That it most certainly is.

Why do you have so much gold? Just saving?

Used to be working on getting at least one of each item there is on this site, hence me saving up before my Hiatus. On top of that, I ran a HUGE charity, and while some of its funds are indeed at the charity mule, I highly prefer having funds at my main too, so that I can refill the charity mule's funds when necessary. Simply because of the rules - funds on a charity mule can only be used for charity and charity-related stuff (such as buying items for charity), whereas funds on my main can be used for everything that is allowed on-site. So it's better to have to refill your charity mule's funds from time to time than to send huge amounts over there so that you keep running out of personal funds whenever you actually need them. It's kind of semantics, for its funds earned by the same person... but if you'd compare it to bank accounts, I'd say that I prefer keeping a good chunk of my money on an account where I can actually use it and move it around when necessary, rather than keep it stuck somewhere on an account for a specific purpose while I might need it for other purposes.

Of course, donations made to me that are/were for charity are send to the charity mule if the donator didn't send them there themselves.

Oh, and I usually am on at least a few quests for some of my Mene friends. I guess I am just used to having quite a bit of gold around. Kind of necessary when working on several quests simultanously while running a charity. xD

Not that I currently am running a charity, though. Will do so again in the future, but I currently do not have access to my mules, personal and charity mule both, so I am waiting to hear back from support before I start the whole thing up again.

Oh I see, thank you for the information. :)

I didn't know you couldn't do that stuff with mules.

With a normal, personal mule, you can.

However, there are specific rules for charity mules - or at least, there were last time I checked, which would be before my hiatus - about what is/isn't allowed. It's basically to make sure that a charity is indeed a charity, not a gold/item-gaining way for its owner.

EDIT: Ah, found it.
As you can see, there's a specific set for charity mules.

That's basically why I prefer keeping undecided funds - the kind of, is not specifically meant for charity from the start, wasn't donated to me for charity, etc. - on my own account until I decide I need/want them for charity.

Yeah I understand, does not cause unneeded hassles if you do it that way.

Exactly. As long as I make sure that anything specifically meant for charity also goes to the charity mule as soon as possible, there is no problem. After all, I decide how much I want to spend on my charity, so it's my decision how much of my personal funds go in there, and when I do so.

'course, I make sure that the overall... worth of my charity mule never drops below a certain amount, items and pure gold combined, excluding higher-priced rares, since they are rarely 'just' given away, but more likely to be the price in a contest. I just want to make sure that at all times, I have at least a certain amount of leeway in giving out stuff, so it is important to have not just pure and larger items, but some smaller items as well. Things like a bunch of cheaper EIs and such, a few commons here and there, mostly for new Menewshans, maybe a commemorative or two if I got my hands on some spares.

Currently I cannot access either mule, charity or personal - long story, involves one of them being a 'dead account' thanks to a rebounced mail and forgetting the password of the other while it has no email-address attached to it so I can personally reset it - so I am unsure of the overall worth of easy-to-give stuff my charity mule has, but I believe, from what I remember from before my hiatus, that my charity mule currently has about 11k in pure... so it depends on how much items it has left whether or not I'll have to send over a bit more gold once I regain access to it.

That sucks your locked out of your mules. Did you talk to a mod or admin?

I talked to BellyButton, who looked into it and told me that only support can help me. Sent them a mail, waiting for response... though I assume they are quite busy. Not in *that* much of a hurry anyway, so I'm not going to complain. Now, if it takes them a week to reply or such, I might be sending an inquiry as to the status of my case, but otherwise? Nah, it can wait.

Ah I see, good thing your so patient. :)

Running a charity kind of forcefully makes you patient, you know. And it highly enhances your ability to multitask, since you want to get more done than just charity-related stuff. xD

Very true, I'm not good at multitasking myself.

I learnt to be. xD Not for nothing that some people call me Busy Bee Silenia or variations thereof. xD When running a charity, there's nearly always something to do, even if the thread itself is slow. xD

I never heard someone say that to you, hmm interesting.

Mostly on MSN and profile messages, in threads usually after they ask me what I am doing and just the things I am doing fill up at least two-three lines of my posts. xD

Oh I see okay. :)

Also, most people you saw me speaking with last night don't know me -that- well, it's mostly rainbow-reggies (regulars of my (currently inactive) charity) that do say such things. xD

Oh I didn't know. XD

I assumed so. I don't tend to say things when the people I say it to already know it - or it must be an inside joke or something they asked for/about. xD

Nods. "Makes perfect sense."

Glad that I do, because when I don't make sense, I'd have to explain it -again- and I'm not -that- fond of repeating myself. xD

I don't think anyone is fond of repeating themselves.

Not necessarily, no, but some people are overly fond of hearing themselves speak.

That sure aint me. XD

Nope, didn't think so either.