SO this morning I opened up the app eager to see which new card would be dropping. I was happy to see a xxx card. However I was not happy to see an abritrary price increase for said card. If it is that cards that feature more hardcore material will cost members more, then it stands to reason that cards that feature no full nudity from models new to this who are lesser experienced (as is shown by their performances which is expected and natural for a first timer) should be offered at a lower cost. Why is this card a "collectors" card and cards by other models that are also "uniqie" not? As was said in the card promo, the model was not instructed or made to go to the extreme. It was implied that she loves that ( which is great) and it was all a marvelous bonus. I am having trouble purchasing this card at this price. And even if I do ultimately get it. It will be under protest. And in all likelyhood make me disinclined to continue buying cards at the rate i have been recently. I may need to conserve credits for collector edition cards. And yes I was intentionally facetious and sarcastic there. This is upsetting and will turn off a lot of dedicated customers who have been supporting totem during this pandemic. There should be NO PRICE INCREASES during a global pandemic.
I really hope that I do not get banned for saying that. Time will tell.

Hi @mitchell

I cannot comment on pricing policy as I am not privy to how such decisions are made.

All I can say is that you will NOT get banned for expressing your opinion in such a reasoned and polite way.

The Forum is here for you to express your views and discuss / debate with others.

Some cards with a higher price have been here on Istripper for years. I personally prefere the company doing it this way, by far, than doing a generalized price raise.

Some cards with a higher price have been here on Istripper for years. I prefere this way, by far, than a generalized price raise.

That may be so. However we were not in a global pandemic then. We are in unprecendented times. It is unreasonable to expect members to pay more for cards when a lot of us have been laid off or are scraping by just barely and look to services like these for a bit of escapism. To help ease us through the *****. I maintain that this was short sighted and to be honest a bit ***** as a paying member who has been financially supporting totem during their tough times . Times where models are scarce and they have had to make do with what resources they have talent wise. I have not *****. But this is a bridge too far. There need to be some sensitivity by corporate heads in a time like this when their paying customers are ***** because of a GLOBAL PANDEMIC that has severely restricted our ability to earn. We are still purchasing cards at the least totem can also stay their hand at price increases or if the term price increase is offensive suspend "specially priced" cards. And make them available at the regular cost in the short term.

@mitchell
Je comprend bien votre ressentiment, on a d'ailleurs évoqué ce sujet ce matin.😕
Si cela peut vous consoler, ce n'est qu'une carte et vous pouvez, comme certains d'entre nous, attendre une offre "CashBack" pour l'obtenir gratuitement.😉
@mitchell
I understand your resentment, we also mentioned this subject this morning.
If that's any consolation, it's just a card and you can, like some of us, wait for a "CashBack" offer to get it for free.
@mitchell
Entiendo su resentimiento, también mencionamos este tema esta mañana.
Si te sirve de consuelo, es solo una tarjeta y puedes, como algunos de nosotros, esperar una oferta de "CashBack" para obtenerla gratis.

Hi @mitchell

To help ease us through the *****.
and to be honest a bit ***** as a paying member who has been financially supporting
totem during their tough times.
There need to be some sensitivity by corporate heads in a time like this when their paying customers are ***** because of a GLOBAL PANDEMIC that has severely restricted our ability to earn.

Totem is a Company and not a Mental Health Care Institution, and also as i was picking these few Sentences
out from you, i will share with you a very personal Information.

I'm ***** myself since my Childhood and it hasn't changed until today, unfortunately.
I become Depressive, incl. a personality Disorder ... Great 👌

So and i was sitting now almost 45 Minutes in front of the following Decision to write this here,
but i think to Talk about it maybe Help and will attract the wrong people for sure :(
It is what it is.

In 2017 i thought about it to End my Life, i already prepared all for it to this Point.
But i'm still here, sitting in Front of my Computer and writing this to you
and share this very personal Information with you.
Regardless you believe it me or not, but it is the Truth, and guess what i still have to Deal with this Situation,
and it's not easy believe me that.

But i do not hold Totem responsible for this, in any kind of way.
And this Covid 19 Stuff will go away at some Point, it's only a Question of Time.
It is a Hard Time for all of us, but we have to go through this whether we like it or not.

and to be honest a bit ***** as a paying member

To be honest, i can't spend this Month not a single Cent in iStipper, because i just simply don't have
the Money for it, so it what it is.
But the October will go over, the November will come and i'm almost sure i can Buy
another Credit Batch in November. It are only 25 Days until then, so not a HUGE amount of Time.

And believe it me or not, if i had the Money (and even more from it) i would like to Spend
some of it to you, just ease your ***** but unfortunately it's not possible.

So you can decide for yourself, give further your ***** and ***** the Attention,
or doing something good and healthy for your Mental Health, it's your Decision.
Because i know and i'm sure that there are more Users here on iStripper with the problem of
***** and *****, it is not only us two.

But at the end, Totem is not responsible for your ***** and *****.

Keep this always in Mind, don't care about negative things or stupid/negative people.
Do something for yourself which makes you Happy and gives you a positive Feeling,
and the Show from Marica Chanelle won't run away from you.

Have a good Time so far 👍

@Stanston
I do not hold totem responsible for the problems of any individual. i DO hold them responsible for their OWN decisions. You did not address my main point. It is incosiderate and short sighted to release high priced cards in the middle of a Pandemic that financially affects your customers. THAT IS THE POINT. Not me or your perception of me. If we the paying customer can continue to support them during their difficult times then they can in the SHORT TERM suspend "Special Pricing"

I hope that my point is npw sufficiently clear. I do not expect totem or any other corporation to solve my personal problems for me. It was an incorrect inference on your part. Not an implication on mine.

@Stanston
I do not hold totem responsible for the problems of any individual. i DO hold them responsible for their OWN decisions. You did not address my main point. It is incosiderate and short sighted to release high priced cards in the middle of a Pandemic that financially affects your customers. THAT IS THE POINT. Not me or your perception of me. If we the paying customer can continue to support them during their difficult times then they can in the SHORT TERM suspend "Special Pricing"

I hope that my point is npw sufficiently clear. I do not expect totem or any other corporation to solve my personal problems for me. It was an incorrect inference on your part. Not an implication on mine.

I actually ***** to get involved, but I can't help myself. Nobody should be spending the rent money on strippers (real or istripper). This is a wonderful place to spent discretionary money. Each individual decides how to spend that extra cash. For example, some go to McDonalds and some go to Morton's steakhouse, some shop at Walmart and some shop at Louis Vuitton. Nobody is being ***** to buy regular cards or SEC cards. We make the decision based on our preference to spending "discretionary" money. iStripper is a luxury and should be treated as such.

@mitchell

If we the paying customer can continue to support them during their difficult times then they can in the
SHORT TERM suspend "Special Pricing"

Then feel free to take Advantage of the next Cashback Offer, as it was already mentioned from @Philours
and grab this Card for Free.

It was an incorrect inference on your part. Not an implication on mine.

Usually the problem with Text based Conversations 😉

SO this morning I opened up the app eager to see which new card would be dropping. I was happy to see a xxx card. However I was not happy to see an abritrary price increase for said card. If it is that cards that feature more hardcore material will cost members more, then it stands to reason that cards that feature no full nudity from models new to this who are lesser experienced (as is shown by their performances which is expected and natural for a first timer) should be offered at a lower cost. Why is this card a "collectors" card and cards by other models that are also "uniqie" not? .... There should be NO PRICE INCREASES during a global pandemic.
I really hope that I do not get banned for saying that. Time will tell.

[quote]

So, this has already been said, but Totem does this on a regular basis to float new pricing. I remember when Card number 0097 came out with the 4 girls on the beach. The price I think back then was $2, twice a normal card's price, but half of what normal cards cost today. Everyone *****. Now, we see the next price increase slowely easing its way in. Price balloons if you will, to see if we are willing to bite. I will, because I must have all of the cards to keep up with the Jones, but I applaud you for holding firm.

A noter cependant que pour une carte Duo, je peux admettre un prix supérieur 😜😜
Note however that for a Duo card, I can admit a higher price 😜😜

to Date, there have been 20 such cards that were released with a slightly Higher than regular Price.

See my Post Here

https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/40970/1?post=683794

Kącik nowego użytkownika / Special Event / Exclusive Cards / Removed Cards

These are the 64 cards that have a higher than usual Price. edited on 1/18/2025 copy and paste to the My Collection or Store Text filter box Beta 2.0 f1753|e0524|e1194|e1879|e1920|e1969|e1990|e1999|e2...

Let me know if I have missed any.

@Wyldanimal, Merci, j'ai trouvé la carte qui n'était pas encore dans ma liste de cartes a prix supérieur grâce a vous.👌 (Angie Line)
@Wyldanimal, Thanks, I found the card that was not in my premium card list yet thanks to you. 👌 (Angie Line)

@Wyldanimal

My issue isn't with special pricing per se. I have about 10 "Special cards" i think. I do understand that this has been done before. And as you have shown, quite often. My issue is the timing. Is the middle of a Global Pandemic the time to debut a higher priced card? Maybe I am in the minority here. If so then cool. It may very well be that the clientel here has no issue with it. I appologize if my complaint has offended the majority of iStripper members.

@Wyldanimal

My issue isn't with special pricing per se. I have about 10 "Special cards" i think. I do understand that this has been done before. And as you have shown, quite often. My issue is the timing. Is the middle of a Global Pandemic the time to debut a higher priced card? Maybe I am in the minority here. If so then cool. It may very well be that the clientel here has no issue with it. I appologize if my complaint has offended the majority of iStripper members.

As far as I can tell the extra price increase is worth about 40 cents. You probably spent 40 cents on the electromagnetic radiation it took for your computer to turn on, process istripper, open the forum, type the message and click send. I too feel like the price increase is dramatic but if you think about it...with reload discounts, 20% discount diamond discount, you are looking at a $2 expenditure for a truly special card. The product is expensive relative to pirated pornography, but not relative to other protected eroticism like onlyfans.

I don't have a problem with a Card costing a few extra shekels
Heck, Theres a few "Special Cards" I'd Love to add to my Collection for a few dollars more
I could deal with it!

@Stanston
I do not hold totem responsible for the problems of any individual. i DO hold them responsible for their OWN decisions. You did not address my main point. It is incosiderate and short sighted to release high priced cards in the middle of a Pandemic that financially affects your customers. THAT IS THE POINT. Not me or your perception of me. If we the paying customer can continue to support them during their difficult times then they can in the SHORT TERM suspend "Special Pricing"

I hope that my point is npw sufficiently clear. I do not expect totem or any other corporation to solve my personal problems for me. It was an incorrect inference on your part. Not an implication on mine.

I hear you!!! I just spotted that "for no reason" higher priced card. That will do it for me. I'm done buying credits. This is the same ole' story as before with the previous versions of this software. GREED is all it is. Also, have you noticed that the models don't stick around very long? Hmm......

1st strike, special event cards
2nd strike, removal of the $100 option in the credit bonus ($100 for 1300 credits).
3rd strike, reduction of the cash back bonus.

then there is the tier levels lmao.....

And now the higher pricing of cards. Like you said, to top it all off, they're doing all this during the pandemic. Disgusting...

Totem should have just flagged this card as a SEC.

I realize there have been more expensive "Collector's Cards" (term used in the card description) in the past, but aren't those usually erotic parodies or some such? At least one could thinly justify the extra cost as being due to costume and set details.

Where's the extra cost from with this show? The candle? Did Marica end up with second-degree *****?

I suppose I'm asking too much from, let's face it: a porn company, but some transparency would be nice. What is Totem's justification for the price increase on this card? With the recent reduction of the cash back offer, and now a price hike on a card for no apparent reason, I can see the writing on the wall...

I stand with those against the price of this card, and can't wait to say a couple of choice words aloud (at Totem's expense) as I get it for free as part of the next cash back offer (which will probably end up being buy five get one free!)

But, since iStripper is in no way an essential service, I don't believe one can use the pandemic as any sort of leverage against it.

@stanston

My sympathy to you. I am not as bad as others, but I understand. As I go through my difficulties, I want to laugh... and *****... when someone says something that is supposed to be encouraging... but isn't..... recent quotes that mean well, but aren't.


"remember, the only one who will take care of Willyweekly is willyweekly"

"you should lean on your friends at a time like this"

"focus on why you are here"

" at the end of the day, who are you going to make proud?"

There are others, of course, but this was just this weekend. People try to give me a positive spin, and it becomes a downward spiral....



I will hold you in my thoughts and hope/pray things are okay.

@Stanston
I trust you did not take my post as an attack. It was merely to clarify my position. I can see that you made your remarks in good faith. We all have our personal issues. Some more than others. Thanks for sharing some of yours in an honest attempt to help others. I just needed to clarify my position which I believe is as valid as those who are in opposition to mine.

@Normalview
You closing point is valid. Still I think you'd agree that optics counts for something in the consumer market. We are their consumers. If nothing else it looks very bad. And as you pointed out there seems no logical justification for it other than increased profits. Other models have had very similiar outfits, tail and all.

I'd rather Totem releases these "Collectors" cards with slightly higher prices than another SEC you have to gamble for to get it. At least you can now choose to buy it (or not). I don't see why Totem should be taking the pandemic into consideration when it comes to pricing, it's not a necessity of life. If I go to a bar, drinks are more expensive since the pandemic started as well. I make my choice to buy a beer or not and I am happy that I can choose to buy a card or not.

And here I thought this thread was about another lockdown and problems with casting.

I don't mind the price increase, especially since you can overcome it with promos like the Cashback one.

I know I'll get this card, but I don't know when :)

Not really sure what all this debate is about
Here's how I see it...
When credits are bought at 500 for $50 a credit has a value of $0.10, ten cents
The Card's base price is 35 credits instead of the Usual 25 credits, or 10 credits more.

For a member with Less than 10 cards, it's $1.00 more. 10 credits.
Every Level Silver and above receives their Member level Discount.
so it's Less than $1.00 above the standard card price.
For a Triple Diamond Member with a 45% discount
It's a $0.55 increase above the standard price.
If you're a Premium Member, then you also get your extra 20% discount for the 1st 10 days.

It's ONE card...
it's your choice, buy it, or don't buy it..

Is this card worth the extra cost...

my Opinion:
Yes, It worth Much more than the extra cost...

Buy it if you want it, or don't buy it...
It's a free choice, No one is ***** it on you...

Let's make a comparison.

I also like beers and when I really want to have the beer I will buy it. here are beers for 1.50 euro a bottle (33cl) and you have them for about 10 euro, also 33cl. I am never obliged to buy that beer.
This is exactly the same, when you really like the girl, you will buy that card immediately.
I'm not interested in Marica Chanelle, so I haven't bought the card, otherwise I had bought it. It's such a small extra cost you don't even notice you made that extra cost afterwards just for one card.

I remember Gloria has a ton of regularly priced cards but her one XXX card is priced higher. Maybe it depends on the exclusivity?

EDIT: I checked out the card in question. Apparently, she's going to have all XXX cards, so my previous suggestion is invalid. Can't say the price is a problem for me though. Mostly, since I'm not getting any of her cards. Pierced breasts = No buy (unless her name is Kristy Black). I guess it's just a matter of philosophy: some want to have all the cards, others want to have a collection with only things they want in them.

@willyweekly
Thanks for your kind Words it's much appreciated.

"remember, the only one who will take care of Willyweekly is willyweekly"

I will do so 😉

"you should lean on your friends at a time like this"

If i had at least one of them i would like to do so for sure.

"focus on why you are here"

That is for sure my Friend, that is for sure.

"at the end of the day, who are you going to make proud?"

Myself ... i guess.

I will hold you in my thoughts and hope/pray things are okay.

And i will keep you further in my Heart too 💚

I trust you did not take my post as an attack.

Not at all @mitchell not at all in any kind of way.
I know that everyone has it's own position in specific things and Situations.
Because we are all > https://youtu.be/KHbzSif78qQ?t=3

And at the end of the Day, we are here as a Community to talk and interact with each other,
nothing more nothing less.

But in my Opinion we should respect the Fact that Totem is a Business which has to earn Money,
and also every Employee and even the Beautiful Girls, which are willing to show us naked in front of a Camera,
which is not an easy Job.

The Covid19 Situation is ***** of course, but it will go over it's only a matter of Time.
And at the end of the Day we will laugh about it.

So you will get this Card for sure but not at this point, unless you are be able to Reload your Account and Buy the Show. Or you are waiting on another Cashback Offer like already mentioned.

The only thing what was my Attention to be a Voice of Reason, but slowly and steady i realize it can not happen here.

So i will stick further to my Stuff and Things, and don't care about a higher Card Price because i know i will get
this Show at some Point but not for now, it is what it is.

Have further a good Time on iStripper, because the Girls here on iStripper don't care about those things.
They want to make us Happy, and this is why i'm here. Because i Love that Stuff and these Girls 💖

Et à la fin de la journée, nous sommes ici en
tant que Communauté pour parler et interagir les uns avec les autres, rien de plus rien de moins. Mais à mon avis, nous devrions respecter le fait que
Totem est une entreprise qui doit gagner de l’argent, et
aussi tous les employés et même les belles filles, qui sont prêts à nous montrer nus devant une caméra, ce qui n’est pas un travail facile.


La situation Covide19 est de la merde bien sûr, mais il va passer en sur ce n’est qu’une question de
temps.
Et à la fin de la journée, nous allons en rire.
Donc, vous obtiendrez cette carte à coup sûr, mais pas à ce stade, sauf si vous êtes en mesure de recharger votre compte et acheter le
spectacle. Ou vous êtes en attente sur une autre offre cashback comme déjà mentionné.
La seule chose ce qui était mon attention d’être une voix de la raison, mais lentement et stable je me rends compte qu’il ne peut pas arriver
ici. Donc, je vais rester plus loin à mes trucs et les choses,
et ne se soucient pas d’un prix plus élevé de la carte parce que je sais que je vais obtenir ce spectacle à un moment donné, mais pas pour l’instant, c’est ce qu’il est.


Avoir plus loin un bon moment sur iStripper, parce que les filles ici sur iStripper ne se soucient pas de ces
choses.
Ils veulent nous rendre heureux, et c’est pour ça que je suis là. Parce que j’aime ce genre de choses et ces filles 💖

Très bon post @Stanston 👍😉Very good post @Stanston 👍😉

All models ask to be paid more to perform XXX therefore all XXX cards should cost more than regular cards.
Sometimes models ask to be paid much more to perform XXX and when that happen we do release the card at a slightly higher price.

All models ask to be paid more to perform XXX therefore all XXX cards should cost more than regular cards.

Then all nudity only cards should cost less.