Isabella Van Helsing 2
Pregnancy= no. Unless it was some sort of item you bought that turned out to actually be an alien parasite. But as to getting pregnant= NOOOOO.
Marriage= They'd have to create separate scenarios for every single religion and cultural background out there, so everyone could have a wedding that corresponded with their beliefs. No thanks. You can just roleplay it.
Gaia Cash= There are over 17 million accounts on gaia, and every single one of them got 40 cents worth of cash. That's $ 6.8 million that gaia is out. It costs $2 million a month to run the site.
It's a lot of money for gaia to give away already. They don't need to give us any more.
And besides, people outside of the states can still buy gaia cash. You can purchase it through credit card, paypal, and mail-in money order.
You only get the 40 Cash if you click the link to pick it up, and if you don't spend it all, then they take back what is left over at the end of June. So they're really not out anything, especially considering how many people will end up buying some Cash to pick up the slightly more expensive items, now that they have a little Cash of their own. It's like when people go shopping with a gift card; they're willing to buy more than what is on the gift card, because the gift card is like free money to them, money that they don't actually have to spend. I remember reading some numbers in the break room at work, where people shopping with gift cards spend an average of $25 more than people shopping without gift cards. Same with coupons; people will buy things if there's a coupon attached for $.50 off, even if they don't really need it.
But I agree with everything you said. They don't need us to give any more...which is why I made a bit of a frowny face when I read this post from Pirula:
pirula
We are actually planning to add a way to "earn" gaia cash by filling out surveys & signups for other companies. Its probably 1 - 2 months away from happening. Companies pay real money for that, and we'll pass that money on to you in the form of Gaia Cash. Buying cash directly will still be the easiest and best way to get cash, but those outside of the US without paypal/credit card can have an option too. We won't have you earn cash for the same activities that earn you gold, that would probably release too much cash into the system.
I mean, it's nice that youngin's from overseas without credit cards will be able to earn a bit of Cash, but how much are we talking here? And how are those International Trade Laws coming, so Gaia doesn't have to whore itself out to more sponsors to fund these Cash quizzes?