This *was* a serious bug, but fixed over a year ago. Now a premium account in default is merely suspended with the ability to fully restore on payment.
On 28 August 2010 10:19, Gareth Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > That's a serious bug in LL's business model - your account is safer as > a basic, since a premium account that quits paying means the account > is deleted (rather than merely downgraded). > > On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Tigro Spottystripes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA512 > > > > btw, if you're considering changing your account from premium to basic, > > be sure to pay any money you own to LL and then downgrade your account > > thru the site, do not just stop paying, if you stop paying them while > > still being a premium they will wipe out all your account's data, > > inventory L$ balance etc (i've seen some people that had the > > misconception that to downgrade all you had to do was stop sending money > > to LL, the ones that didn't got set straight in time lost everything) > > > > On 28/8/2010 13:01, [email protected] wrote: > >> I don’t think anyone disagrees with. The problem is you can’t get a > >> homestead unless you have a full sim already and so you need to rent > >> from someone and this puts you dependent on someone else which is > >> frustrating for people. So to log in one day and see all your hard work > >> returned to your lost and found isn’t a pleasant experience and seems SL > >> if they are serious about the user experience would have some better > >> ways to handle this. > >> > >> > >> > >> I don’t know if you rent from someone else if you can do a restore of > >> your region to the new location. But seems like there are ways to make > >> this better if not just let people rent homesteads which to me I believe > >> would be a huge market. > >> > >> > >> > >> Anyway this whole subject is off topic for this mailing list and > >> probably should be on the SL forums. > >> > >> > >> > >> M. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> *From:* [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of > *Joel > >> Foner > >> *Sent:* Saturday, August 28, 2010 11:49 AM > >> *To:* Aleric Inglewood > >> *Cc:* opensource-dev > >> *Subject:* Re: [opensource-dev] This is how Linden Lab treats it's > >> customers... > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> After being a paying customer for more than a year, renting a > homestead, > >> and thus paying Linden Lab ~ USD$ 1000 or so ... they just take the > sim > >> offline, with no opening to even discuss the matter. > >> > >> Why? Because of something I did? No. The reason is that Linden > >> Lab isn't interested in the "little people". Unless you have a FULL > >> sim of USD$ 300 per month, you don't count. > >> > >> > >> > >> There is a simple answer for this. You are the customer of your landlord > >> in this case, not Linden Lab. Yes, you have a Second Life account, but > >> you are not renting your land from Linden Lab. You are renting your land > >> from another avatar in Second Life. Linden Lab is not a party to your > >> decision to rent... so why are they accountable if some other avatar > >> bails out and decides to "level their city block"? If the landlord > >> decided to stop renting, boot everyone off and re-terraform the region > >> for some completely different use, would you think Linden Lab would have > >> any responsibility for stopping that or somehow compensating you? It's > >> the landlord's land, and they can do anything with it they choose to, > >> including shut it down, leave, take it over from the renters, or shut it > >> down and let no one else in at all. > >> > >> > >> > >> Joel > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > >> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > >> Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > privileges > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (MingW32) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > > > iEYEAREKAAYFAkx5Os0ACgkQ8ZFfSrFHsmWNbQCeL35cNo4MkluDPXFx2+ZGb3z3 > > G/UAn31zdQ2HEKMoRzbp+3CYV/C+O5CM > > =pGVm > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > privileges > > > > > > -- > “Lanie, I’m going to print more printers. Lots more printers. One for > everyone. That’s worth going to jail for. That’s worth anything.” - > Printcrime by Cory Doctrow > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > privileges >
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