No not at all,infact I will very often not like the sale item but like the creator & quality so end up just buying their stuff because the sale took me to their store that I otherwise wouldnt have found,sometimes I feel like the sale item is worth too muchto be on sale & buy something extra,like 187's phone cases I always buy the sale item & buy atleast one extra at full price because its $280L which ammounts to about £1.50 in RL money & you cant even buy a coffee for that theses days,not that I like coffee anyway but I digress.
Another reason is that most things in SL baring a mesh head & mesh body cost litteral pennys & the creator probably put in hours to create that thing & even mesh heads from Lelutka at $4000L converted to RL money isnt even £/$20 & thats alot of work for that money & I dont begrudge them that.
Another reason is that apart from big creators like the afore mentioned Lelutka who are obviously a team of people,most creators are just regular folk looking to make a few extra £/$ to feed themselves & their family & I cant begrudge them £1.50 for something that probably took them hours to make.
In my 12 years in SL across 2 main avatars Ive probably spent £10k(uk) & my only regret is that I cant do it all over again now mesh has become a thing.
I also play video games such as Warframe but I dont ever buy their premium currency because I know my money is just going to a faceless corporation.
People need to get out of this mindset that Secondlife purchases are expensive because theyre really not when you consider the time spent to create some of these things.
Ive had multiple creators message me before now & give me personel discount cards because Ive brought so much of their stuff or just to say thank you & my reply is always the same," Youre welcome & thank you for creating things for us"