EVE General Discussion

Completely irrelevant for this thread. Please read thread (or at least the first page) before posting.

Once again, if you have ever examined the wordings and the marketing gimmick that CCP used to advertise this deal where the ISHUKONE SPECIAL EDITION Shirt was issued, a person of mediocre intellect could've assumed that when reading the terms including "one-time offer," "special edition," "one-time only," one could have surely assumed that this was indeed, literally, a one-tine opportunity to acquire this highly collectible shirts. You are absolutely true that the shirt did not cost $260, but CCP surely used a "tie-in contract" to incentivize folks with additional disposable income, to dish out cash for PLEXs, by offering this purported unique items.

You claim that "I got 13 X PLEXs so I should not whine about it" That's not entirely true. Because of CCP's deceptive and ambiguous marketing scheme, many of us were compelled to purchase 13 X PLEXS with the expectation that CCP will hold these wordings including "one-time offer" true for the Shirt. You say we did not incur any costs because we got our PLEXs. There are costs to every transactions and we have incurred more costs than the price of PLEXs themselves. The postponement of purchase for other goods is one. The possibility of having to invest the $260 for additional interest rate is another. There was absolutely no reason for me to purchase 13 X PLEXs all at once, but I did so, because of the compelling and deceptive marketing tactic used my CCP.

What I am asking here, is a simple Dev response that pretty much provides explanation for their odd, cryptic, and deceptive marketing practices.

As mentioned by hundreds of commentators, I understand that I got "****** in every conceivable holes" by CCP.

CCP should provide us with clear message so that this kind of bullshit doesn't happen again... well unless this has been CCP's intention from the beginning.

We are proud to introduce a new line of our famous Macanudo cigar, the Portifino line. We are pleased to make a one time only offer of a box of 25 Macanudo Portifino cigars (value $90.00) for only $79.95 all month long. Additionally we are going to include one of our Special Edition Colibri cigar lighters emblazoned with the Macanudo logo with purchase.

6 months later...

We are proud to introduce a new line of our famous Macanudo cigar, the Petite line. We are pleased to make a one time only offer of a box of 25 Macanudo Petite cigars (value $75.00) for only $59.95 all month long. Additionally we are going to include one of our Special Edition Colibri cigar lighters emblazoned with the Macanudo logo with purchase.

1 year later...

Due to demand we are pleased to annouce that our Special Edition Colibri cigar lighter emblazoned with the Macanudo logo will now be available for purchase at your local tobacco shop for $14.95.

None of this is unfactual advertising, and is legitimately done every day in just about every industry you can name. Any claims made that they should not be allowed to include their Special Edition lighter (that they often use to sweeten introductory offers) in more than one advertising campaign, or eventually for seperate sale, would be laughed at.

The lighter isn't the "one time offer", it is the sale price on that particular item along with their branded lighter being thrown in addtionally that is the "one time offer".

They could easily run that same offer with as many different lines of their cigars as they like, or on the same line but with a different item (say a branded cigar cutter) thrown in instead.

By the same token, they can sell as many of their Special Edition lighters as they wish. The fact that they have a unique color or logo on them is what makes them a Special Edition, not a limit on how many are going to be made or sold via various methods.

This is exactly the same type of offer that was made that included the shirts in question.

At some point you have to take responsibility as a consumer to actually read what an offer is saying before you accept it.

It is pleasing to know that you also enjoy fine cigars. I suggest that you try Romeo Y Julieta from Habana.

You provide an interesting analogy, but once again, just because many companies practice such marketing scheme, doesn't make it necessary for all of us to assume that CCP would possibly do the same as well. Once again, a logical person with mediocre intelligence would assume and take the following words literally, when a reputable company says the offer is a "one-time-offer." As I've mentioned before, I've been in the business of collecting rare oddities and unique items in EVE Online for the past several years and despite several short-fallings, CCP has maintained a good job keeping unique and rare collectible that were associated with "one-time offer" truly unique. It has been only recently (2011 Fall) that CCP deviated from the previous marketing practices, and hence, our zeal to express our anger and demand for clear answers.

#newedenproblems

Not everyone. Take a look at Blizzard. They are another reputable publisher of best-selling games, commanding crowds many folds over the current subscribers of EVE Online. When Blizzard says "one-time-deal" for an ingame item, they mean it. It has been true since the Collector's Edition of WoW to ALL THE SUBSEQUENT IN-GAME ITEMS issued afterwards, for the past 7-8 years or so. I assumed CCP was of similar reputable company that keeps its words.

You can keep playing "word games" here, but I am only going to admit the following: my mistake was to believe that CCP's marketing practices hold integrity, as much as Blizzards do.

Can I have the free PLEX you got with your $200 shirt?

OP underlined and bolded some stuff. must be important

Let's see if CCP continues to allow his shameless advertising for Blizzard on their forums.

you got $60 off on a 13 PLEX deal and you're whining about a shirt

laffo