Fenrir wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:18 am
STLBluesNut wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:55 am
ok so... yeah, this campaign is pretty shitty. i missed when it came out and looking now, the tier where you can get 1 of each is gone. they only made 60 of those available. 60! 60! who knows how fast those were gone as i am just seeing the campaign now.
this leaves a pretty sour taste. for instance if you wanted just 2 of the decks, you had to either buy 2 or a bunch of mystery decks or buy 7 for $135. as it stands now with 164 backers, 75 did not back mystery tiers and the rest did so there, unfortunately, is some demand for this mystery BS. also evident with other producers and resellers that do mystery offerings and sell out. sadly, i expect this mystery, money grab strategy still occurring in the future.
Their comments have indicated they are going to add more all-in tiers during the campaign. Just FYI.
cool, thank you. i think i would still hesitate to support this kind of campaign.
i wonder if i can word this properly but i have thought about this often. i would like to think of myself as a man of principle, at the very least in some areas some of the time
. i find myself, especially in recent years, not buying/supporting many products or companies for various reasons on principle because i disagree with something. in cases where companies are becoming increasingly political or something as simple as not supporting a KS campaign because i disagree with a particular sales method or tier set up. while sometimes, if enough people do it, it does have an impact and precipitates a change and sometimes it does not. is it worth denying oneself the use of a product or service to try and make a point for the ideal of standing on principle?
this project, for example, as this is the thread we are in. this project has already funded, at this time about 400%, without me pledging. regardless of if i pledge or not, they get the money, produce the decks and likely count it as a success. in light of this comment by kingstar ''The annual mysterious deck is our traditional plan, which will be held every year, so we can't change the way these cards are sold,'' i doubt my non purchase will affect anything in the future. even if many more were to not support this project. they did add a tier to buy one of each deck, which is not clear if they had already planned to do so or if it was a result of many opinions in this discussion earlier. is it worth not buying on principle? this is obviously a personal question and would have as many different responses as responders.
i suppose standing on principle has the implied connotation that it is done regardless of outcome or change affected or done even though a bad outcome is likely/possible. in this case i suppose there isnt much of a bad outcome but in others, the outcome for standing on principle could be as extreme as arrest, imprisonment or even death. just something i have asked myself on several occasions. this may not be super relevant to the topic at hand and i dont wish to derail but i have already typed it so here it is lol.
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