You're wrong, Mehndi. You're blaming the wrong person. A buyer's market comes about not as a result of lower prices, it comes about as a result of a glut of products in the market. The price reduction is a result, not a cause.

In fact a case could be made that the Platinum Club started because there were just too many stores out there. Maybe the opening of Poser Pros was the straw that broke the camel's back and caused DAZ to start the Club to get some of its business back. I'm not saying it is, but that's just as reasonable a way of looking at it as yours.

There are no guarantees, as I'm sure you know, and telling sob stories is a really cheap shot. Whoever that was who doesn't care about quality isn't going to sell anything, cheaply or otherwise.

And, as a customer, I really resent your assumption that I expect everything for cheap or free now.