Online store prices are outrageously high!

[JTF-Taru]

No. Learn to budget. If you can't do that then wait for sales. If that's still too much for you, then your issues aren't exactly SE problem but your own.

No, the issue is with SE. The items are simply far too expensive. When something is massively over-priced, you don't 'budget' for it. You point out it's a rip-off, don't buy it and talk to people about how it's a massive rip-off.

If you went to the shop and they charged you £10 for a loaf of bread and you complained about it and someone told you to just budget, you'd think they were being ridiculous. This is no different.

DLC has been around long enough in video games for people to gauge what is and isn't reasonable and these are far above what you'd expect to pay for what they are.

[SenorPatty]

If you went to the shop and they charged you £10 for a loaf of bread and you complained about it and someone told you to just budget, you'd think they were being ridiculous. This is no different.

If I went to a shop and get charged for 10 dollars, that's me asking for it because they typically display prices for food they sell. That means I knowingly took that bread that costs 10 dollars and brought it to the shelf. My choice
Secondly, if I didn't like those prices, I'd just...leave the store and go to another one that sells cheaper? Duh.

"But what if it's like, the only store in your neighborhood?"

Omg omg omg, um....oh i know! I'll just...not buy the bread and live on something else. *Cue mind explosion*

[lolicon09]

No, the issue is with SE. The items are simply far too expensive. When something is massively over-priced, you don't 'budget' for it. You point out it's a rip-off, don't buy it and talk to people about how it's a massive rip-off.

If you went to the shop and they charged you £10 for a loaf of bread and you complained about it and someone told you to just budget, you'd think they were being ridiculous. This is no different.

DLC has been around long enough in video games for people to gauge what is and isn't reasonable and these are far above what you'd expect to pay for what they are.

A store, as the business it is, has the whole right to put the price they want to the products they sell. At the same time i, as a client, have the whole right to decide IF i want to pay said price or not. If i consider that price too high for what the product offers, then i just go to a different store and/or choose a different/similar product with a better price. That IS how you send the message to any company; The less their product sells, the faster it gets a better price and/or offers more for said price

[Kes13a]

No, the issue is with SE. The items are simply far too expensive. When something is massively over-priced, you don't 'budget' for it. You point out it's a rip-off, don't buy it and talk to people about how it's a massive rip-off.

If you went to the shop and they charged you £10 for a loaf of bread and you complained about it and someone told you to just budget, you'd think they were being ridiculous. This is no different.

DLC has been around long enough in video games for people to gauge what is and isn't reasonable and these are far above what you'd expect to pay for what they are.

You are not comparing apples to apples. you need food to live. there is nothing in the store NEEDED to play the game. how is that a difficult concept to master? So yes, it is completely different. If you WANT something that is optional, as in not absolutely required, then being told to budget for said item is a completely reasonable response. If you personally think the price is excessive.. do not buy it. simple answer.

If the prices were "far above what you'd expect to pay" then few would buy them and they would have to reconsider their pricing. The obvious fact that the market obviously supports charging what they do, is evidence itself that the prices are not "far above" what people using the shop are expecting.

the reasoning that the fault is with SE is faulty. IF anything, the fault lies with people using the store. SE is a business, they tend to want to make income. If they were a charity, then you would have a point, but they are not.

[Violet_Galaxy]

No, the issue is with SE. The items are simply far too expensive. When something is massively over-priced, you don't 'budget' for it. You point out it's a rip-off, don't buy it and talk to people about how it's a massive rip-off.

If you went to the shop and they charged you £10 for a loaf of bread and you complained about it and someone told you to just budget, you'd think they were being ridiculous. This is no different.

DLC has been around long enough in video games for people to gauge what is and isn't reasonable and these are far above what you'd expect to pay for what they are.

You're comparing apples to oranges. Buying a loaf of bread for £10 IS ridiculous and it's really not something an adult needs to say/think aloud. It's a gimme that said adult should shop around and seek a better deal in the market; to think otherwise shows that your childish and aren't equipped for the real world. There's only one Mogstation. It has no competition in Mogstation item sales (as SE is the sole owner), therefore they control Mogstation sales.

Honestly, I'm bewildered that we're actually comparing sales of necessities to digital wants.