How Lucky You Really Are

by Yadoking

I am what some of you may call a NeoPets "veteran." I started on February, and entered the ever-expanding world of Neopia. I have been watching these articles debating back and forth. I have seen both ends of the money spectrum, and I loved both. Even being poor.

Now with a comfortable 30,000 NP (about middle class), I will tell you my story and I hope you can learn from it. I was a normal poor citizen, having fun with the 13 pets and games that were in Neopia. Stats? What are stats? Who cares about STATS? After adopting my wonderful Fleye (now a Buzz) Genga, I decided to explore more and more. I read a message in the news: The Battledome should be open in about mid April! Back then, when I got 1,000 Neopoints auctioning a fire scroll, I thought I was rich.

That's right, 1,000 Neopoints. Later on, with the welcome debut of The Mystery Island, the ever looming quests (ah, when you could just ask the faeries kindly...), and the Soup Kitchen. The soup kitchen especially, my pets were never hungry. Could you poor people imagine what it was like to be poor back THEN! Anyway, let's go to the fateful day when I saw the words "an old sea pirate gives you a piece of the long lost treasure map."

I sold it for 10,000 NP. I was ecstatic. My money was going up quite nicely. Selling two Invisible Paintbrushes for 5,000 each, I was at a nice 20, 000. Then it happened. The release of the new paintbrush, which coincided with me getting one in my referrals. A Fire Paintbrush that I sold for 40,000, the cheapest one in the shops. I was now rich. I never dreamed of this kind of wealth. But then it happened. PETPETS! When they were released I needed to get all of them! WHILE THEY WERE STILL EXPENSIVE! I bought a Greeble for 8,000 NPs!!! It blew my money. The only PetPet I have left is my Angelpuss, which has been there since the very first day they were released. :D

Oh well. I was poor again. Oh look, something useless was released called Codestones. They look cool, I'll buy a lot for 100 Neopoints. Ah, and this new "Mutando fruit?" They are selling them for 499 Neopoints, but they must be rare, so I'll but four.

Later... OOO! The Training School opened! Codestone sold for 3,000! Muntando Fruits at 20,000 NPs! I was rich again. My current riches come from getting a white wine from an Esophagor quest and trading it for 70,000 NPs.

But anyway, poor people, it WAS hard back then, and it is much easier today! Why complain when there's the Soup Kitchen? Just buy the stocks that are down, or do what I did: FORESEE TRENDS! Well, Yadoking's two cents on the poor rich debate. Thanks for listening.