User:Jadelady/Diamonds

This is how much real money (US Dollars) I have spent on Pixelberry games.

Non-Choices Games
Back in 2015 when I first started, I was like everyone else: The games are "free"; I don't need to spend money on them, like Candy Crush or any Hidden Object type game. But I decided to make a few nominal purchases.

High School Story (2015)
I spent $5.98. (I could've sworn I bought more but I'm going by my account history of purchases...)

Hollywood U (2015)
I spent $2.99, $2.99, $1.99, $1.99, $4.99, for a total of $14.95.

Choices
I started with Choices from its debut, following the links from HSS and HWU to "try" their new game.

Keys
These don't really count (premium scenes or outfits) for the game because they only helped me read the books faster. I no longer buy keys since early 2019 and since I started the VIP subscription, but this is how much I spent on keys in the past: $1.99, $39.99, $39.99, $39.99, $39.99, $9.99, for a total of $171.94 (635 keys).

2016 and 2017
I started buying Diamonds in small increments, before I figured out that I'd get more if I splurged on the biggest packs and wouldn't have to buy them as often... or so I hoped.

For these first two years, my Diamond purchases were: $19.99, $19.99, $4.99, $1.99, $4.99, $4.99, $4.99, $4.99, $4.99, for a total of $71.91 (880 diamonds).

2018
My diamond purchases were: $99.99, $99.99, $99.99, $99.99, $99.99, $99.99, $99.99, $39.99, $39.99, $39.99, $19.99, $4.99, $4.99, for a total of $849.87 (12520 diamonds).

2019
My diamond purchases were: $99.99, $99.99, $99.99, for a total of $299.97 (4500 diamonds).

2020
My diamond purchases were: $99.99 (1500 diamonds).

I also began VIP beta testing at $4.99 for 7 weeks so far (as of May 12, 2020), totaling $34.93.

Total
As of May 12, 2020, total purchases for Choices is $1528.61 (14900 diamonds).

"Free" Diamonds
Before Choices settled with 5 diamonds per 23 hours (now 22 hours), I had the one diamond per 3 hours test; technically that would be 8 diamonds in 24 hours but I don't think I ever hit the 3 hour mark on time (maybe 3.5 hours or 4 hours etc) so I would probably get 6 or 7 diamonds on that end. Daily "reset" with 6 diamonds for 6 ads did not always work for me. Sometimes ads couldn't load ("there are no ads to view") and I would have to toggle between an ipad and android (as each device could have different ads); some days I would only get 1 or 2 ad diamonds. I was also out of the country (which is one of the reasons my daily wiki counter reset) for 2 weeks and wifi was spotty. This daily diamond freebie did not start in 2016 when Choices started; there were fewer freebies.

So, I am going to "average" it as 10 diamonds a day for 2 years (730 days) to equal 7300 diamonds. It may be less or more, but I can't be certain. I honestly don't remember when the daily diamond started but I do know it didn't happen in 2016.

14900+7300=22200 diamonds at $1528.61 equals $0.145 per diamond.

Expenditures
I know some of these don't fit into official Choices "categories" but they are what I'd put them under or how I view them.