Fringewood opened this issue on Sep 27, 2009 ยท 6 posts
Madrigal posted Mon, 28 September 2009 at 2:39 AM
I have no idea if they dl fast or slow. I haven't really used the freestuff since it changed, as most of the people whose freebies I used to like don't seem to post there any more.
I don't like having marketplace items at the top of the page where you can click on them by accident, imagining that it's a free item. If I want to buy stuff - and I do buy a lot of stuff here - then I go to the marketplace.
The point of the freestuff has always seemed to me to be to find something good and exciting that you don't have to pay for.
Everyone loves a bargain, no? And there's no better bargain than free :D I don't think I buy less at the store because I dl freebies. If anything, it means I'm in the frame of mind where I'm thinking - now I can go and buy so-and-so, because I got that other thing I needed for nothing.
Now the freestuff, as Fringewood says, seems like just an adjunct to and an advertisement for the store. It's depressing and I don't bother with it, I go surf the Japanese sites instead and look for nice freebies there. So in fact, this move has taken me further away from the Renderosity store, not encouraged me to go there!