I was attracted to SL just last month because it 'sounded' like a great idea. I tried it, learned that one needs a 'premium' account in order to own land, so I paid and open this 'premium' account.
I know find out that First Land is scarce and since I just signed up there has been nothing but problems with everything from Land to Searching to .... How can Linden Lab possibly think it's ok to charge people to play this game and then not provide them with anything at all. My avatar simply sits there doing nothing because I can't buy my First Land and get started.
How is a this a 'premium' account? It offers NO benefit over the free account! I am personally very upset about this and will not be playing anymore. This is a complete rip-off.
I will give LL until the end of the day to refund my money or I will be writing about it in my extremely popular and far-reaching blog.
It's not nice to rip people off. Please remember this.