I have one of the open sims that i purchased from a lady that has several of them.
I pay my fees every month without fail and untill now was enjoying SL as a premium member.
I used to own land bought through Linden labs on the mainland but wanted more privacy and scope to expand so hence the move to the island.
On the island i have my own house plus 4 smaller places that i rent out to friends.
I make little money from them and use less than the permitted prim allowance.
At most there are 8 people on the island at any one time and i have spent time and money making it look pleasing with a lake and walkways for my little group to enjoy.
To increase the tier by 66% means i have only one alternative and that is to leave SL for good.
Why should i have to pay such an increase when nothing is ever done about the lag, crashes,items going missing and downtimes.
It seems to me that LL thinks we are just money cows ripe for milking.
Surely there must be a way to separate those who misuse the open sims and after all should not LL have been monitoring what was going on.
To punish everyone for a mistake by LL is disgraceful but then they dont seem to care as long as they have your hard earned money.