Paying My Way

I recently had a vacation in exotic Iowa visiting family and partaking of the fine cuisine (like the deep fried pork tenderloin sandwich in this photo…).  Very enjoyable all around.

When I returned to Eve after being being away I discovered that one of my two subscriptions had lapsed (I usually pay for my subs with a couple PLEX each month purchased with isk that my station trader and PI alts earn).  I also discovered that my default method of payment apparently was a year-long subscription (probably a leftover from when I first signed up for Eve).  CCP had dutifully charged my credit card the $131.40 for a year’s subscription with an email saying, “Subscription Renewal Success”.

My first reaction was one of distress.  How could I not notice that my sub was about to expire?  Maybe I could ask that the payment be reversed and use one of the PLEX that I have sitting in a station somewhere to reactivate the account?  Would they do that?

But then, after considering it a bit, I decided to let CCP have the money.

My first Jack Dancer post was way back in 2011 (May 11^th to be exact).  That meant that I’d been playing two (and for a while three) accounts for the past 4 years and previously had only sent a one year subscription ($131.40).  So this recent subscription made the total about $263 that I had paid for four years of fun.  About 18 cents a day…  A bargain.

And, now that one account is paid up until next summer, I’m a bit less tied to grinding for isk.  My station trader might not update the orders in the morning or the evening and I don’t worry about it anymore.  My two PI alts are moving to a 3-day schedule (instead of the previous daily updates).  I can do what I like to do and not worry about isk making as much.  And I’ll probably still be earning about the same amount of isk – so I’ll have an extra 900 million (that previously bought the second PLEX) each month for replacing ships and other projects.

It’s a nice feeling.