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Post: 88156141_721 created on Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:49:54 +0000
Posted: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:49:54 +0000

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lol A similar thread I made got sent to the chatterbox and the mod never replied to my question as to why.
Anyway if you guys are gonna not buy GC then you should also encourage people to install an adblocker to their browser and use it on the site.
Don't use the site's adblocker because it costs money.

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Post: 88156141_722 created on Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:01:22 +0000
Posted: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:01:22 +0000

Yep I have decided not to buy GC since a while now. I used to buy GC before when everything was normal back then, but now I rather save my money and spend it on something else or just save it.

The inflation on marketplace is crazy. I'm not questing for items anymore seeing how I have to pay double or triple the amount, and I'm not going to work extra harder when something wasn't even my fault. Again, the inflation plays into their game so they can say that their sales are "Right, and fair."

As someone pointed out somewhere, the horns were 8 million before, and now go look at the price.

Same with the OMG, it was 22 million, and now I think it's around 66 million.

"It won't affect the economy" LIES LIES. dramallama

They aren't listening to us, so the only way they will listen is for us not to buy GC anymore.

Attack their wallets.

EDIT: If Gaia ever closes down, I bet they will blame the users for not buying GC, I could see that happening. rofl

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Post: 88156141_723 created on Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:06:42 +0000
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EDIT: If Gaia ever closes down, I bet they will blame the users for not buying GC, I could see that happening. rofl

It wouldn't be the first time. sweatdrop

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Post: 88156141_724 created on Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:07:57 +0000
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EDIT: If Gaia ever closes down, I bet they will blame the users for not buying GC, I could see that happening. rofl

It wouldn't be the first time. sweatdrop

Is like, either you buy our overpriced items, or we will blame you and make you feel bad if we ever close! lol

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Post: 88156141_725 created on Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:20:16 +0000
Posted: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:20:16 +0000

I just dropped $30, in over 6 years, i have not done taht on this site, not since i bought my last monthly collectible.

And the more i think about it, the more i hate myself for it. i'm not getting anything, I'm only feeding a money hungry company, not a user loving community like it was in 03.

This is not how Lanzer intended gaia to be.

I wont spend another cent on here, ever.

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Post: 88156141_726 created on Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:44:54 +0000
Posted: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:44:54 +0000

I came back to the site in 07 after I came home from surviving a brutal car accident and spending two months in the hospital.

This place provided the catharsis and escape that I needed. I had met a lot of awesome people at the time. Many of whom are now gone for their various reasons.

The only reason I log on anymore is because it is something to do. The love and thrill I got out of exploring Gaia and meeting new people is gone now. I just log on to talk to the people I know who are still left and that number is dwindling.

When I came back I spent as much as I could on monthly letters. I wanted the gold and I liked the idea of it. Something special to show that you supported the site. Plus the gold wasn't bad. I spent more than I should have. Especially when the cash shop first showed up. It was advertised as something that you could buy items from with the change you found in your couch. I remember the uproar that people had when the first 10 dollar EI came out. People were livid but we were mollified and let it go.

Each time there was an uproar everyone talked about how we needed to support the site. That if we didn't like it we didn't have to buy into it. The cash shop has now come to dominate everything about Gaia. It isn't about the community, it isn't about the monthly letters (which anymore I forget they exist until they are revealed on the 15th), and it isn't about the events. It's about the cash shop.

When we complained about the rate of updates initially it was the same song and dance as when complaints were filed about the growing cost of items. I sadly admit I was part of the group that fed the monster in its early stages. I have come to regret every dollar that I have spent on Gaia. I gain no joy from seeing the site flourish because it doesn't. The site has become stale and stagnant. There are so many things that need to be addressed and fixed. Frankly I am tired of being told that I am over-reacting to all of these things. I am tired of all of these things not being fixed while they continue to crank out all of these items and cash based things.

I used to spend my money on Gaia because it made me feel welcome and gave me an internet home. I used to spend money on Gaia because features were being fixed and fun and new interesting things were being produced. Now. All my money is doing is supporting the cash shop. I can't support it anymore.

I have quit questing and closed my quest thread. I opened that thread back in 2008. I can't keep up with this. I am liquidating my inventory and I don't know what I am going to do once the final nail hits and Gaia bores me. I hope to see a glimmer of hope between that point and now. I do not expect to see it. I am saddened things have come to this point and I know not enough people will slow down to stop it. I can still hope. I hope you change for the better Gaia though I know you will break my heart again. I miss what this site was but I won't miss it when it finally drives me away.

Know this. Gaia you only have yourselves to blame if this all comes crashing down around your ears. Yes we the users are partly to blame but that doesn't mean that you had to go down the path that you did.

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Post: 88156141_727 created on Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:45:41 +0000
Posted: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:45:41 +0000

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EDIT: If Gaia ever closes down, I bet they will blame the users for not buying GC, I could see that happening. rofl

It wouldn't be the first time. sweatdrop

They can't blame the users that spend cash that helps keep the site running, now can they.

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Post: 88156141_728 created on Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:56:07 +0000
Posted: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:56:07 +0000

I am a Vergian and I already decided not to buy GC after hearing about this announcement and seeing the aftermath of Flynn's Chest.

I've posted a long message in Verge since there are plenty here and I don't want to have to deal with a thread out here anyway, and I am going to be going on hiatus.

Gaia just doesn't have our best interests in mind. They can and will manipulate the economy in any way they see fit to get the most real money, regardless of the consequences for their users.

It's sad to see the site I enjoyed and loved so much go to absolute shite because of the push by the new owner to get as much money as possible to make another site. I'll be cashing out as soon as I can by buying any items I may have wanted to keep, using most of my funds for art, and taking a long break.

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Post: 88156141_729 created on Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:03:37 +0000
Posted: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:03:37 +0000

I am Guilty as charged of spending money on gaia, Guilty as charged being part of Verge BUT Its my hobby....Its not a thing I MUST HAVE I will have it when I desire it to be mine.

THO Let me make things so clear all of you will agree.

- Gaia has been grabbing for our wallets with flash sales more and more now devaluing their own rare products making things worth nothing after they are bought with GC.

- They promised us nothing would change in the MP and now prices have doubled tripled and even quadrupled for some items and mainly ALCHEMY! Its taking a massive s**t on those things as now buying caches is near on impossible. It makes Alchemy a job for the elite rich ruling out the people that just started and this is UNFAIR!! This Equality has gone down the drain faster than my wee down a blocked toilet in a restroom XD

- To my fellow Vergians: Where we not promised gaian avatar art from an artist of our choice if we spent 150$ in August? Have some not spent that just for that chance? Have we not been promised discounts and items native to Verge only in those words? WHERE ARE THEY!! Where are the loyalty rewards for those that do spend their life on gaia cash and DO want to be rewarded for this hardship? If anything dear gaia we and ME keep you alive in a way cause we spend. Cant we be a little more respected? This is from my Verge point of view.

- Recolors of old items ergo Purple devil tail golden DJ studio headphones and pastel pink angelic scarves. OK GAIA if you need a gold sink Dernier Cri is perfect! STILL to make those sacred items into a recolored commodity I am shocked! (( Good for you if you have em tho <3 ))

- Flynns a** and rack =3= Gaia really gaia? You shitting on my head right now and asking me to love u after you did poopoo on my face?! NO MORE FLYNNS BUTT AND BOOBS PLEASE!! Kiro wants gaia back to the stages it was before all this inflation....People are questing people are wishing for items people are crying cause what USED to be free now isnt....If people wanna live gaia as free they have to either draw art to gain gold. Be able to make something to trade for gold services like making profiles OR simply be lucky!!! This is UNFAIR once more its making new people not wanna stay and old people are leaving.

Gaia is a place I met the guy I am falling for hard, I made life long friends here....I even made a well flowing RP thread that would love more gaians to join in and I always came here for my peace and offtime.

BUT now its caused me stress, I want all the pretty items but like hell will I pay 150$ for em and then in the MP they are worth crap...Or they shoot up to 60Mill overnight cause people are greedier now than ever.

Greed reaps greed gaia...Please think about this before becoming the company in the bad papers for costing to much.

that same 150$ on IMVU is like a fortune and you can last for MONTHS with that...Be more like that gaia....revert to what you was when we built u up and made u glow this way.....Have we created a monster spending our money?

I love you gaia...but dont break my heart any further...