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Apologies for the confusion on my last post - total noob move.
Anyway, I want to kick things off with a better start. First a bit about me: I'm new to the forum and interested in discussing industry trends and LOL.
Since my last post did not get much traction, I thought I would post again to stir-up some conversation.
How would you respond to LOL starting to sell skins (via gift card code) out-of-game? Would it be cool if items were sold on an Amazon.com like site? This would allow non-gamers/ non-LOL players to buy LOL items as gifts to active players.
Thoughts?
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2013-01-30, 09:40 PM #1Keyboard Turner
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Why can't f2p in-game goods be purchased out-of-game?
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2013-01-30, 09:41 PM #2Deleted
wrong forum... you need video game discussion forum, not WoW general.
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2013-01-30, 09:43 PM #3The Unstoppable Force
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It really wouldn't work terribly well. I mean, let's say they're printed on plastic card like gift cards, would a 1$ skin really cover the cost of printing the card, shipping it to stores and/or homes? Probably not.
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2013-01-30, 09:46 PM #4Mechagnome
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pretty sure that is exactly the reason why, im almost certain ive seen riot/lol currency cards at stores though so i would think that would work fine for gifting to someone?
Originally Posted by Belize
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2013-01-30, 09:59 PM #5Deletedcurrency is different. usually currency gift cards are several thousand points, which usually is more than 10 euros. 10 EUR is enough to warrant the costs. Originally Posted by Caesonia
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2013-01-30, 10:16 PM #6Honorary PvM "Mod"
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Moved to League of Legends
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2013-01-30, 11:24 PM #7Scarab Lord
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Pretty sure they already do this. I doubt many stores sell it, but they sell cards with codes on it that you can turn in for RP in the Riot client store.
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2013-01-31, 10:26 AM #8Deleted
there's a couple of more costs associated with doing this called "logistics".
warehouses wants money to store your product, you need to pay to ship the product to where it's being sold and then you usually have to pay the store to sell your product!
why would you go through all this trouble when everyone that's playing the game already can buy it through their online store? I think they even accept SMS payments no?
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2013-02-03, 12:08 PM #9DeletedYeah if you dont have a credit card you can just use your mobile phone to pay for the RP. Although you get more value if you buy with credit card, but RP is always RP I guess Originally Posted by adimaya
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2013-02-04, 07:27 AM #10The Normal
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I've seen league riot points gift cards in stores before; they're out there.
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2013-02-05, 07:22 PM #11Banned
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The problem with buying specific items be it boosts, skins, or champs is what if you already have them. Digital purchases are pretty much final sale WHEREVER you purchase them. Originally Posted by TBEUTYL
You can buy riot points and gamestop, and over the holidays you could buy a $5 starter pack which had like 5 450ip champs, Garen, Katarina, Ashe... and a couple others.
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2013-02-05, 07:26 PM #12The Lightbringer
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I just wish Riot would price things as factors of the Riot point amounts you buy.
I always end up with just a tiny bit less RP than the cheapest skin or some dumb shit...
...probably intentional to get people to buy more RP."There are two types of guys in this world. Guys who sniff their fingers after scratching their balls, and dirty fucking liars." -StylesClashv3
Originally Posted by Kalis
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2013-02-07, 02:36 PM #13Deletedextremely intentional Originally Posted by Toxigen
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2013-03-01, 12:00 PM #14DeletedTrue Originally Posted by adimaya
extremely intentional
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2013-03-01, 05:45 PM #15Mechagnome
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LOL so true once i was with 974 1 FUCKING POINT CLOSE LOOOOOOOL, but hey there is a solution you could submit a ticked saying yor situation and stick it with a pick to make more valuable you know then they ask for your account info so they don't put in the wrong acc.
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