"First Land" system still available?
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Dartagnan Nakajima
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Join date: 2 Feb 2008
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02-10-2008 18:46
I saw in the sticky FAQ above that there was a "First Land" available for newbies at L$512.
Is this still available then can anybody point me in the right direction for it. I do not see it under land sales.
If it is not available, then can anybody tell me why?
Thanks in advance to all who respond.
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Colette Meiji
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02-10-2008 18:49
it was removed about a year ago.
The system was gamed with alts, a 512 resale was worth more than the 9.95 it took to make a new alt and make it a premium account.
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02-10-2008 18:51
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Raymond Figtree
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02-10-2008 18:53
These days, it will cost you around L$5000 to get a 512 or approx. US$18.
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Colette Meiji
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02-10-2008 18:54
Kinda sad theres still references to first land after all this time.
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Dartagnan Nakajima
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02-10-2008 18:58
From: Raymond Figtree These days, it will cost you around L$5000 to get a 512 or approx. US$18. I noticed this. It doesn't seem fair that newbies don't have a chance to pick up a nice piece of property at a decent price. |
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Susie Boffin
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02-10-2008 19:40
From: Dartagnan Nakajima I noticed this. It doesn't seem fair that newbies don't have a chance to pick up a nice piece of property at a decent price. Don't blame Linden Lab. The blame lies on the little griefer money grubbers who made it all possible.
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Colette Meiji
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02-10-2008 19:47
From: Susie Boffin Don't blame Linden Lab. The blame lies on the little griefer money grubbers who made it all possible. Yeah true enough We should only blame Linden Lab for not removing references to First Land in all "current" documentation. |
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Raymond Figtree
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02-10-2008 20:17
From: Susie Boffin Don't blame Linden Lab. The blame lies on the little griefer money grubbers who made it all possible. I do blame LL. They should have come up with another way to stop people from gaming the system. I think they used it as an excuse to do away with First Land. Of course, it backfired on them since the number of new premium memberships has dropped dramatically.
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Nina Stepford
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02-10-2008 23:22
i agree 100%. From: Raymond Figtree I do blame LL. They should have come up with another way to stop people from gaming the system. I think they used it as an excuse to do away with First Land. Of course, it backfired on them since the number of new premium memberships has dropped dramatically. |
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Charlene Trudeau
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02-11-2008 00:05
Sorry to leap in and 'sell', but I do offer 512 double prim rentals for a small deposit (512L in keeping with the original purchase price of the old program) and 500L per week. I happen to have a couple of parcels open at present. The deposit is refunded with notification before rent expires if you choose to leave. The land is mixed use for either commercial or residential. Covenant applies, but it is a bit more relaxed than my main estate covenant is.
You don't need a premium account to rent in, as noted above, and the net is less monthly expense for the rental than a premium membership would cost you.
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Raymond Figtree
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02-11-2008 00:24
Sorry, eh? 
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Nina Stepford
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02-11-2008 01:03
if we're gonna do that, i have 150 prim 512's for $0 down - $290/wk and 300 prim 1024's for $585/wk
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Damanios Thetan
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02-11-2008 01:21
From: Charlene Trudeau Sorry to leap in and 'sell' Then don't. |
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Cortex Draper
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02-11-2008 05:48
From: Raymond Figtree I do blame LL. They should have come up with another way to stop people from gaming the system. I think they used it as an excuse to do away with First Land. Of course, it backfired on them since the number of new premium memberships has dropped dramatically. A very easy way would have been to only allow 1st land to yearly subscriptions. Odd they didn't think of that... |
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Yumi Murakami
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02-11-2008 06:22
From: Cortex Draper A very easy way would have been to only allow 1st land to yearly subscriptions.
Odd they didn't think of that... That wouldn't necessarily have helped - pay US$78, get your L$1000 sign-up bonus, buy your first land for L$512 and sell it for L$5000. Then claim 52 weeks of Premium stipend and you have a total of L$15600 to cash out, or US$58. So still US$20 unaccounted for. But the premium account also gives you 512 of tier, so effectively you get that tier for US$1.66 a month, which is close to the tier rate at the 65535sqm level and cheaper than a non-grandfathered private island. Since any land baron worthy of the name can by definition, given some amount of tier, make enough money to pay back the cost of that tier, that's a rather good deal! |
