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  • #2095982
    Ethiopia
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    I had a look at the request for the new XI Royal Palace Bundle. It's over 60 bucks yet everyone is only offering a measly 500 points.
    I'm thinking of buying it and posting it publicly just to piss off any filler.

    #2095994
    gaver
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    Rank: Rank 5

    People don't want it to be to difficult, they see a button and click...
    I guess 75% of the people who offer points haven't seen the up down buttons 😉

    #2095998
    Ethiopia
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    Rank: Rank-1

    It'll be showing up in upcoming posts soon...I couldn't resist *snicker*

    #2096005
    Eve Adams
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    Rank: Rank 6

    I've always thought that if 500 pts was the standard offer for a single asset, we should be multiplying that by the number of assets included in a bundle. The old request method was far from perfect, but it did leave a filler with the option of excluding cheapskates.

    #2096012
    Buster
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    Rank: Rank-1

    I initially didn't even think about it, just hit the buttons on auto-pilot. I feel like 500 pts per $20 is fair. If everyone did that, it should equate to a quite a sum well worth filling I would think.

    40 requesters x 1,500 = 60,000 pts for a $60~ bundle on sale

    The current total @ 28,000 pts; you're certainly right to call it out Ethiopia.

    #2096014
    Anna1945
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    Rank: Rank Overload

    If any bundle appears, I immediately post the 500 pts, out of respect for
    the work,effort,expense involved. Also as a form of signing a petition
    After reading contents, if I can use any of it, I up the offer a couple
    of thousand.
    If I can really, really, use it, I withdraw the offer, buy the
    item and fill the request.

    Point being don't feel the initial offer of 500 pts is an insult.
    (Also a means of bookmarking the item for later, they tend to
    disappear)

    #2096028
    Ethiopia
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    Rank: Rank-1

    I don't feel that offering points is any way to compensate for sharing something since points are worthless and everyone here gets them automatically.
    I bought it because I LOVE that sort of thing and will use the heck out of it.
    I've asked Monk to lengthen the wait time for upcoming posts since 7 days is waaay too short in my opinion. A large and expensive bundle like that should be sat on for a couple of months to let the creator make a pile of money first. I won't use the 'fill request' in the Requests thread since I know darned well that there's people from those shit-sharing sites that will post it on their sites as soon as they get their creepy little fingers on it.

    #2096036
    Anna1945
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    Rank: Rank Overload

    The problem comes if points is your only goal.
    If so, posting/filling becomes a race
    I have purchased an item, downloaded it, uploaded it to the file site, gotten
    link, came back to the request to find it already filled.
    One time two of us filled at the same time (true)
    All you have said is true and became moot for me a few days ago.
    Speaking for myself, a few days ago I hit 5 million pts.
    At 50 points public,500 points private do not need more.
    In future will only be buying (and fulfilling requests) on items I
    truly want/need.
    If posted here will offer maximum points to insure requests are filled
    But to sum up, you are correct in one aspect. If a person fills a request for a bundle
    he/she deserves more than 500 point just on the work alone.
    In past although I received a bundle for 500 pts, I sent extra to the filler

    #2096042
    ItsMeNotYou
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    Rank: Rank 5

    ? what's the difference if it's a bundle item OR multiple items ? a person can spend $$$ on multiple items and still only get 500 pts per request and some times there are not many requests for said items , soo I guess a person should be able to DICKtate how many pts they should receive.

    #2096045
    Anna1945
    Participant
    Rank: Rank Overload

    Sooooo don't bother filling request.
    No Dicktate needed

    #2096046
    Anna1945
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    Rank: Rank Overload

    Already has reduced number who can donate........by 1

    #2096048
    Ethiopia
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    Rank: Rank-1

    On broader terms, I HATE the whole request thing. To me it pushes people to share for psuedo-money instead of for the good of all. I'm also convinced that it keeps items off of the blog. I see someone requesting that the item NOT be shared on the blog since they will at some point. They don't and when someone else finally posts it, the original filler goes ballistic. I'm sure that some of the requesters and maybe fillers are from the shit-sites and are trying to get content at their crap-sites while keeping it from here for as long as possible. I'm also sure that some, (many?) folks won't buy and post because they see it being requested and wait for it to show up.

    #2096049
    Anna1945
    Participant
    Rank: Rank Overload

    And yeah, life is hard when you're poor...
    Wouldn't know
    "Let 'em eat cake"

    #2096050
    Ethiopia
    Participant
    Rank: Rank-1

    How can you only have 100 points? You get that every day. Do you download everything and not contribute anything? This was never meant to be a free-for-all, the idea of the points was to encourage people to buy stuff and share it. If a person is THAT broke then they need to find a cheaper hobby...or learn to make items and sell them. There's several creators that started as pirates and at some point decided to get in the game of making stuff. One in particular I've known since the usenet days.

    #2096052
    Anna1945
    Participant
    Rank: Rank Overload

    To be clear and to underline a concept that seems foreign to
    some.
    No one gave me the 5 million points.
    I did not "buy" them.
    I accumulated them by buying items and sharing with
    my fellow members, some of whom might not be able to afford
    these items on their own. In dozen and dozens of cases I fulfilled
    requests to be thanked by only 1 or 2. Most bitched about bunkr, without
    which I would have been banned countless times.
    If you look at the numbers, could have stopped at 1 million. 2 million,
    3 million eetc. Could have just bought the item and left it at that. no aggravation, no hassle.
    But there are members here who truly appreciated what I tried to do.
    There is one member who has thanked for for every request I ever filled.
    ......and English is not his language
    That is why I feel a small twinge of regret going forward

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