CLD was NOT a bad investment in my opinion (at 1200 or lower) for the last few years.
However, it IS bad for the game, and its future is bleak.
One of the previous posters was right...there will always be something new sold off by MA...if you think the Equus were expensive, wait til you all see how much it costs to build freakin HOUSES on a 3x3.
The prices will not ever be higher than what they are...they are way too high already, imho.
You all forgot one VERY important thing:
Companies get shit figured out over time, and usually become better and stronger.
MA is doing this, and what is the easiest way for it to double its profit once MA see's that its ideas are finally working? It's NOT to double its player (depositor) base...it is to rebuy, reduce, or re-appropriate the CLD's.
Trust me, MA is NEVER gonna let itself grow and grow, and keep giving you half its profits. There are other things that you haven't seen. And the destruction of your CLD's will surprise many of you when you finally get the chance to build your shitty track-homes. MA will NOT be stupid in this, the MOST important decision it ever made. Most of the CLD holders are dreaming if they are looking more than 6-12 months down the road. It was a great investment for a few years...but it will change.
Those that really want a house have their 9 already and will gladly turn 14k ped into a house worth probably that much at first. Those that don't care about houses will continue to be faced with a variety of new things that will tempt them into cld destruction and or rushed-sales due to decline, or maybe even very profitable sales for a short time due to the housing rush, and in the final days, the CLD's will be worthless as most of the small group of house builders (or whatever else MA thinks of that is attractive enough to some to get them to destroy a CLD) people will have already have what they needed or have defected to greener pastures. MA makes more money by more planets and more players...not by more people doing nothing on Caly hoarding their CLD's. They sold out the planet, and many of you all bought it.