WolfMaiden wrote:I've been wondering the same thing. I know you get access to the SSW and that sounds like it would be fun, and I know about the exclusive space faeire scratch cards, but in the end, is it really worth the money?
SO worth it.
I really don't have the money to spend either but somehow I can't seem to let go of premium!
SSW is better than fun, it is awesome -- you know for 100% certain you are getting the lowest price anywhere-- and without refreshing. In fact, if someone misprices or just lowballs an item, and you look it up, you are guaranteed to see it, as opposed to the regular SW where you'll only see it if you refresh the right alphabet sector of shops. I have probably made more money sniping in the 9 months since I got premium than in the previous five years of being on the game.
The 1000 NP a month (for monthly payers) is not going to make you rich but I certainly enjoy it! - I mean, it's free money, what can I say?! Ditto the Space Faerie scratchoff. Speaking of which, I've only ever won money from it, never any items. Anyone else?
However, I kind of discovered that I can get a special SHH almost every day by using the SSW! It isn't guaranteed to work, but I think what it does is increase your chance of getting the SHH. Like, if your chance is a 10% chance to randomly have a SHH email appear when loading a page normally, then after you use the SSW it jumps up to like a 90% chance. Still might not get one because of the randomness of it, but almost every day I get something because I make a special point to use the SSW even when I'm not going to buy anything. So, that's an extra NP award EVERY DAY (I think the lowest SHH I ever got was 200 NP, usually it's 500 and up) and probably half the time I get an item along with it.
I am not a forum person so I haven't really utilized that, except when I entered the BC that one time... *shrug* and I am no good at Plushie Tycoon, so I haven't used that either.
I DO love the quick links that they give you - you don't have to go to ppt or avatar.starried.net or anywhere offsite to get all your dailies done. It's wonderful!
So is not having any ads. It just about drives me nuts when I log on to my side account every month or so.
The other two things I like are being able to see your selected pet AT ALL TIMES when surfing the site. That was actually a pet peeve of mine long before Premium was a twinkle in anyone's eye. The only time you'd see your pet is when they were sad (no items or something) or when you played some of the non-flash games. Plus, you can see your items AT ALL TIMES. I would go on and on about that but there's nothing to say-- either you'd love that or you wouldn't care... I personally LOVE it.
Finally, whether this is fair or not, I truly believe that TNT pays better attention to premium problem reports. I always get a reply back, though some of the more generic problems (game bugs, etc) take a while. I've posted this many times and I'll say it again, I actually got to a point with one problem where I was basically "chattling" the customer support people directly through the problem report page. I sent a report, got a neomail back with a suggestion and directions to re-report if it didn't work. Did the suggestion. Sent a report. Immediately (within 1 min) got another response back. Did new suggestion. Sent report. Immediately gto response. And not just auto response, an actual response from a real person who was talking directly to me. THAT is awesome. I'm not saying it will happen every time or even ever again (it was a special problem) but honestly, real people do read and respond, and in a timely manner, and it's great to know that they do take care of the Premium members.
So, yes, I certainly recommend getting the trial. After I tried it out for a week, I was convinced I could never go back to regular.
oh and gee! look! *points to sig!* I have 18 referrals left!
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