Attached Link: http://www.sams3d.com

Official Notice: SAM'S 3D will be closing our site as of March 1, 2006. We are NOT going out of business...we are moving to Renderosity. All of SAM'S 3D products will only be sold here at Renderosity MarketPlace. As of March 1, 2006, about 80% of the models we are selling now, have been sold (copywrite and all) to a private buyer. We will be creating new freebie models and new sale models, and will make them all available here at Renderosity. Renderosity has been so wonderful to us, we felt that since we are moving, it should be here and only here. Renderosity will be the only place you will be able to obtain any of SAM'S 3D models. We have had many request to sell out of Renderosity from members here and our customers. We are now officially making the move. We are very excited about this change and hope it will better for all involved. This again will start March 1, 2006. Thank you all for you support during this change, you have all been wonderful to us these past 6 years. Mike and Sharen

Congrats, both of you!!! Wonderful news on both accounts. 8-)

:-) Thank you, we are thrilled.

Wow! Great news for the community! I wish you many success and good luck in your new environment :D Mazak

well, good luck to you. what's interesting is that a lot of brokers, once they become known, leave here and start their own business so they get a bigger hunk of the profits, not vice versa. I'm actually going to miss going to your site. Hopefully your customer service and interaction with the community will continue. You've always been so helpful and friendly. Thanks for your past free stuff...its some of the best.

This will be cool, now I can use my CC to buy from you! Marque

Congrats & look forward to your new models :)

Great news, I'm pretty much restricted to buying with my in-store credit so I welcome this move more than you know! Looking forward to seeing the new stuff!

I'm so happy to see you move here. hugs and the very best to you.

Congratulations and best wishes for your new store.

Excellent news. :] Fish

Terrific news indeed, congratulations and hope it works out well for you! thefixer, poser coord.

Sharon: I first purchased your Christmas House, then your freebies CD, then the CD with all of your creations. I AM a TRUE fan to be sure. NEVER a problem with your products, I just couldn't remember if I had ever downloaded the Christmas house and you wrote back and gave me another link...I found it, though, and didn't need the link...so I wrote back saying so and commented on being new to Poser and all and trying to organize. Your kind words of encouragement in your reply will stay with me forever. You and Mike are truely fine artists. I wish you all of the best. A loyal customer and friend in the 3d world, Jan

Congrats Sharen and Mike ;o) I will say that I will miss looking at your site though :( You were one of those sites that you could count on for great products, freebies, and most of all great customer support ;o) Wish you the best!

Good to hear you're not closing down! Look forward to your new products :)

I thank you all for your kind words, and you will still get our support with any of our products. Sharen

Kind of sad to see your site closing even though your products will be available here. You do sound happy about it though, so that's a good thing. Plus it probably makes it less work for you as you won't have to pay for and maintain a site or a store payment feature. At least this way Renderosity will look after all of that for you. I love all of your freebies and I've had a few other items there on my mental wish list (IE: the Christmas House), but funds are tight and I have only been buying what I absolutely know I'll get use of on a regular basis. You said you sold 80% of your models copyrights, does that include the Christmas House? I was hoping to get it later this year for Christmas this year.

No, and I will give a list as to what is still available soon.

Quote "As of March 1, 2006, about 80% of the models we are selling now, have been sold (copywrite and all) to a private buyer." Meaning someone else is now goint to be able to tell me I can no longer use things I have purchased from, or gotten from your freebies, in my renders?

Absolutely not. Our policy stands to those whom have bought or downloaded any of our freebies. Those of you whom have bought or downloaded anything from SAM'S 3D, have the right to render commercially and non commercially with our models. No questions will ever be asked. Don't worry, we have worked all that out.

My congratulations to you two on your success, and I look forward to even more success for the two of you in the future.

Wish I could figure out how to upload things here....this is a real pain. Sharen

Have you contacted ClintH? He's always been a wonderful help to me when I get stuck with Marketplace issues (yes, I know I'm not a merchant but I still think he is a great resource for problems related to the Marketplace).

Hi Sharen, I replied to your E-Mail last week and just sent you an IM. Clint

Wow, this is the first of seen of your creations. I'm really impressed. I'll be interested to see what you will be retaining ownership of - it will help me decide whether to wait and buy individual items or splurge for the full CD.

I am not trying to push this, but not many have been retained....if you want it..better get it while the sale is on, unless you are only interested in a few. Sharen

Splurge on the CD.