I have plennty of sympathy for venders, when times are tough, less sympathy for some of the stores. If I have the choice, I will try to purchase directly from the vender, for a couple of reasons:

1. The vender gets more money for their work.

2. If the vender isn't active any longer, there is a good chance their site isn't, or you can tell from the site.

The second point is important - DAZ will take a third party utility, wrap it up in an installer, place it on their website and forget about it. For me, there is no excuse for a company to leave an aplication or utility within their store, the developer goes AWOL for years, and for it still to be sold, bugs and all!It's not good business practice.

I truelly believe that, the Poser/DAZ asset "market place", is very fair in it's prices, be it DAZ, Rendo, RuntimeDNA or individual vender, when compared to the rest of the industry...even in the current climate.

This business is just a microcosm of the art industry at large - the small artists will always struggle to survive, and the big guys will have their army of helpers as they sip champagne!

 

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