[MUD-Dev] Are eBay sales more than just a fad?

[Matthew Mihaly]

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Eli Stevens wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Mihaly" <the_logos at achaea.com>
> >
> > I should also point out again that SOMEONE has to buy the credits which
> > are used to buy the items/skills. But that someone doesn't have to be you,
> > as there is a thriving market of selling credits for gold/standard items
> > that are in short supply.
> 
> Out of curiosity, does Achaea impose any sort of tax on player to player
> trades of that nature?  If there is a surcharge/tax on credit transfers, how
> much is it?  Do players complain?  Would you say that more credits flow
> between player than from player to the game, or the other way around?

Tax??? Bah! I'm a free-marketer, damn it! No, we don't. They can transfer
credits among themselves for free. There's no question that the biggest
flow of credits is from the game to the players (as someone has to be
given them by the game in the first place). We do get quite a few credit
transfers between players, but they tend to be in amounts of $40 or less,
while today, for instance, I've already gotten requests for about $500
worth of special magical items. Players do occassionally transfer 1000
credits at a time (worth $350 rl dollars), but that's a rare instance.
--matt




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