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 Post subject: I don't get this shit
PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:52 pm 
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Most gil-buying sites advertise gil for $19-$22 per million gil. How the hell do these places make money? Seems like each gilseller has to be making a million gil every 1-2 hours for these companies to make any profit. I know that gilsellers have a vast monopoly on all money NMs in the game, but something just doesn't seem to add up. I just don't see how these companies consistantly make 10 million gil per employee, per day, every day of the week. Because that's what it seems like it would take to stay profitable. Maybe I'm missing something here.


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:08 pm 
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Well you know on other servers they have crafters

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:51 pm 
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Duping... you thought it could only happen in Diablo2 eh 8)

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 3:23 am 
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Alot of people Sell their Gear on AH then Sell the Gill IGE so they get a good chunk that was aswell i asume

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:37 am 
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My understanding is many are from countries with a low per capita income which would mean that this is an easy cash cow for them and it's filtering money out of the U.S. and Japanese economies so it's also good for them in the trade balance. This is why I believe the real enemy is the gil buyer. No demand = no profit.


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:37 am 
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meh im not gonna start in with anything last thread was ew,
but for shits in giggles i tried to see how mcuh money you can make off these guys if i had like 1 mil. i find out the lowest you can send to them is 20 mil i think (something around that) and you only get like 5 bucks for it i think it adds 50 cents fo every mil their after.

but i dunno how ppl can make money off this game =/ i mean you'd have to make (hypotheticly speaking) 60mil a month just to pay for the game

(note: i dunno everythign exactly just poped in to see so i could actually post something somewhat informative in my postings of this week)


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:57 am 
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Well um just so you know. Centhea pretty much nailed it. The current exchange rate of USD to CNY is $20.00 - $165.530 CNY. CNY being the Chinese Yuan. http://www.xe.com/ucc/ The link send you to a currency exchange site.

I thought most gil buying tards also bought more then just 1 million gil at a time? Heck I can name quite a few morons that buy gil like it's going out of style just to look cool -.-;;


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:31 pm 
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Duping... you thought it could only happen in Diablo2 eh 8)



Hopefully, game will turn out like Diabolos once inflation will make money totally worthless and duping overfloor the market with the best item.


/sh Eurythos Bow {Do you need it}. 52 Sniper Ring {Can I have it}

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:05 pm 
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meh-se owns all the gilselling sites

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 4:14 pm 
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yea they even own the sites that link to WoW EQ L2? and w/e new games their are..... /slap

Well i'm glad to know that other games are somewhat suffering as much as we do (gilsellers or price inflation hasnt exactly effected me yet =/)


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:51 am 
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1DS ore= 18=20k....wtf...feel sorry for you crafters :/

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:40 am 
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wow 18-20k for a dark steel ore and they used to be like 6k -_-

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:42 am 
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hah yeah its pretty retarded....thanks to Asaian and Dreamscometruetaru :D...its pretty dumb....time ti whip yout your pick axes :D..also fucking guild campers....man dont get me started /sigh

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I swear sometimes i join a pt there is like a DD with no LS and anon and Can barely do a SC. it Drives me nuts. then later on your find them whoreing a HNM/NM and it makes all Sense. happned to me the other day haha

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:35 pm 
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There's an article in Computer Gaming magazine about this. Apparently, these ppl make millions off of MMO games. Go check it out.


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:23 pm 
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i figure, gil has inflated about 3-4x the amount it was 2 decembers ago

Item Before After
O.kote 400,000 1,700,000
Jujitsu Gi 100,000 500,000
Emp Hairpin 300,000 1,200,000
Haubergeon 1,400,000 2,000,000

even silent oils and other necessities have gone out of hand. I mean, who wants to pay 20k for some silent oils?

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:29 pm 
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Here's a fascinating article on the economies and issues of MMORPGs....if you haven't already seen this it's well worth the time to read it.

http://www.walrusmagazine.com/print.pl?sid=04/05/06/1929205


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:56 pm 
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hmm interesting, nice find centhea

just sucks how the stuff happens to affect the other players that want to have no part in this


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