i'm sure you've all read the announcment of the whole 'sign up for the emails and texts and get 3000 gold'. i decided against signing up. even though i'm not one to turn down this gold, nor one who desperatly needs it, i just feel like i would be taking advantage of gaia.
i know that gaia is a growing webpage and that it can create as much gold as need be for all members. i know that it doesn't really care if i sign up and cancel but i guess what irks me the most is the possible effects it could have on this microcosm of a world.
i'm sure that plenty of you were there for the influx of '07. (at least that's what i'm gonna start calling it) where katana went from 70 to 90k. where western zodiac went from 15 to 25k. pretty much everything was effected and that's when gaia enstalled the 2% listing fee. at first, i thought this influx was temporary, but it wasn't. i was one of the lucky ones who had purchased the items i had wanted before this event and so the only effect it had on me was the fact that i could play the marketplace because the risk was too high.
i wonder if throwing out deals like this will cause another influx. because if you think about it, now gaia is pretty much 3ks richer. will the gold value increase? just watch the market and see, my friends.
i will admit that since the new marketplace has come out, the influx has probably slowed considerably. i myself have had to stop playing the market because finding good deals became to time consuming. i shifted my focus to buying letters. and lots. to compensate and then sell them. but recently, the letters have either stopped increasing in value since they come out, or immediatly go to 15k and maybe peak at 18k. that seems like too small a profit for me to spend all my gold on. so now, once again, i'm trying a new aproach. investment in items long term. not too long term otherwise i get to attatched, but i'm thinking 4 weeks max. i'll see how it works out.
well, don't i feel like the rich snot. although i'm not exactly gaia royalty, i keep forgettign that when i first came to gaia, i had to actually WORK to get my gold. i sat and solved puzzles for a puny couple hundred gold. then i worked my way up to selling small stuff. i remember easter chickies. i would buy them for 5-20 gold and sell them for around 200. i thought that was the life. and then i was up to the big guns. and now it seems i feel that there wont be any way to make gold if i can't find a market to play. well, it seems i've got a little too much pride. anyone can make gold here in gaia, right? i think i'll go do a puzzle.
 Qua Quidam · Wed Nov 21, 2007 @ 08:46pm · 0 Comments |
