um....i was going to avoid posting to this thread, but.... I'm not going to comment on the rights or wrongs of puting forward an opinion. The texture/hair products obviously show what they are in the promo renders, and unless one is using a braille monitor, that much is obvious to the buyer before purchase. giggles at ExtremeThemes addition to product text. In all the highlighted products, the customer can obviously see what they are getting from the promo images. Therefore, this isnt a case of false advertising. And I don't see how the claim that they "don't work as advertised" can be applied. They are being advertised in such a way that the way they work is blatantly obvious. As for Merchant Resource packs, well, a lot of folks know how I feel about them, about the uniformity of products that ensue from everyone using the same packs, in the same way, the copyright issues, and the over-saturation of the market this has caused. So, I'm not going there again. With regards to freestuff. I've always made freestuff, and quite often I'll put out a component of a current store pack, as this gives a potential customer a taste of the product BEFORE they part with their bucks. Now, maybe it's easier for me, because I create props, but I feel freestuff is pretty much an essential requirement. Admitted, my freestuff additions have been sparse of late, but then, in the last year and a half I've been divorced, lost my family and home, moved to another country and been unable to upload stuff to my website. (The last is my own fault for taking a mediocre free hosting deal). As for testing standards, while Renderosity does indeed do its best to ensure that all products work as advertised, the other stores I broker at have higher standards. Though I'm not entirely sure where this perception that DAZ have ultra high standards comes from. There is very little there that I would part with the amount of $ theyre asking for it. They have differant criteria, for sure, but not necessarily higher standards than some of the sites I currently broker through.

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