Brindle Pits, I make $13,000 a day by playing games. I don't think it's impossible to buy enough food for your dogs with $13K. 13K can buy 1181 Natural Dog Food bags.

I say that trials should just not have been changed, the winnings I have been getting a couple months before this new change allowed me to buy one item from the monthly shop a month, and feed my dogs.Now, I trail my dogs, and I make about 150 dollars per trial. That is absolutely, ridiculously, ATROCIOUS! I cannot feed my dogs anymore! I have sold 3 of my easter bunnies in the past week to make ends meet, and I cannot continue on like this for long.

FYI,<br /> <br /> I did the math and it turns out that the average money that each account has on hand right now is about $20000. You should base the pricing for items off of that.

How about this. You could raise the prices a little bit. Maybe to 20k? But limit the quantity on each member. <br /> <br /> I've noticed that with the players with more investments tend to buy several monthly shop items then sell them for bones.

I must say I agree with Aussie.<br /> <br /> I understand our economy has changed, but I can't find myself to agree with the prices. The Scholar collar? That price made me shiver x__x

But increasing prices SUPPORTS inflation. <br /> <br /> As a well known financial adviser says "As long as prices keep rising year after year, the value of the dollar declines and people — particularly those on fixed incomes — are seriously hurt." <br /> <br />

<i>"I can see the sense behind raising the prices to help stabilize the economy."</i><br><br>This is what I don't understand. Why is it so bad that some of us have money we don't spend? I raise my money through honest means: selling training sessions, studding dogs, playing games, selling pups, selling items, trialing, etc. If I don't see something I want to buy - I don't buy it. I don't know why it's so bad for us to have lots of $$ when we don't spend it recklessly. I think the only people it would <b>really</b> be hurting would be people who don't have much money - and what would they do if the items were all increased? They'd save up until they have lots of money, and then we'd have <b>more</b> people with lots of money. I don't see how this will help the Ala economy at all. It will not encourage spending, it will encourage saving.

My personal opinion in concerns to trial dogs are not to take away from people who have worked hard or bred high total potentials by suddenly now limiting them in agility trials.<br /> <br /> That is a different kind of unfairness that punishes people for succeeding and playing all their cards right without considering alternative forms of economical balance that does not attack people who have done nothing wrong but simply strove to do their best.<br /> <br /> People who have invested time, purchase of Chances, and several energy/training items as well as perks to achieve where they stand. More importantly, people who have invested a great amount of real life money to do so.<br /> <br /> Rather than focus on punishing people who do well, I do think magical water bowl item should be made slightly less accessible.<br /> <br /> Dogs with high total potential have less of an issue multiplying at an alarming rate when the means to rear them are not rapidly easily accessed through monthly shops; but remaining a luxury commodity.<br /> <br /> I do agree that Alacrity is in need of price adjustments and ways to funnel more money out, however.

I also feel that the monthly shop price increase has been a long time coming... I've felt like it's been far too cheap for a few months, now. However, I feel $30k might be a bit drastic. I suggest the $20k-$25k instead :) $30k is overdoing it...<br /> <br /> I feel like some people are overreacting and didn't think through their responses. I know I wasn't happy with this update at first, I just gave myself a little while to get used to it *shrugs* Ala tends to turn updates to the site into drama.<br /> <br /> And don't get me wrong, I'm not a rich person! I currently have $6,107 Ala cash and 0 bones. I save up my bones and cash up to get what I want :) It might be frustrating at times to get the money together and especially will be after this change is implemented, but it's really not so bad with the money-making opportunities on Ala.<br /> <br /> I totally agree with your decision, Rob :D

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The adjustment to the bone to dollar ratio is a long time coming but it isn't going to solve the problem.<br /> <br /> The problem is that altho the majority need the new trail rewards the change coincided with a bunch of people hitting the TP cap - and they are mass producing, aging and trailing dogs that are making them half a mill a day (per dog). What was supposed to be a good thing for the majority is being spoiled by the minority - and now those racing their capped dogs to the top are running everyone else out of the shows altogether and it's only going to get worse. It would be nice if those people could have been more responsible but now it's too late you can't un-ring the bell - greed has gotten the best of Ala and the little guys get to pay for it.<br /> <br /> The trail awards and entry fees need to be changed so that low TP dogs can make money trailing and aren't over run by the high TP dogs and no dog on Ala should be taking home more than $5,000 for a trail win. That will fix the economy more than raising the prices to where no one can afford to buy anything. <br /> <br /> But that's just my opinion.