Sales with no end date announced - a pole (that I hit you with)

Okeano - Harshlands
Okeano - Harshlands Posts: 4,943 Arc User
edited October 2011 in General Discussion
frankieraye wrote: »
Sasha, good catch, though unfortunately that was a mistake - 3 weeks from today is not the correct end date for that sale. The text has been removed, and I'm sorry about the mistake.


As for why we aren't revealing the end date in the first place, it's something that PWE wanted to try. Some stores do occasionally run sales without giving an end date, so I think PWE wanted to see what would happen if we did the same.


If you really are against this practice, you can definitely submit a ticket, or continue to let us know through the forums.
Vote, whatever.
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  • Asterelle - Sanctuary_1381265973
    Asterelle - Sanctuary_1381265973 Posts: 7,881 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Wow that's pretty disrespectful to the players. How are people supposed to plan to acquire anything if PWE can remove the item at any time without notice?

    If PWE wants to go down this road they should be required to provide at least a 1 week notice before removing any of these indefinite sales.
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  • ZoracGallant - Raging Tide
    ZoracGallant - Raging Tide Posts: 1,624 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Horrible idea, I usually end up waiting till towards the end of a sale to buy/charge gold (charge if I didn't have time enough to grind enough to buy from others) so not knowing sucks.

    Hope I make it in time I wanna get my psy ready for r8 maybe r9 one day b:surrender
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  • Okeano - Harshlands
    Okeano - Harshlands Posts: 4,943 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    K I'm going to assume the 3 "yes" votes we have are by our mods.
  • Annalyse - Heavens Tear
    Annalyse - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,618 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Asterelle - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Wow that's pretty disrespectful to the players. How are people supposed to plan to acquire anything if PWE can remove the item at any time without notice?

    If PWE wants to go down this road they should be required to provide at least a 1 week notice before removing any of these indefinite sales.

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  • _Kahlan_ - Raging Tide
    _Kahlan_ - Raging Tide Posts: 9 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    I was one of the "yes" votes and no it doesnt really matter to me when the sale ends. Its a game people :)
  • Aranarwa - Heavens Tear
    Aranarwa - Heavens Tear Posts: 83 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    frankieraye wrote:
    .........If you really are against this practice, you can definitely submit a ticket............

    I.....can't.....help...it..... I lolled so hard about this.....


    Oh....and for the record: I voted "hate"
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  • Veri - Lothranis
    Veri - Lothranis Posts: 127 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    _Kahlan_ - Raging Tide wrote: »
    I was one of the "yes" votes and no it doesnt really matter to me when the sale ends. Its a game people :)

    +1 yes votes
  • Eoria - Harshlands
    Eoria - Harshlands Posts: 6,118 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Okeano - Harshlands wrote: »
    K I'm going to assume the 3 "yes" votes we have are by our mods.

    This is why you turn on the option to see who voted what, Oke...
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  • Pyrostormz - Raging Tide
    Pyrostormz - Raging Tide Posts: 956 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    as a merchant, i must say i dont like it

    if your buying for yourself, i suppose you assume 1 week, count the rest as a bonus, and leave it at that

    but i am not a fan
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  • Mumintroll - Heavens Tear
    Mumintroll - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,393 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Jeeeezus. Guys you don't get it? PWI is forcing you to spend money because no1 knows when the sale is gonna be off. Is just another trick from them to lure money from you.
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  • Pyrostormz - Raging Tide
    Pyrostormz - Raging Tide Posts: 956 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Mumintroll - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Jeeeezus. Guys you don't get it? PWI is forcing you to spend money because no1 knows when the sale is gonna be off. Is just another trick from them to lure money from you.

    if its a sale that makes them money, it will be back in max 4-6 weeks
    you can take that to the bank b:victory
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  • WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary
    WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary Posts: 1,686 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    I voted, "HATE", but overall I'd say it's more like just really annoying.

    My feelings about it are sort of like why I really dislike shopping at stores that insist you have one of their annoying Club Cards: I can live with it, and force myself to work with it if I have to, but given a choice I'd rather not do business with them if their marketing strategy is to jerk me around by being deliberately inconvenient.
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  • Koolaid - Heavens Tear
    Koolaid - Heavens Tear Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    It's better this way. Ya'll are boring if you must plan every single thing.

    Get it while it's there, no regret. Always have money saved up for surprise sales. Don't just be crying all over the forums.
  • Okeano - Harshlands
    Okeano - Harshlands Posts: 4,943 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Koolaid - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    It's better this way. Ya'll are boring if you must plan every single thing.

    Get it while it's there, no regret. Always have money saved up for surprise sales. Don't just be crying all over the forums.

    Well, I guess you don't watch the market carefully enough. The prices aren't always constant. You won't always pay the same price for the same item during the same sale, depends on when you buy it. Gold will always spike on the first few days of the sale, then level off if the sale is longer than a couple of weeks, then rises back up as sale is about to end. Knowing how long a sale is can save you quite a bit of money if you are buying something as expensive as R9. But who cares about us f2p players, it's the same for CSers.
  • Ikarium - Dreamweaver
    Ikarium - Dreamweaver Posts: 631 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Its just an annoyance more than anything.

    We all know what day of the week sales end/start, so I just assume these open-ended ones will end on any given Tuesday. I have the catshops/gold all set in case it does end, if not and its still there after maint, then I know I have at least another week, great, and continue on for another week.
    I don't think its the end of the world, but it is an annoyance having to prepare every week in assumption that a sale might end.
  • Renza - Raging Tide
    Renza - Raging Tide Posts: 1,939 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    This "non dated end" for the sale, is due to there cash plummet, not because "business's like to try it out" lol.

    They're getting desperate for cash for this game and will seriously try anything, I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if they actually start selling gear directly in the cash shop and not through packs/tokens.

    http://www.google.com/finance?cid=717303
    Just look at that, make sure to left click on the chart and hold, then scroll outwards till you can see where the cash used to be at a high, then from the 4th (the night of maint when packs were tossed in), you can see that the bar is going ever so slightly up, let's see how long it lasts.
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  • Dethprowl - Raging Tide
    Dethprowl - Raging Tide Posts: 411 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    I think we need to give PWI a break.

    They cant build suspense with new game content so they have to take whatever they can get.

    Woo lookie a good sale, wtf its gone.........
  • Okeano - Harshlands
    Okeano - Harshlands Posts: 4,943 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Dethprowl - Raging Tide wrote: »
    I think we need to give PWI a break.

    They cant build suspense with new game content so they have to take whatever they can get.

    Woo lookie a good sale, wtf its gone.........

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  • ApocaIypto - Dreamweaver
    ApocaIypto - Dreamweaver Posts: 585 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    it sux...really. udont know how much time u have to farm, or sell ur stuffs to buy the items/golds. will bring the same prob that came with +11/+12 sale. some ppl sold a lot of items/gears to get golds. and in the end they couldnt have the orbs. if they knew they couldnt make it, they wouldnt have sold anything.
    even for csers. imagine somene who charge IRL money,and the time the paymen t is accepeted the sale is gone. epic.
  • Escorian - Dreamweaver
    Escorian - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,802 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    http://pwi.perfectworld.com/news/?p=345839

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  • ZoracGallant - Raging Tide
    ZoracGallant - Raging Tide Posts: 1,624 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    bump

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  • Aizza - Harshlands
    Aizza - Harshlands Posts: 719 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Mumintroll - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Jeeeezus. Guys you don't get it? PWI is forcing you to spend money because no1 knows when the sale is gonna be off. Is just another trick from them to lure money from you.

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  • Amencat - Sanctuary
    Amencat - Sanctuary Posts: 484 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    what about.. dont know, dont care, VANISH IN THE THIN AIR! and leave us alone ROFL
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  • Sukinee - Heavens Tear
    Sukinee - Heavens Tear Posts: 262 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    For the most part I do not care what goes on sale anymore or how long for that matter. I just look at the week's sales and go "lol k new thing to merch."
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  • ResMePls - Heavens Tear
    ResMePls - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,349 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    I like it cause it makes n00bs make dumb threads like these that get 0ther pe0ple t0 c0me and agree then rage at the pers0n wh0 called the thread dumb which then decends int0 a flame war resulting in immediate cl0sure by Shelly n0rmally wh0 surprisingly d0es n0t d0 that 0n the F0rsaken W0rld F0rums which I w0uld als0 like t0 menti0n is an 0verall better game f0r 0bvi0us reas0ns which brings me back t0 my 0riginal p0int that this thread made me l0l since it was made by 0kean0 wh0 I have n0w indirectly called a n00b but besides that I like it because it makes my merching al0t trickier than it has t0 be but since I am smart and n0t fail I can easily w0rk ar0und this little hiccup by playing a better m0re maintained game mainly F0rsaken W0rld f0r it's 0verall better quality until 0f c0urse they decide t0 **** that game up as well but again I am getting 0ff t0pic and I ap0l0gize f0r that and I w0uld als0 like t0 ap0l0gize t0 th0se wh0 are grammar wh0res and like t0 abuse n0n punctuated p0st which d0es n0t imply mine is n0t punctuated but getting back t0 the main p0int I like this new hiccup becab:shutup..............
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  • Okeano - Harshlands
    Okeano - Harshlands Posts: 4,943 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Weren't y()u g()ing t() quit? D()n't let us d()wn n()w.
  • ResMePls - Heavens Tear
    ResMePls - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,349 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Okeano - Harshlands wrote: »
    Weren't y()u g()ing t() quit? D()n't let us d()wn n()w.

    0h s0 y0ur c0pying me again D:? I like a fanb0y.....0r girl...0r whatever y0u are....But ya I am quitting sl0wly, just give me s0me time and y0u w0nt see me here f0r a l000000ng time.
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  • Miugre - Heavens Tear
    Miugre - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,390 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    11 people are alts of frankie. :o

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  • GaurdianMira - Archosaur
    GaurdianMira - Archosaur Posts: 104 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    Wait, what are these stores that run sales without an end date? I worked retail for 3 years there was an end date on every price bracket in the store at all times, except for clearance which was a given. A sale with no end date means the customer feels no sense of urgency to buy now and will hold onto his/her money until they feel like spending it or a better price comes along, that's why a lot of stores have sales that last only a few hours each week or so. So all in all, kinda a fail business decision PWI.
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  • ZoracGallant - Raging Tide
    ZoracGallant - Raging Tide Posts: 1,624 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    bump again
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