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Net 7 Cannon.Fodder 2,969
DaReaper Net 7 Cannon.Fodder Likes received: 2,969	#1 - 2014-11-20 23:26:29 UTC I'm debaiting on buying a plex to sell, prolly with x-mas money, but uh.. a plex on amazon is 19 and a gtc is 14 whats the difference? OMG Comet Mining idea!!! Comet Mining! Eve For life.

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Paranoid Loyd Likes received: 10,020	#2 - 2014-11-20 23:28:49 UTC 15 5 "There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix Fix the Prospect!


DaReaper Net 7 Cannon.Fodder Likes received: 2,969	#3 - 2014-11-20 23:30:33 UTC 1 Paranoid Loyd wrote: 5 thank you, but I mean do time codes still convert to plex? or they just for game time OMG Comet Mining idea!!! Comet Mining! Eve For life.

FaDoyToy 3,263
Chainsaw Plankton FaDoyToy Likes received: 3,263	#4 - 2014-11-20 23:38:10 UTC perhaps a link to the items would be helpful? from what I see on amazon it looks like they give you the option to buy either plex or months of game time. With Plex you get plex, with game time It looks like it automatically adds the game time to your account. @ChainsawPlankto on twitter


Paranoid Loyd Likes received: 10,020	#5 - 2014-11-20 23:38:10 UTC Don't know if this is still valid: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=40489 "There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix Fix the Prospect!

Eldwinn

Deep Core Mining Inc.

Caldari State

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#6 - 2014-11-21 00:42:44 UTC | Edited by: Eldwinn

Paranoid Loyd wrote:

Confirmed. It is 5. I have included a helpful guide to better adhere towards your needs. That guide is located from, http://www.wikihow.com/Subtract .

Paranoid Loyd wrote:

Don't know if this is still valid: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=40489

Yes it valid still. Not unless they changed it in like the last 4months.

Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation 907
Falin Whalen Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation Likes received: 907	#7 - 2014-11-21 00:47:50 UTC 4 Paranoid Loyd wrote: 5 Difference of five for the two items 5-2=3 HalfLife 3 confirmed!!!1!!!1!!!1!!111ONE!!ELEVENTYONE "it's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves." The Trial - Franz Kafka

13kr1d1

Hedion University

Amarr Empire

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#8 - 2014-11-21 01:49:17 UTC

Unless they have created rules against selling gametimecodes for ISK, which was what people did with CCP's blessing 6 years ago, you can use it to buy ISK, although it'll be less and you have to go through character trading forum or something like that.

PLEX is easily injected into the game, costs more IRL money, and can be safer to transfer to other players for ISK, unless you haul it inside a shuttle.

For buying actual game time, GTC is cheaper than PLEX.

Don't kid yourselves. Even the dirtiest pirates from the birth of EVE have been carebears. They use alts to bring them goods at cheap prices and safely, rather than live with consequences of their in game actions on their main, from concord to prices

Swordmasters of New Eden 601
Veers Belvar Swordmasters of New Eden Likes received: 601	#9 - 2014-11-21 02:28:02 UTC Guy asks a legit question, and asks for help. No need for the snarky "5" or "subtract" responses. Plex can be sold for ISK, which can be used to buy in game assets. Game time is just that - game time.....so plex is more valuable because it can be used either for game time or as a means to covert $$$ into isk


DaReaper Net 7 Cannon.Fodder Likes received: 2,969	#10 - 2014-11-21 02:30:03 UTC ah ok gotcha thanks all =D OMG Comet Mining idea!!! Comet Mining! Eve For life.

Ssabat Thraxx

DUST Expeditionary Team

Good Sax

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#11 - 2014-11-21 02:35:51 UTC

Veers Belvar wrote:

Guy asks a legit question, and asks for help. No need for the snarky "5" or "subtract" responses.

Plex can be sold for ISK, which can be used to buy in game assets.

Game time is just that - game time.....so plex is more valuable because it can be used either for game time or as a means to covert $$$ into isk

Yeah, umm, there's a whole section of the forums dedicated to selling GTC's for isk.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=topics&f=276

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DaReaper

Net 7

Cannon.Fodder

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#12 - 2014-11-21 03:02:09 UTC

Ssabat Thraxx wrote:

Veers Belvar wrote:

Yeah, umm, there's a whole section of the forums dedicated to selling GTC's for isk.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=topics&f=276

i just checked and amazon essentually just links to your account if i saw the reviews correctly

OMG Comet Mining idea!!! Comet Mining!

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Zappity New Eden Tank Testing Services Likes received: 3,085	#13 - 2014-11-21 07:22:05 UTC I thought CCP got rid of time codes as per http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/the-etc-is-dead-long-live-the-plex-activation-code/ Zappity's Adventures for a taste of lowsec and nullsec.

Pak Narhoo

Splinter Foundation

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#14 - 2014-11-21 07:44:56 UTC | Edited by: Pak Narhoo

Zappity wrote:

I thought CCP got rid of time codes as per http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/the-etc-is-dead-long-live-the-plex-activation-code/

Yeah well, buying a plex from for example evetimecode generates an email with a code, that code you then have to use in account management which generates an in game redeemable plex.

It's still a (time/plex)code. Smile

ISD Ezwal

ISD Community Communications Liaisons

ISD Alliance

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#15 - 2014-11-21 15:37:48 UTC | Edited by: ISD Ezwal

Zappity wrote:

I thought CCP got rid of time codes as per http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/the-etc-is-dead-long-live-the-plex-activation-code/

Yes and no. They have stopped issuing them to resellers about half a year ago, but several of those resellers still have them in stock. Those are still being sold and are very much valid. They will stay valid in the future as CCP has stated.
So if you find a redeeming code somewhere on an old long forgotten hard-drive in ten years time, there is a high probability that you can still use it by then... Blink

As it stands now you can encounter three things: Regular PLEX, PLEX Activation Codes (or PACs for short) and the old EVE Time Codes (or ETCs for short). The latter of course getting scarcer as they are in the process of being faded out. More info on that can be found in this Dev Blog.

Also, ETC's can and are still being traded for Isk in the Timecode Bazaar.

ISD Ezwal Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)

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Serene Repose Likes received: 3,094	#16 - 2014-11-21 18:23:41 UTC "Yes, it's valid, as long as they haven't changed it." You have to admire the precision. We must accommodate the idiocracy.

13kr1d1

Hedion University

Amarr Empire

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#17 - 2014-11-21 20:07:23 UTC

Veers Belvar wrote:

Guy asks a legit question, and asks for help. No need for the snarky "5" or "subtract" responses.

Plex can be sold for ISK, which can be used to buy in game assets.

Game time is just that - game time.....so plex is more valuable because it can be used either for game time or as a means to covert $$$ into isk

So can GTCs.

"Want to sell GTC 30 day for ISK".

http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=535553
http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=489483
http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=485358

Now, since people shard PLEXes for game time today, and since PLEXes are nearing 1 bil, it's entirely possible to sell a regular GTC for game time, for say 650 mil, and undercut PLEXers while also making it cheaper on your end to buy the PLEX/GTC, since GTC are 5 dollars less than PLEX.


DaReaper Net 7 Cannon.Fodder Likes received: 2,969	#18 - 2014-11-21 20:27:29 UTC ok maybe I should clarifly... Amazon in the us was selling a plex for $20 and then it had a GTC for $15. I was mainly curious if I could buy the GTC and then convert it to plex still. According to the faq, the answer is no. As its automatically applied to your account. which is lame but meh OMG Comet Mining idea!!! Comet Mining! Eve For life.

13kr1d1

Hedion University

Amarr Empire

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#19 - 2014-11-21 21:55:01 UTC

From the beginning, it sounded like you wanted to sell something that's like PLEX for ISK. Yes, you can do that with GTC. Amazon doesn't instantly apply the GTC to your account. You can hold onto it and sell it to another player for ISK, like the previous links.

If you aren't looking to buy PLEX to sell in game, then no, this wouldn't work. Also, you would be able to get more ISK for a PLEX, but then again it costs you more. Also, there might be limited market for GTC for ISK.

Rain6637

GoonWaffe

Goonswarm Federation

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#20 - 2014-11-23 11:08:37 UTC

I just bought a six pack. it might drop a dollar per unit from a black friday sale, but market will drop too. I'm calling it, 950 sell is about as good as it'll be until prices recover from a sale slump.

nice doing business with you, Sisi Pee. this tweet made me laugh and decide to give you money out of spite. you owe that chris guy thanks.

something something your'e all nerds.

tl;dr: buy plex. it's gonna slump from a black friday sale.

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