Gaia RMT for $6000

[Mr. Hrm]

Mr. Sherman says Gaia uses “forced forms of rarity,” or limited editions of items. Over time, those items can command a premium in the secondary market, where members trade their goods for virtual currency. For example, a Gaia golden halo now out of production sold for $6,000 on eBay, he said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/te...ref=technology

[MartyBunny]

tht's absurd.. i'd never pay more than $100 for an ingame mmo item =/

[Tenebrous]

Originally Posted by MartyBunny

tht's absurd.. i'd never pay more than $100 for an ingame mmo item =/

I'd never pay for anything in a game at all. Chances are that I already paid $30-50 USD for the game itself and have a subscription. That would be way over the top in my opinion and it also takes the fun out of trying to get prestigious gear. If you pay someone else to beat the endgame for you, what's left?

[MartyBunny]

well i was 50/50 sarcastic there actually XD
but i'm playing Cabal that's basically free, but it had some nice costumes in it =/ dunno for how much they were, because they're doing a good job "hiding the value" with "buy 30000 ingae cash for 45 dollars" so you if the item costs like 1100 ingame cash you completely lose track how much it relly costs... but anyway, the armors got too spiky and too weird looking for my taste so i just bought a santa suit so i look like a cute santa girl now =D and others/i can't see what i'm wearing =3 if anything at all... but yeh... "Items" i don't buy, because i'm a hardcore grinder if i want to XD

[Tenebrous]

Originally Posted by MartyBunny

well i was 50/50 sarcastic there actually XD
but i'm playing Cabal that's basically free, but it had some nice costumes in it =/ dunno for how much they were, because they're doing a good job "hiding the value" with "buy 30000 ingae cash for 45 dollars" so you if the item costs like 1100 ingame cash you completely lose track how much it relly costs... but anyway, the armors got too spiky and too weird looking for my taste so i just bought a santa suit so i look like a cute santa girl now =D and others/i can't see what i'm wearing =3 if anything at all... but yeh... "Items" i don't buy, because i'm a hardcore grinder if i want to XD

Guess I missed the sarcasm, sorry about that.

I know exactly what you mean with the losing track of the costs and that's where they get you. It's also why I stopped playing Knight Online. They pretty much took the game to the point where you had to buy stuff from their store in order to keep pace with other players. I couldn't bring myself to even pay for these sorts of things; I'd rather have to pay a subscription and have an equal opportunity for everything than have to pay for good items.

[mmodev]

I could pay a little here and there, if I didn't have time to farm for it myself, but $6000? Wow!