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Would be nice if you actually compared them to other ringtones/wallpaper services.

Most ringtone services charged up to $5, and as low as $2. $3 a ringtone is average.

Wallpapers are mostly free on the internet, I'll give you that.

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Quite. The standard individual ringtone in the US costs between $0.99 - $2.99. Those prices are definitely more expensive than free, but they are hardly out of line of what people pay.

I'm waiting for the premium SMS charge to let you know when your server is available on Tuesdays...:D

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$2.99 isn't that much at all, really. I pay 4 bucks for a ringtone in Canada. And plenty of people wouldn't have the ingenuity to figure out a way to record the Stormwind music, edit it into a ringtone, transfer it over to the phone and make that foreign mp3 work. Granted, most people who play WoW are fairly competent with computers, at least enough to download patches and addons. But that's still a reasonable price for a ringtone, I'd say.

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Apparently you haven't seen most mobile gizmo (ringtones/wallpapers/screensavers/mini-games) sites in the past couple of years.. God knows there was a mobile market before the iPhone came out (heh).

Anyway, those are pretty standard prices. Yeah it is expensive for a couple of pixels, but you'd be surprised how well these sell; kids will buy anything these days.

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Or, I don't know... learn how to make your own and avoid paying the bloated prices. I've had a murloc as my text message tone going on 2 years now. It's really not that hard provided people put enough effort into learning how to make them and how their phone works. I understand that not everyone can be a tech-head like myself but if you're going to buy a piece of hardware, you should at least spend the time learning how to take advantage of it rather than paying someone an ungodly amount of money for something simple.

Whoa, I soapboxed there. My apologies.

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-No Blizzcon'08 stream + pet for Eu watchers
-No ringtones and wallpapers for US peoples

/me cast "Revive pet" on Morhaime's corps

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Apparently even the blues didn't know about this
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9336454226&pageNo=1&sid=1#6

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Speaking as someone who makes their own ringtones and wallpapers: Ha ha Blizzard. Ha ha.

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sounds like the sales phlebs figured it would be a nice way to make a buck. sorta like RAF.

highly unimpressed by the prices, and the ease it is to find the shit for free online/make your own.

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Personally, $3.00 is what it costs for a 600ml coke here, so I don't consider it expensive for a bit of fun. However, the service doesn't work - i've tried it! Also, the help link your supposed to click if you can't get it to work doesn't work - error 404.

Feeling a little ripped off right now.....

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Just to spite them, here is a free Murloc MP3, sourced from WoWWiki.

http://www.owlboy.com/wowwiki/mMurlocAggroB.mp3

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