Thank you Natolii :-) What really gets me, is that the major percentage of my sales are from my scene props, which sell very, very well. I have received countless compliments on how easy they are to use, how realistic the various effects, and how detailed the textures.

Bottom line is, this one product is not going to make me or break me. I have a brand new grandbaby and a son with serious medical problems right now as well as working 100+ hours a week. I don't have time for this nonsense. Easiest thing for me to do is delete the darn thing and be done with it, even though I defend my right to make it.

Yea I have worked for years to build a reputation in the online stores, and yes, this burns me up to be attacked for no reason other than I did a "toonish" set... but honestly, I cannot afford to have my reputation smeared. This is my living, and what feeds my kids, so being attacked IS hurtful, and following these threads is taking away from much more important things that need doing...

I see the crap out there, and defend anyones right to make whatever they choose. But what may be crap to one person could be just what another is looking for. I look at the top selling stuff at all the stores and sometimes for the life of me cannot see where it holds it's appeal, but then that may just not be my "thing"... it doesn't mean that product is lousey just becuase it does not happen to appeal to my tastes. The job of the testers is to be sure the product is functional and without errors, and most importantly that the promos are a TRUE representation of what the product is. What you see is what you get. If it is, then people can see what they are being offered, and if they can see what the product is, then where is it hurting anyone? If they do not like it, they do not have to buy. Everyone has to start somewhere, and no merchants first products will ever be what they will a year or 2 down the line, and when they do not sell this or that product, they learn as they go on what people are looking for.

The way you are poking fun at people is not constructive, it is not helpful... it is simply for your enjoyment and the entertainment of those who enjoy reading your blathering, but I can tell you, for as many people as you may have gained from your recent topic, you have lost as many to. We could use a good consumer advocate, but a little tact and a little heart would go a long way towards your achieving that.

So TJ... I am out of it, you won, does that make you feel good? I hope so, because the one thing I will sacrafice myself for is to help someone else feel better, or have a better day, so I hope yours is a wonderful one... remember though, what goes around comes around... and you just never know who is going to be doing the steering.