I just spoke with a chinese meso seller General MapleStory Forum Talk about MapleStory in general

Sahaquiel I caught a person moving the spambots while I was in henesys, so i said why the hell not and traded him, in hopes of initiating a conversation. Surprisingly, he responded. Here's a quick rundown of what I learned:

-He earns 3000 RMB a month (this is considered very low for a tech job in China)

-He is 21 years old

-He spoke decent english

-He lives in Chang Zhou

-His company (the gamekuu thing that you always see) makes about 2700 dollars a day.

-He is studying to be an architect

And a summary of our conversation: [- indicates me; -- indicates him]

-ni hao

--ni hao, you speak chinese?

-a little. I am using google translate to help

--Its ok, i speak a little english

-asks various questions

--answers with stuff mentioned earlier

--do you have a MSN?

-I don't, but i'll make one. And then we swapped info, talked a little bit on MSN, and went on our merry ways.

I was going to post, screenshot by screenshot of our entire convo, but the resolution got shot to hell.

I was kinda surprised at how brazen this guy was. He called his boss "really fat hehe", but it was kinda suspicious how aggresively he pushed his site, and how his english got better as we spoke. Also, kinda weird how a regular employee would have the fiscal information of his company. Who knows, maybe the boss thought he could advertise using me (please recommend this site to your friends!)

Edit: crossposting to Reddit, I am IAREOWL.

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Sahaquiel Wasn't a chinese meso farmer. They don't talk to people, trust me.[/quote]



Yeah, it wasn't. He was one of the gamekuu advertisers sitting on ladders in henesys. I caught him when he was repositioning a bot from a ladder into the potion shop.

PS, i enjoyed watching your rapid succession of edits.

brandonhass That's 15 bucks a day, for roughly 10 hours of work a day. minimum wage is like 6 times higher than that, and you don't get any benefits when you work in china. Plus the work is boring as hell, and the guy seemed really excited to interact with another person. I respect him for doing what he has to do to to put himself through school.[/quote]

Oh wait.... 15 a day? ... my mom makes 500 a month as a server o_o and 10 hours nvm .... how do meso sellers get the mesos? ive always wonderd that o_o

and one time i was like If you a real person f2 and they did =o this is interesting

(i understand the spam, i dont understand how they get all thoes billions of mesos to sell)

taotapp Level 161 Windia Shadower I've spoken to them before, too. One guy got really scared that his boss would see him talking to us. D: Random gm sighting Evans after Chaos

DrDonkers Level 169 Windia Hero I spoke with one before as well but he just kept telling me to find stuff on the websites. He also commented on how my smile was funny.

Elayneketran Oh wait.... 15 a day? ... my mom makes 500 a month as a server o_o and 10 hours nvm .... how do meso sellers get the mesos? ive always wonderd that o_o

and one time i was like If you a real person f2 and they did =o this is interesting

(i understand the spam, i dont understand how they get all thoes billions of mesos to sell)[/quote]



Most/all sites bot for the gold. And 500 bucks a month is pretty low... Scrolled deputy star?

brandonhass Most/all sites bot for the gold. And 500 bucks a month is pretty low...[/quote]



But where do they bot? o_o

kevsk8 Level 170 Bera Corsair Ive had a Chinese meso farmer call me she was so bad at english..

Sahaquiel

@brandonhass any unpopular map. @taotapp Yeah i was kinda surprised at how brazen this guy was. He called his boss "really fat hehe", but it was kinda suspicious how aggresively he pushed his site, and how his english got better as we spoke. Also, kinda weird how a regular employee would have the fiscal information of his company. Who knows, maybe the boss thought he could advertise using me (please recommend this site to your friends!)

WorkOfArt Level 165 Windia F/P Arch Mage Guys I want to point out that "3000RMB a month" is not a "significantly low amount." Stop comparing rates between the US and China. China requires much less money to live, and much less money to feed. Food, unless it's extremely high quality, is very inexpensive. You can get a massive bowl of pretty amazing noodles for 3 RMB, or eat a full day's worth of food for a total of 10 to 15 RMB. And that's eating out, at restaurants. Grocery shopping isn't more than 300 RMB a month, and this is all speaking from my own experience.



3000RMB a month is an average for people with bachelors degree with under 3 years of work experience. It doesn't seem like much, but 3000RMB is more than enough to live properly, with no problems concerning internet (100RMB/month), phone, etc. Manager position jobs would earn around 50k to 80k RMB a year.



The primary difference is "regular" versus "rich." The gap between the middle class and the upper class in America pales in comparison to China. Luxurious things are **more expensive in china than they are in the US**. For example, a new Lexus LS350 in the US is around $35,000. In china, it would be **more than 500k RMB, making it almost 3 times more expensive than the US.**



That's how it is in China. You want good stuff, you need a lot of money, a lot more than what most people can afford. But you want to live a non-luxurious life without many troubles or issues, you're set, easy, especially with education. Luminous the final hero Phantom Thief Art Process

Sahaquiel Guys I want to point out that "3000RMB a month" is not a "significantly low amount." Stop comparing rates between the US and China. China requires much less money to live, and much less money to feed. Food, unless it's extremely high quality, is very inexpensive. You can get a massive bowl of pretty amazing noodles for 3 RMB, or eat a full day's worth of food for a total of 10 to 15 RMB. And that's eating out, at restaurants. Grocery shopping isn't more than 300 RMB a month, and this is all speaking from my own experience.



3000RMB a month is an average for people with bachelors degree with under 3 years of work experience. It doesn't seem like much, but 3000RMB is more than enough to live properly, with no problems concerning internet (100RMB/month), phone, etc. Manager position jobs would earn around 50k to 80k RMB a year.



The primary difference is "regular" versus "rich." The gap between the middle class and the upper class in America pales in comparison to China. Luxurious things are **more expensive in china than they are in the US**. For example, a new Lexus LS350 in the US is around $35,000. In china, it would be **more than 500k RMB, making it almost 3 times more expensive than the US.**



That's how it is in China. You want good stuff, you need a lot of money, a lot more than what most people can afford. But you want to live a non-luxurious life without many troubles or issues, you're set, easy, especially with education.[/quote]

Thanks for the clarification. I was basing my statements off of my dad, who is an entrepreneur in China, who said 3000 RMB was low, considering that the lowest position at his company paid 5000 RMB a month.

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