Dryin' Out my Bank!

balletninja • 1 September 2011 at 9:01 PM

Is anyone else having problems with CC? Like getting it from your parents? Or affording it. I sure am, I could probably ask for some... But I don't want to make my parents buy it for me every month. They think it is a waste of money. Even if I use my own, I know I wont be able to keep it up much longer... EGGCAVE YOU IS EXPENSIVEEE! Plus the cave isn't harboring many creatures to help -_-

rosey77 • 1 September 2011 at 9:03 PM

Some CC creatures should be 100 CC, don't you think?

Deleted • 1 September 2011 at 9:04 PM

I think I wanna get 2000 CC use 1500 for this month save 500 for october. Then Ima get 2000 for a special occasion.

sotheavey • 1 September 2011 at 9:04 PM

Just earn some money yourself then pay your parents the money. It would be your own money so it would only be your business for what you spend it on ^-^

decks123456 • 1 September 2011 at 9:05 PM

i think more would buy if they were cheaper...

but it would bring down their rarity...

balletninja • 1 September 2011 at 9:05 PM

@rosey77 I know we should take in account that Ian needs to make money on here... But I think I would actually buy more CC if the creatures cost less.

Really, eggcave hasn't had much happen! All he has to do is put up a CC creature a month and shazam, he is set, but if this keeps up like this... I might have to leave because of expenses!

icymuffin • 1 September 2011 at 9:06 PM

Yar. But I don't get money in the first place, so... ^^"
And helping parents is already expected of me, so the term "allowance" has no meaning to them. Oh well then... xD

I personally think that they should be about 350CC, but I suppose since it's such a random number, then make it 400CC.
500CC is just overpriced and combined with the fact that there are 3 of them, most of us will choose our favorite.
If there were two each month/lower price, more people might buy them all

balletninja • 1 September 2011 at 9:07 PM

@soveathey Pay Pal doesn't take cash, plus I have to buy other things, like clothing! My parents are trying to be good ones and only letting me buy essentials like that, they think this is a waste compared to clothing :/ otherwise I do make my own money 😊

fate • 1 September 2011 at 9:08 PM

I'm with you on this. I just asked my dad today and he doesn't like the idea of me spending money on pixels. So this was probably the last time for me unless I went out and bought one of those re-loadable Paypal cards at Walmart, but I'm not intended to doing so, because I'm afraid by doing that my money would vanish. I wish the monthlies wouldn't take up so much of the CC, I mean, the artwork is amazing and stuff, but $5? I can pay around a dollar just to buy a cute miniature animal magnet...

EDIT: He let me get the $25 one so I can save for next months monthlies. But I'm also trying to go for an all-star cove.

dreamer • 1 September 2011 at 9:08 PM

I've looked at all these new cc creatures in all the events and wanted cc. I remember BEGGING my mom for cc in November, but she wouldn't let me get any. SEE THAT MOM!?!? IF YOU COOPERATED I'D BE RICH! XD I did have lots of cc dring the halloween bash tohugh, and I was filthy rich with mummar trading. ;P But I lost that, cuz I didn't know creature values. ._.
I always want cc for these events, but haven't gotten any since crw 2011. I'm kinda afraid to ask, since my mom'll say, 'it's a waste of money, and you know we need money to pay for bills, to buy food..." etc. I want to ask her tonight, but Idk... And yes, we need some more cave creatures to even it out.

balletninja • 1 September 2011 at 9:10 PM

@fate Yeah, I guess eggcave is your choice to join in or not, but some of us have to buy other things and our parents don't want us to be too terribly spoiled xD

fate • 1 September 2011 at 9:14 PM

@Balletninja
Yea, which is why I'm not interested in having to buy CC every month and have them disappear instantly. I'd like to save some of my money for other things other than pixels, even though they are adorable and pretty.

:c

pipkitten • 1 September 2011 at 9:14 PM

....CC is pretty expensive. I just spent $10 on it today to get another Solis and save half for next month. That was half of my money! XD (Lol, I need to get a job.) But it would be nice if CC creatures were just a tad cheaper.

sotheavey • 1 September 2011 at 9:16 PM

@balletninja
I meant give the money to your parents then have them us pay pal for the CC...

😋

balletninja • 1 September 2011 at 9:17 PM

@pipkitten I wanted like 40 nyms, if they cost say, 2.50 I would have bought more than $10.00. But they instead are 5.00 Each. If they cost less I would buy more.

@dreamer I feel really guilty when I ask for CC, because that money could go to groceries, or saving kids in AFRICA!

decks123456 • 1 September 2011 at 9:17 PM

i use my own money i earn, and i know how to save it 😉 it might seem odd, but i HATE clothe/makeup/toy/~~~shopping in general, so theres really nothing else to spend it on XD

i think it should be changed to 1 cash shop per month and 2 cave creatures.

lizardfeather • 1 September 2011 at 9:18 PM

Yea I seriously think they should be 100CC each and freezes 25~50CC. I mean seriously... you're not actually getting anything and they have a limitless supply to give out. And I really don't care about the rarity 😋 More people will buy it and in like 2 years it will be rare again anyway 😊

icymuffin • 1 September 2011 at 9:19 PM

@avelaingia

But that creature has to be utterly epic. Some people won't buy it if it doesn't look nice. Perhaps 2 will be better because they might at least decide on buying one of the two

balletninja • 1 September 2011 at 9:20 PM

@lizardfeather I like the cheapness of that, but Ian has to make some money also xD

@Sotheyeh They hate that -_- Because then they know I am wasting my money. I have done that before, every time they look at me like I am crazy then sigh, and get mad.

pipkitten • 1 September 2011 at 9:21 PM

@Balletninja: I totally agree with you on that.
I want an army of Solis, but I can't really afford to get any more...

lizardfeather • 1 September 2011 at 9:24 PM

@balletninja That's the point though 😋 He'll get more because people are more willing to spend it 😸 And the ads cover the majority of the site costs anyway 😉

EDIT: Nevermind the ads don't cover that much ^^" That was a silly assumption to make when I know nothing about this kind of thing. Sorry >.<"

balletninja • 1 September 2011 at 9:24 PM

@pipkitten Ian doesn't do much to add on to that 0.0 Just puts out CCs once a month. And Sara does a lot of that work.

balletninja • 1 September 2011 at 9:27 PM

@icymuffin Your ideas are great 😊

We need something to help out with the cost though. I didn't think this would be a problem... But it is becoming bigger each month. And asteroid eggs are becoming impossible to get to add to that, so you can't even find one of those babies to get some new CCs with.

pipkitten • 1 September 2011 at 9:27 PM

@Avelaingia: I like that idea! ^^ You've got my support~

balletninja • 1 September 2011 at 9:28 PM

@avelaingia Buy two get one free, same concept with freezes! That would help a ton!

pipkitten • 1 September 2011 at 9:28 PM

@Avelaingia: No problemo~ 😊

decks123456 • 1 September 2011 at 9:33 PM

@avelaingia
i love this idea. 😊

or possibly...
when you buy a certain amout, you get a certain amount free 😊

buy 500 and get 100 free
buy 1000 and get 250 free
buy 2500 and get 500 free

or something like that

balletninja • 1 September 2011 at 9:45 PM

ANYTHING THAT WILL SAVE MY MONEY!

Meteoroid • 1 September 2011 at 10:03 PM

@lizardfeather Actually, the advertisements don't even come -close- to paying off server costs. 😋

There is a 'paying for pixels' argument, sure, but it could be comparable to going to see a movie at a theater (which tickets are like, what, at least $9 nowadays?). Unless they hand out free DVDs after the show or you illegally record the film with a camera, you're typically left with entertaining memories.
There are a ton of frivolous things that people spend money on every day online and offline. It all boils down to one thing; entertainment.

Business and money is an iffy thing to work with. Which is why a simple idea of "why not lower the prices" might require some serious thought. While it work for one person, it may work terribly in favor of another person.

icymuffin • 1 September 2011 at 10:04 PM

Aye!

I'm interested in spending some money on Egg Cave, but not if the prices are this high/that many creatures.
if it's gonna stay like that, I think I'd rather save it up for art supplies instead... >3>