BAR-CODE opened this issue on Dec 24, 2006 · 50 posts
slinger posted Tue, 26 December 2006 at 7:52 PM
I REALLY don't want to create another wave of "yeah-but" posts, but I'd like to put into perspective my PERSONAL opinion of the "give something back to the merchants" debacle.
If I buy a CD of Deep Purple's greatest Hits at Amazon...then buy "Machine Head" and maybe "Deep Purple in Rock" I would NOT expect to find a "Let's give Deep Purple a donation" button on the site next time I visited.
If I buy "The Stand" and "Carrie" novels by Stephen King I don't expect a "Give something back to Steve" page on the site.
If I buy a Volkswagen Polo I don't expect the dealer to ask me if I'd like to make a donation to Volkwagen to help them develop their next model.
Poser/3D merchants are either that, merchants...or they ain't.
I've banged on for Gawd knows how many years about lemonade stands versus real stores and i.m.h.o. if you need donations you're a lemonade stand, not a store. Why the Hell should the 3D market place be so detached from the real world of commerce?
I have now donned my flame-retardant underwear. Go for it. ~lol~
The liver is evil - It must be punished.