Quote - Also, Daz is much more stringent on promos where I get the impression that Content Paradise isn't... Nope. Daz has a house style. Rendo and CP don't and get sellers make their own promos. Also just because a promo is good, doesn't always mean the product will be. Loads of times I've bought stuff where the promos ain't masterpieces, but the product is excellent. Plus how often has this board seen posts from folks asking why, despite what they try, they can never get the item to look it does in the promos? Then again I guess if Daz V SM is akin to Mac V PC, supporters will never see the postives on the other side. They'll always want to slate the opposition. Which I reckon for our stuff is a mistake. Just because it's at one store doesn't automatically mean it's always better. If anything often buying outside gives better quality, choice and value.

If I don't see a product looking good in someone's image (promo, gallery, etc), I'm not likely to buy it unless there's a very good chance I can get my money back.  True enough, I have bought things with outstanding promos that still just didn't work out for me.  But that only makes me even more suspicious of the bad promos.  I mean, if the vendor can't make a product look good, I can hardly expect to do better.

My complaint about Content Paradise, though, isn't the quality of the promos particularly. It's the size and quantity.  They're 400 x 400 pixels, which to me is basically a thumbnail. Moreover, many products seem to have only one or two images.  Together with search filters that are basically broken and scripting that makes using the backbutton a potential incitement to rage, it does not make the site particularly pleasurable to browse.

After buying a lot of stuff from here, RDNA, Daz, and a few creator's sites, I can say I totally agree that no particular store has a monopoly on quality.

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