Private Sims and Tier

[Jonathan VonLenard]

Ok so here is my question, can I donate my tier to a private sim or the group owning the private sim land and help them lower their sim cost, like I could do on the mainland?

[Ceera Murakami]

No.

However, this is a much-requested capability, and LL has said they are considering making it possible to donate Premium tier, including the free 512 M2 that a Premium member gets, to private sim owners.

If they ever make that possible, I just might be willing to buy several Premium memberships, so I could pool the free ter and still live on a Private sim. Cashing in the stipend from them would almost pay back what the memberships cost.

[Jonathan VonLenard]

Thanks for giving them a reason not to do it..

[Ceera Murakami]

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Jonathan VonLenard wrote:

Thanks for giving them a reason not to do it..

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What? That cashing in stipend gives you almost as much cash back as a Premium membership costs? That already know that. They bank on the fact that most people will spend what they have in-pocket, rather than jumping through the hoops to cash out L$. At one point, prior to around mid 2006, LL happily paid stipends that could get cashed out for more than they cost in dues. They didn't lower the Premium stipend from L$500 to L$400, and then to L$300, until free unlimited anonymous accounts enabled people to abuse the system and churn Premium accounts for a profit. At the current L$300 rate, you don't get quite as much back for the L$ you can sell as the membership costs you. But counting the $5 USD per month value of 512 M2 of land held tier-free, it's still profitable to join and cash out, if and only if you want the mainland parcel.

Allowing Premium members to apply their tier and their 512 M2 tier-free allocation to private sims would increase LL's revenue stream, since they get the real money paid for those memberships, and pay you back in play money that can only be cashed out by selling it to other residents. If tier and Premium 512 M2 tier-free allocations could be spent in private sims, it would keep a lot of private sims from shutting down, and LL will continue to earn real money from those sim owners for the balance of the tier cost that they pay each month to LL in real money.

[Jonathan VonLenard]

Sorry I should ahve been more clear, I was teasing and tongue in cheek.

 

I still get the 500 and pay nothing, life is good