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XBL WTF: Why Can't I Pay Exact Change on XBL?
Microsoft explains one of their service's more prominent annoyances.
With new Rock Band downloadable content being delivered every week, I've been purchasing more from the Xbox Live Marketplace than ever before. Unfortunately, this forces me to deal with one of XBL's more annoying quirks: the inability to pay exact amounts for content. Microsoft forces users to purchase arbitrary Microsoft Point bundles, inconvenient (and expensive) when purchasing content on a regular basis.
Bummer. Check back Monday for the answer to another commonly asked XBL question: why can't I have more than 100 friends?
While on the phone with Xbox 360 group product manager Aaron Greenberg about the recent dashboard update, I decided to ask why this simple annoyance hasn't been cleared up yet.
"The reason why we do that, the core reason, is around credit card transaction fees," said Greenberg. "If we do this in bulk, we don't have to burden the consumer with the transaction fees, or ourselves or publishers. It's about keeping infrastructure costs down and I know sometimes it's frustrating because you end up with odd points, but we don't have any plans to change that."
Bummer. Check back Monday for the answer to another commonly asked XBL question: why can't I have more than 100 friends?
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Comments (84)
And...Posted: Jan 08, 2008 12:00AM PST by Thanos_of_MW
@ spankbot ...and you are not thinking in terms of money when you see something priced as "points". It is easy to pause and think "this is going to cost me a total of $25, I'll pass" instead of thinking on 2100 points, which you are more likely to not convert to money when you are thinking of buying it.
The answer is just PRPosted: Dec 11, 2007 12:00AM PST by venom77
It has worked fine so far, they aren't going to change it, and they know we won't stop buying. They're just being nice about it. Notice M$ is also the only company to not have standardized pricing (1 point = 1 cent or dollar or game or something). They want you to spend more. You see 400 points and your mind goes $4, then a second later you go, OH WAIT! It's $5. It's just like prices always ending in 99.
IdeaPosted: Dec 10, 2007 12:00AM PST by DoctorDiablo
What if Microsoft just recorded all of your purchases and waited to charge until the end of the month? If you bought 20 different things that month, they'd only need to process your credit card once at the end of the month.
Yep confuse the customer and grab there money.Posted: Dec 10, 2007 12:00AM PST by agentboolen
lo_fye your exactly right, the point system is there just so they can easily confuse the customer. All I know is that 400 points is $5 and 800 points is $10. I also find it funny that people buy stupid themes, when you can just bring in a image off the computer and turn it into a theme with a little bit of effort, not to mention they dont even let you preview the themes its a joke.
I'm with you on the...Posted: Dec 10, 2007 12:00AM PST by Victory_Pickle
exact payment part. I had 60 pts left the other day and saw that the new Sabbath pack had dropped. So I wanted to get it, but I had to get the minimum allotment of points instead of just an additional 380 or whatever it was. Kind of a pain in the ass. As far as the 100+ friends... I have 18 people on my list and I know 11 of them in the real world. I am not just up to adding complete strangers to my friend's list. Perhaps if I was in a clan or something... eh.
This is not news.Posted: Dec 10, 2007 12:00AM PST by Flint_theGi_Joe
This might have been news a few years ago when M$ launched the marketplace, but now it just seems like Patrick is trying to make a big deal out of nothing. Maybe if you lost unused points this would be an issue, but that isn't the case.
OK????Posted: Dec 10, 2007 12:00AM PST by Alf_Alfa
Just sounds like a rip-off to me. They should just get rid of the point system and use $$$$'s instead. Odd points, that will more than likely not get used, just means more money in their pocket. And how many subsribers are there on Xbox Live? A hell of alot. Even if just half of them dont use their "odd" amount of points that is some MUCHO MONEY my friends. But i am just a dumb consumer, so what do I know....Thats Sarcasm by the way.
what's the point?Posted: Dec 10, 2007 12:00AM PST by lo_fye
I work for a "Points Company", and I can tell you what this is all about. Those odd points that are "leftover" are what's known as "breakage", which is a type of profit. The more leftover points there are in the system, the better it is for them, because they're unlikely to get spent, and after a certain amount of time they can be claimed as profit. As for the "why even both with points that aren't 1:1 with dollars", I have an answer for that, too. It's all about psychology. Research has shown that when it's not 1:1, most people don't try to both to convert the cost to dollars in their heads. It obfuscates the real cost, and makes people more likely to part with their points, because they're not really sure how many real dollars a thing costs. Buying in bulk helps this, because if you buy 500,000 points for $79, then who the heck knows what it means when your balance is 43,523 points? I dunno, but I do know I can buy a screensaver with those points. Would I have paid $10 for that screensaver? Probably not. But 43,000 points is way less than 500,000 so it's probably cheap, so sure. I'll pay 43,000 points for it. pwn3d.
I can understandPosted: Dec 10, 2007 12:00AM PST by Black_Convoy
I work at a customer service center and I use to process credit card transactions. Everytime I processed a transaction for .35 or even $1.00, I got my ass chewed out because the fee for processing the transaction was more than the .35 or $1.00. It's the same reason why some businesses won't accept credit card payments if your purchase isn't $10.00 or over. They end up losing money. So if fees are the reason why we have to buy points, then I understand.
BS MS!Posted: Dec 10, 2007 12:00AM PST by Shinobishi
PSN does exact payments. Why don't you? You suck! Why did I have to buy 2000 points when I only wanted 1600 for the PSU expansion.
seems kinda sillyPosted: Dec 10, 2007 12:00AM PST by drewlicious196
that with the new Friends of Friends feature that we can't have more than 100 friends on our "buddy list". the two social networks(facebook and myspace) that microsoft is trying to emulate do not have a friends cap.
I agree with the pricingPosted: Dec 10, 2007 12:00AM PST by Shonuff27
With both pricing and points. The points seem to be set up where you buy a bulk of points and the cost of points leaves you with an odd so amount of change. When you seeyour next download you want it happens to be 10 points more than what you have so you end up buying another bulk, once again having 10 points less than the next average cost of DLC. Microsoft needs to fork the cost sometimes. You mean they can't pay for the transaction fees? Bull Shit. That don't stop the Wii from charging a dollar for one point, do I get charged tax, yeah but it's a lot less than Live's. They should also have to option to buy the DLC with real money. The Points are only for those who don't have access to a credit card right away anyways.
Who cares?Posted: Dec 10, 2007 12:00AM PST by BigWhiteRyan
Like you're not going to eventually spend those extra points anyway. New Rock Band DLC is coming out every week, right? And damn near nobody needs more than 100 friends in their friends list. You can add a bunch of random people you meet online to your friends list, but do you actually ever play with any of them? I don't, I usually just play with the people I know personally. Again, why this crap shows up in 1up's news section, instead of this guy's blog, I have no friggin' idea.
???Posted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by papajason5
People need to stop bitching over how much xbox live cost bc its nothing new almost every MMO or online PC game cost just as much or twice as much and no one bitches. BC its fucking affordable! If you have trouble coming up with $5 a month that is pathetic and you need to get a god damn job. Oh my god?! $50 over a period of 12 months! less than $5 a month! i think i need to take out a loan for that one!
Heh.Posted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by Sorrowful_Tragedy
Been gone for a while, and it seems nothing much has changed. Ah, I love 1up. Lots of profanity...pointless bickering...pure greatness. Can't wait for the next article, Patrick. Keep up the good work.
@ A.K.A.RitsukoPosted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by Krownos
@ A.K.A.Ritsuko Listen i own a 360 as well as PS3, but i refuse to pay for a live account because of 360's custom micro-payment schemes. I just pointed out how most fan boys turn the other cheek when Mr Gate's slaps the piss out of them when it comes to pricing. Im not taking anything away from LIVE which i belive is superior when it comes to what it can do. But the fact i have to buy 20 bucks worth of points when i only want 1 game is bullshit. And don't try to offer up a lame excuse that i will have those points left over. Because i will have to buy another 20 buck card if i want another game. WE are the customers here and WE have a right to give our opinion when WE feel WE have been wronged!.
MS PointsPosted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by SimplexAnonymous
It's true that it keeps credit card transactions low for Microsoft, but MS does it differently than Nintendo, who uses the same idea. For the most part, Nintendo's points work evenly when buying games. And each point is 1 cent, so it's easy to convert. But Microsoft uses an arbitrary system so that, unlike Nintendo, you'll almost always have a small amount of points leftover. This is to encourage you to buy those ridiculous theme or pictures packs. The fact that you have to pay for those things is ridiculous, but MS wants to ensure that you always have some points left over after you buy something that that'll be buy something small. It makes sense from a business standpoint, but unlike Nintendo and Sony, they're ripping you off. It's good for them, but not for us.
Sony is catching up to xbox livePosted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by fourquarters
Both Sony and Nintendo charge exactly for online products only Microsoft is greedy enough to not charge real money. It's a great gimmick and they charge a yearly fee, my PS3 is getting more play than my 360 now, the original downloadable games are fun and cheap ( Pain!, Everyday Shooter, Lemmings is only $2.99) they don't charge for wallpapers like 360 does, almost every week there is new content, now there are free themes (Ratchet, Uncharted) Sony outsold 360 in November with the new price drop, look out it's a 3 horse race......
Micro$oftPosted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by macross_island
I work for a HUGE company and I can tell you the credit card fee varies on the service you use for processing. I know for a fact the company we use for processing charges something like .00971 per trans....it may seem like big money up front the back money we make (text messaging, mobile internet, live tv service) and we make WAAAAAAAAYYY MORE than enough to cover the cost of cc transactions. Microsoft could find a way to process the transactions at a cheaper rate. But I would take Live over ps3 online any day.
F'n nonsensePosted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by ghanja_spawnX
So to save microsoft, publishers, and credit card companies money, we have to pay more?!?! Riiiiiiiiiiiiight. That's not a burden on the consumer at all. We love to pay extra to save big business money. Bull$hit.
Thats a load of bullPosted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by Swan_the_red
They price everything odd so that you have to buy the set amounrs of points and get left with odd points, which allways ends up just under other items, thus causing you to buy more pts. bull shit bull shit bull shit bull shit. Thats my biggest gripe with xbl, its a freakin load.
EVERYBODY SHUT UP!!!!Posted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by Spacejunk
Remember how crappy video games were 20 years ago?? Well, now they FINALLY kick ass! Quit trying to find things to complain about. 20 years ago I would have KILLED to be able to nickel and dime horse armour online if the games were this good. Being able to choose what you buy is better than not having any choice at all. If we give up our rights to choose how we spend our M$ points, then the terrorists have won. Can I get a WOOOAH BUNDY!!!! Seriously tho, expecting us to pay for horse armour? What's up with that???
Thank you Microsoft!Posted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by FuzzyFerret
... for not burdening customers with the choice of paying more transaction fees for smaller purchases. Seriously, it's their product, and they can market it however they want, but please don't feed people baloney company lines. Of course, I must admit I don't know much about transaction fees, so for all I know they are a burden to the publishers. Even though the consumer pays them. And even though records of transactions are automatically generated.
Its Pure and Simple Marketing!Posted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by N027
Microsoft is charging that way because if it isnt exact then the consumer is forced to buy additional points from Microsoft! It sucks, but that is just another trick that companies use to pull in more dollars. And its always funny to listen to the crap these companies say when the consumer asks why!
Its not really bitchingPosted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by anubis424
IF you pay money then you have a say in the matter. X-box charges 50 a year im cool with that they have a great service...id rather have free...Its the little things they do to us after we pay that that shows all they want is our money not our happiness. Right now my 360 has a loud ass fan that sounds like a john deer lawnmower b/c it has a cooling problem that causes things to warp thus causing red rings of death...so they give us a cheap system AND charge us for extending buddie lists, bungie pro and crap. Thats stuff that should come standard to people who pay the yearly fee. There is no reason to have a cap on buddie lists...and there is a word for everyone who sits there and takes whatever MS pounds your butt with...and thats a gimp
uh ?Posted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by ITHINKURALONE
this is different from any other online transaction with exact change on a credit card how?
Total bullshitPosted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by 2HeadedBoy
But at least now they've answered the question.
PR SpeakPosted: Dec 09, 2007 12:00AM PST by Mike_Honcho21
It's obviously to make you have extra points and then use those shame bucks to buy wallpapers or gamer pics. The fact MS charges you for those is ridiculous.
But why points?Posted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by NotJeff
The bundle excuse doesn't cover why MS changes current monetary numbers into arbitrary ones that they create, which we have to convert annoyingly. In fact, it doesn't explain that at all. Why do they use points. It reminds me of the time I went to Disney world as a kid and they had people buy Disney dollar at the gate, it was "cheaper" to buy food with the Disney dollars. Then you get inside, only half the place take the Disney dollars. The system bogs down our money into their bank accounts. Like gamestop preorders. If it is about transaction fees, then it must be about buying an amount of points over a certain low amount, correct? Why then not have points removed, and the number of of ms dollars we buy be over a certain threshold, but let us pick the amount over that threshold we desire? It's frustrating and annoying.
XBL DLsPosted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by bongz_johnson
A friend of mine had some tv shows on his that he paid for then out of nowhere they auto deleted, claiming the license expired. I dont know if that only applies to tv shows or not but still, I will never pay for anything on live as a result of that. Fuck them.
Sort of, but not reallyPosted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by MrSpookypants
The real reason, I suspect, is that nobody likes to waste money, which makes us buy more points. If you have some points sitting around, but not enough to buy what you want, you're going to buy more, which will invariably leave you with another odd batch sitting around, which leads to buying more to get enough to buy what you want, which leads to... Well, you get the idea. Right now, I think I have 325 points in my account, and guess what? I'm gonna have to buy at least 400 points to get my next arcade game, which will leave me with another odd amount. It's genius, in an evil sort of way...
Funny StoryPosted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by Krownos
I got to say this is very funny to me. While the xbox crowd bashes sony every chance they get about system price, right to choose a hd player or not ect ect. When M$ bends them over they smile with glee. I have to give it to MS, somehow they ended up with a fanbase that act's much like a cult, believe any and everything MS tells them, And continue to blindly support the company without as much as a question on MS obvious wrong doings. Not to mention they are all 12 - 12 and a half. Here's a heads up for those of you are are not zombies, you are the customer and MS eventually has to answer you. If you think something is wrong question it, same goes for PS fanbois.
A refresher on how Credit Cards make money...Posted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by Lefty2k3
Okay...the points system is a matter of convienence for MS. Everytime you make a purchase, credit cards charge a base rate (25 cents-ish), plus an additional percentage based on the cost of your item for the luxury of using a credit card. So, when you add $1.00 to your PS wallet, Sony is charged, what would be at that level, an absurd amount of money. (I forgot if there is a minimum for the PS store) If you continue to only add small amounts here and there...Sony in the long run gets very screwed. With MS's plan, it costs more up front, but allows MS to achieve a more "static" profit. Minimizes amount of money going to credit company, maximizes money for MS/Content Provider. Inconvienent for us? A bit. But it gives them a bit more financial security. Let's go back to arguing about GAMES. Makes us all sound less whiny.
Why is this is the news feed?Posted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by CorranThrn
Why the fuck is this in the news feed? The fucking gaming blogs have more fucking journalistic integrity than you... And they're not even being paid to be professionals.
Not really about CC fees...Posted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by average_gamer
If it was really about credit card transaction fees, then they'd let us buy points in whatever increment we want. But they deliberately set games at 400 points, and then require us to buy 500. At least they could let us buy them in 400 point increments. If I want an 1200 point game, I've got to buy 1500 points. That's not about CC fees, it's about grabbing as much money up front as possible. Another point which disproves the CC fee thing, is the arbitrary value. 500 points is $6.25. If it was about convenience, 500 points would be $5. Sure, it works out that a 400 point game is $5. But why the extra complication? Just a hint: when companies make things complicated like this, it's to confuse the consumer. It distances the cost of the game from reality, in the hopes that they'll spend more. Look. I love XBox Live, and I purchase quite a bit in the Marketplace. But these are arbitrary limits on how we spend money. It's idiotic. And it's obviously not about avoiding transaction fees. It's about money. I wouldn't mind it so much if MS just came out and said so. But instead these transparently ridiculous justifications about helping the consumer. BS. Come on, just say it. We already know. You want money. That's fine with me, just enough with the crappy lies already.
do you want cheese with your whinePosted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by speculumfight
I cant believe people are annoyed by this, it is just ridiculous. as for myself between buying stuff on xbox live and the zune marketplace there have been pleny of times when after making a purchase I have ended up with 0 marketplace points, and since people keep complaining about this it seems you keep buying stuff on xbox live so who cares if you cant pay the exact amount your going to eventually buy something else. why cry about it? why? why?
You don't have to buy if you don't want toPosted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by coktoe
But.Ms already nickle and dimes customers with stupid shit like faceplates,dashboard themes and gamer pic icons to say nothing of the yearly XBL charges.The points system is just an extension of that.Not to start a flamewar,but all that shit MS charges for from their paltry selection I get for free on the PS3 with the whole internet to choose from for content.Short answer:MS wants a bit more of your money even though the annual XBL fee should cover a 1x1 inch pic of Cortana.
Nothing is freePosted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by Jagosix
Hello Fellow Gamers. If you think for a moment that all this work that goes into making things really ez for us to download & enjoy is free, than you're dreaming. Someone has to pay for it. The costs are recouped somewhere. M$ let you know upfront what you're paying. No lies down the road. Sony, on the other hand is telling you now that it's free. Do you think that they are going to be that way forever? Nope. I want to see what you guys say when Sony starts to charge. It's just a matter of time.
Ha ha ha Ooook...Posted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by ghost_7
""The reason why we do that, the core reason, is around credit card transaction fees," said Greenberg. "If we do this in bulk, we don't have to burden the consumer with the transaction fees, or ourselves or publishers."- Xbox 360 group product manager Aaron Greenberg ...EEEEEEEEXCUSE Me for a sec while i put on my rubber boots so i could walk around this BULL$HIT!! Just admit You have a nice scheme goin' on WITH YOUR CARNY point system. Sheeeeesh!
I mean come onPosted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by anubis424
Think about what Microsoft charges you for. Increasing buddie lists, bungie pro, wallpaper, stuff that should be free basic stuff we are being charged for...Thats why I do all my shopping on the PSN usually...AND they will keep doing it as long as ppl are dumb enough to pay it. So its your own damn fault
it doesn't make a differencePosted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by Trup1aya4rea1
If something is $5 dollars, you've payed for more than $5 worth of points, so you get some money back. this money can go towards a future purpose. your still 'spending' the same about, it's like having store credit instead of using cash. No doubt it's annoying, but it's not as big a deal as you guys are making it out to be.
maybePosted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by properskillz
it also has to do with the fact that not everyone has a credit card? i have a couple of friends who for some reason don't have credit cards - so they buy their points in their local game store... i actually prefer it being points instead of dollars since it feels more international... the benefit from using dollars would probably be cheaper games though - since the dollar only goes down down down right now, leaving us europeans with bargain exchange rates.
...What?Posted: Dec 08, 2007 12:00AM PST by Clone01
I don't really find this to be too annoying of an issue, even though I have 110 points in my wallet right now this problem doesn't really have an adverse effect on my feelings. Though I can see how it can be annoying. The only problem with MS points I have is that every retail store I go to never sells 800 points cards... it's always just 1400 or 2800, so I'm forced to pay 20 something bucks when I just want to buy an arcade or new content... But again it doesn't keep me up at night it's just relatively inconvient. :D
I have 30 points in my account right nowPosted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by chroniceyestrainV.2
But hey, I'm glad to help MS save some fucking money.
Everyone just shut up!Posted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by jrmon
Just shut the fuck up everyone! My system is better than your system WAWAWA! Bunch of cry babies! Who cares whats free and what costs money to play online,If you dont like something then dont do it! Stupid fucking fanboys! No one console is better than the other.They are all great in there own ways. Im tired of a bunch of grown men crying about all this shit! Grow some balls and go find a girlfriend to play with instead.I love playing video games just like the rest of you but come on enough of the biased crap. Pick a console, play, and shut up about it being better than the rest.
Sony is slightly similarPosted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by Ajguy711
You do put money in your virtual wallet, but it can be any amount <i>over</i> $5. So if you were to just buy one RB song and you have no money in your virtual wallet, it's gonna cost you $5 (so to speak). If you want to buy Warhawk for $39.99, it's going to cost you exactly $39.99. Also, when I purchased Everyday Shooter last week, I was also charged sales tax. This was my first PSN purchase, so I had no idea of either of these facts. I wonder why it was never more talked about.
Total BSPosted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by Xtreem813
Hahaha, keep the costs of infrastructure down? Oh no, because MS is clearly a company hurting from losing money. You pay $50 a year just to play games online and have to pay for arbitrary point bundles while PS3 online is free and allows you to use actual money and mostly purchase games with exact change. Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this picture? I like how they try and spin so it seems they're trying to protect us poor consumers from rising cost. They just want your money up front and know that you have to use those points later and they probably don't want to have to give refunds if you don't want to spend it. Seriously, these guys need to get better PR and not make their corporate BS so transparent.
Not so fast...Posted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by duderdude3
"If Sony can afford to pay "credit card transaction fees," why can't Microsoft" I'll concede I haven't used Sony's store yet, but it's to my understanding that while the PS3 store does deal in dollars and cents (instead of points), you still have to put money in a virtual "wallet" by depositing set amounts at a time, just like buying points on Xbox Live. If my understanding is correct, there is no fundamental difference between Xbox Live and Sony's Store, except the latter is slightly less confusing.
Oh boy...Posted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by jynxce
Another slow news day, eh? MS not come through w/enough ads because I've seen Sony dominating for the last couple weeks now? Honestly, don't invest in MS points, go Sony-only, anything to quit the bitching. We already get it -- regardless of what MS does, media will complain. Time to let that built in hatred of all things MS go. Seriously...
slow news day?Posted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by BorisSpassky
stop bitching already. who cares? why don't you make a post about all the stupid ps3 games that charge 60 bucks for garbage last gen games with shiny visuals?
Yeah.Posted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by Chainblast
Thus far Sony is the only company that got it right. In fact it's probably the 2nd thing they got right, behind building a quality machine that doesn't break easily.
o wellPosted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by sh0rtshift
i dont really care because if i buy so many points then i have some left over for smaller things if i wanted them.i cant believe some of the posts though..."Sony wins this one" seriosuly come on, find something else to be proud of, if you can.
actually, you're wrong; PS3 has the advantagePosted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by somesthetic
if the purchase is over $5, you can add the exact amount of what you're trying to purchase to your wallet. if you need 11.98, you can add 11.98.
It may just be me,..Posted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by GlennQuaqmire
But that sounds like a load of bullshit
No console has an advantage here.Posted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by zenprism
Playstation Network only lets you add to your wallet in "bundles" of $5, $10 and so on. They used to let you add any amount, but did away with that option for probably the same reason Live charges in increments. Wii is kinda more annoying than both, since the least amount you can add is $10 at a time. On all three systems, I always seem to have a few points/dollars lying around on my account/wallet...
Thats an easy one...Posted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by Diablos1125
You'll have to pay 1,200 Microsoft points to update your buddy list to 150!! :) And thats sarcasm for anyone who didnt get it haha. Damn that Microsoft.
AgreedPosted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by Ryvvn
It's like others already said, PS3 can do exact payments with Credit Cards there is no reason why Microsoft CAN'T, they just don't WANT to. Plus the casino thing is true too, you're more likely to carelessly spend money if it's a limited use currency such as casino chips, amusement park dollars, arcade coins, or MS Points. MS isn't stupid, this was build into the plans as an additional way of leeching money from the beginning and it doesn't benefit them to change it. Yes, I do have a 360 and I hate this system but still buy items off of the marketplace.
It's not just the psychologyPosted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by SecondSundodger
It's not the "poker chip mentality" behind the points system as much as if you only have around 100 points left, you have to buy at least 500 more to use them on anything worthwhile. So it keeps cycling you back into purchasing more. And I can understand minimizing the fee issue, but you'd think a premium-supported service could eat that cost easier than a completely free one, particularly when Sony's doing it. I admit I still vastly prefer Live overall, but this a bummer indeed.
LIESPosted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by Monkeyidol
Bullshit! They do it for the same reason why casinos give you poker chips. People are more likely to spend more money when they can't keep track of their money easily. It's simple psychology and someone needs to call their ass on it.
ps3Posted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by burnoutfan
ps3 wins ONE YAY (ps3 u can play exact prices without transaction fee)
Then Sony wins this round.Posted: Dec 07, 2007 12:00AM PST by ThomasElla
If Sony can afford to pay "credit card transaction fees," why can't Microsoft. And regardless, why didn't you ask why they have to use those stupid fucking points instead of just normal dollars and cents? Keep pestering them about that.


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This was a such a wonderful trip! I couldn't recommend it more highly. The caves at Jeita are magnificent, Byblos is a little jewel and the views from Harissa were breathtaking. Georgette if I remember her name correctly was an extremely friendly and informative and multi-lingual guide too!
July 2016
The tour which was carried out by Nakhal, one of Lebanons largest tourism companies was absolutely worth it. We were a small group of people and our tourguide was very knowledgeable, friendly and funny. I would have wished for some more guided tourtime in Jbeil, especially the parts of the very picturesque town around the archaeological sites. Our driver even made a small adjustment to drop me off closer to my home, transport worked perfectly, we had airconditioning and the van was comfortable. Would definitely recommend this as a nice day trip to explore the history of the country and to see what Lebanon has to offer outside of Beirut!
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Excellent. Very informative and well managed. Tour leader superb. Byblos was fascinating and the Jeita Grotto impressive. Great way to learn and see so much in a short space of time. Lunch was great too.
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This tour was amazing!
May 2016
This is one of the most wanted trips Nakhal has to offer. A lot of people going there...
Jeitta grotto is the most wonderful cave you will ever see. Unfortunately, you will not be allowed to take pictures. Part of the tour is on foot, the other part is on water with boats.
Byblos or Jbail in arabic is also very impressing. You can see the old castle, the amphitheater, the remains of the old houses.
You can reach Harissa either by cable car or by bus. The agency offers you both options. Usually, everyone goes there by cable car. On the top, you will see the statue of Virgin Mary.
Personally, i regret they don't include Tripoli anymore... There were people that went by public bus and they said it is beautiful.
April 2016
This was a great tour with the perfect amount of people. Our guide was as informative of the sights as she was enthusiastic about them. The value for the money was excellent and the lunch we had was fit for a king.
April 2016
Very interesting tour with a very nice guide and delightful Lebanese specialities. Highly recommended !
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Byblos was one of my favorite tours! A must go! The site was beautiful! The guide was very knowledgeable about all the sites. I would highly recommend this tour of you like ancient history and archaeology.
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She may want more. That doesn't mean whomever she's involved with is going to want children with her. It's not a given that your husband would want to have children with her.
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Exh: Sto lat sztuki belgijskiej, Towarzystwo Przyjaciol Sztuk Pieknych w Krakowie, Cracow, January 1935 (74); Paintings by Isidore Opsomer, Leicester Galleries, London, May 1936 (24)
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