I managed somehow, to avoid the purchase machine for a long time.  Gaining poser 3 from a magazine, and then was given poser 4 as a christmas gift.   It took several years before i had to purchase really anything, because i was fortunate enough to have a spouse who got me v2.  After that, i surfed the net for all the freebies that could be had.  i was a downloading slave lol.

Granted, i didnt realize half of the fantastic items were textures only, not the actual item, imagine my suprise lol.  Then the learning to unzip and where the heck it goes.

Finally, frustrated my first purchases were v3 and m3 and their morph packages.  I remember the day well, as it was like "thank god!".