Shops that ARE expensive as hell!

Beautifully told, Mickey!

And THAT, gentlemen and ladies, is immersion. It's what SL is all about.

(I felt exactly the same way, Mickey, the first time someone invited me out dancing...although my experience wasn't nearly as magical as yours!)

The most expensive item in my shop is 1250L, for a product that took a month of full-time effort to develop. Clearly I'm in the wrong line of work, or I don't charge enough.

FWIW, my sales of that item increased when I increased the price from 950L. I've been thinking I should raise the price again, both because I think it might do better and because I need to be compensated for my time spent before I become homeless (a real possibility).

I suspect that there's a low-end price above which casual shoppers who don't really know what they're looking at won't pay, and a high-end price at which people will pay more attention, wondering what's so special. I think my prices are in the unhappy zone between the two.

Has anyone else thought there might be a mid-price-range that hurts sales more than a low or high price?

We should be blessed with these items, otherwise things will become mundane.

Is interesting story about Arnold Schwarzenegger when he first came to Hollywood.

...whatever happened to him, anyway?

I operate on the assumption that every situation in SL has role play potential so perhaps paying lindens through the nose for 'couture clothing' would be part of it in this case. A lot of folk fantasise about going to the shows and buying outlandlishly expensive one-offs from the couture houses. So it isn't quite so ridiculous when looked at from this perspective.

Absolutely! I am a Jones in RL haha

I can only recommend League. Don't see many recommendations for them, even though they have some of the most detailed and fine-tuned stuff I have seen so far. Not overly expensive, rather middle-class-ish, but I wanted to pimp them anyway.

Nicky Ree is outrageous expensive for dresses.

Though they are extremely nice dresses. The average price of the ones i seem to like are around 1400-1600L.

I can only recommend League.

And THAT, gentlemen and ladies, is immersion. It's what SL is all about.

Ah and therein lies the rub (no pun intended); roleplay or not, details left out or not, the emotions do not belong to the av, but to the human. No matter how one may try to dodge that particular tomato.

And that's one danger of roleplay.

Really? I have a number of Nicky Ree items and I know I wouldn't pay that much for a dress. I don't even remember seeing anything that expensive there.

Maybe you are shopping on the "casual wear" side?

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OK, prices are low, but this is definitely not the stuff you can get for free. Note: Adult Content. Don't be shocked if you see naked people enjoying the products; I encourage that.

Of course, when you buy, you get one brand sparkling new from the factory. If you prefer a used item, that costs extra.

And THAT, gentlemen and ladies, is immersion. It's what SL is all about.

How sad.

Pep (Sounds like a fantasy that has never happened in real life)

Dear me, Pep. I can tell your cynicism is straining at the bit again. Fantasy doesn't happen in RL, which is the whole point of it.

Eph (If it does then your imagination is either singularly deficient or you're far too easily pleased, which I doubt.)

what Mickey describes and Lindal endorses is something that any attractive woman could enjoy considerably more in rl. I'll repeat that it is sad that they have to come to SL for it.

Has it occurred to you that a resident might be housebound? Disabled? Simply strapped for RL cash? Or that he/she may not conform to popular notions of attractiveness?

That's churlish and unworthy of you, Pep. Any number of experiences you or I could think of, and even take for granted, might easily beyond another individual's potential to experience.

Has it occurred to you that a resident might be housebound? Disabled? Simply strapped for RL cash? Or that he/she may not conform to popular notions of attractiveness?

I've met one individual for whom walking down the street in SL was a genuine buzz because the experience has long since been beyond him in RL.

I have realised many of my fantasies in rl, Ephraim, for example, having 25 million TV viewers watch me play my sport, appearing in a hit Hollywood movie, joining the Mile High Club . . . need I go on?

I can understand people coming to SL to indulge in fantasies that they could *not* realise in rl (flying, tp, building the Tour Eiffel if that is what turns you on) but what Mickey describes and Lindal endorses is something that any attractive woman could enjoy considerably more in rl. I'll repeat that it is sad that they have to come to SL for it.

Pep (It's not *my* imagination that is limited; it is other people's experience)

Or in this particular case, that being dazzled with extravagant presents in SL is Happy Movie Romance Fun...but that IRL it's just whoring for barter. Which also probably appeals to some people, but not necessarily the SAME people.

Pep, that hinges on being attractive to the beholder. How many women are conventionally beautiful enough to be "worth it" to one of the many investment bankers looking for "non-pro" gold diggers on New York's Craigslist Men Seeking Women? For most women, it IS a fantasy that won't be achieved because we're not size 2, blonde, with pneumatic breasts and yet not "a pro."

As I say, sad. You do understand the meaning of the word, don't you?

Backing off on the accusations about my imagination and ability to realise it, then?