A rant from me (I know...imagine that, but its NOT what you might be thinking!)
What a week! So many posts from me ....but I had a lot of weeks of no posts to make up for!
So,
as I was going through some stuff this week, trying to get some
programs to work and stuff...it dawned on me how MUCH money I've spent
on certain "toys" for my virtual creations and enjoyment...
Now,
the following list of things that all...ALL had "lifetime"
updates/upgrades etc when I purchased them....and I'm not dead
yet...(much as some might wish I were lol)
Sam Broadcaster
Filter Forge
Dreamlight
Avastar
One of the magazine/book maker things in SL
Land Tier Sales prices in Digiworldz
With
the exception of Filter Forge and my Land Tier in DIgiworldz, each and
everyone of the above has managed to find a way to screw over the people
whom bought into the lifetime commitment...
As technology or their own skills...improved..they changed the name of the product and launched the new version....
See,
their thinking (as was explained to me in the case of the book thing in
SL), was that they made the product sooo much better now that it wasn't
the same so the lifetime commitment no longer applied cuz it was better
than what I purchased originally....
Ok, lets think about this for a moment.
Ready
for me to continue? Good. I handed over money based on
"lifetime"....i was gambling on the fact that improvements would be made
and I would reap the benefit of it over the course of the
lifetime......
Instead...I was sold a rat when I thought I was buying a dog.....
The good news? When I purchased Filter Forge it was at 4.0, its now at 7.0 and I STILL get my updates/upgrades....amazing!
Digiworldz...when
i bought my first First Land it was 10 usd for a standard 15k prim...i
Still only have to pay that, even tho that deal is gone, my buy 1 get
one free VARs that were (then) 20 usd yep..only pay 20 usd for the one,
the other still free...that was 2 years ago...
SO...as with most
things in life, even IF the contractual agreement is LIFETIME...its
buyer beware...and thats really a shame when companies treat their
products the way some people treat love....its only good until something
better comes along...
3 comments:
I was thinking of getting Avastar . . . even though I still have to pay for the upgrades on a yearly basis, how is that program overall? I'm sorry about the screw-overs your have had . . . I too, bought Digi land at about the same price for TWO for the price of ONE last year at a great deal, but, someone needed me because they could not pay there bill, because someone that lived on there region who owned a TON of land, quit Digi so the owner of that regioon asked me to come over there and NOW THEY are leaving . . . and I cannot get my OLD land back for the same price that I had it before from Digi, so i've been screwed over, as well, NOT FROM DIGI, MIND YOU!!! But from this gwig owner who obviously was and is only looking out for herself and nobody else . . . I will know better in the future, FOR SURE!!! TSTL!!!
Avastar is well worth it for the ability to merely click click click and have your mesh clothing creations weighted and rigged.
Glad to know this and TYSVM for your input here ;) Huggelz ;)
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