Faterson: The snacks are OK, it's a common feature in many online games, but I find them to be extremely overpriced, just like the new equipment. A club set for beginners for $50? A new putter for $17?
They must be going mad.
Nobody really needs that stuff, though. All it does is help you perform better if you've just joined. As long as you're willing to tough it out, that stuff won't help you at all. It's just stuff that people who don't mind spending money can buy in order to be better players as soon as they join.
I'm not happy about seeing it in the sense that I hope it doesn't become a trend, but so long as players are a little bit patient, they don't have to spend that much money, so I don't mind much.
I do believe it is too expensive, even for people who don't mind spending money. I honestly don't believe that people are going to buy that stuff at those prices, but I'm not mad about it either.