Thursday 24 July 2008

Response to M Lindens Post of '2 Months In'

We don’t complain about paying VAT crimson, we complain about an unfair and uneven playing field biased to financial favor for one sector of the market.


ie, Some users, (usa based) have a distinct financial advantage over other players, (non usa based). The correct implementation of VAT would mean that we all pay the same for , say, Land, tier, (295USD), however, the Lindens would get more of that from an America’s Based user, than they would a EU based user. The market would present a level playing field and eu people could fairly complete with USA people. As your not an a European, i doubt you will imagine it possible that your concept of fairness is the same as ours.

M Linden raises some good points, 1, incredible diversity of buzzwords, 2 Ability to crow over failures as though they were successes. 3, ability not to see irreparable damage being doe to island owners by the massive influx of cheap worthless mainland.4. The tier difference of 100 USD between mainland sims and estate sim is a bias that is killing off investors daily. We are actually asking Lindens to switch off our sims as they are no longer a financially attractive proposition and we cannot sell them.


I have tried to sell one of my islands recently and the usa based buyer wanted me to pay the tier, pay the transfer fee and give them 300 USD to take it off my hands, Guess what, that aint gonna happen Crimson. Sorry M Linden, your 2 months have generate for many a loss of confidence and a lower state of moral with a greatly reduced income generation.

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