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I demand CCP start selling physical ETC cards at big box retailers!!!
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Milonia
APEX Unlimited
APEX Conglomerate
#1 - 2011-12-18 05:46:19 UTC
That way it will be easier for me to tell my family and friends to get me ISK for a Christmas present.


That is all...
Brock Nelson
#2 - 2011-12-18 05:50:41 UTC
Or...they could order them online? Do your family and friends not have credit cards?

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Milonia
APEX Unlimited
APEX Conglomerate
#3 - 2011-12-18 05:54:29 UTC
Brock Nelson wrote:
Or...they could order them online? Do your family and friends not have credit cards?



They have a hard time with online transactions and waiting for shipping.

If they were sold at Target and Walmart they would see them and remember to get them for me.

And my birthday is coming up....

I would be so rich!
Brock Nelson
#4 - 2011-12-18 05:56:50 UTC
Shattered Crystal is instant, code gets sent to their email

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Vyl Vit
#5 - 2011-12-18 07:09:22 UTC
I insist CCP take over my alimony payments!!

Paradise is like where you are right now, only much, much better.
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#6 - 2011-12-18 07:10:52 UTC
I DEMAND THAT CCP SHUTS THE SERVERS DOWN SO I CAN STOP PLAYING THIS GAME

Twitter: @EVEAndski

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."    - Abrazzar
Jimi Crackcorn
Directed Evolution Corp
#7 - 2011-12-18 07:23:18 UTC
I DEMAND THAT RMT'ERS DIE. RMT ruins so many games. I hate to see a game just say "if you can't beat em, join em." at least eve does it in a way that's better than most other games though. Still pretty crappy though, but it is better seeing people support the game by buying isk rather than getting it from a 3rd party and contributing nothing. Eve would be so much better if RMT just didn't exist though.

Ohh a life without plex. I can just imagine the economy now, people actually working for their keep. The tears of all the helpless btards as their parents refuse to take out their credit cards to pay for their account(there goes 90% of goons). Eve would be such a nicer place.
Nephilius
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#8 - 2011-12-18 07:39:03 UTC
Milonia wrote:
That way it will be easier for me to tell my family and friends to get me ISK for a Christmas present.


That is all...


Seriously, I have always wondered why CCP hasn't sold physical cards for game time at stores, I always check now and then, but so far nothing. Would love to hear a Dev weigh in on this oversight.
"If."
Skorpynekomimi
#9 - 2011-12-18 08:13:25 UTC
Nephilius wrote:
Milonia wrote:
That way it will be easier for me to tell my family and friends to get me ISK for a Christmas present.


That is all...


Seriously, I have always wondered why CCP hasn't sold physical cards for game time at stores, I always check now and then, but so far nothing. Would love to hear a Dev weigh in on this oversight.


Probably because the stores would demand a big cut. CCP isn't a big company like Micro$oft or fakebook, and can't push retailers around.
Certainly the larger retailers would try and squeeze CCP for every last whatever a fraction of a kronor is.

Economic PVP
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2011-12-18 08:14:05 UTC
I DEMAND FREE SEX FOR EVERYBODY !
Halcyon Ingenium
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#11 - 2011-12-18 08:18:05 UTC
Milonia wrote:
I demand CCP start selling physical ETC cards at big box retaile.


I demand Jellybeans!

By the way, since we're already talking, do you want to buy a rifter? I've got the cheapest rifters in Metropolis. If you can find a cheaper rifter, buy it!
Akrasjel Lanate
Immemorial Coalescence Administration
Immemorial Coalescence
#12 - 2011-12-18 09:09:35 UTC
Andski wrote:
I DEMAND THAT CCP SHUTS THE SERVERS DOWN SO I CAN STOP PLAYING THIS GAME


Her is a another bad idea of a goon.

CEO of Lanate Industries

Citizen of Solitude
Ptraci
3 R Corporation
#13 - 2011-12-18 09:27:43 UTC
Skorpynekomimi wrote:


Probably because the stores would demand a big cut.


Certainly they would. Antiquated business models should die. Not only does the retailer want a cut, but the printer will want a cut, the assembler will want a cut, and everyone along the distribution chain will want a cut. All to create inefficiency and waste, burn fuel, and kill trees. Oh and pay for a new tire on the retail chain CEO's new sports car and pay a few hours salary for some rude minimum wage slave with delusions of grandeur.
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2011-12-18 10:06:21 UTC
Ptraci wrote:
Skorpynekomimi wrote:


Probably because the stores would demand a big cut.


Certainly they would. Antiquated business models should die. Not only does the retailer want a cut, but the printer will want a cut, the assembler will want a cut, and everyone along the distribution chain will want a cut. All to create inefficiency and waste, burn fuel, and kill trees. Oh and pay for a new tire on the retail chain CEO's new sports car and pay a few hours salary for some rude minimum wage slave with delusions of grandeur.


"Antiquated business models should die."

Not that i'm against progress, but you're rendering thousands of people unemployed in a single thought ...
... and i'm quite sure you have no idea that even your friends may be affected by that one, single thought.
Halcyon Ingenium
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#15 - 2011-12-18 10:10:42 UTC
Solstice Project wrote:
Ptraci wrote:
Skorpynekomimi wrote:


Probably because the stores would demand a big cut.


Certainly they would. Antiquated business models should die. Not only does the retailer want a cut, but the printer will want a cut, the assembler will want a cut, and everyone along the distribution chain will want a cut. All to create inefficiency and waste, burn fuel, and kill trees. Oh and pay for a new tire on the retail chain CEO's new sports car and pay a few hours salary for some rude minimum wage slave with delusions of grandeur.


"Antiquated business models should die."

Not that i'm against progress, but you're rendering thousands of people unemployed in a single thought ...
... and i'm quite sure you have no idea that even your friends may be affected by that one, single thought.



I'm sure they can spend a day retraining for another job by watching corporate videos just as easily as they did for their minimum wage retail job.

By the way, since we're already talking, do you want to buy a rifter? I've got the cheapest rifters in Metropolis. If you can find a cheaper rifter, buy it!
BLACK-STAR
#16 - 2011-12-18 10:15:00 UTC
so basically sell a RL physical plex card that would be +10 $ more than a digital transaction directly to ccp at current subscription rates.

At current subscriptions, you would be literally buying a new game every month than waiting for an expansion every (6+) months from purchasing a GTC at some store. Europe it would be way more.

not worth it and besides you should best use PLEX with ingame currency.
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2011-12-18 10:15:29 UTC
Halcyon Ingenium wrote:
Solstice Project wrote:
Ptraci wrote:
Skorpynekomimi wrote:


Probably because the stores would demand a big cut.


Certainly they would. Antiquated business models should die. Not only does the retailer want a cut, but the printer will want a cut, the assembler will want a cut, and everyone along the distribution chain will want a cut. All to create inefficiency and waste, burn fuel, and kill trees. Oh and pay for a new tire on the retail chain CEO's new sports car and pay a few hours salary for some rude minimum wage slave with delusions of grandeur.


"Antiquated business models should die."

Not that i'm against progress, but you're rendering thousands of people unemployed in a single thought ...
... and i'm quite sure you have no idea that even your friends may be affected by that one, single thought.



I'm sure they can spend a day retraining for another job by watching corporate videos just as easily as they did for their minimum wage retail job.


Yeah, you're sure. That's sad.
Decaneos
Casalt Corp
CAStabouts
#18 - 2011-12-18 11:07:26 UTC
code is one thing guys but sometimes its just nice to have something to open under the christmas trees, did you guys ever consider that , a online gift cannot be opened with the family.
Ptraci
3 R Corporation
#19 - 2011-12-18 20:08:10 UTC
Solstice Project wrote:


Not that i'm against progress, but you're rendering thousands of people unemployed in a single thought ...



I'm not rendering them unemployed. Technology is encouraging them to seek more efficient jobs because their current ones are obsolete. The money that used to go to them now goes to CCP to be spent on other things, or to the customer (as a discount) to be spent on other things. But since when have we been rich enough to employ people just for the sake of employing them because, you know, poor them?
Hainnz
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#20 - 2011-12-18 20:57:08 UTC
Ptraci wrote:
Solstice Project wrote:


Not that i'm against progress, but you're rendering thousands of people unemployed in a single thought ...



I'm not rendering them unemployed. Technology is encouraging them to seek more efficient jobs because their current ones are obsolete. The money that used to go to them now goes to CCP to be spent on other things, or to the customer (as a discount) to be spent on other things. But since when have we been rich enough to employ people just for the sake of employing them because, you know, poor them?


I remember reading some articles from the 50s or 60s in which people were contemplating life in the not-so-distant future. One of the ideas was that with automation, heavy machinery, computers, robots, and general efficiencies, the common laborer's work week would be reduced to a few hours a day and that everyone's basic needs would be easily and inexpensively met. According to them, such advances would lead to the leisure class being expanded to include everyone, which in turn would result in a great flourishing of the arts, sciences, and entertainment.

Doesn't look like things are going to work out like that.
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