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Black Friday Sale 2011 - sufian - 2011-11-21
Raul Wrote:Good thing I'm leaving GMS after thursday.
Where you off to? ;o
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Raul - 2011-11-21
RandomZodiac Wrote:Really o.o?
Yup.
Not completely, I'll come back for some events if they look fun, but I'll be spending my time in KMS mostly now.
EDIT: lol, thought I doubleposted.
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Kalovale - 2011-11-21
... Limited supplies?
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Olsi - 2011-11-21
Raul Wrote:Yup.i hope you have a good time in KMS, especially with the reading.
Not completely, I'll come back for some events if they look fun, but I'll be spending my time in KMS mostly now.
EDIT: lol, thought I doubleposted.
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Raul - 2011-11-21
RandomZodiac Wrote:i hope you have a good time in KMS, especially with the reading.
Don't worry, that's been fun.
Luckily eKMS exists.
I managed to do all of the CK job quests up to Perion without translation.
Then I just stopped because the exp sucks.
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Dark Link - 2011-11-21
ShinkuDragon Wrote:QFT, but it's 1 for 1k or no deal, kkthx.
I doubt it'll happen
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Coogi - 2011-11-22
Blades4hire Wrote:No, he's right.
Last year, I remember several people I knew who went out and purchased 150-200k NX for the sale.
Then, Nexon screwed them all over by only selling 10 cubes per server.
Nexon already made the profit.
Selling the cubes doesn't bring them money, selling the NX does.
By revealing the limited quantities, they have discouraged people from buying NX for this event.
It's not Nexons fault someone expected to spend 150-200 dollars at one time one MapleStory.
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Justin - 2011-11-22
Coogi Wrote:It's not Nexons fault someone expected to spend 150-200 dollars at one time one MapleStory.
It's still the exact behavior Nexon has come to expect and hopes for with these black friday sales. The whole thing is just a horrible ploy to get you to charge so you miss out on the deals. It's not Nexon's fault he made the decision, per se, but it's still entirely the kind of crap they lure customers into.
And on top of that...your chances are extremely high of missing out regardless because Nexon's servers are so incredibly cheap and shitty, that their CS lags out almost entirely when the sale starts. Thus you get disconnected or locked up while attempting to buy anything.
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Kalovale - 2011-11-22
Coogi Wrote:It's not Nexons fault someone expected to spend 150-200 dollars at one time one MapleStory.
The whole reason why they have multiple $50 NX-item packages on constant sale throughout the year, right?
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Dark Link - 2011-11-22
ITT: People blaming Nexon for their / others stupidity.
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Blades4hire - 2011-11-22
Dark Link Wrote:ITT: People blaming Nexon for their / others stupidity.
Coogi Wrote:It's not Nexons fault someone expected to spend 150-200 dollars at one time one MapleStory.Lets say that today, Wal Mart announces that on black friday, it will be selling all of its goods at 40% off. The catch is that you can only pay in gift cards, which must be purchased beforehand. Many of walmart's customers would take this as a oppurtunity for savings, and would buy these gift cards. Then, on the day of the sale, walmart announces that it will only be selling one of each item that is eligible for the sale(Basically the ratio of cubes to people per server). Would the people who bought the gift cards be considered stupid? No, walmart would get sued. Many of nexon's "business tactics" would be illegal in the real world.
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Dark Link - 2011-11-22
Blades4hire Wrote:Lets say that today, Wal Mart announces that on black friday, it will be selling all of its goods at 40% off. The catch is that you can only pay in gift cards, which must be purchased beforehand. Many of walmart's customers would take this as a oppurtunity for savings, and would buy these gift cards. Then, on the day of the sale, walmart announces that it will only be selling one of each item that is eligible for the sale(Basically the ratio of cubes to people per server). Would the people who bought the gift cards be considered stupid? No, walmart would get sued. Many of nexon's "business tactics" would be illegal in the real world.
Except for the fact that Nexon has posted in advance that the item SUPPLIES WERE LIMITED!
I know reading is hard in this day and age, but that's no excuse to defend the stupidity of people.
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Blades4hire - 2011-11-22
Im not sure whether they posted about it being limited last year.
Ill try to find the notice
EDIT: Nowhere did they state that there was a limited quantity of items.
http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/Events.aspx?boardNo=202&contentNo=00AFm&pageIndex=1
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Dark Link - 2011-11-22
Blades4hire Wrote:Im not sure whether they posted about it being limited last year.
Ill try to find the notice
EDIT: Nowhere did they state that there was a limited quantity of items.
http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/Events.aspx?boardNo=202&contentNo=00AFm&pageIndex=1
Quote:Items change every two hours though, so be sure to check the sales schedule below, and get the goodies before someone else does!
I told you reading is hard...
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Raul - 2011-11-22
Dark Link Wrote:Except for the fact that Nexon has posted in advance that the item SUPPLIES WERE LIMITED!
I know reading is hard in this day and age, but that's no excuse to defend the stupidity of people.
Supplies are/were limited =/= Supplies are 10 per server.
Using the WalMart example, they tell shoppers that supplies are limited.
But they don't tell you how MUCH of certain, desirable items there are.
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Dark Link - 2011-11-22
Raul Wrote:Supplies are/were limited =/= Supplies are 10 per server.
I'm sorry, but what? Last I checked, 10 per server = LIMITED
There's either "Limited" or "Unlimited" and unless the item quantity is set to "Infinite", then it's LIMITED.
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Blades4hire - 2011-11-22
Dark Link Wrote:I told you reading is hard...Do you honestly think that to their main audience of 12-16 year old boys, that that statement would be read, and interpreted as a reference to limited quantities?
Even if it was, what it should say is "check the CS within 10 seconds of the sale or miss out!"
All black friday items are limited, yes, but 10 is such a pitifully low amount, that its obvious that their intent was to mislead.
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Dark Link - 2011-11-22
Blades4hire Wrote:Do you honestly think that to their main audience of 12-16 year old boys, that that statement would be read, and interpreted as a reference to limited quantities?
Even if it was, what it should say is "check the CS within 10 seconds of the sale or miss out!"
All black friday items are limited, yes, but 10 is such a pitifully low amount, that its obvious that their intent was to mislead.
That's still not their fault. I still don't see how they're to blame for people stupidity.
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Justin - 2011-11-22
Dark Link Wrote:I'm sorry, but what? Last I checked, 10 per server = LIMITED
There's either "Limited" or "Unlimited" and unless the item quantity is set to "Infinite", then it's LIMITED.
Are you seriously trying to justify that kind of blatant scamming? A limited quantity of 10 VIRTUAL ITEMS on a single server is absolute bull pomegranate. There is no excuse for that kind of crap. Even a limited quantity of 100 is pretty bull crap IMO, but 10? That's just kicking a guy in the nuts while he's down horrible.
Consumer stupidity or not, there's no justification for that.
Even if I were to only charge 10 dollars and miss out, I wouldn't be irritated, if there were a decent amount of each item to begin with.
These are virtual items. There's absolutely no reason to limit them other than the obvious notion of greed.
Black Friday Sale 2011 - Dark Link - 2011-11-22
Justin Wrote:Are you seriously trying to justify that kind of blatant scamming?
Scamming? Sir, I believe you need to look up the definition of "Scamming", because what Nexon did last year was far from "Scamming".
Scamming would be Nexon saying the quantity of items was unlimited and then having a limited amount when the time came. Nexon said "get the goodies before someone else does!", implying "Items are LIMITED IN SUPPLY". Last I checked, having the quantity of 10 is still LIMITED IN SUPPLY.