Ironbear opened this issue on Oct 07, 2002 ยท 139 posts
pdxjims posted Mon, 07 October 2002 at 9:20 AM
There are flamers in every group. They send messages more for the response value than to change anything. If someone was serious about this, they'd put a notice with their name here in the forum. Ignore them. That p*sses them off more than anything. I don't believe these people really sell stuff in the marketplace, or if they do, they think their cruddy work is worth more than it is. They don't understand that our community has a great deal of experience in selecting things from the marketplace, and can tell quality from crap. People who sell in the Marketplace don't ever make a lot of money. Usually the best make enough to cover their own purchases there, and thats about it. The worst bemoan the fact that no one wants their stuff, but don't seem to realize that a set of body morphs or a Vicky battle top just aren't worth $20. You really need something with a lot of quality to get people to buy (like Curio or Quim or dozens of others). Freestuff is also used by Marketplace vendors to encourage you to look at their store. TrekkieGirl's freebies convinced me to buy her Trash Street scene (I love it). If I'd just seen the scene in Marketplace, I'd have been slow to buy, but all her freestuff showed me the quality of her work, so the decision to buy was easy. I'm just starting to put things in freestuff. Someday I may make something I think is worth selling (just so I can finally get a few of the things on my wish list). Flamers won't discourage me. For every flame, someone thanks me for something I've done. My Michael body pose set has been downloaded over 400 times from freestuff. Its not worth a dime to sell, just body variations, but some people find it useful, and I'm happy. Sometimes someone gives me credit in a gallery post, or sends me a thank you email. To me that's thrilling. Someone likes something I've done. One thank you email is worth 100 flames.