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bubsnpzai
06-23-12, 09:21 AM
Hi, can anyone help to explain or clarify why non-gem prices of pet or fun rooms and decorations are doubled for my case? Is anyone else experiencing this? And were your discrepancies rectified?

I've just started out on Pet Hotel on 19 June and I discovered the differential prices by chance today. This is TOTALLY NOT FAIR! My yields are the same as everyone else's but cost of purchase is doubled for EVERYTHING except items below 5000.

Is Teamlava able to rectify the prices? If nothing is rectified, I'm quitting the game for sure. It's no fun working twice as hard and paying double for the same profits. I've already paid double for the following:

- Log Cabin (complete with soulmate & baby) @ $12,400
- Lazy Hammock (added one soulmate) @ $23,400
- Ballroom (complete with soulmate & baby) @ $11,000
- Golf Green (added one soulmate) @ $94,400
- 2 Ramen Stands @ $117,200 each

Attached pics of prices below as proof.

Pet Rooms:
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/37dfd654.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/06ca5c18.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/6551ac29.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/cee8773a.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/0fba2796.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/90fbb777.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/2ea4652d.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/c6afb925.jpg

Prices of Fun Rooms & Decorations are doubled as well.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/43ed4b54.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/65ab1b7b.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/18717817.jpg

I'm using iPhone 4, version 5.1.1. Pet Hotel Story version 1.0.2.

Limaxa
06-23-12, 09:26 AM
Normal prices i think. I have them since i play it

hertry
06-23-12, 12:10 PM
Im still at low price 69100 for flower garden for example

bubsnpzai
06-23-12, 10:29 PM
I'm feeling a little bit better that there are people who are sharing the same predicament as I am. Perhaps many are still unaware that others are having prices that are half theirs?? It's not comforting to know that my friend, who joined the game on the very same day as I did, is enjoying prices which are half of what I'm having. She's using iPad 2. Another neighbour who uses iPhone 4 and who has played the game for a longer time also enjoys the lower prices.

Just to share proof of the lower prices enjoyed by some of my neighbours:

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/89040c3a.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/10031410.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/e4f922ce.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/9c01a79f.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/bubsnpzai/c47ae48f.jpg

I understand that TL gives random rewards to different players like how some got 120 gems vs 60 gems for the latest maintenance problem. That although is unfair, I'm happy that at least I got rewarded 60 gems for downtime, unlike Farm Story, but that's another can of worms altogether.*

However, to price the cost of items differently across the board, is NOT fair and frankly, it does not make any programming sense to me. I thought programming of a game would be done in a standardized manner? Isn't it more difficult and confusing to have different tiered prices for different users???

It's hard to fathom why such discrepancies occur. Or perhaps they were in the midst of upping prices and I just happened to be one of those unfortunate ones who had been caught in the revision? In that case, why isn't everyone else (who is currently enjoying lower prices) receiving the later revised prices after the recent maintenance????

I surely wouldn't complain if everyone else is paying the same prices as I am. But for now, I'm one super miffed customer. If TL wants to raise prices, fine, by all means, BUT please do it fairly ACROSS THE BOARD such that EVERYONE is paying the same price! Why discriminate? It robs the fun out of the game totally! I'm so very disappointed! :(

bubsnpzai
06-24-12, 03:25 AM
Just wanted to update this thread that my prices have been halved and brought back to normal!!! I couldn't believe my eyes! Was earlier planning to buy some rooms with my remaining dollars and gems and then close my pet hotel today!!*

THANK YOU TEAMLAVA FOR RECTIFYING THIS PROBLEM SO QUICKLY!!*

Was totally surprised. And what's more, when I did my next expansion using $250,000, I miraculously gained 30 gems by tapping on a balloon and some $500,000 or so (I didn't notice exactly how much as it happened so quickly) was credited to my account!!!! It's equivalent to reimbursing me for having over paid $470,000!!!! I'm over the moon! :)

Again, THANK YOU for the additional 60 gems given during the maintenance!!! It's been really rewarding playing this game so far and I'm inclined to continue! :)

Kijame
07-13-12, 05:08 PM
Is there an official statement as to where the old prices end and the new prices start? Or is everyone who newly joined this game essentially screwed over? I've only started this for the DS rewards, and though I like it, the extreme pricing might mean that I'll stop after I reach level 10 for my resort.

Kijame
07-14-12, 04:01 AM
Wait, so in DS, you used to get twice the food you get now? 'cause I found it odd that the cheaper food is more price/time efficient than the expensive food... I almost exclusively plant the first two kinds.

Wow. I feel a little more upset now D: