HOW TO SURVIVE WITH THE POCKETS EMPTY ON SL... Written by Valkiria Fox

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Hello everybody! This should be a Secret Wednesday's post. 

I usually try to start the post as soon as the stores put the sales available, 

which usually happens on Tuesday nights. So on Tuesday, I was looking at the Secret Wednesday sales 

to make my post when I suddenly saw I had only 21 lindens on my account. With this, I cannot even 

buy half of a dress, as the items cost 49 lindens! I had already bought 2 outfits, 

but I usually like to dress them before choosing. This because some dresses look beautiful on the advertisement, 

but look cheap when you wear them. The opposite also happens: 

ugly dresses on the photos can look marvelous when you put on your body. 

So Valki here tried to buy some lindens, but to her surprise, it didn't work. 

I tried many times and when I looked at my account I saw "declined" and "failed" many times. 

Took a look at my bank account and credit card and everything was ok, so I have no idea of what is

happening. 

So I cannot expose my Secret Wednesday choice here this time cause I have no money to buy! 

And it would not be fair to put one of the 2 dresses I could buy before having to buy lindens without seeing the others. 

I really hope this problem is fixed soon, but while that I will lead with SL with no money :p

Thinking about that, I decided to give some surviving tips and to show some stores 

that are always good for the broken people. And also to call some store's attention about the situation. 

I will put below some nice places where you can go and be happy. Have fun!

So there it goes!

Pulling the store's ears first :p

1- Pleeeeaaaase, don't ask L$1 for a demo. 

We will do nothing with the demo after trying, so less L$1 to spend in your store. 

It seems to be a small quantity, but if you take 10 demos, it's already L$10.

2- The poor person of today can be the potential buyer of tomorrow. 

Remember that many people on SL are very young and really have no money to spend. 

But they will grow up and many will be successful enough to have their own credit cards in the future, and then finally be able to spend some dollars here.

Now the tips! 

1- A better option than looking at freebies islands would be to look for the nice stores 

that give high-quality free gifts or group gifts. Some shops don't even ask you for a fee to join their groups 

and you can have access to beautiful things. This works for clothes, skins, shoes, hair, makeup and many other items.

2- Look for the stores that have Midnight Mania 

(you click on the advertisement and you are competing on the raffle to win the prize), 

Mini-Mania (the same as Midnight Mania) 

and Luck Chairs (the chair shows you the drawn letter and if it's the one that your name begging with,

you only have to sit on the chair and win) and Lucky Letter (the same as Lucky Chair, but you only

have to touch, not to sit).

3- Some sims unite gifts from the best shops on SL and you can get them all for free. They change the items from time to time.

4- Why not find a job on SL? 

Many places contract models to pose on stores, DJs, baby sitters, etc. 

You can also try to build furniture or other structures to sell or even to create your own clothes and sell them. 

If you don't know doing clothing, mesh is there so solve your problem! 

Many builders do mesh clothes completely free permission, which means that you can edit them and put

the textures that you prefer so they can be sold.

5- To bother other people and beg for money is not an idea, please!!!

6- Unfortunately those dance pads 

(those dance circles on the ground where you danced to win lindens) 

and tenant places (places where you only had to sit and be during a time to win money) 

almost don't exist anymore, for our sadness :(  Those things were left in the Dinosaur SL age.

7- If you have a good voice you can also sing on shows and receive some money for that.

8- As SL is still a world in development, who knows what new professions can arise. Be creative!

9- There are very known sandboxes where you can open all your boxes if you cannot pay for the land.

10- If you need some privacy to change clothes, some stores provide changing rooms where you can

be there the time you need to put on the outfit that you wish. You can find this especially on newcomer islands. 

11- If you want to go intimate with your love and are completely penniless, 

there are many sims that offer relatively discrete areas for you to go, and some that work as hotels

where you pay a tax once and can join forever.

Some Nice Places

- Snowpaws - 

in my opinion, the top of the tops: no fee to join the group, free gifts, Midnight Mania, 

Mini-Mania, Lucky Letter, and Lucky Chair. CLOTHES and HAIR.

- Pure Poison - 

no fee to join the group and wonderful group gifts 

(and they give you a group gift every month). CLOTHES and ACCESSORIES.

- FabFree Headquarters - 

all items for free from good stores. CLOTHES, ACCESSORIES, SHOES, SHAPES, etc.

- The Free Dove - 

all items for free from good stores. 

CLOTHES, ACCESSORIES, SHOES, HAIR, SKINS, JEWELS, etc.

- Amacci - 

no fee to join the group, many group gifts, and free gifts. EYES and HAIR.

- WoW Skins - 

Lucky Letter and Midnight Mania. SKINS, MAKEUP and SHAPES.

- D!va - 

no fee to join the group, many group gifts 

(at the second floor) and Lucky Board. HAIR, CLOTH and POSE.

- IrodorI / En - 

no fee to join IrodorI group, group gifts, Midnight Mania and Lucky Letter (at the second floor). 

MOST BEAUTIFUL FREE QUIMONOS EVER!

- al Vulo! - 

no fee to join the group, group gifts (a new skin monthly). SKINS.

- Bliss Couture - 

no fee to join the group, group gifts, free gifts and free hunt gifts. 

CLOTHES, ACCESSORIES, HAIR and MAKEUP.

- Curious Kitties - 

no fee to join the group, group gifts and free gifts. 

CLOTHES, AVATARS, ACCESSORIES, SKINS, HAIR, SHOES, etc.

- COCO - 

no fee to join the group, group gifts and free gifts. CLOTHES and ACCESSORIES. 

- Mother Goose's - 

no fee to join the group, group gifts, Lucky Letter and many L$1 skins. 

SKINS, ACCESSORIES, CLOTHES, etc. 

-  JAPAN TEMPURA ISLAND - 

free places to have intimacy with your love. Many hidden places inside trees, 

on the ballroom palace, submarine, and some hidden bedrooms on the lower part of the island. 

That is for the really brave ones!

- Elven Forest and Jaded Wings - 

free places to go intimate with your love, there are even BDSM places for those who enjoy it. 

But you must wear fantasy or medieval clothes (which is not a problem as they give you free outfits 

on the landing place). Nice hidden places on tree houses and castles. 

Pay attention that both lands are united but have different rules, so don't forget to read it first!

- Lost Eden - 

some free areas but for the really intimate ones you have to pay a fee of 100 lindens. 

But once paid you can join it forever, no need to pay again, just wear the group tag when there. 

Many really beautiful bedrooms with different ambients.

CREDITS:

-skin: EWa: Kinder Fairy- Al Vulo! (GROUP GIFT)

-eyes: Winter Big Image Eyes - Amacci (GROUP GIFT)

-hair: Mai: Rhodolite - D!va (MORE THAN 10000 GROUP CELEBRATION GIFT)

-earrings: Simple Pearl Earrings - Curious Kitties (FREE GIFT)

-necklace: Simple Pearl Necklace - Curious Kitties (FREE GIFT)

-cuffs: Ice Swirls Cuffs - Pure Poison (GROUP GIFT)

-nails and rings: Nails RR black - CHANDELLE (THE BLACK FAIR 2013 OLD GIFT)

-eyeshadow: Freebie Eyeshadow: Turquoise, Blue, Pink - XCW (FREE GIFT)

-lipstick and blush: Summer Gloss: Light - 8+ (FREE GIFT)

-eyelashes: Lashes: 1 - Natural Beauty (FREE GIFT)

-shoes: AnkleStrapSandals: Gray - COCO (FREE GIFT)

-dress: Perfect Little Black Dress: Larkspur - Snowpaws (LUCK LETTER)

-poses and photos local: Image Essentials Free to Use Photo Studio