Unhappy Sim Ownership Stories
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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06-28-2006 15:43
This thread is for those who've bought a sim or sims and been dissatisfied to tell us their tale(s) of woe.
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http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03.
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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06-28-2006 22:15
You mean to tell me no one who has bought a sim has ever been dissatisfied with it?
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http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03.
Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard,
Robin, and Ryan
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Nepenthes Ixchel
Broadly Offended.
Join date: 6 Dec 2005
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06-28-2006 22:22
I sold my sim after owning it for 12 hours! RL circumstances had changed in the two weeks since it was ordered, and it was decided that it was best to transfer the ownership to one of the other partners despite the $100 fee. And we're happy with ownership still, so... no unhappy sim ownership story here.
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Kris Ritter
paradoxical embolism
Join date: 31 Oct 2003
Posts: 6,627
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06-29-2006 00:44
i have lots of stories I could tell you about how shit it was owning a sim and how little LL gave a fuck about my problems, but I won't bore you with the details because I can't be bothered to recount them.
Summary: islands suck. LL suck. teh end.
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Candide LeMay
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Join date: 30 Dec 2004
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06-29-2006 01:15
I had a happy little sim and then one day SueC came to visit and everything turned gray and no texture would ever load again ... so I had to sell it 
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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06-29-2006 17:30
From: Candide LeMay I had a happy little sim and then one day SueC came to visit and everything turned gray and no texture would ever load again ... so I had to sell it I wish that didn't sound plausible. Is there truth in the following: If you get a sim, and do what is needed to get people to pay the tier, you end up doing work and not having land to control for your own purposes because you have to control it to suit the people paying for it.
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http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03.
Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard,
Robin, and Ryan
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Hypatia Callisto
metadea
Join date: 8 Feb 2006
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06-30-2006 05:26
From: SuezanneC Baskerville I wish that didn't sound plausible.
Is there truth in the following: If you get a sim, and do what is needed to get people to pay the tier, you end up doing work and not having land to control for your own purposes because you have to control it to suit the people paying for it. If you're renting to others, I'd say that's probably the case. But there seems to be others who don't rent at all, pay the tier and keep it private to themselves - having their shops on it, plus private areas for themselves on it, etc.
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Siggy Romulus
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Join date: 22 Sep 2003
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06-30-2006 06:22
From: SuezanneC Baskerville I wish that didn't sound plausible.
Is there truth in the following: If you get a sim, and do what is needed to get people to pay the tier, you end up doing work and not having land to control for your own purposes because you have to control it to suit the people paying for it. Not for me. I have 100% control over a sim that pays for itself.
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CJ Carnot
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06-30-2006 07:35
From: SuezanneC Baskerville Is there truth in the following: If you get a sim, and do what is needed to get people to pay the tier, you end up doing work and not having land to control for your own purposes because you have to control it to suit the people paying for it. Surely that's the definition of being a landlord ? |
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Chase Hermes
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Join date: 19 Sep 2005
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06-30-2006 08:09
From: SuezanneC Baskerville
Is there truth in the following: If you get a sim, and do what is needed to get people to pay the tier, you end up doing work and not having land to control for your own purposes because you have to control it to suit the people paying for it.
Come visit Daytona, we have a nice rental sim. I do not like having to ask people to pay rent on time. Most of my renters pay paypal and no problems. One likes to pay in lindens and is always late a day after the rental box expires, one day I'm gonna quit being nice and return that renters items lol. I tend to run my sim almost as a democracy try to get all residents to agree if any changes are made and resolve any bickering before it becomes a problem. I have my corner and do with it what I like errr what my g/f likes. *ducks waitng for a slap from her when she reads this* |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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06-30-2006 12:27
From: Siggy Romulus Not for me.
I have 100% control over a sim that pays for itself. How much work does it take? Is the work yuchy work or work that you enjoy like building and scripting?
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http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03.
Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard,
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Siggy Romulus
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07-01-2006 03:50
From: SuezanneC Baskerville How much work does it take?
Is the work yuchy work or work that you enjoy like building and scripting? You're a clever girl - I'm sure you can do the math. 195 bucks a month / average days in the month - converted to the current average on the lindex. Is it much work? well - I haven't really logged on for more than 3 minutes at a space in the past 2 weeks. So I wouldn't call it work at all. Is the work yuchy? Lets see.... on one hand we have dealing with tennants and all kinds of people. On the other hand we have playing around messing with things that interests you.
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DaVinci Doctorow
Violent Taco Salad
Join date: 14 Sep 2005
Posts: 12
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No problems here
07-01-2006 10:02
Ive owned a sim for about 6 months and had few problems and the few I have had were solved quickly by Lindens/Live Help. I have had an overall good experience.
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