Rika	raises an eyebrow

37 responses to this plurk

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:20PM

  ChefKarl

  hmm.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:20PM

  Hyang

  eh

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:20PM

  kesseret

  is

  it just me or regulating prices on a luxury is kinda weird.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:21PM

  ChefKarl

  I understand the point, but not sure how many content creators will buy into it.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:21PM

  Carter

  says

  that is fucking stupid.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:21PM

  ChefKarl

  free market, anyone can set any price they think the market can handle.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:21PM

  Rika	Pretty much none.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:22PM

  Carter

  says

  I repeat: that is fucking stupid.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:22PM

  ChefKarl

  If they have the nerve to contact me, I will send them packing with a ban.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:22PM

  Carter

  says

  hey, "Virtual Consumer's Union" - if you think an item is priced too high, here's a clue what to do: DON'T BUY IT

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:22PM

  Rika	It's not that some things aren't overpriced, they are. But the author is completely wrong about the mechanism of pricing in SL.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:23PM

  Rika	Basically, prices are set based on how hard it was /for the designer/ to make it.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:23PM

  ChefKarl

  exactly.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:23PM

  Rika	And how much they think they can get away with - and most don't really know if they ARE getting away with it.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:24PM

  ChefKarl

  I have discounted my earlier items as my skills increase and I bring new items to the market, but that is my choice, not theirs.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:25PM

  Rika	Yes. What a VCU should be fighting for is observing a common standard of customer relations conduct.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:25PM

  Carter

  says

  yes, Rika, prices are not just based on how hard the designer worked, also on how exclusive they want to be and what market they target

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:26PM

  arbitrarytina

  I see their point, but I agree that it should be the creator's choice 100%. It's a free market after all! Agreed Rika!!!

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:26PM

  Rika	I.e. setting up a reasonable policy of what is and what is not okay for a seller and a buyer to do, and bashing everyone who breaks it.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:26PM

  Carter

  says

  I think artificially created exclusivity is valueless, personally, & I deal with that by NOT BUYING products that are priced on that model

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:26PM

  Carter

  says

  ta-daa! problem solved.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:27PM

  Rika	For example, setting a maxim, 'lost no-transfer items must always be replaced' and listing designers who will not do that -

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:27PM

  Rika	that would be a worthy cause I'd support.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:27PM

  Moggs

  raises and eyebrow too. They can charge what they like but I can choose to buy or not buy... where's the issue?

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:29PM

  Rika	The issue is that this VCU wants to affect the pricing by magically talking designers into lowering prices, which is silly.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:30PM

  Rika	Listing where to get cheaper equivalents would be magnitudes more effective.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:30PM

  Rika	Not to mention help out the starting designers who have half a brain and price lower than the competition.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:34PM

  Moggs

  I just meant I didn't see the point of the union. AND Luxury items often sell because of their over pricing.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:43PM

  Gita	There are things in RL (many things) that I cannot afford and do not buy them, true, certain dynamics in SL are different but creators...

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:44PM

  Gita	what the market will tolerate just as in RL!

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 08:56PM

  Jo.	err, don't buy them if you think they are over priced. THings are only worth what someone is prepared to pay

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 09:34PM

  SarahTheRed

  I may not believe in *paying* L$1000 for shoes, but the creator most certainly can *charge* whatever they want!

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 09:34PM

  SarahTheRed

  I'll let my lindens do the walking and the talking.

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  Oct 05, 2009 - 10:11PM

  Frequie

  some people LIKE spending too much for things, apparently.

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  Oct 11, 2009 - 08:57PM

  Ana Lutetia

  ... what?

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  Oct 11, 2009 - 09:56PM

  MissTress Ely

  says

  "hi, BMW, I think your cars are too expensive, plz reduce your price or I will file a complaint about your exclusionary tactics"

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  Oct 11, 2009 - 09:57PM

  MissTress Ely

  says

  we aren't talking about life's necessities like basic food, or shelter... SL is itself, for most, a luxury to begin with.