illusions opened this issue on Jan 19, 2001 ยท 96 posts
illusions posted Mon, 22 January 2001 at 5:06 PM
The intent of this post was NOT to start a name-calling contest, a flame war, or to trade insults. I started this thread for 2 reasons. The First was to counter what, in my opinion, was a deliberate attempt to drain sales from here to line the pockets of others. The second was to open discussion about the quality of merchandise available here and find out if it was good or bad. I have not seen any facts to substantiate Jack's and Diane's comments and I don't expect that any facts about any specific merchandise that is sub-standard, will ever appear. Look, the fact is that whether or not the store has merchandise that is quintessentially unique or not is really a mute point. Whether the store is being flooded with merchandise that is on par with Free Stuff is irrelevant. If someone takes the time to make a product and they want to try to make a buck with it...what's the problem? Would Diane's and Jack's opinion of those very same items change if those items were offered to their store and all the proceeds from their sales given to them? You bet, your sweet ass they would!!!!! There are few stores in either the real world or the virtual world that doesn't have a variety of merchandise that ranges from the "ok" to the "exquisite". Why should our store be "elitist" and provide a showroom only for the "Masters"? Cream rises to the top, as the saying goes...and here the products that fill peoples needs, install properly, and operate properly are the products that will sell. The others will "fall by the wayside". What more could anyone ask for? All I ask, when see information about a product is that is either positive or negative, is that I get FACTS, not rumors, innuendos, or generalizations. Is that too much to expect from people that claim to be professionals and business persons? Again...I offer my services as a tester or even a product reviewer if Tim needs people to do that. In fact, I would even be willing to set up an independent testing group comprised of 4 or 5 dedicated people with modeling, texturing, posing, and animation experience if that would help.