Just added those, thanks for the info!Next Island also has 2 other stall areas - Knossos TP (Gorgon Stalls) a Troy TP (Moloch Stalls)
Those have been added now, thanks for helpingThere is also a small shopping booth area at Chateau Liberte, called Chateau Liberte Marketplace (no tp) and the Cape Corinth booth's (downstairs).
I agree that the shop situation atm does seem to be a bit of a catch-22 one, but to some extent ppl were allowing it to happen. If they hadn't been prepared to pay the sky high prices that were being offered, then sellers would have lowered their sights a bit.1. Get a credit card put 10k USD on your card 2. FInd someone who actually sell one since MA wont release new property on the marker ppl who have them don't really want to sell them. 3 Get lucky and obtain one at some location you don't like /its deserted/ or is another planet probably less populated too. Spend more cash to furnish and stock it and wait for a whale to come visit you which is also rare since the players who are surviving in this game don't usualy throw money left and right. Furthermore thos who do own a shop usually end up with prices that are higher than what you can find people selling it for or the auction have the items listed. Then they wonder why nodobody visit their shop and buy anything or think that well since i payed so much to put a shop i need to make my money back -odds are you won't
Part of the catch is those prices currently are not realistic. Why you would ask?- Quite simple theres a lot of unabtainable property currently on calypso and other planets. Some are owned by mindark Acquisitions some have their owner terminals disabled. The shops that are available are more expensive because of that if if MA releases the rest of the shops from their hold the prices won't be that high !I agree that the shop situation atm does seem to be a bit of a catch-22 one, but to some extent ppl were allowing it to happen. If they hadn't been prepared to pay the sky high prices that were being offered, then sellers would have lowered their sights a bit.
That's right, they're not realistic for a whole lot of reasons, not least because there isn't a big enough market base to justify these over-the-top prices; but it seems to me that ppl were still prepared to buy them anyway. If they hadn't been, sellers would have lowered their prices.Part of the catch is those prices currently are not realistic. Why you would ask?- Quite simple theres a lot of unabtainable property currently on calypso and other planets. Some are owned by mindark Acquisitions some have their owner terminals disabled. The shops that are available are more expensive because of that if if MA releases the rest of the shops from their hold the prices won't be that high !
Just added a link to the thread. Nice list of active shops btw!
Send a support case to Mindark expressing to them how much you despise this Marcus estate guy.There is a certain person in entropia that i;ve grown to hate goes by the name Marcus it's about time MA does something about that aswel he has aquired a considerable ammount of property over the years and stoped playing as a result theres a lot of areas with everything owned by him that is not being rented to anyone. There ought to be something in the rules that if you havent logged for years such property as shops that dont generate passive income should revert back to MA ownership
Thats the thing they are actually taking unowned property back and wont release it again so someone else can use it. As a result there are entire deserted areas with terminals disabled owned by Mindark acquisitions or Marcus the broker im supprised the community does not react to that !Send a support case to Mindark expressing to them how much you despise this Marcus estate guy.
FUCKIN MARCUS!
Marcus Callender The Estate Broker is real? Don't think so... This is MA in disguise; a proxy estate owner, not a real player.There is a certain person in entropia that i;ve grown to hate goes by the name Marcus it's about time MA does something about that aswel he has aquired a considerable ammount of property over the years and stoped playing as a result theres a lot of areas with everything owned by him that is not being rented to anyone. There ought to be something in the rules that if you havent logged for years such property as shops that dont generate passive income should revert back to MA ownership. And some claim thats an avatar owned by MA whatever is the reasoning we come back to this prices of shops being inflated as a result that players are kept away from property that can be sold way cheaper
It's not Mindark in disguise, It's just Mindark. They openly admit to being in control of this avatar. A lot of the properties that still have his name on the terminal could well be owned by other players, but they haven't claimed the terminal yet after the initial sale, for whatever reason. The rest of them have been unreleased and/or seized (i believe Callender owned the Treasure island LAs during the Deathifier lawsuit), and Mindark have obviously deemed it unsuitable to sell them, likely for reasons I have stated before in other threads, namely they don't think the playerbase is large enough to support them, and to protect existing investments from devaluing. They may also be saving them for future event prizes, who knows.Marcus Callender The Estate Broker is real? Don't think so... This is MA in disguise; a proxy estate owner, not a real player.
Take it up with Mindark.Then why doesn't it clearly say 'owned by MA' on estate terminals? MCTEB is not real. MA just wants players to think that he's a real player. MA doesn't need to be in control of an avatar for this. As to more points of sale devaluing existing estates, so what. This would mean more competition and so drive down estate prices in the auction.
Don't you understand? This is obviously your fault /sTake it up with Mindark.
Well it partly is. I do own a shop that I am greedily keeping from the open market. I’ll take death threats via PM please, just please leave my mother out of them, she’s a sweet lady, nothing like myself.Don't you understand? This is obviously your fault /s
I might, but not as a complaint through a support case. Opportunity knocks.Take it up with Mindark.
Then why doesn't it clearly say 'owned by MA' on estate terminals? MCTEB is not real. MA just wants players to think that he's a real player. MA doesn't need to be in control of an avatar for this. As to more points of sale devaluing existing estates, so what. This would mean more competition and so drive down estate prices in the auction.
I named min Marco Beerman. cuz you know It Saul Good Man...Case in point, I named my pet bristlehog Marco Behrman
Yep that's what I think, MCTEB is an NPC and not a participant as some may think.Nah I don't think any subterfuge is intended here. It's just a bit of fun. Another NPC as it were almost or a minor bit of game lore if you like. I wonder if there is any story behind the name. Not a "in game story" (like Omegaton) to be clear, I mean maybe there's some silly story behind how they thought up the name. Like maybe there was a real life estate agent with that name that was particularly memorable to someone at MA and they named their default estate owner after them for a laugh.
Case in point, I named my pet bristlehog Marco Behrman
Also as mentioned before, MA has said to send in support cases or contact the planet partner of people are interested in getting a shop or land deed back on the auction. They likely won’t do it for one interested person, but it does sound like of there is enough interest, they’ll auction. I’ve seen MA having on occasional Marcus auction for houses-apartments in the last few years at least.Yep that's what I think, MCTEB is an NPC and not a participant as some may think.