Yes, I'm bitching about Gaia.
1) Gaia NPC shops get HUGE monthly or bi-monthly updates. I mean WHOA. Last time we got new starter clothes that are actually pretty damn awesome- one of my mules has the neutral Goth set- for 5 gold a piece. There's a lot there that'll help me make my mules look awesome, which is really why I'm bothering to keep my inventories so organized: I want to make my characters on Gaia ANYWAY, I might as well put them to use.
The cash shop gets very small weekly updates. Oftentimes these updates are evolving item reports; and holiday items. When you look at what's actually RELEASED in the cash shop, and what's actually released in the NPC shops, you will see that there's a LOT more NPC shop items released overall. And no, evolving item reports don't count as individual items unless each pose of the MC's do.
And they don't.
Furthermore, Cash Shop items are rotated out. They kinda NEED to keep updating it.
And lastly, wtf? You bitch about the quality of the Cash Shop items and then demand that NPC store items be released with the same frequency? What the hell is WRONG with you??? If someone wants to be stupid and buy a shitty CS item, LET THEM! Personally, I'm MUCH more concerned with the quality of the NPC shops- and if you HONESTLY can't afford to spring for the CS items that are already crappy by your standards, you should be, too.
2) I want the Depeche Mode CD box sets. I want the Ranma 1/2 sets. Hell, I want to finish off my YYH set and get the Ronin Warriors one. I want Windows XP. I want a $50,000 wedding and $75,000 honeymoon. I want to build an extension onto the house and buy a car that doesn't bitch at me for starting it.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD MY MEDICATIONS EVERY MONTH. I want to stay at home and take care of my sick mother. I want to be able to afford my dental copays, and I want to be able to afford my stomach specialist copay. I want the cash I need to pay for the procedure that would probably effectively cure my gastroparesis.
Half of that is "want", the other half would be pretty damn nice, and while not necessity, most people would agree that it sucks that I can't do it. I'll live with it.
And you'll live without your pixels that you've judged to be crappy anyway, I'm sure.