Quote - All I can say is we saw this very same exchanges about Passport members and the release of the G2 males. Everyone was so up tight about it and look what ended up happening... the G2 males turned out to be not such a big deal after all.

I'm not saying this will happen with V4 I think she will be a very good and improved character. Daz has managed to put a little more into each Victoria they release but Daz will release her when they are ready and there is not much we can do about that.

I too feel that it didn't cross the mind of the original thread poster that the link couldn't be seen by all. Excitement does that and I feel they  just wanted to share that excitement with the rest of us which to me is not a bad thing. At least we were being thought of and I don't think it was meant as an "Elitist PC member" type rip on the rest of us.

PC club members are our best intel and I am happy to hear from them because if they are getting previews of new Daz items that means they are not long or very close for release for the rest of us. But, that's just my line of thinking

I haven't read this entire thread, but even if the original poster knew that only PC members could see the referenced images, I would not object even though I am not a PC member.  Rather, I appreciate learning that I COULD see a V4 preview if I wanted to pay for the privilege.  That lets me make an informed decision about the utility of joining PC.  As an economist, I believe that markets work better the more information we have about our market choices; so I will never resent anyone who gives me market information... unless it's by phone during dinner. (grin)

But I will also say, as an economist, that as a general matter---

1.  human societies have always had --and will always have-- markets where goods and services are only available to those who choose to pay for them, whether it's fancy cars or horses or access to online resources

2.  in a digital economy, I expect information --and access to information-- will move more and more into the realm of markets where you will have to pay to play

3.  despite (1) and (2), there will always be consumers who resent the prices set for some goods and services and even, in some cases, that certain commodities are distributed through markets at all (food, water, health care... and now V4 previews)

peace....