Diana Held is BNT Newest Asset

Held Legedarily Sold Out Surreal Estates in First 6 Weeks

For SL-Newspaper.com

Some time back I had the opportunity to sit down with Diana Held to discuss her new appointment with Brautigan and Tuck Holdings (BNT : ACE). Held is renowned for her early work with Surreal Estates, and is now one of BNT(ACE)'s best assets.

"I gained BNT's interest when they noticed that I almost single handily sold out Surreal Estate in about six weeks."

What was most imperative for Held though was discussing an aspect of the Openspace Controversy which many had not yet considered.

"Now that the open spaces are going to be raised to $125 USD a month. Second Life has announced that they will upgrade all class 4 open spaces to class 5 with no grandfather. They think estates are taking a bigger profit off the grandfathers and they think they are punishing the estates. In fact, they're forcing out customers who have had open spaces for years now. Now they cannot afford them at the hiked prices. If you come down to our estate you will see that most of our open spaces are grandfathered class 4's but are being occupied by tenants who have been here for two years. We are in fact charging them LESS than Second Life's tiers. We do not take advantage of the grandfather we have passed that savings onto customers and have not raised their tiers when Second Life raised their tiers."

"We are charging only on the average $72 USD a month for our open space tiers. This is below the already hiked $75 USD. Second Life isnt punishing us or estates like us. They are punishing longtime customers who love this game, and pushing them out of their homes by making it unaffordable for them. Many have voiced their disappointment in Second Life as not caring about them. Our residents are heart broken. They will no longer enjoy the affordable $72 USD we charged for our open spaces. They will no longer be able to have a home on Second Life. Second Life needs to rethink the no grandfather policy. They need to change their minds. Or many will be homeless on Second Life. It is a sad day for residents in Second Life. Sad, indeed."