Dragon Orb Ocean (50% off)

Why complain? Do you want them more expensive?

Technically 50% off should be 35 gold each. You're getting a gift here. xD

Considering the last time they were on sale they were 50 gold, I'd think people would just be happy with a fairly decent price

Ah... the good old days of 30m +10 orbs b:surrender

Sir_comsizer - Archosaur wrote: »

so what your saying is that in game gold prices dictate the price of orbs?

that should NEVER happen and i personally think it's extortion b:surrender

In game gold prices always dictate the price of items unless you charge real money for it. It has been like that since day 1. Are you even playing the same game as the rest of us?

they can call it 90% off sale and u cant do a s... coz u don't know the "normal" price - so yea won't be suprised if during the next ocean orb sale it will cost 50 gold as a 75% off !! b:bye

The first time they put in dragon orb ocean, it was 75 gold if I recall right. That should still be the normal price.

In the end, it's not really a "sale". They just bring in an item once in a while at a price they expect to get most profit. The "sale" tag is just to make it look more interesting.

Every time the +10 Orbs did not have a % off mentioned they were sold for 50gold. Every time they were advertised as 50% off they were sold for 25 gold. It has been like this for over 4 years now. There was even a time when they were sold in sets of 5 +10 Orbs for 100 gold....so yeah 30 gold is not 50% off. Clearly the guy in charge of sales is not familiar with normal prices.

DarkSkiesx - Dreamweaver wrote: »

This is actually the worst thing you could possibly do, and will MASSIVELY benefit only csers.

If gold price is capped at 2m, every merchant will be trying to buy gold at 2m and no cser will sell gold on AH when they can just sell the item for a lot more in a catshop or trade. The AH would become obsolete.

Merchants stocking up on gold when it's low and then selling items on sale for less than the current gold price coin equivalent would cease to exist.

I doubt he's simply refering to AH cap in sell prices. They could easily have an auctionneer sell gold for 2mil each (just "create" gold), like they did with dq points. At 2mil, this would probably lead to nobody charging anything, which is just as bad. They could regulate things a bit in several ways, but I doubt they'll take any measures.

Soooooooos - Sanctuary wrote: »

smart !! how 50 % off should be 35 gold each ? Every time the Ocean Orbs did not have a % off they were 50 gold. Every time they were 50% off they were 25 gold.

and i don't want their stupid gifts i want them to stop fooling us b:bye

The first time they appeared not on sale they were 75 gold.

They probably just change the prices whenever they feel like it, though.

OPKossy wrote: »

Sorry, but you folks claiming 50 gold are wrong. It's 75.

http://pwi.perfectworld.com/news/?p=58031 (scroll down in the comments)
http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=9993292
http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=10349942&postcount=1
http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=5542402&postcount=13


I could paste more links but you get the picture. 75 gold, whether we like it or not, is the natural price of an Ocean orb. Any time it's sold below that, it's being given a price reduction.

They do the same thing at your local grocery store. I used to out up tags for sales -90% of the time a sale price would be the same as the regular price - they just raise the non sale price and boom it looks like your saving. Weis does price freeze items claiming savings, they always raise the price before freezing. The prior post are correct about 10 stars originally being 75 gold on sake first time released. We have had as low as 5/100 but the first time was black Friday ( a few years ago) and for around Ina month. I don't recall if we have had that since. Basically its not fraudulent if the raised or lowered the initial price before putting it on sale . Car dealers do it also with rebates- almost every nee car I've ever bought was cheaper from a dealer not offering rebates than from one who was.

Fissile - Archosaur wrote: »

Previously 25 gold was called 50% off, making the 100% price 50 gold.
Then it was 35 gold and 40% off, making the 100% price 58.33 gold.
Now it is 30 gold and 50% off, so the 100% is 60 gold?


As far as I know the ocean orbs have never been sold at any of those 100% prices. It is explicitly illegal under California Business and Professions code section 17501:

"No price shall be advertised as a former price of any advertised thing, unless the alleged former price was the prevailing market price as above defined within three months next immediately preceding the publication of the advertisement or unless the date when the alleged former price did prevail is clearly, exactly, and conspicuously stated in the advertisement."

+1 b:pleased