No, it was purchased for $72, 4 days ago. I bought him the Digital Guardian Edition because he was unable to purchase it where he lived, and in return I asked to see the images first.
http://puu.sh/gdiki/9187be99bd.png
You'll notice in any article where his images are used, he's credited and his profile or post is directly linked to.
they pretended like we didn't exist and tried to pass it on as their own findings.
Unfortunately there's a strong language barrier, but you can see for yourself (BondageJay), this isn't the case.
They also used information that they claimed wasn't worth anything.
To give this some context: We agreed that he would send me images so that he would be able to pay off the money I spent for his Digital Guardian Edition. Of course the only way to do that is by advertisements.
http://puu.sh/gdh0j/0c3b327f96.png
The information he's referring to are 3 images that show "The Arena" modifiers.
As you can see in the chat log, there was nothing I could do with those 3 clearly outdated images, and they weren't anything people didn't already know about.
To establish a timeline:
Paid 72$
He sent these 3 images: http://puu.sh/gdghd/0c83d9858f.png
When asked how much money I made from those 3, I informed him that I was unable to make any money from those images alone (people already know about them + they're outdated)
It wasn't until 8 hours ago (as of writing this) that he sent 5 new images that were usable.
Ironically those 5 images are probably going to be enough to pay off the debt, but even if they weren't, I wouldn't really mind.
The issue I have is with: "but they pretended like we didn't exist and tried to pass it on as their own findings." - which just isn't true. As stated above, in every article, his name has been linked and credited.
Obviously we have kept in touch up until a few hours ago. I could have been reached any time to clear a misunderstanding up, but I think because I was only able to use English - no matter what - there was bound to be a misunderstanding somewhere.
For anyone wondering why I bought him the game:
This data and the "House of Wolves" data I leaked from earlier were all retrieved without the Season Pass. Myself and other Japanese users--who felt slighted because the Season Pass was never released and "The Dark Below" came out later than in other countries countries--discovered and have known about this information since January. Maybe if the Season Pass had been available in Japan, we would have had access to that information.
He said that if he had the season pass, he may have access to the information we all want to know.
I had to purchase the entire DGA since the season pass code would not work by itself.