Merchant Archive
Thread: Are you ready for the New Charges to Begin?
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Shazbham
Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:54 am
#1
What am I talking about? Read below:
A long time ago, pre release even way back when Holocron first released a letter to the community telling everyone that there was only going to be allowed one player per account per server (anyone here been around long enough to remember that one?), well that letter created quite an uproar in the community as you might imagine.
What also happened in that same letter further down was another announcement stating that SOE was reserving the right somewhere down the road to start charging extra fees for things like Character Upsells, More server space for Character account when those accounts get large and out grow the maximum allowable space ( nothing was said about what the maximum allowable space was at that time or since from what I've seen), and for other things like larger player houses that require more house lots etc.. There was a few other things listed that they were going to charge more "REAL" money for at a future time but I cannot remember what they are at this time.
In Big Business something like this is called the coverup, when you release a letter telling your people about one thing that is going to cause them to talk but further down you talk about something else that is going to really cost them but they are too busy talking about the first item to really notice the 2nd item.
From time to time since release I've mentioned this in certain forums and nobody has seemed to care or to have remembered this part of that letter. I strongly believe that it's now time that people better be aware of this because I think that SOE is going to start these extra charges pretty soon, maybe as early as with the release of JTLS? Make's sense doesn't it the way they are nerfing this and that and the other thing lately? Now they are nerfing the Vendors and the number of items we can have on them? to me it really doesn't matter, I'm the oldest Master Merchant on the Bloodfin Server now that Csin has seemingly gone into retirement and I run 6 vendors so that still gives me 6600 items to put out on a daily basis in the oldest shop on the Bloodfin Galaxy.
I run it all by myself and it takes me running three accounts to do that, so I stay very busy to keep everything stocked up and keep my customers happy. If I had 12000, 25000 or even 50000 items I could not do that all by myself. What I would like it to have the total number of vendors raised for a Master Merchant raised from 6 - 10 because I like to keep everything organized and like to keep separate Items on Separate Vendors so it makes it Organized and Easier for my Customers to find when they come into my shop.
Just a thought, what do you think about that? But watch out for those extra charges, if they mentioned them back then, I'm sure they plan on springing them on us sooner or later!
Thanks
Wire3k
Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:58 am
#2
Uhhh love? You already have 3 accounts - you already volunteered to pay extra (as have most serious crafter/merchants myself included).
I'm a little confused by the 6600 figure - at 110 EACH - that would be 660 items you could possibly stock total - on one master's 6 vendors.
cdpayne
Sat Aug 14, 2004 6:56 pm
#3
Its pretty simple. If sony starts any new extra charges I am sure there will be plenty of people whom like myself would just cancel their account.
Vaygirl
Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:22 pm
#4
Yeah, you're math is a wee bit off. 660 items on 6 vendors, 110 per vendor. That's the number we were given. Maybe now you'll care.
LuriAsmyr
Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:31 pm
#5
I will, quite simply, quit the game and never return if there are more charges introduced. That is, if I am not driven away in the near future by the vendor limit.
Irxosskisx
Sun Aug 15, 2004 3:24 am
#6
Agreed any request for money from SOE over and above my Monthly fee will be met with a swing from my Cancel Bat.
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