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This round of Teos has something different from the previous two! In this round, you can participate in an auction for a "PSD Use" of your favorite line set. That way, if you missed out on a certain Teo set, you can give another shot at getting one!
Teo PSD Use Auctions!
The auctions are based on a tier system, where your auction reward increases based on the final bid:
$5 - $99 -- PSD Use of Teo. Send an admin the colored image and it will be uploaded over your "blank Teo."
$100 - $149 -- Comes with MDT Your Teo will come with an MDT so you can commission one of our MDT artists to color it.
$150 - $199 -- Skilled Teo! Your Teo will come with all Hidden Item adventure skills as well as the Lockpick skill.
$200 - $249 -- Breeding Pair! You will get two Skilled Teos of the base you won, and two MDTs. Great for bidding with a friend!
$250+ -- Breeding Upgrade! You will get two Skilled Teos of the base you won, two MDTs, and a Rare PMBC Pack. Great for bidding with a friend!
Note that these auctions DO NOT count toward Bonus Credit!
These auctions end in seven days, so have fun and enjoy them! Be nice and don't hurt each other over the Teos! ;)
And thank you for voting for us in the Chase grant contest! Keep voting -- there's no harm in having more than the minimum number of votes to qualify!
We have a very, very big change planned for June and we had hoped that this sale will help provide some "financial padding" for the change... we think you're going to like it, as it's been asked for for a while! Please purchase what you can so we can confidently give it a shot!
TO CLARIFY- These auctions are NOT to drive the new change. These auctions are intended to raise the $17,000 promised to the Teo artists if their sets sold on the first day (170 sets x $100 bonus). Because most people spent bonus credit saved up over months on the Teos instead of spending USD in the sale to get them, we are now severely in the hole again and will not be able to pay people anymore (programmers, artists, server, etc) if we cannot make this money to pay the artists. It was an oversight with the implementation bonus credit and will be rectified if we survive this mistake.
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Thu May 28, 2015 9:11pm
- Katje
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Posted on: Fri May 29, 2015 12:09am
Thank you both.
- bd84
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Posted on: Fri May 29, 2015 12:14am
So does that mean bonus credit is going to go poof? Should I be buying 4gp to get to the tier im close to and just collecting it?
- Fannish (FreeFlier)
(#1818)
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Posted on: Fri May 29, 2015 12:20am
Aethubryn (#13018) Yep! That is EXACTLY what I am doing, keeping my total in mind and upping bids to keep near it. :D
I suggest you do the same if you are also going to be bidding to help the site. Spreading it around early on and then clumping up on faves encourages EVERY pet to go higher! :D
- Lollobrigida
(#56271)
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Posted on: Fri May 29, 2015 12:22am
bd84 (#2783) - I think it is just these USD auctions that will not be counting toward the bonus credit. I have not seen anything about it going away. It was just that the last USD auction for the chargeback issue allowed users to gain bonus credit for their bids. Which meant there was 13K of bonus credit stacked into the system that had come from donated pets. That created a huge pocket of credit for the Teo Sale, instead of the usual format of site-purchases funding the Teo Sale.
- Erithan - super busy
(#49253)
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Posted on: Fri May 29, 2015 12:22am
bd84 (#2783)
I think they just plan to adjust, maybe make a cap? That or small events each month+expiration? Probably a cap and more small events would be the easiest way to go. *shrugs* hard to say=/
- Fannish (FreeFlier)
(#1818)
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Posted on: Fri May 29, 2015 12:24am
Aethubryn (#13018) If I were to waste my chance to help the site in only making ONE bid instead of helping others creep out of woodwork and into bidding, I would be cheating the site of those funds of folks outbidding me on the other pets as well.
Since folks seem to be trying to keep the prices artificially low, it is the responsibility of those like me to bid what we feel is a fair amount on pets we have any interest in, and as those get overturned move into focus on an ever narrower pool.
- Erithan - super busy
(#49253)
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Posted on: Fri May 29, 2015 12:26am
Fannish (FreeFlier) (#1818) with the thought of "helping" it's good to keep in mind that many site users just can't afford to go as high as some would like to see. (don't mean that in a bad way or anything, just something everyone should keep in mind when trying to "help" auctions)
- Tae
(#66637)
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Posted on: Fri May 29, 2015 12:29am
Erithan (#49253) I hope it won't expire > < I bought a few things this past week (spent more than I should really) in hopes of getting a 2nd or 3rd day Teo... but all the ones I wanted were gone within an hour... so I'm hoping I'll have enough saved by Black Friday to get a first day one.... If the bonus was to expire... well... I would have spent all that money in one blow for nothing... rather than spacing out my purchases over the next few months like I would normally have. Making it expire would be an even bigger slap to the face for the people who wanted to get Teos now but were unable to because they were gone so fast.
- Fannish (FreeFlier)
(#1818)
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Posted on: Fri May 29, 2015 12:30am
Yep, thus not going above 25$ on any except the ones that I really want for myself, since 25$ is the minimum price for a 1st gen teo. :)
Posted on: Fri May 29, 2015 12:08am
Fannish - if you're worried about the site getting the most charity money, then wouldn't it make sense for you to just automatically bid your top price for each pet? I mean if you're willing to go up to $274 you should just bid $274... unless of course you are trying to get the best bang for your buck just like everyone else.