Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34343471-20190720080730/@comment-34343471-20190722192523

Mrs. Oats, thank you for posting. It really helps to see what offers other players are getting. There are a number of players who end up paying $700 to $1500 for the first couple months of play. When I first started playing, I set a budget of a dollar an hour but it was a battle to do that. I added up what they were asking and it was $5 an hour which was way out of my price range. I figured a dollar an hour was fair and it was within my budget so I came up with strategies to keep the cost down. (It took me some time to convert the popups into useful dollar per hour numbers.)  Then I joined this forum and realized that I could play for much less. I like to think that by posting strategies on this forum, we can help other players stay within their budgets. Several players find a way to play for free which I think is great. Other players have more money to spend and that is fine too. I just shudder to read a message about a player getting an unexpectedly high credit card bill due to this game. Whether people are paying nothing or $100 a month, they should see what they are actually getting for their money and what other players are paying.