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Feedback: Unfair gold offer

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  • WulwinaWulwina Posts: 54
    edited 24.03.2014
    Companies with unprofessional behaviors bring discontent to their customers, in this case us, the players. Why the different types of sales? X(

    People who buy more gold get the lower % but people who do not buy gold often get the higher %? This doesn't make sense to me.


    Some people get 200% sale and others get 50% sale Should I buy more gold at 50% when others get 200%? I don't think so. X(
  • berit (SKN1)berit (SKN1) Posts: 9
    edited 24.03.2014
    Today I heard..if you not buy gold for 2 month..you get the 200%..I think it is so unfair.
  • SystemSystem Posts: 106,969
    edited 24.03.2014
    berit2 wrote: »
    Today I heard..if you not buy gold for 2 month..you get the 200%..I think it is so unfair.
    That would be really bad.. but Katnip says she gets the 200 offer, and she is a mod and a goldbuyer.. so.. who else, that buys gold farely regularly got the offer ? ( sry if ive overlooked earlier posts that answer that one) .
  • Slodge (AU1)Slodge (AU1) Posts: 46
    edited 24.03.2014
    I used to buy gold over the past year all the time and have never ever seen that offer... probably will be the only time i ever buy gold again if I get that offer.....
  • MeadowLeeAnn (US1)MeadowLeeAnn (US1) Posts: 67
    edited 24.03.2014
    Another member of my Co-Op just got the 200% offer and I have yet to see it.
  • Farmer HanneFarmer Hanne Posts: 5
    edited 24.03.2014
    I buy every month,and have never seen 200% on my farms. My husbond also play and he buy every 5-6 month..he got the offer again and again. we are on same server. I play 7-9 hour at day,he play 1 hour so right now I am so angry..I would love to have 200%..and USE it
  • Twiglet (GB1)Twiglet (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,174
    edited 24.03.2014
    seems to be only one solution then dont buy any until you get the 200% offer if you can wait for it :)

    i used to buy gold every 2 weeks i have never had the offer


    Post edited by Kat Nip: Merged posts, please use the edit button
  • Hedghogplop2Hedghogplop2 Posts: 18
    edited 24.03.2014
    I buy gold more regularly than I'd like to admit (to my own finances, at least) and I've received this offer twice. Is it possible, given the short time frame for its availability, that it comes around when folks aren't online, or are idle?
  • SpeedyDog10SpeedyDog10 Posts: 258
    edited 25.03.2014
    Is it possible, given the short time frame for its availability, that it comes around when folks aren't online, or are idle?

    Probably.

    I have never seen the 200% gold offer ever. Though I have seen the 50% gold offer often these past few days. It pops up almost immediately each time after I logged on to my farm.
  • berit (SKN1)berit (SKN1) Posts: 9
    edited 25.03.2014
    today it is a month since I last buy gold...today I got an 150% offer..BUT noway I buy anything before the offer sayes 200%
  • Dadfish (US1)Dadfish (US1) Posts: 13
    edited 25.03.2014
    I have purchased regularly(up until the update), and have never seen a 200% offer.
  • nana28282nana28282 Posts: 133
    edited 26.03.2014
    I buy gold more regularly than I'd like to admit (to my own finances, at least) and I've received this offer twice. Is it possible, given the short time frame for its availability, that it comes around when folks aren't online, or are idle?

    No, hedghogplop, it has nothing to do with that. The offer only opens when you sign in, and lasts for 1/2 hour or so, but it waits for you to sign in to show up and it is personalized to YOU (including them using your name in it). So you are not missing it for that reason
  • nana28282nana28282 Posts: 133
    edited 26.03.2014
    Same player received the 200% offer for 6th and 7th time now - the last 2 offers in the same day
  • Twiglet (GB1)Twiglet (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,174
    edited 26.03.2014
    Same player received the 200% offer for 6th and 7th time now - the last 2 offers in the same day

    i know this is so unfair to other players everyone should be offered the same ... same amount... same time but as unfair as it is you still buy it :(
  • Hedghogplop2Hedghogplop2 Posts: 18
    edited 27.03.2014
    nana28282 wrote: »
    No, hedghogplop, it has nothing to do with that. The offer only opens when you sign in, and lasts for 1/2 hour or so, but it waits for you to sign in to show up and it is personalized to YOU (including them using your name in it). So you are not missing it for that reason

    Thank you, I really wasn't sure about the mechanics of when the offer "appears" on any given farm. It's a shame some folks aren't seeing this opportunity, I was happy to see it but it came round when I wasn't prepared to buy no matter the deal so c'est la vie.
  • WinnerMicheleewWinnerMicheleew Posts: 5
    edited 27.03.2014
    Same here. I got the offer, but no one else in my coop did and I know most of them buy more gold than I do.
  • Woodstock MWoodstock M Posts: 110
    edited 27.03.2014
    one member bought gold in Feb and when the 200% offer was on, only got the 50% offer. A week or so later got the 100% personal offer. Earlier this week, got the 150% offer.. If he wait for 2 months from gold purchase pretty sure it would increase to 200% offer.
  • Go-jiraGo-jira Posts: 3
    edited 29.03.2014
    I have bought gold, but not much, and not often. It's been at least two months since I last bought any. I find it very interesting that the people who do buy gold don't seem to get the +200% offers very often, whereas I'm seeing them two or more times per week. Sometimes two or more times PER DAY. I don't believe it's random at all. I think they're trying to get those of us who rarely spend money on the game hooked on all that gold can do for our farms. Yeah, I understand that GGS is a business that supports itself by selling what are essentially game perks to the players, but if they're gonna make the offers they should be truly random, not this fake randomness that they're claiming.
  • GeorgenollieUseGeorgenollieUse Posts: 1,801
    edited 30.03.2014
    I am going out on a limb here and say that this offer is probably a timed offer such as the computer program is set up to send this invite to the first 100 people who signs in after a certain random time chosen. The reason that some people receive the offer several times is that they are opening up at the correct time throughout the day. As for the personalization, that is fairly easy information for any computer program to fill in if set up correctly so it does not necessarily mean these are personally be sent to certain people. I have never received one of these offers. It is just awesome to me the GGS is giving players this promo. Not too many companies will allow you to buy one item and get two of the same thing free. If my luck holds and I get this offer some day, I will count my blessings and feel like I won the lottery but I am not going to cry about the unfairness of it if someone I know wins the lottery instead of me.
  • AphasiaAphasia Posts: 223
    edited 30.03.2014
    Not too many companies will allow you to buy one item and get two of the same thing free.

    Let's say most everywhere you go, apples cost one dollar each. Let's say in one store, (that you shop in because your prefer the decor), apples cost five dollars each. Compared to the other stores where apples are one dollar each, when the store you shop in offers a 'buy one - get two free' deal, is it so fantastic then?

    I've played a fair number of online games in my time, and still do. This is a fair comparison, IMO.

    As for your apologist explanation of the mechanism at work, I login many times each day, and at varying times and haven't seen this +200% offer. If it was truly random, I'd have hit it by now.
  • pasohduah (INT1)pasohduah (INT1) Posts: 66
    edited 31.03.2014
    The best investment I made on online games is removed game name - Kat Nip . Bought lifetime membership couple of years ago,and still using it to improve the brain.
    Spending real money money on GG is money spent to waste our time.
  • AphasiaAphasia Posts: 223
    edited 31.03.2014
    Well, I got a "random" "exclusive" +100% offer just now, after turning down numerous "random" "exclusive" +50% offers. I've turned it down. I'm holding out for the "random" "exclusive" +200% offer.

    It seems to me GGS doesn't want us to buy gold.
  • nana28282nana28282 Posts: 133
    edited 01.04.2014
    Same member now got the 200% 9 times (twice within 24 hours). No-one else in our coop has ever received it
  • mystie71mystie71 Posts: 59
    edited 01.04.2014
    Regardless of the way offers are given to us..i believe its the thought that counts,,We make our own decisions to buy or not to buy gold..Getting a bonus when we do is an extra PLUS!!,,For the many that dont buy ,,there is many who do,,and for people to continue buying,,New ideas must be tried..GGS clearly has a Great game,,continues to improve and change things for us. The game is kept interesting and fun.. I appreciate the random offers,and understand that is my choice to purchase gold,,,as this makes it possible for so many to continue playing without buying8)
  • nana28282nana28282 Posts: 133
    edited 01.04.2014
    Umm, Mystie71, you wouldn't be an employee of GGS, would you? ;)
  • ThaniaJadaThaniaJada Posts: 1
    edited 05.04.2014
    I have been playing this game for over a year now, and I have never gotten a 200% off and I spend alot on gold. Not gonna do it anymore. Where is the incentive for the people that actually spend on gold!!!!!!!
  • NeVeSis (US1)NeVeSis (US1) Posts: 66
    edited 05.04.2014
    ThaniaJada wrote: »
    I have been playing this game for over a year now, and I have never gotten a 200% off and I spend alot on gold. Not gonna do it anymore. Where is the incentive for the people that actually spend on gold!!!!!!!

    Well I stopped buying gold quite a while ago... When I was buying gold, I never got more than 100% offer. Then after I stopped, i got 150%, and now 200%. It might just be a coincidence, or perhaps they just offer such deals to player that haven't bought gold in a long time to convince them of buying gold...
  • RubyfarmerRubyfarmer Posts: 90
    edited 05.04.2014
    nana28282 wrote: »
    Umm, Mystie71, you wouldn't be an employee of GGS, would you? ;)
    I made a comment exactly the same once.... was deleted by ggs! anyway on the topic of inconsistency... I'm a regular gold buyer play daily for several months now & NEVER had a 200% offer!
  • NeVeSis (US1)NeVeSis (US1) Posts: 66
    edited 05.04.2014
    Rubyfarmer wrote: »
    I made a comment exactly the same once.... was deleted by ggs! anyway on the topic of inconsistency... I'm a regular gold buyer play daily for several months now & NEVER had a 200% offer!

    lol, ya one of my post also got deleted recently... mysteriously disappeared without a trace. The post was concerning another issue concerning gold but it wasn't offensive or anything.. it had however been rendered less relevant due to another post but still... It's a bit disconcerting that censorship is practiced by GGS (I am not talking about closing thread which is perfectly justifiable, or censoring offensive posts...)

    Now I don't want this thread to turn into GGS bashing. I think the 200% offer is there as an incentive for player who haven't bought gold in a long time. I only got the 150% and 200% gold offers when I stopped buying golds (for reasons I don't want to get into right now...Edit:lol, just realized that the main reason actually was in the post that got deleted... oh well, I'm done caring about that)
  • AphasiaAphasia Posts: 223
    edited 11.04.2014
    Update:

    After holding out for over a month, and after countless +50% 'exclusive' offers and a few +100% 'exclusive' offers, I saw a +150% 'exclusive' offer today. Add another 50% to that and we can deal, GGS.

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