An Open letter to Major_Rampage.

Major_Rampage: Howdy Monty_Droppings!   First off thanks for your feedback.  Let me fill you in on a few points that might help some of your frustration with some of the gift shop packages that have come out.  First off most of our gift shop packages have been set up that their gold to dollar value is the same as gold  package of the same value.  Many of those packages do have a 10% added value,  this can be the form of credits,  equipment,  premium time or even tanks.  That being said some of our rare tank bundles do not have as their rarity is part of their value. I don't believe we ever said the KV-220 was a one time deal.  We did announce it as the first time ever available.  I can understand your frustration with these rare tanks showing up in multiple packages in a short period of time.  However the holidays are a special time and you do see more of  these packages.  This is not the norm and you won't be seeing these tanks regularly.     "Free Garage Slots" is a bit of myth,  there were not packages that included "free garage slots" there were packages that included a free tank that came with a free garage slot.  Every time a tank is sold in the Gift Shop it is sold with a garage slot as part of the price,  so when we use a tank as part of the added value,  we make sure that the garage slot that comes with that tank is also no charge as that added value.  Unless you are talking about garage slots being half off and that being factored into all of the tanks in the premium shop,  which had some of them at a 1% discount.  It's a small discount yet it is part of our continuing plan to apply in game discounts to the existing gift shop packages.   As for some of the higher price Tanksmas Bundles,  we are trying new things.  Were those bundle out of the price range of some players?  Sure,  but there were other players who did find those packages appealing.  Keep in mind part of what I have been doing since I took over the gift shop last year is trying new things and seeing how they do.  Keep in mind if there is a bundle that has all the TDs in the game in it,  and that isn't what you are looking for and just wanted for example the JT88,  all tanks are listed in the gift shop all of the time for the past few months,  you can always pick up that single tank you are looking for.   I have to admit that your photshopped image did get a chuckle out of me (I think I even commented once that I thought it was an EU package since I knew it wasn't on NA) Your "social experiment" I would say gives more credence to folks (including me) not checking the sources of their information.  Just keep in mind that the forums are not the only source of information on how a gift shop bundle does or is perceived,  it's only part of the picture.   I am going to make a similar argument about +/- rep,  people choosing to plush a red or green arrow isn't a good measure of a productive post as many people on this forum can tell you.  Because when I post skill based contest winners and the post get neg repped are implying that the winners are bad?     I know I have a collection of people who make it a point to neg rep every post I put out.  (I will let you in on another "secret",  I can see the names of those folk do drop all of those neg reps).  If people have an constructive issue with something I post I always try and respond.  However people calling for my head, or comparing me to unfavorable people in politics or history,  are not the ones that I respond to.     I hope that answers some of your questions.