zulu9812 opened this issue on Nov 20, 2006 · 26 posts
CaptainJack1 posted Mon, 20 November 2006 at 3:55 PM
Quote - ... But the point i did try to make is DAZ give's away a "Pro" product each week for Free ..
The car dealer where I buy my cars from is giving away free gasoline to every tenth customer who comes in for a test drive. Should Renderosity be offering free gasoline because some other store does it? DAZ is DAZ, and R'osity is R'osity.
Quote - Remeber i like this site but it becomming to much a money machine instead of a Artcommunity
If you wouldn't mind, I'd like you to go into some more depth on that one. I don't understand how "making money" and "being an art community" are mutually exclusive. Why can't or shouldn't an "art community" also make money?
They didn't have to offer any kind of reward or discount at all. The fact that they are parceling out the discount to a randomly selected group is a time-honoroed tradition in the retail world (be the 100th customer and win!). They've elected to define an eligible customer based on how much they spend, and a random factor.
And, what does "fair" have to do with it? Everyone gets the same chance to get the discount. You have to meet an eligibility requirement ($30 purchase), you have to have some luck (order number ends in a certain number). Seems completely fair to me, although I'm not sure how that matters, anyway. It's not a contest, it's essentially a bonus discount.