Segarra Estates Frequently Asked Questions
1. I want to buy land from you. Where do I find your listings?
You can find our current land listings in many locations but the easiest and most current is in our SLX land store: www.slexchange.com
2. I love one of your parcels! I want to buy it! What do I do?
In the parcel you wish to buy click the buy land button. You will bring up a window where you are asked to agree to the Covenant before purchasing. If you agree to the covenant check the agree box and click purchase.
** It is very important that you read the Covenant before you purchase. You want to be sure that you can do everything on this land that you want to be able to do. If not we can find you a different land with a Covenant that better suits your needs. **
3. The land I want to buy says it supports 2067 prims but the description says I get 937 prims. Is that a mistake?
No it isn’t a mistake. What this means is you are on land which allows bonus prims. The tier rate you are being quoted in the description is for the amount of prims you will get at that tier level. The prims the parcel supports is the maximum number of extra prims (if they are available) which you can purchase by paying a higher tier rate.
4. I bought land in one of your Estates, now what?
You will need to join Segarra Estates group. Contact any current group member for an invitation.
If you bought land directly from us there should be a box on your land that says “Instructions How to pay your Tier” click on it and you will get a notecard with easy to follow directions.
If you bought the land from a previous resident you need to send Lizard Howl a notecard ASAP with the following details: The name of the person you bought land from, the size of the parcel you bought, the Region your parcel is in, and your second life name. Make sure you spell your name correctly! This will allow us to change the tier box to your name and allow you to pick up payments where the previous owner left off.
5. Do I need a Premium account to buy your land?
If you are buying land in an Estate you do not need a Premium account. Most of our land is Estate land. To find out if it is click the about land and click the Covenant tab. If it says “mainland” for Estate and “(none)” for Estate owner then it is Mainland. If it is other than that it is Estate land.
6. What forms of payment do you accept?
We accept payments in Lindens and USD. Linden payments are accepted at a tier box. PayPal subscriptions are available through our website: http://www.segarraestates.com/paypal.htm
7. You say I own my land, but I still pay weekly for it. How is that different from renting?
In Second Life everyone who owns land pays land use fees. Linden Labs needs money to buy and maintain the servers that the land exists in. We pay Linden Labs so we need you to pay us. The primary difference to you is simple. If you have bought your land, you can sell it to someone else when you move. If you are renting your land, you can’t resell it.
8. How can I truly own my land? What if all of a sudden you leave SL and leave me with no land!
No one truly owns any land in Second Life. Paying directly to Linden Labs offers a little more security because they are a much larger business and probably going to be around for a while. There are no guarantees in life however even Linden Labs could fold and leave you with no compensation. We are very firmly established in Second Life and we have tens of thousands of dollars invested and are doing well in the business. We aren’t going anywhere as long as SL doesn’t go anywhere! If you truly want that little bit of added security however you can buy your own island or your own piece of mainland and pay directly to LL. This will cost you a lot more in up front and monthly costs however. Its up to you to decide what you want.
9. I think what you do is awesome! How do I find out how to be in the land business like you?
We written a lot of articles about what we do and you can find them here: wwww.SecondLifeReview.info Feel free to ask us questions in-world. If we are not busy we will be more than happy to give you some pointers.
10. What is a prim? What is a prim limit? Where can I put my prims?
A prim is a single building block of Second Life. Most objects are made of more than one prim. Edit your objects to find out how many prims they are. You need to stay within a prim limit on your parcel. The region is like a computer and the prims are like saved data. The computer can only save so much data. So the region can only have so many prims. Your parcel is given a limit. You can place your prims within your parcel. If you put out more than you are allowed or put them outside of your parcel they will be returned to you.
11. Hey you returned my stuff! Why?
Many reasons are possible. Your stuff was not all the way on your parcel. Your stuff was causing lag or a potential sim crash. If we returned your stuff please ask us why before you put it back out.
12. Hey my neighbor returned my stuff! Why?
Your stuff was on the neighbors land. That’s the only way they could have returned it
13. How do I work my radio and/or TV?Please read the directions that came with the item in question very carefully. We didn’t make it. We will try to help but please help us out by exhausting all your resources before coming to us.
14. My region is down, what can I do?If your region is down for more than 30 minutes and none of us are available to help you can submit a trouble ticket to the Lindens.
15. My region is under attack by a griefer, what can I do?Most importantly remain calm. Nobody can really hurt you in Second Life. Sitting on an object will prevent any griefer from being able to push you. Remember you can also ban the person from your own property and mute them. Leave the area if the assault is on your person and disturbing you. Contact us to inform us of the attack. Make an abuse report ASAP. If we are not available to help and the problem is ongoing and region wide head for Help Island Public or Help Island Public2 and talk to someone there. Give them a quick description of your problem, that it is an ongoing one, and let them know that you have filed an Abuse Report. They can guide you to resources and information that is available to help you.
16. I need a bigger parcel/different tier rate/more prims/a different Covenant than I have right now, but I like doing business with you. Can you help me?Yes we certainly can. We have lots of land and we can probably find something of ours that suits your needs better if you are looking for a change. Please do tell us what your needs are and we will try to help as best we can!
Thank you for visiting and please enjoy your stay.
Lizard Howl
Hottie Something
Segarra Estate Owners