All I've seen added to Platinum this week is the very nice cotton casuals for the V3 clothes. Am I missing something? Or did we get so much mermaid and related stuff last week that we exhausted them? Sad but understandable thought. Lovin' Platinum! But wondering why they're moving all the thumbnails around. lol

LOL! I go there there enough to know exactly what you're talking about Wondering the same.

Sometimes one thing a week sometimes two, three or more. You have to average it out. :) Anton

Actually I've got 4 new products sitting on the server chompin at the bit so to speak...you just wish you could exhaust me hehe! 1 is a freebie, I'm told it will be out on Monday! so look for it! 3 are waiting on a special product from some one else to be released so keep an eye open... And I've got plenty more where they came from, just got my hands in so many neat projects atm that its hard to decide which gets finished first...So many projects so little time! (the thumbs got shuffled on alot of v3 products that ended up getting pushed to far down the page, she's still our star attraction you know :)

LOL! Gooooodie! I'm delighted they're keeping you busy! Can't have you eating nor sleeping nor anything as mundane as that. :) Anton..there's nothing average about Platinum. Heh.

Anton, Hey - let's see, I visit the Plat area, oh - 10- 12 times a day LOL!

barb! For shame! Real junkies write a script to check for changes every 15 mintues, and leave the computer up all day! Just kidding! hmmmm... a Silverleif freebie and3 items to go with a special new release... Ah, teasing! I love it. BTW Anton, how goes the cat (grin)?

pdxjims - Hey, you putting that script in the freebies? LOL!

Yeah next week will be a crowded week with Platinum Stuff. The cat is going well. Will take longer than I thought. But it has to be thorough. Have to work on it between Platinum Items. :)

also a new Global Light Package and some more Movie Sets too.

I hate to be a tease, but I just can't bring myself to let the cat out of the bag without permission of the creator of the new special release...you'll have to beg her for more info :)~ As for the freebie, I showed it to you all before...may have to do a little digging to find it but you've seen it before :) (hint: Happy Valentine's Day!)

Meow????

Hello :o) Since I am a fan of all Capsces work.......... I BEG :o) Elaine

I remember a picture of a little bear with wings against a valentine candy box. It was soooo cute. Capsces? Oh my fluttering heart!!! Whatever it is I can't wait!

any word on vic's clothing pack? Oh and YEAH!! more makeup packs. :) Im so excited! And I got extra cash 2. :)

I'm still waiting for something from Platinum Club that would make it worth the $100 investment. I don't care about fairies, mermaids and cartoon animals.

er what would you like then Rogergordian?...there's a bit more there than fairies, mermaids, and cartoon animals, not to mention the 30% off on all daz origionals...Who knows, if you tell me, and I'm capable, I might see if I can't put it there for you!

Gosh, my Platinum Club membership has already been one of the best Poser purchases I have made! (They sure lost money selling me a membership, but don't tell them ;)

SS does such good work (thank you!), and with all her V3 contributions, I'm a big LisaB fan. :)

The discount on V3, the makeup kits and the hair paid for my Platinum membership, since I was impatient enough to buy it at $49. It didn't have to be worth $100 to me, but it is. I buy big in sci fi and fantasy, so the space suits and the gypsys and the cyclorama and all the other goodies were just gravy. I haven't even started on the mermaids yet. They're definetly losing money on me. Sometimes you just gotta take the leap and trust. I'm not the least bit sorry. Emily

Anton, Any possibility of a "plain jane" texture for V3 - no makeup, lipstick or liner, for natural faces and good for V3 Andro-boy ones too?

Beth

I've been very happy with the Platinum club and DAZ has made more money out of me because of it. I've bought a bunch of things I wouldn't have bought at all otherwise. The %30 discount has been great and it has been really good to pick up a some of those older items like the charger, the eagle and a bunch of items from Anton's back catalogue. I haven't bought so much of the new stuff on the other hand. I'd like to see more hair and other versatile things that almost everybody can use. The mermaid and fairy genre has a strong following but it isn't for everyone. I'll second the request for a non-glamorous Vicki 3 texture. A tough girl who looks like she's seen some weather and rough times would be good.

It seems we can get 30% off DAZ stuff without paying for the platinum club. I've noticed DAZ has very little in the way of good "scenes" stuff. Heck, most of my Poser characters have nowhere to hang out. I think it would be nice to make a package that goes together. Sell the outfits along with a scene where these folks can wear their clothes. I'm still looking for regular everyday clothes and poses for Stephanie, the Millennium Kids, and Musclebound Mike. Again, it makes no sense to pay $100 to save money when there is nothing I really want right now. I'd figured by now DAZ would have a better chance of improving that situation.

okay let's see. Roger you get an extra 30% on top of the reg 30%. Just so noone is waiting, unless someone else in the office makes it there will be no Stephanie developement for the Platinum Club. The only thing that sells worse than MilKid products is plain clothes. :) But I hear yah. I'll work on some butch stuff at some point though probably only 12 people will buy it. And I'll have to wade through all the "what's up with all the fetish butch sci-fi crap" emails. I am all for making what people want but if it doesn't sell there isn't much chance of more of it being made. Just a business thing. Basically if we make it, people have to support it if they want more of it. Otherwise not alot of chance of it getting made. Scenery is currently being expanded already. I always ask for specific lists but noone ever sends them to me. If you really want something I want a few pics of it and a description. send it to anton@daz3d.com I never do requests without pics. Actually I usually avoid requests but I am not oppose to it. But I need numbered lists and pictures. And don't post it here..use my email. Anton Merrilyn did make some great MilGirl Clothes. Did you see that?

Roger, Someone said you were Ron Knights?(sp) I can't keep these usernames straight. :)

I don't regret my Platinum purchase at all, even though I haven't bought a lot of things from it yet. I know I've saved well over the cost of it, and it's fun to see what will come out next anyway. :) I REALLY wish that some sort of clothing figures for V3 would show up in there though. Even something extremely simple would be very much appreciated, since it seems like most of the Victoria 3 clothing I've seen costs a bit more than I'd like to spend right now. But still, it's an excellent deal for the money and I look forward to all the new products that DAZ creates. Thanks, take care. SnowS

Thanks for your responses, Anton. I had not clearly understood that Platinum Customers get an additional 30% off DAZ products. Perhaps the description of benefits leaves that fact unclear. I am troubled by your other responses. First, above all, you must remember it is poor business sense for a company to introduce products that it fails to support in the future. That includes the Millennium Kids and Stephanie. Your other comments concerning requests is also unsettling. It makes good sense to poll customers to better understand their needs. It doesn't make sense to make demands on your customers. A customer pays money for a product. A customer has every right to expect value and quality for his/her money. That's it. I think you need to rethink the way you interact in this public forum. You are representing yourself as a DAZ employee. With that in mind, any unprofessional conduct can reflect negatively upon DAZ's reputation.

Beth! That is wonderful...can't wait to see it all!!!

The last I checked, being upfront, honest and courteous was being professional .... Creating more items to support what sells is hardly ignoring your customers. Dropping off non-selling items is not ignoring your customers, either. It's actually listening to your clients and making what they want. It's a standard business practice. Anton isn't saying that if there's any problems with a model that was bought, DAZ will ignore the customer. He's simply saying that there won't be more add-ons for products that aren't popular. Why spend your time on a product that the majority of your clients don't like? It's not productive. Most Vicki 2 products will fit Stephanie with only a little tweaking at most. There are third party vendors making MilKid stuff. You can also contract out requests to modelers for products. As for asking for reference pictures when sending item requests, that's hardly placing unreasonable demands on customers. If you want an item created to your liking, you have to be very specific on your requirements. I'd be concerned about any modeler who offered to sell me a custom product without getting reference pictures from me. DAZ might want to look into putting up a poll on their site to get an idea of what people are looking for, but polls aren't always that accurate. I've seen lots of requests for products that don't sell well, because people decide they really didn't need the product once it does come out. Cheers!

Ditto what Crescent said. :) Roger I generally ask that people avoid offering me personal advice in the forums. I like to keep things strickly to product question and answer. I don't promise that anyone will agree or like what I sometime share but I am always honest. But I really ask that any personal advice to me directly be forwarded in email if you feel you need to share. I am sure you understand. Thanks for the advice. Anton

Beth

Well, I'm one of the happy Platinum Club members. I have zero interest in the fairy people, sci fi group, fantasy types but I have found more than enough items to make me happy. Yeah, I'm probably more interested in the "cute" stuff than I should be (good grief, everyone needs some kind of change) but even without that, I'd say I had a good return on my investment. I like modern real clothes and realistic people but I understand I'm in the minority there, but I think there's room for all of us. Now if Daz would just come up with a llama, I'd have (hardly) any complaints at all. ;)

New global lights on the way? Yipee!!

Ron, You can get some great stuff in platinum club, like Anton's hair for a start. Lots of hair actually :) Not to mention lots of the back catalog. Thinks like the Eagle and the charger for $1.99 a pop. I've no use for an eagle, but the wings are fabulous :) It actually made quite a difference to the v3 bill I can tell you that, I think it cost me $75 bucks for the lot, which is a fair bit cheaper than retail :) Good to have you back, I though they'd exiled you to poserpros, somebody posted to a very old thread last week and I got all nostalgic :) later jb

Those morphs (and textures) are sooooooooooo sweet!

She did a ton of animals from them. Wait till you see. Very exciting.

I'm so glad to see new makeup textures for V3 are coming! They are one of my favorite things about V3 and the reason why I use the V2-V3 converter to convert V3 to V2. I think I bought the Platinum membership the day it came out. I know it was the first week. I've been extremely happy with it. Being able to finally own the eagle (the savings from which almost paid for my membership) made me very happy. I was able to justify buying the hawks add-on set from the regular store to go with them. I think I've bought almost everything that's come available there. If I don't use it today, I may use it in a year or two. Please keep the goodies coming...

I will have to get that toon kitty in my next Daz order :o) Capsces, you have such a wonderful way of morphing things, if I may say so :o) Can't wait to play with those cute animals :o) Elaine

Forgot to say that those animal textures are absolutely beautiful too :o) Elaine

Has anyone mentioned the Parthenon as a cool model or scene? We got a lot of Greek clothing and those steep steps and columns would be cool. Part of the Parthenon? Emily

Hey, I got a great idea. Let's sell people stuff that we will dump, so they can waste some more of their hard earned money. Then we'll ask them to pay $100 up front in order to save money in the future. Oh, and let's not forget some folks won't find anything of interest in that very small Platinum Club collection.

I'm enjoying my membership. I wish there were a few more meshes and not quite so many textures, but I'm sure that will be rectified. The savings along of DAZ created items are more than worth it IMO and and more than paid for the cost of the membership!

sigh One of these days I'll make a post with no typos.

I always ask for specific lists ...

More songbirds? ;)

I'm confused, why all the posts from rogergordian knocking an optional club you don't have to join if you don't feel it's worth the $'s? I got the idea from the first negative post ... no need to keep repeating and spamming the board. shrug

I can't complain about the Platinum Club. I bought almost everything in it the first month so I got more than my money's worth. Of course, I subscribed when it was half price. If you joined months after they started it, then you would see what they had in the store already. If it didn't excite you, then why join especially if you're paying the full price?

roger Stop being such a wet blanket, okay? Attitudes like yours drive the merchants out of the forums and leave us whistling in the wind. If you don't think your Plat club membership was a good deal, don't renew. Chalk it up to the experiance, da? Anton, you guys have responded really well to requests so far - don't get flustered by one sour apple :) I've certainly bought more in the last few months then I would have before. And that'll be a benefit to you guys ... I'll be sending in a V3 texture set as soon as I get my seams done. Without the Plat club, I wouldn't have been able to get V3 all at once like that. Beth 9-lives Toonimals? oookay :) almost tempted to get them- except i don't like toons. But if you morphed the mouse .... Lyrra

Beth

Pardon me for wanting to get my money's worth or questioning the value of a deal (Platinum Club). Really, everyone has an opinion, wants and needs. Everyone is important. People have a right to get the full picture, both positive and negative. The best way a company can serve itself and its customers is to ask for their opinions, both positive and negative.

Oh..love the round ears and pink in the eyes! LOL

Roger, once those opinions are gathered it is in the best interest of the business and the customers for the company to cater to the opinions expressed by the majority of customers. How many companies can you name for me where they practice this differently? You know, I don't like the taste of Pepsi; but do you think they will make it taste like Coke so I'm happy? You are the only person of over 20 in this thread who has expressed dissatisfaction with the Platinum club. It appears to me the majority are happy with the Platinum Club, therefore the company must be listening to their customers. Beth