the real world values of AL items (the value of plat)

[wvhills]

guys, here's a little bit of calculations I've done.

a chest of plat (1700 plat) costs $54 on sale. That's about 3 cents per plat. Here is what some popular items in AL costs in terms of real life dollars:

1 rev: $0.03
opening 1 crate: $0.45
opening 10 crates: $4.5
opening 20 crates: $9.0
opening 100 crates: $45
25 plat vanity: $0.80
50 plat vanity: $1.60
250 plat mythic pet: $7.87

If you get a chest of plat that isn't on sale it will cost you $90. That's 5.3 cents per plat. Here is the real life dollar cost of those same purchases:

1 rev: $0.053
opening 1 crate: $0.80
opening 10 crates: $8.00
opening 20 crates: $16.00
opening 100 crates: $80.00
25 plat vanity: $1.32
50 plat vanity: $2.64
250 plat mythic pet: $13.23

STS lists the bag of plat (75 plat) as their most popular. On sale it costs $5.99. That's 8 cents per plat. Here's the same purchases:

1 rev: $0.08
opening 1 crate: $1.20
opening 10 crates: $12.00
opening 20 crates: $24.00
opening 100 crates: $120.00
25 plat vanity: $2.00
50 plat vanity: $4.00
250 plat mythic pet: $20.00

A bag of plat not on sale will cost $9.99. That's 13.3 cents per plat. Once again, same purchases:

1 rev: $0.13
opening 1 crate: $2.00
opening 10 crates: $20.00
opening 20 crates: $40.00
opening 100 crates: $200.00
25 plat vanity: $3.33
50 plat vanity: $6.66
250 plat mythic pet: $33.25

I've seen several threads where people are disappointed when they spend a lot of plat opening crates and don't have anything to show for it. I wanted to make this thread to put into perspective how much your plat is really worth and to show that it's best to 1) buy on sale if you can, and 2) the bigger the bundle the more value you will get. Personally, I feel that the vanities, revs and pets are great values. I'm not one to open crates but if you do please keep in mind how much it costs (in real world dollars) and don't spend more than you're comfortable with!