, and would make the site seem unfriendly to casual posters who can't amass those kinds of funds.

I don't really have much of a personal stake in it, as I don't mind donating and the site's prices are more than reasonable. But, on the other hand, I can't quite wrap my head around the idea of selling something I payed real money for, for fake money, no matter how much was being offered, unless I felt like I'd wasted my money on the donation item in the first place, which hasn't been the case yet.

This is exactly the reason why I am quitting Trisphee. Monopolies drive me INSANE. I hate Walmart for that reason, which is why I no longer buy anything there.