*standard title that moans about pricing on optional items*
This is a blog post that gripes about pricing on virtual items. In this blog, I will try to convince you that since I feel it is too expensive that you are a fool for thinking it is not. Now, we both know that this will not convince anyone to stop doing anything, being that people are either cool with the price or not, but in the end we all know that it just makes me feel better to appear as someone that takes no gruff, especially from greedy corporate fat-cats that only want to make money!
At this point, I am going to compare the price of some items to again try to convince you that what I value you should value, or that you should not be comfortable with spending a certain amount.
Of course, I like Starbucks coffee. Despite the fact that you can get a black coffee at 7-11 for a certain amount, while at Starbucks it costs a larger amount, I will still try to convince you that virtual items should not be weighed on this same scale. Despite that fact that there are jeans you can get for 35 dollars, and jeans that you can get for 235 dollars, and despite the fact that I am comfortable paying what I pay within that range, I am going to try and convince that you are literally a fool for being OK with paying 25 dollars for a virtual item, while I am not.
See, since I say it isn’t worth that amount, especially when you consider other luxury items that you can get for that amount, then you would simply be foolish paying for it.
Get it? I will tell you that it isn’t worth that amount, so you must feel the same.
Of course, I will never admit to spending any amount of money on any items that others would ever consider over-priced. I buy all my clothes only at Thrift Stores, I refuse to spend 5 dollars at the movie theater for 12 cents worth of popcorn, even though my date really likes popcorn, and I reuse band-aids.
But don’t touch my Starbucks coffee. I say it is worth the price I pay, despite the fact that many think I am stupid for buying just more expensive caffeine.
I hope this helps you see the error of your ways. After all, if there is one thing we need in a hobby that is populated by orcs, elves and dragons….it’s Common Sense.
“Old School” Blogger.
Hey, that’s really… wait a minute…
Guest post by Darren?
Yeh I was going to actually link to his post, because it’s sooooo angry. Seriously, people get very angry when you don’t value the things they do. Or, do not.
I want to send you such a big internet hug right now.
I read his post. I don’t get the rage here. The anti-Cash Shop people claim that the reason they get pissy about the concept is because they don’t want ‘gamebreaking’ things sold. But then they get just as outraged when a PIECE OF FLUFF is being sold for a price they don’t like. Why do they care so much? Nobody’s -making- anyone pay for it that doesn’t want to!