To be fair, just because an item is available free on a disc doesn't automatically downgrade their quality or worth.  

I've purchased SEVERAL discs from 3DWorld, 3DArtist, 3DCreative, ImagineFX, and more.  I usually purchase for the content of the magazines, and see the content as a bonus.  I've gotten a lot of discs that have items that I've already purchased or wouldn't have purchased on their own.  I think the only exception was a copy of Carrarra (I don't remember which version, it was 2 years ago), but that was after the next version had already come out in the store at DAZ.  That doesn't mean that, because I paid $15US for the magazine and got the software that everyone who paid more got screwed over.  DAZ, and other content providers, sometimes pay money to be included in the discs, and it's simply a form of advertisement to them.  Those discs have included several of vendors from our own store, as well.

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