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Natalie Oe
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Join date: 3 Oct 2005
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11-06-2005 03:15
Ok I have been to alot of places that have free items, free pants free plants ect where the text above these items say free and when i click these free items they have a price on them, So I was wondering what free means? how can it be free if you have to pay for it?
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Zapoteth Zaius
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11-06-2005 05:30
Ok I have been to alot of places that have free items, free pants free plants ect where the text above these items say free and when i click these free items they have a price on them, So I was wondering what free means? how can it be free if you have to pay for it? Nat Are you sure they're not set to sale for L$0? Its the easier way.. Or L$1 so people can keep track of how many they've given away.. Or that they were free for a limited time only? Could you show us an example? _____________________
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Natalie Oe
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Hiya
11-06-2005 05:37
The text above the box said free pants, free tops ect ect and when i clicked on buy it said buy for $3L
As for the example best way to show you is IM me and I'll tp ya there can have a look for yerself haha Nat |
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Kevn Klein
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Join date: 5 Nov 2004
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11-06-2005 05:46
The text above the box said free pants, free tops ect ect and when i clicked on buy it said buy for $3L As for the example best way to show you is IM me and I'll tp ya there can have a look for yerself haha Nat The boxes these items are in have a script that has text. Often the text can't be changed for some reason. I would say if $L3 is too much, don't buy it. If they lure you to tp to their land with the offer of free stuff, the free stuff should be free or $L1 or I'd count it as a bait and switch. But if you are on land and see a box marked free, and it's really $L3, you don't really lose much pointing at the box to check the price. |
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Schwanson Schlegel
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Join date: 15 Nov 2003
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11-06-2005 05:57
$L3 = ~ $0.01 USD, that is pretty close to free.
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Mulch Ennui
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Join date: 22 May 2005
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11-06-2005 06:03
The text above the box said free pants, free tops ect ect and when i clicked on buy it said buy for $3L As for the example best way to show you is IM me and I'll tp ya there can have a look for yerself haha Nat i dun know, yes L$3 in not free, but it is very close to free basically it will cost you one penny. If you need a penny that bad, send me a self address stamped envelope and I will send you a penny and another theory is if there several "freebie" item boxes, they may be priced differently to track which ones are given away Linguistically, it is true it is not a free item but L$3 is as close to free as you can get, so... Either way, time is money, if it is for tracking, would the time spent to badmouth someone giving stuff away be worth it? US Federal wage is $5.15 I think atm, so if your efforts take longer than 7 seconds, you have wasted more than the penny difference it "cost" you to purchase a freebie just my $0.02 of FREE advice _____________________
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Mulch Ennui
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11-06-2005 06:03
$L3 = ~ $0.01 USD, that is pretty close to free. beaten!!! _____________________
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Natalie Oe
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Join date: 3 Oct 2005
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lol
11-06-2005 06:46
Lol.....Ok its not the fact that its 3L hell i brought some haha its the fact that these ppl advertise in the find section that they have free items then u tp and find u have to pay, maybe you could use the words cheap or inexspensive anything that doesnt mislead ppl to the shop, Especially with telportation the way it is with the update at the moment, I loose my hair everytime I tp soooo annoying lol
Sorry we dont use pennies in australia so wouldnt do me any good for u to send me one lol 0.1US cent = 0.3 australian hahaha 3 whole cents what u think I'm rich or something? lmao jk Nat |