FTP Store vs MGR Question - FTPDoug?

[viper930]

MH move / link to an existing thread if this has been mentioned before. I'm sure it has but I'm having no success finding it with search.

I'm thinking about buying some electronics items in the FTP store and I'm curious about how they do MGR deductions. When I got a jersey a while ago for 25k points it deducted like $200 something from MGR so like almost $70 real money. Now, I'm thinking about getting the iPaq pocket pc for like 80k+ points.

My question is, is the amount they deduct from your MGR always the actual cost of the item + shipping or is it completely set on a ratio vs the points? If it's set on a ratio vs the pts then I'd end up getting over $700 mgr deducted for this thing which is similar to me just going out and buying it to begin with.

Thanks for the help

[bolsky]

1 point = 1 cent deduction mgr

[viper930]

are you certain about this? anybody else know how this [censored] works?

[MasterLJ]

I always thought it was the value of the item.

I just bought an iPod and just checked my MGR, it's at -$1k. That could have something to do with some of my freeroll wins though, although I don't know why that'd be.

[DMoogle]

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I always thought it was the value of the item.

I just bought an iPod and just checked my MGR, it's at -$1k. That could have something to do with some of my freeroll wins though, although I don't know why that'd be.

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That has to be an error. Freeroll seats deduct MGR by the seat's equity, not your win.

[jkj]

Man this really makes points useless. I wish you could do it like Stars with winning seats and selling/unregistering for them.