Quote - @ ssgbryan, I think your complaints are valid, and we've all experienced what you're talking about. But I don't think venting in the forums is going to change much, if anything. If the Poser forums are perceived as being hostile to vendors because of all the b!tching, they're not going to read them. I wouldn't want to. It's probably more useful to talk about ways to deal with these issues -- because we've all learned how to do that. Share that knowledge.

If a vendor is going to be a professional, then they have to start acting and thinking like a professional.  A good first step on the road to being a professional is to stop acting like a drama queen when someone isn't happy with your product.

So just what do you suggest to affect change? If we all stop buying substandard products, then the vendor doesn't know WHY their sales are dropping.  They will just whine in the forum that they can't make money making Poser content.

As an example, just how do you suggest we get vendors to let DOS file naming conventions behind?  I have PM & emailed  in the past - and they don't take kindly to any input other than "Gee you are awesome!"  Too many of them honestly expect me to do the work of moving their products into the 21st century.

2 years ago, I was suggesting that Poser vendors do a kickstarter for each product - don't reach the goal, don't make the product, no time lost - reach your goal - vendor gets paid, and every copy sold after the initial kickstart is 100% profit.  A happy by-product would be getting a better understanding of what customers actually want.

What was the response? I'm an artist, I make what I want.  Too many vendors work on the If I make it, they will buy it mantra, in spite of all evidence to the contrary. 

You can tell a vendor, you just can't tell them very much.......

Of course, 'Rosity could fix a lot of the issues I brought up by simply adding them to the QA process.  Make something for a Poser 9+ product - you have to follow Poser 9 conventions.  Regretfully, that would make too much sense apparently.