[Lucid:]

Ouch, what did Gaia do this time?
I left when they started doing the online offers for cash and a bunch of them turned out to be scam/virus sites.

[Lestrade]

They rereleased an old donation item for $1000 and then just now made an exclusive shop only available to people who get invites (which apparently you get if you spend a lot in Cash) that has really expensive Cash items, some of which are monthly.

I'm talking $250 monthly items. It's insane.

[Lucid:]

Yeah, I can see that pissing some people off. xD
Honestly though, the people who actually buy those are the crazy ones.

[littl3chocobo]

crazy and able to get whatever they want though i would not mind if we had one of those people here XD sink a ton into the site to sell off to the users hahaha

[Lucid:]

The problem is that most of us here are fairly responsible people. xD I've put a fair amount of money into this site for sure, but slowly and in small increments over time. I could never justify a $1000 purchase of anything at this point in my life!

[littl3chocobo]

i could on a car X''D

[Lestrade]

My current car was only $800, lol

[Ultima]

Originally Posted by Lestrade

They rereleased an old donation item for $1000 and then just now made an exclusive shop only available to people who get invites (which apparently you get if you spend a lot in Cash) that has really expensive Cash items, some of which are monthly.

I'm talking $250 monthly items. It's insane.

WHAT.

I'm so glad I stopped using Gaia when I did... And I thought it was bad then.

[Lestrade]

Yeaaaah. I've been pretty "over" Gaia for the last few years, but I still really like the forums and the items and stuff and have a lot of friends there. But this is just really ridiculous, and I can't see how people can continue defending the staff at this point.

[Illusion]

The new club thing is ridiculous.. I'm glad I've been marketing this entire year trying to make as much gold as possible then buy all the delicious art I can get so I can leave with bunch of awesome stuff. <3

[littl3chocobo]

illusion is looking for art on gaia?

[Illusion]

Originally Posted by littl3chocobo

illusion is looking for art on gaia?

I'm not looking for art yet, but yeah once I make the most profit I can I will be looking for some HQ art.

[littl3chocobo]

well i dunno if mine is good enough but i have a gaia and since i don't actually /play/ there i never really have any money except through swapping out items

[Arikana]

Originally Posted by Lestrade

They rereleased an old donation item for $1000 and then just now made an exclusive shop only available to people who get invites (which apparently you get if you spend a lot in Cash) that has really expensive Cash items, some of which are monthly.

I'm talking $250 monthly items. It's insane.

Hot damn. That is ludicrous.

I get Gaia Online is trying to think of more ways to make extra money, but do they have to do it via such cheap methods? :/ I hope these re-releases are at least including new recolours to make it a little more worth it, though not by much. I absolutely hate it when sites have the gall to re-release old items simply to help make more money, regardless of extra recolours or not. *cough*I'mlookingatyou,Zantarni.*cough*

Originally Posted by Lucid:

The problem is that most of us here are fairly responsible people. xD I've put a fair amount of money into this site for sure, but slowly and in small increments over time. I could never justify a $1000 purchase of anything at this point in my life!

Same. Gotta watch how much I spend on avatar sites and make sure I never mail in too much whenever I do.

I'd rather spend a thousand dollars on stuff I actually need (and, /maybe/, want) in real life than on virtual stuff. :3

Originally Posted by Ultima

WHAT.

I'm so glad I stopped using Gaia when I did... And I thought it was bad then.

I stopped going on Gaia Online in 2007 since I kind of forgot my password. XD But that's okay, cause I've never looked back since then as I've merely flitted from site to site before finally arriving at Tris. :)

[Ginger]

Originally Posted by Fauxreal

Real life tends to interfere with everything!

THIS!!!! I don't have internet and soon I won't even have the time to get on at the café! But also I'll have my own place, hopefully with internet.

[Lucid:]

Ari, the problem with re-releases having recolors is that it makes the people who already have the item mad! It's bad enough that other people are getting their hands on their precious rare item, but now if they want the new colors they have to get the NEW one! WHAT AN OUTRAGE!