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Darth Reed
Registered User
Join date: 19 Jul 2006
Posts: 17
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07-19-2006 08:41
Hi...these prices for buying stuff is getting out of hand. I was just searching threw the secondlife site and i noticed there are islands you can buy but there ranges from $1,125 dollars to $5,000. Do you think secondlife is becomeing a scam????
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Ghoti Nyak
καλλιστι
Join date: 7 Aug 2004
Posts: 2,078
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07-19-2006 09:06
No.
BTW, the private islands AFAIK have always been priced as such. -Ghoti _____________________
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Darth Reed
Registered User
Join date: 19 Jul 2006
Posts: 17
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07-19-2006 09:07
well its a high price...who would acually pay that?
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Newfie Pendragon
Crusty and proud of it
Join date: 19 Dec 2003
Posts: 1,025
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07-19-2006 09:09
Hi...these prices for buying stuff is getting out of hand. I was just searching threw the secondlife site and i noticed there are islands you can buy but there ranges from $1,125 dollars to $5,000. Do you think secondlife is becomeing a scam???? There *are* lower-prices areas scattered generously throughout the grid, if a person spends some time to seek them out. Not to mention if one does not like the prices, one can vote with their wallet and not shop there. Just because a shop may charge an outrageous price, they only get away with it if the customer agrees to pay that price. - Newfie _____________________
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Xemnas Claar
Made Lady sing the blues
Join date: 17 Jul 2006
Posts: 32
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07-19-2006 09:10
well its a high price...who would acually pay that? When I first started SL, I was thinking... 1-5k, they got to be out of their god dam minds. JUST FOR A PIECE OF VIRTUAL PIXELS!!! Then, I found out that land isn't that easy to come by and it really helps when you want to make Lz or support a group that neds a base.... so I am now trying to get one my damn self  _____________________
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Persephone Milk
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Join date: 7 Oct 2004
Posts: 870
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07-19-2006 09:38
well its a high price...who would acually pay that? _____________________
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Gaius Goodliffe
Dreamsmith
Join date: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 116
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07-19-2006 09:56
well its a high price...who would acually pay that? Um, I've seen my company's Rackspace bill. It's not a high price. It's not a low price, either, but it's a fairly typical price for hosting. It's a bargain compared to Rackspace. (But does it come with "Fanatical Support"  TM)? <laughs> It should also be noted that US$1250 for 65536 sq.m. comes to under L$6 per sq.m. That's pretty cheap for land in SL... |
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Lewis Nerd
Nerd by name and nature!
Join date: 9 Oct 2005
Posts: 3,431
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07-19-2006 10:12
It should also be noted that US$1250 for 65536 sq.m. comes to under L$6 per sq.m. That's pretty cheap for land in SL... Only if you have that amount of money in the first place, and you either have a whole group of people contributing towards the costs or plan on endless commercial activities to cover your costs (which will mean you end up being just as boring as 90% of the grid). Lewis _____________________
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Yumi Murakami
DoIt!AttachTheEarOfACat!
Join date: 27 Sep 2005
Posts: 6,860
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07-19-2006 10:32
Um, I thought private islands went for just one price?
Or are these people selling on pre-landscaped private islands? |
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Talarus Luan
Ancient Archaean Dragon
Join date: 18 Mar 2006
Posts: 4,831
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07-19-2006 10:53
Only if you have that amount of money in the first place, and you either have a whole group of people contributing towards the costs or plan on endless commercial activities to cover your costs (which will mean you end up being just as boring as 90% of the grid). Lewis Still sounds like a bargain to me.  Yeah, sure, doing anything big requires sufficient resources, either on one's own, or doing it together in a group. What's new about that? Better yet, what's wrong with that? |
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Karsten Rutledge
Linux User
Join date: 8 Feb 2005
Posts: 841
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07-19-2006 11:03
Um, I thought private islands went for just one price? Or are these people selling on pre-landscaped private islands? If you look at the islands page, LL is selling two 'sizes' of islands, 16 acre and 64 acre. What it actually amounts to is either 1 island or 4 islands connected together. 4 x 1250 == 5000. Yay, so you don't even get any discount for buying them that way. Islands used to be 980 instead of 1250, also. That was a while ago though. _____________________
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Yiffy Yaffle
Purple SpiritWolf Mystic
Join date: 22 Oct 2004
Posts: 2,802
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07-19-2006 11:44
well its a high price...who would acually pay that? Many do, but not me. ;p I share control over one and help fund it. _____________________
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