tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post8074434149229155348..comments2023-12-14T18:17:52.957-08:00Comments on The Train Wreck Love Life: to once again shatter my windowsEmilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-8346666611102680852010-08-13T15:43:42.142-07:002010-08-13T15:43:42.142-07:00Love Soul had a specific ethic for going into it, ...Love Soul had a specific ethic for going into it, though. Plus, they're HUGE on hunts, lucky chairs, they seem to know that not everyone can afford to pay retail.<br /><br />But I think of the excitement every time <3 Cupcakes lowers its insane entrance fee, and there's this feeding frenzy to get in. I mean, yes, they're a known name, and yes, they've got a lot of group members, and yes, they throw out a ton of group gifts--but I swear, they have more members who just hang out and wait for group gifts...<br /><br /><i>*ponders that*</i><br /><br />No, see, I <i>still</i> think the way Falconer went about it is mental. Groups <i>may</i> go pay--hells, until it became a land group, my personal group had a fee (all of five Lindens, but still)--but it's not the <i>fee</i>, per se, it's the <i>attitude</i>.<br /><br /><i>We're going to start charging for the group. In 24 hours, we'll switch it over, so if you want to get your friends in, get them in now!</i> <br /><br />is a <b>LOT</b> different from <br /><br /><i>You're all evil, and you're sucking me dry, and you never buy things, so I'm taking my toys and going home, nyaaah</i>.<br /><br />Well, let me clarify. Falconer did that. Miss Tiramisu didn't. (Though she <i>did</i> send out this huge tirade on how it was all of eighty cents, Jesus, you'd think she'd stabbed your favorite doll personally, get over it...which irked people.)<br /><br />Far as the freebie thing, some stores get it, some don't, but yeah, there's this overall impression (at least partially started and reinforced by Prokovy Neva) that freebies are evil and lead to grid communism and economy failures and people starving on the pixel streets.<br /><br />Which frankly, I just don't get. Want to make a freebie? Make it. Make it good, people will come back to look over what's NOT a freebie. <br /><br />Don't want to have "the freebie crowd" (or, hee, Stringer's term, "freeb harpies") hanging around your store? Then--nothing simpler! Gut your lucky chair, your Midnight Mania board, any lucky letter boards, and don't put out anything free. Problem solved.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-35623759101322662892010-08-13T09:40:51.964-07:002010-08-13T09:40:51.964-07:00Man, I've been dealing with this problem forev...Man, I've been dealing with this problem forever. Just constantly I've been fighting the battle to say freebies aren't evil. I swear I need to make a hunt or something for it. But a lot of places treat it like, well I'm giving out a gift - where's my gift? It's like wtf? But still people have these crazy expectations. You may have been offline in LKC (btw thanks for staying with the group even though you're limited on space). but there's been heated (well kinda one person vs the crew) but heated none the less about - are pay hunts any better than free hunts? You know me I'm going to argue that both have good and bad sides. For the pay groups, I dunno overall it seems like a big scam. You pay and SOMETIMES get a gift each month. I know Love Soul does that religiously but they've been a pay group before all the drama for them happened. Kies, just rambling a bit. XD Good post Emi.Serenity Semplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911695658722261308noreply@blogger.com