I read that whole thread for some insight into this and yeah ..... there was none.

I agree with the OP though.  I have pretty much stopped buying textures for the models I use.  I'm sick of wading through an incredibly not user friendly market place only to finally find something I might like and then the promo shots don't show anything.

It's the same with other products too, enough details are simply not given.  9/10 of the time when I get something it is not what I thought it would be.  The only merchants I consistantly get what I expect from are richabri and D&M.  Not to knock all the others because I may not have purchased from them but I have had alot of disappointment.

The return policy here is not the greatest either.  Having to try to contact unresponsive merchants at least 2 times is silly.  The one redeaming factor is the admin Clint - who very kindly and politely helped me in my last situation.

I am:  aka Velocity3d