I pretty much rest my case. Too much hostility in the community, and basically it's because people are cheap.  This topic had nothing to do with the sales, but has been thread-jacked by those who want to rant and gripe about what they perceive as unfair sale practices by vendors.  Many seem to have forgotten that coupons and sales are bonuses and priveledges, and not divine right.  Vendors have the right not to participate if they so choose - this does not make a vendor evil, or crooked, and it is no crime.  Whether or not sales are initiated by Renderosity is irrelevent as Renderosity also specifically allows vendors to Opt out, and even sends emails instructing vendors how on some coupons.  If this was some sort of stunt, or scam, or underhanded shortcut, Renderosity would disallow it, not provide instruction to achieve it.  As I already said, sure, I love to take advantage of good prices when I can, I have very limitted funds to devote to this.  When there are massive sales ad I can only afford select items, I actually pick and choose based on the quality levels of the content involved, and which items I feel are worthy of purchasing at their full price - and those I will wait on (and I do purchase at full price quite often from content creators, especially those I consider skilled and know to produce good quality).  The sort of behaviour here is akin to going in to Wal Mart and complaining because your coupon for X% off the DVD rack can't be used on Playstation games, or some such (try that and see how far it gets you, really).

 As for flaming, it is the accuser, not the accusee doing the flaming, and it seems to be simply because of a differing opinion - one I happen to share. I read all of the posts, and see no "axe to grind", nor do I see whining on the part of the accused. I do see two other posters who jumped into a thread following my comment about certain vendors being missed and began complaining about a perceived misdeed because they are disapointed with a sale. Happens to everyone. It's happened to me more than I can count. Moreso, as I said, the biggest point is moot as there was a coupon for 50% off earlier this month that was also usable on sale and clearance items - and it's a good bet that is why certain vendors opted out for this one.  If the products of Aery Soul were exhorbitantly priced I could understand some of the griping and whining about the coupon, but for their quality level I do not feel they are, as I see far less deserving products similarly priced. 

 If you do not like a vendors practices or pricing, or somehow feel personally wronged by them for opting out of a sale, fine, don't buy their product. If you want to go into forums and rant and rave and flame about it in unrelated threads, expect dissenting opinions. 

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