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Noobstown General / Re: Use of chest shops and the power they have to control the economy of a server!!
« on: 17 Nov 2012, 21:36:22 »
Regarding Seastore:
We are three owners who work together to make a good shop, that is our goal. Yes, we have made it look like one big shop, but it really is three different shops, beside each other. It is free for everyone else to do this, and you can actually work together two or more players in one shop-plot (more players than the shop owner can have shop-chests in one shop-plot), which others also do. I see nothing wrong on co-operation like this.
We checked with the mods before doing this, and got permission to do it. Now, that our shop is a success, which may effect other shops in the Market, people complain. How is it possible that we can control prices? We sell exactly the same things as many others do on the market. If we sell it cheaper, why is that something to complain about? If we have higher prices, what is wrong with that? It is how the market works, and we work inside these rules. We don't go off buying other shops empty of their items to control prices either (like someone actually does).
So, the only thing we do different than others is work under the same roof, literally. And the only deal we have with each other is what to sell. Debo sells something, MasterRahl other things, and I sell my things. That is the only hint of control we have, but I can't really see how that effects the prices or the economy at all.
Some paint a picture that we have exploited something within the system, when the truth is that we have worked hard, and continue to do so, to keep a good shop up and running. We all could make money faster with just grinding wood or something else, but we find it more interesting to try run this shop as good as possible.
If the mods and admins still think we are doing something outside the rules, then we will of course remove the shop. But if we haven't done anything wrong, then the anti-Seastore brigade shouls stop. It is okey to complain about our prices, that is a normal thing when you have a shop. But to accuse us of controlling the economy is getting ridiculous.
We are three owners who work together to make a good shop, that is our goal. Yes, we have made it look like one big shop, but it really is three different shops, beside each other. It is free for everyone else to do this, and you can actually work together two or more players in one shop-plot (more players than the shop owner can have shop-chests in one shop-plot), which others also do. I see nothing wrong on co-operation like this.
We checked with the mods before doing this, and got permission to do it. Now, that our shop is a success, which may effect other shops in the Market, people complain. How is it possible that we can control prices? We sell exactly the same things as many others do on the market. If we sell it cheaper, why is that something to complain about? If we have higher prices, what is wrong with that? It is how the market works, and we work inside these rules. We don't go off buying other shops empty of their items to control prices either (like someone actually does).
So, the only thing we do different than others is work under the same roof, literally. And the only deal we have with each other is what to sell. Debo sells something, MasterRahl other things, and I sell my things. That is the only hint of control we have, but I can't really see how that effects the prices or the economy at all.
Some paint a picture that we have exploited something within the system, when the truth is that we have worked hard, and continue to do so, to keep a good shop up and running. We all could make money faster with just grinding wood or something else, but we find it more interesting to try run this shop as good as possible.
If the mods and admins still think we are doing something outside the rules, then we will of course remove the shop. But if we haven't done anything wrong, then the anti-Seastore brigade shouls stop. It is okey to complain about our prices, that is a normal thing when you have a shop. But to accuse us of controlling the economy is getting ridiculous.