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7Skiaxtro 
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 Topic: Prestige
Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 14:24 |
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Will it really cost to this game owners , to just put that prestige buying option?
The sure thing is that they ll get their money back.. and that they will make the life of the players easier... Back in time i was playing another web broswer strategy game , and they just did a voting thing,to see what their players prefer. Just do that.
In some days , make a message pop in the screen of those who log in (just once) with this question : What is in your opinion the most convenient way for you to buy prestige?
1) Via cards
2) phone calls &messages.
Or something like this.... And then you will understand that there are more people in illyriad , than you think they were, that prefer messages.
If again , it doesnt cost much to make this option available, dont even bother to do this voting thingy.
Just make it available..........And if it had been done before xmas, you would have gained even more. Because people are generous during xmas and generally celebrations. And because they stay more at home because of the bad weather :)
Edited by 7Skiaxtro - 03 Jan 2011 at 14:28
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kima
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Posted: 19 May 2010 at 20:41 |
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that´s the system i have on my cc. when i use it, which is very rarely, the payment is promptly made in full when charged on my account.
i will not generalize to europe, not even Portugal, cause i live in a small town, but here, you don't need cc to build credit history... the use of cc is still not as comun as it is on Canada or the US, not even close.... but is rising......
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HonoredMule
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Posted: 19 May 2010 at 20:24 |
 kima wrote:
maybe so... but i'm more paranoid than you think as i rarelly use my credit card. i'm aware of all the risks...lolll...only have one, don't see the point of it...
i know that there is a great culture around credit cards... but i hate them. on my day to day transactions only use the debit card. if i have the money i spend it if i don't have i don't spend...and it's much safer, because even if it gets stollen or copied you still will need the pin, credit cards don't.....but infortunetly, more and more credit cards are requested for more things..... just a way for the banks to get more bucks..
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I was actually very much the same 5-8 years ago. Somewhere along the way I had to learn to deal with progress, though in person I still use debit almost exclusively. The good news is that banks/cc issuers only make money off of you if you are irresponsible. Off me they just make something like $15 CDN per year in charges for the privilege of having a card. When you consider the otherwise high costs of international transactions and currency exchanges, it's not so bad. Also, I'm not sure how far along you are in terms of age and personal/career development, nor whether things are different in Europe, but if you don't regularly use a credit card in Canada or the U.S. it's very hard to build a credit history, without which you'll never be able to get a mortgage and buy a house. But one tiny transaction a month and prompt payment each month is just as good for your credit rating as having a ton of huge loans or running credit card balance, also being promptly paid.
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Wuzzel
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Posted: 19 May 2010 at 15:50 |
Ahaa ok didn't know that US didnt have the pincode/chip in the CC yet. Guess its a bit safer in Europe then 
Edited by Wuzzel - 19 May 2010 at 15:51
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KillerPoodle
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Posted: 19 May 2010 at 15:25 |
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Wuzzel - that only happens in Europe. The US does not have chip and pin yet and even with a debit/atm card you can run it as credit and only have to sign instead of entering a pin number.
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Wuzzel
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Posted: 19 May 2010 at 13:15 |
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Nowadays, at least with my Credit Card.
If i pay it in physical shops or restaurants, i need to input my pincode from the credit card.
Just fyi.
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kima
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Joined: 18 May 2010
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Posted: 19 May 2010 at 12:29 |
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maybe so... but i'm more paranoid than you think as i rarelly use my credit card. i'm aware of all the risks...lolll...only have one, don't see the point of it...
i know that there is a great culture around credit cards... but i hate them. on my day to day transactions only use the debit card. if i have the money i spend it if i don't have i don't spend...and it's much safer, because even if it gets stollen or copied you still will need the pin, credit cards don't.....but infortunetly, more and more credit cards are requested for more things..... just a way for the banks to get more bucks..
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HonoredMule
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Posted: 19 May 2010 at 11:23 |
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Paypal is the scum of the financial industry. That said, when they are just the merchant processor for credit cards, it's a non-issue. It's your card issuer that has all the power, and no loyalty to merchants. You are their customer, and the longer you've used a card without incident, the more readily they will take your word over anyone else's. This thankfully means you can easily get fraudulent charges or identity theft issues reversed through them regardless of any drama enacted by a merchant or merchant processor.
Incidentally, you are far, far more likely to have your identity/card info stolen in physical shops (and especially restaurants) than even most of the shadiest online venues that have been round for at least a couple months. It's funny how paranoia so often misses the real threats. What's more, I'm under the impression that European telecoms aren't as corrupt and incompetent as North American ones, but even so online banking (be it debit, credit, or even PayPal) remains far safer than letting your phone provider act as a blind billing broker.
Take it from a thoroughbred identity recluse: I don't mean to be critical, but sooner or later the "won't let banking go online" attitude just won't fly. Chances are your bank account is accessible online whether you use that capability or not, and you're not actually protecting yourself anyway.
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Sythinor
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Posted: 18 May 2010 at 23:39 |
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another thing with prestige would be i fyou could send it to other players. Cuz I would love to be able to bribe other players that are far larger than me to send me a lot of resources for some prestige to speed things up a bit lol
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kima
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Joined: 18 May 2010
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Posted: 18 May 2010 at 23:10 |
Wuzzel wrote:
Just saying, you have choices with Paypal.
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i know, and i appreciate you having said so, i really thought it requiered credit card only and it was nice to know that it wasn't so...thank you again. and i still have the "bring a friend in the game" thing to get prestige!!! but my choice is: no paypal...
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