I gonna quote myself, maybe @Celine or some other from the team could answer my question. My question was, would it be possible to program the Joker-card differently for Elite members? Or would that be to much of a hassle?

@TheEmu I know how the Joker-cards work, this is merly an input to the topic above(the new VIP status)

So I have a question about the VIP status and Jokers. Would it be possible to program the Joker-card different for Elite members?

Because if you only can buy a SEC with Joker-card after the Special Event, I don`t see the point for Joker-cards. I would only paticipate in the Special Event and the Jokers would stack up.

If the Special Event was The Wheel of Bargain or Free Packs it would effectivly barr the Elite-members from participating(I guess that would be easly fixed with always making sure of a another game togheter with the ones mentioned)

I`m pragmatic, so the Special Event doesn`t feel like winning to me. It`s just a long clicking-hour to get the SEC. I don`t mind the prize. Sometimes I just feel like pushing a button and pay 600 credits. The joker-card allows me to do that.

Maybe there are other solutions? I like how we now can use the Gift-cards on VR-shows, that makes the Gift-card valuable again. Perhaps in the future you can buy some special ASMR-videos/shows with Joker-cards😄

The Joker-cards would stack up too the Special Raffle Event. The raffle-tickets doesn`t offer much for me, I don`t mind paying. I would rather convert them to Dolz or something else.

@BedreVita

If you really meant it when you said

I don`t see the point for Joker-cards.

Then you were saying something that indicated that you did not fully know how they work. My responses have been based on you meaning what you said.

@TheEmu please do not put words in my mouth. I would rather have liked a question, if somthing were unclear in my message.

I never said "I don`t see the point for Joker-cards."

I said:

Because if you only can buy a SEC with Joker-card after the Special Event, I don`t see the point for Joker-cards.

and then I continue to explain futher

@BedreVita

I never said "I don`t see the point for Joker-cards."

You did indeed say that - see the first sentence of the second paragraph of the post I was responding to (and from where I copied the text), namely

https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/53388/5?post=769209

Everything about iStripper / New VIP status / New price

So I have a question about the VIP status and Jokers. Would it be possible to program the Joker-card different for Elite members? Because if you only can buy a SEC with Joker-card after the Special Ev...

@TheEmu
I think I have said all that needs to be said

For everyone else who wants context, can read in the messages above.

With a full collection, I got every card365 cards in a year.I got a 45% discount and the Premium Discount on top of that.I got credits when they were $99.99 for 1100 plus an extra 20% so 1320 credits for $100or 0.075 per credit, 7 and 1/2 cents each..so it would cost 25 x 0.55 x 0.80 = 11 credits x 0.075 = 0.825, 82 and 1/2 cents per cardand for a full Year of cards0.825 x 365 = $301.125round it up to $302 $302 for a full year of cards.Now with the Increase...30 x 0.55 x 0.80 = 13.2 credits x 0.075 = 0.99, 99 cents per cardand for a full Year of cards0.99 x 365 = $361.35round it up to $362 an Increase of $60 per Year..EDIT: Opps I forgot about the Increase from 45% to 50% for the MASTER Level Discount..30 x 0.50 x 0.80 = 12 credits x 0.075 = 0.90, 90 cents per cardand for a full Year of cards0.90 x 365 = $328.50round it up to $329 an Increase of $27per Year..

You're making the assumption that nothing else in life gets in the way of this hobby collection. No sickness, job change or loss, no house or car repairs, no massive inflation of food costs or fuel prices, etc that would change the average collector's available disposable income. I had a major death in my family that tanked half my income. I don't think many of us would want to stop collecting but what they propose simply puts more pressure on us to be able to keep up with it. I barely can now. I try to get refills on discount only if I can but I often don't have the spare funding to line up with a great conjuction that is a deep discount + disposable money. When I do have the spare money I never have enough to buy a full year's worth of credits needed nor can I get 6 months worth. My credits barely last to the next discount and we don't see the $100 deal very often. So no, it's not as easy as you make it sound. Just $302 per year. Far from it my guy. From your perspective on Olympus it's easy. For the rest of us not so much. No sympathy for the plebians? Because your statement feels rather condescending. Perhaps us plebs don't deserve the product any longer. Maybe it's evolved beyond us. Only money gods can have it now?

I bet you all still go and fill your car with gas/petrol even when the price increases 35 cents (or more) OVERNIGHT.

I find this an illogical and irrelevant analogy. In many places fuel costs are a neccessity. I need fuel to do business and make money. Many others need it to get to and from work and other places. Not every city has public transit with bus passes. This fact that you compared this program to fuel resources is asinine. The IStripper collection is a hobby, not a life altering neccessity. I suggest you don't ***** the two. We don't have to buy this product and many come and go but I doubt most of wish to stop collecting. However, if this becomes too straining to maintain I and many others will have to cut it out.

I bet you all still go and fill your car with gas/petrol even when the price increases 35 cents (or more) OVERNIGHT.I find this an illogical and irrelevant analogy. In many places fuel costs are a neccessity. I need fuel to do business and make money. Many others need it to get to and from work and other places. Not every city has public transit with bus passes. This fact that you compared this program to fuel resources is asinine. The IStripper collection is a hobby, not a life altering neccessity. I suggest you don't ***** the two. We don't have to buy this product and many come and go but I doubt most of wish to stop collecting. However, if this becomes too straining to maintain I and many others will have to cut it out.

Sadly, this product is the definition of a luxury and not a right, or even a priviledge. It is far beyond that. Maybe there could be an arugment that sexual gratification should be a state sponsored right, and it might actually be healthier for society if that was the case but the internet already offers endless outlets for sexual gratification for free. If you want girls dancing on your desktop it has always been prohibitively expensive compared to pornhub or any other free site. It is getting more expensive but still the same relative price to other luxuries and even necessities. Being money limited always requires humility. It might just be that we have to live with the cards we have, which happens to still be thousands of hours of content for both of us. Totem may decide to go purely into crypto, produce one card a week, who knows...what we know is the product will change over the next 10 years as its CEOs age and decide to sell or modify the product to match their life situation.

I find this an illogical and irrelevant analogy. In many places fuel costs are a neccessity.

I guess a better analogy would be Beer, Smokes, or Coffee
How much per week does one spend on the 3 above vices.
Then compare that to how much is spent on iStripper.

I find that most persons I know that Smoke, also drink Coffee during the day, and Beer at night.

If one had to choose,
Which of the three would persons be willing to give up to continue with their iStipper purchases?

I find this an illogical and irrelevant analogy. In many places fuel costs are a neccessity. I need fuel to do business and make money.

After which you argue that Totem should not increase their prices despite price inflation for almost everything.

To me this is illogical as you seem to be arguing that luxuries should have smaller price increases than necessities.

I guess a better analogy would be Beer, Smokes, or Coffee

My IS budget has always been about equal to my coffee budget but I have always spent much more on coffee because I don't want all the shows and even if I did buy them all it would still cost less than my morning cup of joe. I would question my sanity if I spent as much on IS as I do on beer& wine but that's probably because I spend way to much on beer and wine :)

This forum frequently make me wonder if I'm wealthier than I feel; if I were to buy all the IS shows or none it would have no impact on my coffee or wine budget. I could even justify a few of the full/complete DOLZ shows if I could give it the wine budget but there is no way I could justify it. I would feel like I was buying an entertaining but forgettable toy or trinket and paying like it was a real investment. I would love to see the shows but just like the past exclusives, very soon, I'll forget they even exist.

The price increase will only affect Cards released from September onwards, right?

@Iliv
Yes, new prices will start in september.
Only the cosplay shows released before september will stay at their original price.

@IlivYes, new prices will start in september.Only the cosplay shows released before september will stay at their original price.

Maybe I expressed myself badly. I mean, will all the cards released BEFORE the price increase stay with their original price? Because I can understand the need to increase the price because making new content has become more expensive (even if customers already pay for two subscriptions, one for 4K and one for mobile, making them pay three times the same content), but I don't support the idea of adjusting the prices of already released past content and whose costs have already been repaid (it would go against the above).

@Iliv - the price increase will apply to all shows, regardless of when they were filmed or released.

Think about it this way. If you go into a supermarket and the price of a tin of beans has gone up, it is irrelevant when any individual tin of beans was canned. The price increase applies to all the tins.

The main driver for the cost increase is not what the models got paid - it is for ongoing costs such as rent, electricity, staff wages etc and those increased costs have to be apportioned across every item sold.

the price increase will apply to all shows, regardless of when they were filmed or released.

Oui, enfin pour les cartes 3K (4K), pas les plus anciennes😉
Yes, finally for 3K (4K) cards, not the oldest ones 😉

Think about it this way. If you go into a supermarket and the price of a tin of beans has gone up, it is irrelevant when any individual tin of beans was canned. The price increase applies to all the tins.

Alors j'achèterai de préférence des boites avec de nouveaux haricots a l'intérieur 😄
So I will preferably buy boxes with new beans inside 😄

I find this an illogical and irrelevant analogy. In many places fuel costs are a neccessity.I guess a better analogy would be Beer, Smokes, or CoffeeHow much per week does one spend on the 3 above vices.Then compare that to how much is spent on iStripper.I find that most persons I know that Smoke, also drink Coffee during the day, and Beer at night.If one had to choose,Which of the three would persons be willing to give up to continue with their iStipper purchases?

Or Netflix, Hulu, Disney, Amazon Prime...all of these cost about $20 a month. $240 a year and $1000 every 5 years. This is argument I would give if I had to explain how much I have spent on istripper over the last 12 years. A normal person would spend about $3000-$5000 just on media subscriptions over a 12 year period, so if you said you spend $5000 on a porn product it would sound exhorbitant, it really doesn't when compared to other media. I just imagine this product as a $20 a month subscription...and I skip on those others and just watch youtube.

Could a MASTER and above perk be able to see all the card photos without having to own the card?

I don't spend this credits anymore for new cards `i will use other sources for the latest cards.... in my eyes too expensive and I hope it won't destroy your business when more people walk away....

Enjoy your weekend!

@CasinoGuy - sorry about that but as the records seem to show you have not bought a card for at least the last 5 years......

😉

@CasinoGuy wrote:

`i will use other sources for the latest cards....

Can you explain what you mean by "Other Sources" ?

@celine back on page 1 you wrote ...

Don't worry, iStripper NFT trading cards are NOT taken into account in your collection counting 😉

However I see now that my 'complete' Agatha Vega collection is now only 25 of 26.
When I look in Girls Store is shows only 25 available, when I look in My Collection is shows I have 25
Where is the 26th card???
I see @Wyldanimal has 26 of 26 so you must be counting a card I don't have and can't see.
I checked the SEC tab and it doesnt show one for Agatha.

Q. Where is the 26th card ??? (NFT I guess)

and it's not only Agatha Vega collection

@muttonjeff - I think there is something a bit screwy in what shows in our collections.

I own all cards, all SECs and all NFT's with the exception of Paola Hard.

Yet in My Collection I show

Belka 27/28
Agatha 25/26
Lana 20/21
Paola 19/20
Sonya 13/14
Melody 8/9
Vanessa 4/5

If it was a consistent error due to NFT's - why do I not have the same disparity on Sia, Freya, Mina, and Emiri - and also why is Lana not out by two as she has 2 NFTs???

We have always had the differences between our totals - depending where you look - I have either 5,812 or 5,827 or 5,685 😆😆😆

@pickle1
click on my avatar and look at my count for Agatha (25-26 like you)
now click on Wyldanimal avatar and see 26-26

now explain how ... "depending where you look" ... works 😎

it just seems strange that the shortfalls are models with an NFT

However... you seem unable to answer my question ..... Where is the 26th card ???
I adore Agatha and would like to get ALL her cards (if possible)

@Wyldanimal ... can I ask you to compare your list of Agatha Vega cards to my list below and let me know what extra card you have .. (please) .. maybe it's a "yet to be released" NFT

e1409, e1410
e1545, e1546, e1547
e1734, e1876
f0640, f0641, f0642, f0643
f0690, f0691, f0692, f0693, f0694, f0695
f1023, f1024, f1025, f1026
f1315, f1316, f1317, f1318

I've always related the price of a card to the price of a Hershey bar. I've been paying about $1.00 for a card and about $1.25 for a Hershey bar. Today I noticed that the Hershey bar is now $1.60. I guess inflation strikes everywhere.

@muttonjeff - I wish I could explain why/how I can get three different counts of the cards I own depending upon where I look (looking at my card list, clicking on my account profile or clicking on my avatar in the Forum) 😆

AS for the disparity with @WA 's list showing no missing cards and ours, Agatha has filmed an NFT and it will be number G0078 - wearing the black jump suit you see in her VR180 show. But it has not been released yet (even to the QA team as we are not QA'ing the NFTs) and I genuinely cannot explain that disparity.😧

I've always related the price of a card to the price of a Hershey bar. I've been paying about $1.00 for a card and about $1.25 for a Hershey bar. Today I noticed that the Hershey bar is now $1.60. I guess inflation strikes everywhere.

This reminds me of the phrase "dollars to doughnuts"
as in dollars to doughnuts I will beat you in a race.
the idea is that a dollar is worth more than a doughnut and I am laying odds on myself that I will win the bet.

I paid $1.25 for a doughnut saturday.

@pickle1 ... thanks.

Will the new price starting at 4 September also affect the careds already released at this date ?
Or will all cards be more expensive ?
For me it's only for some cards released in the last two months, maybe some older cards too