July 2nd 2008 06:18 am
INTERLUDE: WOW GOLD PRICES ARE GOING UP, UP, UP Plus Revisiting Former Victims
WoW gold prices have doubled over the last 24 hours or so, it’s giving me aneurysm. X(
And I thought only oil prices are going through the roof.
Politically-incorrect Cletus, in his own charming way, spewed: "Have those Arabs cornered the WoW gold market too? Are they gonna start charging by the f#$%ing barrel?!"
Poor guy still hasn’t gotten his mule from Randyrun.com . He’s sent 387 emails to Randy and company demanding they refund him. No reply. Eh, he was warned from the onset.
Anyway, I’d like to use this interlude post to announce the latest bullet point to my mission and vision for WoWGoldFacts.com: to be your one and only Bible on WoW Gold sellers. And not only will WoWGoldFacts.com give you the dirt on every WoW gold seller’s service level, it will also alert you of drastic price changes and everything else that impacts the whole industry. I know, it’s a big task but luckily I have Cletus and Remus to help me with the research, barring their occasional lapses in maturity and work ethic.
Speaking about prices, I got a nice, sweet email from some manager named Rona A. of IGE.com inviting me to check out their Fourth of July 1-Week Sale. So check it out I did:
GAK! 1000 gold for as low as $29.95! Wasn’t it just recently when they were offering it for as low as $14.95/1000g???
That orc with the cowboy hat is sooooo Village People!
My inner bargain hunter is protesting. Is this the best deal in the market? Time to take a trip down memory lane and check out all my former victims. Let’s see how much we poor souls need to pay for 1000 gold. I will click on FOUR random servers — why four? dunno, just sounds like an okay number and do you honestly expect me to check each and every server??? — and post the prices here.
Starting with WOWMINE.COM :
I got the following prices:
1. $43.79
2. $47.39
3. $ 51.55
4. $58.79
BOO!!! ‘Nuff said.
THSALE.COM
1. $34.94
2. $34.89
3. $33.95
4. $34.94
Nothing in the twenties? BOO!!!
SWAGVAULT.COM
1. $35.77
2. $41.65
3. $36.99
4. $36.99
Yikes. Still ain’t pretty.
IGXE.COM
1. $33.97
2. $38.60
3. $33.97
4. $33.97
People on a tight budget like me need something much lower than that, buddy boy. But thanks for trying!
OOFAY.COM
1. $32.22
2. $35.80
3. $30.29
4. $30.29
Uh huh. Not as painful as the previous ones but like an elephant that never forgets, you’re forever in my shit list thanks to your crappy service and nonexistent delivery. I’ll never buy from you again unless you offer me something really neat like my own production studio in Hollywood.
IGE.CC
Site no longer exists and has gone the way of William Hung’s singing career. Har de har har.
RANDYRUN.COM
1. $26.44
2. $28.92
3. $31.79
4. $ 18.49
HANG ON!!! Before you new readers rejoice, may I mention the delivery fee that comes with the purchase? And have you read my previous posts on Randyrun.com? If not, go back, read ‘em and weep with my friend Cletus. With no live help as a contact option, he is forced to follow up on his refund request through email and Randyrun has yet to reply as of this writing. PLUS, Randyrun needs 72-96 hours to gather the gold to fill your order, that is, if they ever get to fill it. Ha!
My great-grandfather Angus once chided me: "You pay cheap, you get cheap…or just plain ol’ air."
Great grandpa was right. I miss him so.
Hang on, he’s still alive.
But anyway, you get what I mean. So which site would I recommend, you’re asking?
Well, given how IGE.com has been the only one to actually deliver so far, plus the fact that they have the BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE I’ve ever experienced , I’d put them in the top spot for now. Yes, I know their average price may not be the lowest but they’re our safest bet. For now.
I’m starting a new review soon, kiddies. It would be interesting to see if anyone could take the top spot away from IGE, especially in the middle of this virtual currency crisis and supplies are just so hard to come by. ‘Cause ya know what? In the end, it’s not the price that’s gonna be the deciding factor — it’s the site that can actually deliver.
Remember: you pay cheap, you get cheap.
Or you may get nothing at all.
And finally, for entertainment value, please click the images below to view a larger version of what could possibly be the most amusing and retarded attempt on the part of WoWMine’s own grammatically challenged "English-speaking" customer service reps to improve their Bizrate ratings. Click here to see the actual webpage. How do I know that Balinda and Will are WoWMine reps? Simple. I once had the (dis)honor of chatting with Balinda (not exactly a very common name, mind you) And as for Will, well, let’s just say that my other friends have had the displeasure of chatting with him - with everything lost in translation.
Have fun, kiddies. I’m off to bed….laughing of course.
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12 Comments »
sweetanya on 04 Jul 2008 at 4:04 am #
lol! never fail to amuse me with the blogs you write. i hope to see who will take the spot from ige. they have not disappointed yet (i hope never) =) you are a super!
Linden Marks on 04 Jul 2008 at 7:10 am #
There’s either a shortage of gold or a shortage of farmers atm, Or those asian farmers are on strike. =D
Gold farmer on strike on 04 Jul 2008 at 8:05 am #
Yes, We are on strike! Strike! Strike! Strike!
Kriz Tinbucco on 04 Jul 2008 at 10:18 am #
It seems IGE still has the best prices around.
Alvin on 04 Jul 2008 at 10:44 pm #
There is a shortage of rice in asia. The gold farmers had to farm rice or else they have nothing to eat.
Alvin on 04 Jul 2008 at 11:11 pm #
Now we know why they called it RandyRun.com. It’s a cheer for Randy to run away after you pay him.
Vors on 05 Jul 2008 at 7:45 am #
is randyrun just one big phishing site or what?
Elsie on 05 Jul 2008 at 12:37 pm #
@wowgoldfan
Balinda is actually a character in the wow battleground alterac valley, she’s one of the alliance officers in the bg. I don’t think you do much bgs if you don’t recognize the name, think those chatters just use random warcraft npc names. btw can you do a review on susanexpress.com or dgamesky.com(i think that’s their name) the bastards have been spamming pms to players in the game.
Linden Marks on 06 Jul 2008 at 7:31 am #
elsie i think his name is extreme gold fan not wow gold fan. and yes you’re right, those 2 websites have been sending their bots ingame to whisper and yell advertisements about their sites. I mean it’s everywhere, they’re in the general, trade and even the lfg channel. They’re getting to be more than annoyance already. Especially those pms that suddenly pop up from one of their bots.
Just some guy on 06 Jul 2008 at 1:47 pm #
What the hell is up with the gold prices. Maybe i’ll just go farm my own gold then.
Ron Z on 28 Jul 2008 at 7:46 pm #
Just ordered 1000G from IGE, great experience an FAST… 2 hours tops.
Still waiting after more than 36 hours for Wowmine…
IGE will get any/all my biz from now on.
Ron
Anthony on 30 Oct 2009 at 2:19 am #
Do you kno a good powerleveling site.?