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Should The Gaia Market Tax Be Used?

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Willow Wolfblade

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:49 pm


The Gaia market tax shouldn't be used.



We make our gold by spending large amounts of time on this site and many even donate and buy- with hard-earned money (in the REAL world)-Gaia cash and monthly collectibles. Taxing us is like a slap to the face, if we bought something for, say, 72,000 gold and use it for a period of time. We get bored of it and sell it for 73,000 to make 1,000 gold off of it. Because of the tax, we would get 1,460 gold taken off of it. For those who don't want to or can't do the math the total we would receive in our account would be 71,540 gold. 460 less than what we originally bought it for. 460 isn't that much, and you may say that 71,540 gold is alot of gold, and that it is, but what about all of the other times you sell things in the market? Depending on how much you buy/sell from it, you could loose more than that 71.54k.

If you agree you could also go to my Petition and 'sign' there via post.  
PostPosted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:50 pm


Another Argument against it from me:


Joshua Leoncoeur
The tax helps stave off inflation so those things don't end up costing that 1,460 gold more just because it's still in the system.

It was placed for a reason, and I would not support its removal.
How does it stave off inflation? (I'm not trying to disprove you, I know you have your own opinion) The market seems to be going up with or without that tax, not to mention the fact that people who have worked the market for a bit of time seem to sell for up to 10k (maximum, 500 gold -1k Minimum) less than the sellers before them to have a better chance to sell the item that they don't want anymore. I wasn't trying to say that it adds that 1.46k to the total, but that they subtract it from your amount.

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