http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/online-wares-mean-real-life-cash.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:30:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/online-wares-mean-real-life-cash.html/comment-page-1#comment-2033 jim Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:22:41 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/online-wares-mean-real-life-cash.html#comment-2033 I think the service they provided was the money conversion service, transfering money from in-game "plats" to out-of-game dollars.... selling the items themselves would be shady. I think the service they provided was the money conversion service, transfering money from in-game “plats” to out-of-game dollars…. selling the items themselves would be shady.

]]> http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/online-wares-mean-real-life-cash.html/comment-page-1#comment-2032 dan Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:09:13 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/online-wares-mean-real-life-cash.html#comment-2032 Isn't it a little shady for Sony to offer their own service, considering they control what's being sold? They could slowly start flooding the market with high-value items; these items would slowly be sold off for higher prices, generating a bunch of cash for Sony, before people realized that they're no longer "valuable"... Isn’t it a little shady for Sony to offer their own service, considering they control what’s being sold? They could slowly start flooding the market with high-value items; these items would slowly be sold off for higher prices, generating a bunch of cash for Sony, before people realized that they’re no longer “valuable”…

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