who3d: "What I don't get is why it's wrong for them to post their feelings and/or heads-up messages." How would you like it if I said I 'feel' you, who3d, are a liar (and offered a public announcement to the 'community' about it), based on nothing more than my own mistaken interpretation of something you'd said? I'll be so bold as to suggest that you'd be a mite pissed off about it - and damn well rightly so. This thread was begun with a claim of feeling 'ripped off'. Not 'disappointed', not 'confused' - but 'ripped off'. Here's the relevant definitions of 'rip-off': Function: noun 1 : an act or instance of stealing : THEFT; also : a financial exploitation Not very nice is it? Not only is it inaccurate and misleading to use the term in respect of the circumstances of gianp's purchase of the Victoria3 base figure; it is straight out bloody slanderous. There is nothing wrong with someone making folks aware of what a purchase does and doesn't consist of; there's nothing wrong with pointing out that folks have to get it 'right' when buying. But there's something very wrong with saying you feel 'ripped off' just because you weren't aware and didn't get it right yourself.