Panic

So there we were at Jack's office hour trying to get him to justify not only the tier increase but also the reason for the upfront price increase. Somewhere along the way someone slipped in a question as to whether Openspaces would be sold direct:

Jack Linden: "good question, initially they will be in the Land Store we hope, in January, and with the limitation in place that you have to already own an island. But we'll be reviewing that rule"

At this point the following didn't happen, but it makes it sound more exciting. A couple of estate owners overturned Jack's sofa, a couple more unveiled pitchforks and torches and charged through the crowd shouting something unintelligible whilst other estate owners randomly started fist fights. A lightning bolt shot from the now black sky creating a chasm in the floor of the Linden estate services HQ and gregorian chant style music that was popular in films like The Omen played loudly. Oh and a dragon flicked his tail at someone, actually that last part is true!

Then a voice quietly spoke:

Jack Linden: "just to be clear.. i did not say we would change the one island rule, i said that - as with everything we do - we will review it regularly"

Everything now went into slow motion, heads turned, a small ray of sunshine arrived through the broken glass and Jack was mysteriously spirited away to another meeting.

As the dust settled lighbulbs clicked over the heads of several estate owners and the USD$125 price point that qualifies people for concierge support made sense. Conspiracy theories were now in full swing. However at no point did Jack say that Openspaces direct will be a new product., but I'm pretty sure it will happen and if it doesn't, heck I've been wrong before. May 23rd 1980 to be precise when I said there was no way they'd put the price of a packet of chips upto seventeen pence.
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