Limited rares are increasing the purchasing power of credits

[Zak]

Soon there will be so many LTDs that they will be just like rares, most of them useless. Some very high in price still.

Sulake set prices so high because they know idiots are willing to spend so much $$$ on just one item.

It's not really smart business, anyone could think up this idea.

[Mr-Trainor]

Soon there will be so many LTDs that they will be just like rares, most of them useless. Some very high in price still.

Sulake set prices so high because they know idiots are willing to spend so much $$$ on just one item.

It's not really smart business, anyone could think up this idea.

They didn't even have to think it up, people have been suggesting limited quantities of rares for as long as I can remember .

[e5]

Think you're just being picky here.

1) if people are buying prepaid cards and buying rares directly from the catalog, the credits (gold bars) never entered the habbo economy anyway

2 )you've been saying the whole time that habbo are 'screwing you out of credits' and there you are contradicting yourself by saying actually yes buy some of these limited's because they're worth something




1) where is your source for this information? how do you know this?
2) of course they see the point in buying credits, habbo wouldn't be open today if they didn't, when sulake comes up with limited rares ideas it makes people buy credits because they see the richer players on habbo sell them for 5x more than what they bought them from the catalog for (albeit only a few but the principle is still there)

[Zak]

They didn't even have to think it up, people have been suggesting limited quantities of rares for as long as I can remember .

I miss super rares back when the DJ Deck and the gold amber were sort after

[Sian]

There's one point I want to pick up and disagree on. The use of the words rare, limited etc are advertising. It's not being deceptive it's just a tool to draw people in and vaguely true because they're only in the catalogue for a limited time and there aren't ever many of them in the hotel compared to the normal furni. Most people will realise that.

[Acetorty347]

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Edited by Lee (Forum Super Moderator): Please don't post pointlessly.

[Plebings]

There's one point I want to pick up and disagree on. The use of the words rare, limited etc are advertising. It's not being deceptive it's just a tool to draw people in and vaguely true because they're only in the catalogue for a limited time and there aren't ever many of them in the hotel compared to the normal furni. Most people will realise that.

it is limited as there is a limit on the amount.

lim·it·ed
Adjective

Restricted in size, amount, or extent; few, small, or short: "a limited number of Furni are available"

[Sian]

it is limited as there is a limit on the amount.

I'm aware of that, but they are also limiting the time it's available for, which they did with the rares. Just didn't think I actually need to explain the full meaning, hoping y'all would know...

[Pigperson]

I just had a quick glimpse and I agree with your statement tbh. It is crazy when you actually calculate the amount of credits leaving the consumers.

Will

[jorsian]

There's one point I want to pick up and disagree on. The use of the words rare, limited etc are advertising. It's not being deceptive it's just a tool to draw people in and vaguely true because they're only in the catalogue for a limited time and there aren't ever many of them in the hotel compared to the normal furni. Most people will realise that.

It is deceptive in many cases. Take the limited Red Theater Curtain for example. It's basically a recoloured norm. They released 2000 units of it and only sold about 700 of them. They probably wouldn't have sold half as much if they didn't use the labels "rare" and "limited" while selling them. It is advertising, no doubt about it, but I prefer to take it one step ahead and call it deceptive advertising.