Quote - Actually I think they have. Think about what you posted. You're a hobbyist and probably don't have a lot of money to spend on content. If you want your content business to thrive, who do you need?  People with money to spend and not trained to expect stuff for free or heavily discounted. How do you do that? Bring in new users to replace the ones not paying then have set prices for item so they see things they want have a set price to them. So then those new customers not only buy new stuff, but then start going through the old stuff to and buy it... even at full price. I know that been happening at my store.

What I've seen a lot in the past are very vocal people that want things, yet have no money to actually pay for those things. It OK to want things from a company as a consumer.... but being a consumer means once those things are available, you pay for them then; not wishlist them for later... that defeats the purpose of demanding a supply of a product. Because if you don't the company will start listening to those who are actually paying and weed out the ones that aren't. If you're doing your shopping at other places instead of theirs, they'll charge for those things that used to be free that people just only ran into the store to get and run out... and start catering to those actually in the store shopping and buying. That's pretty much simple business there.

And ALL of what you just said is Daz's doing! LOL They're the ones that started the freebie train and deep discounts and put prices in the toilet. THEY are the ones that devalued every other vendors product at the time. The fact that they are now trying to reverse that is testament to just how much prices fell into the pit because of them. I remember at the time thinking how I really wished they wouldn't put everything out for free, because I knew what would follow - an entitled customer base that thought that if they got the figure for free, the stuff for it should be dirt cheap or free. That's Daz's fault...lol. Adn the fact that they're moaning about it now falls on deaf ears, really it does.

Laurie