I have been with VirtuaGirlHD for a long time.
When I first downloaded and installed the program (cannot remember what version it was), there were 1 credit cards in a 'calendar' that showed three seven-day weeks, the last week being upcoming.
When I saw the calendar, I immediately was interested in several girls.
I bought several different cards.
Then, I bought all cards of certain girls that interested me a bit more than others.
My history shows the following:
2008-03-01 04:43:26: Creation of the account JonC001
2008-03-01 08:43:57: Purchase of Zuzana/Lonely rider
2008-03-01 08:47:31: Purchase of Jana H/Californian suit
2008-03-02 five more Zuzana cards and eleven more Jana H cards
After this, I was more selective, choosing only girls that were attractive to me.
They needed to have pretty faces, in my opinion.
2008-03-21 05:19:39: purchase of Lucynova/Hippies forever
this card made me 'Platinum' with 100 cards, including four cards no longer in my collection and no longer on sale at VGHD.
I was very quick at buying cards, becoming Platinum (the highest level based on number of cards at the time) in less than a month.
Later, I became much more selective and bought cards less often.
Now, (and in the recent past) I only buy cards of girls that are very attractive and skip the less attractive ones. Even then, I need to see their breasts so I will look at the video. If the breasts are good to me, then that will mean a purchase of every single card of said girl.
I have NEVER had a subscription and have NEVER bought cards via booster pack.
summary:
I became Platinum very quickly.
Girls need to be very attractive to me now.
Girls need to have good breasts to me.
Nothing else matters with two exceptions.
I will NEVER buy a card where the girl has no hair on her head (baldness is a deal breaker)
I will NEVER buy a card where the girl has tape on her breasts in the main card pic. (for more on this, when you become Platinum member, check out this topic:
http://www.virtuagirl.com/forumPost.php?foId=10&ftId=5279
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When I buy a girl's cards, I usually buy all of her vghd cards, with only those above as exceptions.
(never mentioned DeskBabes)
At DeskBabes, I never had a subscription and never bought booster packs.
I did buy cards, usually duos, but quickly got tired of the website and cards.
I cannot remember exactly how I decided which cards to purchase, except for a few girls that I remembered from an older Totem website.
screenshot shows a random picture of the 'calendar' as it appeared years ago.