The Subscription Dilemma
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 by kenwas | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I have over subscribed again. There is no excitement however, more of an old habit thing. Why would I want a subscription anyway? The best skins cost addition money vis-a-vis the Masters Program (which I support). As for the rest of the skins ,there are some some excellent ones by some of the yet to be master skinners, but frankly, if you have been subscribed to the site for years, you have only the very newest ones to select from and the high quality ones are few and far between in my view unless you are an aero clone fan (nothing wrong with that if that is your taste). So if I find 10 "free" skins during the year that I want to run for a while and thus download, I consisder myself lucky. But I have paid $30 to do that and that makes them cost $3.00 each anyway. There is simply not enough new high quality content being produced that I can't get elsewhere to make the numbers work for me as a motivation to subscribe. But I subscribe out of habit. How about you?
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Reply #23 Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:47 AM
Oops, do you think I might've gone a bit too far with the ACP theme music? 
Still, I shouldn't have to suffer it alone! Stardock should make the site music capable so I can share the burden. 
Seriously, though, the addition of music while we browse/post, etc, wouldn't be a bad idea... and if WC goes commercialised, Stardock can throw in a few ads every now and then to promote products and services.
Reply #24 Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:51 AM
lol starkers, yeah as long as it's metal buddy
Reply #25 Wednesday, January 14, 2009 2:24 AM
A tough economy like this,anything that unproductive expenditure won'e be neccessary.
Reply #26 Wednesday, January 14, 2009 2:55 AM
Is that why there's no totty here?
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Reply #29 Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:11 PM
Not too long ago (just over a year) I was one of the muchers. Desktop customization was a brand new concept to me. I was quickly growing to love it. I DL'd and DL'd to my heart's content until I reached my limit. Then I became a customer, then a subscriber.
Now, I'm sold out! 
But if I would have had to pay for each DL right off the bat, I wouldn't have. Period.
As the system is, it drew me in. I know that not everyone gets drawn in like I did.
Why not keep it the same, just reduce the limits?
Reply #30 Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:09 PM
That'll remain the case...
Reply #31 Saturday, March 28, 2009 10:17 AM
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Reply #21 Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:18 AM
it's a little known fact that Jafo was an original member of The Village People. well, it WAS a little known fact.