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Tuesday, May 15th 2012, 11:32pm

Random Extractors now at 99 dias. -.-'

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"Also get super springtime savings on the following items: Attribute-Purifying Stones, Equipment Attribute-Purifying Stones, Advanced Bind Lifters and Random Attribute Extraction Stones at the unbeatable price of 99 Diamonds!"

Really, who is pulling this crap? First they were at 39, then 59, and now they're at 99 diamonds each?

Look, FEU. I know you probably thought that not running diamond sales would equal more cash, and that raising diamond prices would also equal more money. The ONLY thing you've accomplished by doing either/or is to drive me to go F2P, along with most of your previous buyers. Mind telling me how ABL's are a sale price at 99 dias, when they cost 99 regularly?

Give me a reason to spend my money again. Right now, under your current pricing strategy, I have approximately zero reason to spend a nickel on this game.
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Tuesday, May 15th 2012, 11:38pm

It's called price gouging. In case you don't know what it means, Wikipedia to the rescue: Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair.
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Tuesday, May 15th 2012, 11:41pm

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It's called price gouging. In case you don't know what it means, Wikipedia to the rescue: Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair.


I'm aware of what price gouging is, I'm more interested in demonstrating a cause and effect sequence to FEU. I was spending about $200.00 a month on this game during chapter 4 to gear my toon, whom I enjoy playing. With the new chapter coming out shortly, and the very marginal increases provided by the level 72 gear (which is missing all of the major stats mages are after- crit, mattk and int)- I have little reason to spend anything to begin with. Level 75 will probably see me opening my wallet again, but if- and only if- prices are dropped to a reasonable rate. And I'm sorry, but nearly $5.00 per extraction stone isn't that.

It boggles the mind, really, that they increased the price this much the day D3 was released. Another gear-grinder that will cost far less in terms of real-world cash to play and succeed at.
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Tuesday, May 15th 2012, 11:42pm

So speak with your wallet. It's obvious they won't stop what they are doing until enough people stop spending their money on this game.
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Tuesday, May 15th 2012, 11:45pm

This is why Frogster will not get money from me :) I don't give money to people i don't trust.

I don't trust Frogster to keep us in the loop of why things happen :) like random price jumps.

No worries though, there are many suckers for them so people will buy the 99 diamonds extractors.

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Tuesday, May 15th 2012, 11:46pm

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So speak with your wallet. It's obvious they won't stop what they are doing until enough people stop spending their money on this game.


By the looks of things..both Trade and World chat are full of WTB, but NO selllers...
Says it all don't you think?

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Tuesday, May 15th 2012, 11:47pm

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So speak with your wallet. It's obvious they won't stop what they are doing until enough people stop spending their money on this game.



Yup that is truly our only recourse, we really do have power but only collectively. Complaining does little if you give in and continue to buy diamonds. My own purchasing habits are way down, I will go months now buying nothing.

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Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 12:10am

Shouldn't you, kids, wait for sale, before flying into rage? But, lets assume it is as it says, and each of the items is 99. That would mean 1 item is at its regular price, 1 is at increased price, and 2 are at reduced price. Travesty it aint.
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Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 12:14am

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Shouldn't you, kids, wait for sale, before flying into rage? But, lets assume it is as it says, and each of the items is 99. That would mean 1 item is at its regular price, 1 is at increased price, and 2 are at reduced price. Travesty it aint.


I'm not raging, Wiffo. If I were there would be one hell of a lot more curse words and nasty nicknames being thrown FEU's way. I am forced to wonder if the sales staff simply throws prices into a hat, picks them out, and then places items at that price. Because near as I can tell, that's the only possible reasoning behind the current prices. That or all the diamond buyers they lost (like regent and me) when they increased prices beyond what most average people can spend in a month on non-necessities.

Edit: It is also worthwhile to note that without a Double Diamond sale, ALL of these items skyrocketed in price.
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Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 12:34am

"the unbeatable price"

Oh really? Pretty sure they beat the 'unbeatable' prices for the extraction stones a while ago...
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Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 12:37am

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You say we should wait for the sale.

But, it began 2 1/2 hours ago. If it's on the internet it must be true!

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Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 12:43am

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You say we should wait for the sale.

But, it began 2 1/2 hours ago. If it's on the internet it must be true!


Now, this is sensible suggestion. As to why is the sale not on...

When I look at EU side, I see:

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Also get super springtime savings on the following items: Attribute-Purifying Stones, Equipment Attribute-Purifying Stones, Advanced Bind Lifters and Random Attribute Extraction Stones at the unbeatable price of 99 Diamonds - today from 5-10pm BST!


When I look on US side, the sentence ends after "99 Diamonds". My guess that someone didn't realize that the musical sale and the stone sale are not running for exact same duration and took it out. If so, then the stone sale starts later today.
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Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 12:54am

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"Also get super springtime savings on the following items: Attribute-Purifying Stones, Equipment Attribute-Purifying Stones, Advanced Bind Lifters and Random Attribute Extraction Stones at the unbeatable price of 99 Diamonds!
The Tuesday Special runs on 05/15/2012 from 1:00 pm PDT to 11:59 pm PDT. You can find the offers in the Item Shop under “Specials”."

If the EU site is correct (it is on the internet) then we have an hour to wait.

Either way, I'm certain the world will still be standing when all is said and done.

I'll be selling torches and pitch-forks in the Tech Support channel.

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Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 1:55am

When you increase prices again and again and again and call it an "unbeatable price", you're just a stupid business. At least stop lying to us and calling them sales. Sales they are not.

Frogster sure knows how to chase away paying customers. We thought FA was bad... FEU sucks even worse. Should have closed FEU down.
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Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 2:02am

stop QQing that you failed to recognize a good deal when these first came out. I remember everyone that saw them muttering quietly under their breaths, "I think they priced these things wrong. Buy them up before they fix the price. Hush hush." And well, they fixed the price. Going to have to deal with it.

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Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 2:12am

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stop QQing that you failed to recognize a good deal when these first came out. I remember everyone that saw them muttering quietly under their breaths, "I think they priced these things wrong. Buy them up before they fix the price. Hush hush." And well, they fixed the price. Going to have to deal with it.



Yes good price points! 5 for the low price of $20. Can't beat that...

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Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 2:15am

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stop QQing that you failed to recognize a good deal when these first came out. I remember everyone that saw them muttering quietly under their breaths, "I think they priced these things wrong. Buy them up before they fix the price. Hush hush." And well, they fixed the price. Going to have to deal with it.


Or just refuse to buy until the price actually looks reasonable again. Either method works.This is a game, it's not supposed to cost a college education to play the content in it.
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Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 2:17am

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Hmm, still no sale.

How are we supposed to be outraged about the prices if the sale never starts?

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Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 2:22am

think about how much an attribute purifying stone is and how much a purified fusion stone is and then look at the price of these random extractors. I'd say there just about at the price they're supposed to be now. that's not saying I wouldn't love EVERYTHING to be cheaper on the CS, but relatively, it's fitting.

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Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 2:30am

They told us it went with supply and demand the first time we got them at 39, then they gave them back at 59 diamonds and we were screaming. They said the more the people wanted it the price would lower. Now 99 diamonds and on sale probably gonna be 69 or 79 with their 30% discount price. What are you gonna do ? have the dwarves do more hours in a day to get them?? They are virtual things, not real, just like the people at support service. You are raising prices on everything blaiming FEU, supply and demand, Inflation and all that crap. They are just GREEDY that is it, they don't care. They just want your money and no matter how much we DISCUSS nothing changes. They never listen to us.

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