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Well tonight I came across a full transfer estate sim for sale on ebay. It was at $820usd, so I started looking and figured I'd put a bid in. The pictures look nice so I start to read........

Leather Lace Isle is up for auction. This is a full SIM on a class 5 server on SecondLife. It is a BDSM oriented tropical Isle. Now YOU can be Governor, Governess, King, Queen, or anything you want!!!! Live out YOUR fantasy here!

Be my own queen! Awesome!

A new Isle costs $1,675 USD from Linden Labs. But that is a barren Isle. L&L is a fully developed Isle with a thriving BDSM community, a Dungeon, Commons, exotic dance club, and role playing areas. Also, the Isle is profitable, currently generating $335 USD per month. All the equipment and improvements to the Isle surely makes it more valuable than a barren Island from Linden!

Wow this sounds pretty cool right? Normally I prefer starting from scratch, but a fully developed community sounds alright. And it sounds like your getting a item transfer as well, and I LOVE land that comes transfer with objects. Lets read on.....

I would like to keep the Isle in the BDSM family and find someone to carry on the strategic vision of the Isle. To find the right buyer, I am willing to sell the Isle at a discount and help the new owner in the transition.

Well thats totally understandable for an estate owner to not want to uproot everyone living in the sim or change the theme on them.

The sale includes about 32,700 square meters of land that would transfer to the new owner. This land contains all the Common/RP space, some rental space for vendors &residents, and some residential lots for sale.. The rest of the land is sold to Residents who pay tiers fees on a regular basis. The sale also includes all of the improvements to the Isle and equipment (some items may not be transferable per SL settings). The sale also includes co-ownership of the Leather and Lace Isle Community Group with 177 members. This is a great tool for advertising.

This still sounds alright. As a new sim owner, the people who own land will still pay tier to me, and I can rent out or sell the other half of the sim once I get it.

I will be accepting bids only on ebay. See below for the terms of the sale. Contact me for more information. I am available in-world by IM: Adventurous Miles

Well I assumed that since we are right here on ebay, but ok then. Now lets get on to these terms and conditions.

Terms of the Sale:

• Adventurous Miles will help the new owner during the transition as RL permits.
• Buyer must Honor the current agreements with tenants, renters, vendors and land owners.
• No apportions will be made for rents or tiers already paid. Take this into account when bidding on the Isle.
• Buyer will take over ownership of the SIM including tier payment to Linden Labs of $295 per month.
• Adventurous Miles will maintain ownership of his 7168 corner lot tier free.
• Adventurous Miles & Flo Fuhr will maintain ownership of their club tier free.
• Payment must be made with Paypal within 48 hours upon close of auction.
• There is no shipping. The transaction will be done electronically through Linden Labs

If you didn't catch it take a look at those terms and conditions again. "Adventurous Miles will maintain ownership of his 7168 corner lot tier free" and also "Adventurous Miles & Flo Fuhr will maintain ownership of their club (4096) tier free". Here I'll do the math for you, thats 11264 meters of the estate sim that you will not only be unable to use, but you'll be paying the tier from either out of pocket or with the profits you make from the sim that you payed for. He states above that new sims cost $1675usd, and he will sell this at a loss to keep his community together. What he doesn't mention there is that he sold a large portion of this island to individual residents and got back a good portion of that initial investment. And he also states "No apportions will be made for rents or tiers already paid. Take this into account when bidding on the Isle". Which means that people may have paid weeks or even months in advance for there tier, and he keeps that money as well. I think he should have saved himself a lot of time and typing had he simply listed the auction more like this......

"Pay me for my island, and pay my tier for me while I continue to live here for free and run the island as I see fit".

If anything I can say this guy has some real balls to ask all of these things. I sure as hell would never ask that of an estate buyer.

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