it is policy... i guess entropic thought you were referring to 'beta' testers, and not store testers. its generally a good idea to have a friend or two beta test your products BEFORE you upload them to the store. they will test them in the store prior to marketplace release, but the products really should be thoroughly tested BEFORE you upload. theres already about a weeks waiting time in the store upload queue due to a large load of pending products, so we should be trying to make it easier on the store testers by uploading products that have been thoroughly tested beforehand. it shouldnt be their job to point out all the problems. they should just have to do a quick once-over of the item to make sure nothing was missed. cheers, -blackhearted of dark corner