Cant use site anymore
Saturday, January 25, 2003 by m4ch1n3g0d | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I think that it is unfair to make people PAY to use this site, i only come here for sysmetrix skins, and occasionally wallpaper. Now, i cant download anymore until i PAY!!! That is crap!! This site used to be free, what happened?
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Koasati
Reply #3 Saturday, January 25, 2003 11:57 PM
Reply #3 Saturday, January 25, 2003 11:57 PM
From the FAQ
Why can't I download more than 50MB of stuff from here?
As WinCustomize has become more and more popular the
number of downloads that occur daily has risen dramatically. This has
caused a significant increase in Bandwidth costs for the site. And
bandwidth usage continues to rise. In an attempt to recover some of this
cost we began selling some merchandise on WinCustomize. But the amount of
merchandise being sold still did not even come close to paying for the
bandwidth costs let alone the rest of the operating costs that are incurred.
Then we began offering Subscriptions with additional benefits as way for
patrons of WinCustomize to help offset those costs even more. However, this
still was not covering the bandwidth costs. So what do we do next? We
either need to increase sales or decrease bandwidth? So the next step we
tried was to do both by putting a cap on they amount of data you can
download from WinCustomize for NON-PAYING visitors. If you have purchased
'Any Product' from Stardock or WinCustomize or if you have purchased a
WinCustomize Subscription you are provided with the benefit of Unlimited
Downloads. We encourage people to try before they buy. That is why all
Stardock Software is available as shareware. To try out all the software
you will want to download skins from WinCustomize so we need to make
downloads available for free. But we also need to place a limit on
downloads to help control the Bandwidth costs. So how much should we allow.
We ran some queries and decided that most people had downloaded less that
25MB's from WinCustomize. So realistically 25MB's is what most people would
need to try out our software. But we did not want to push people away from
WinCustomize either. So we decided to be generous and set the cap fairly
high. We decided on 50MB. Once you have downloaded 50MB you are
requested to purchase a subscription to WinCustomize or at least purchase
the Product in which you are using the skins with.
WOM... it's 50MB now.
m4ch1n3g0d - If the only reason you come here, is for SysMetrix skins, there are other sites........... I'm not saying go away, just saying, you have options.
Why can't I download more than 50MB of stuff from here?
As WinCustomize has become more and more popular the
number of downloads that occur daily has risen dramatically. This has
caused a significant increase in Bandwidth costs for the site. And
bandwidth usage continues to rise. In an attempt to recover some of this
cost we began selling some merchandise on WinCustomize. But the amount of
merchandise being sold still did not even come close to paying for the
bandwidth costs let alone the rest of the operating costs that are incurred.
Then we began offering Subscriptions with additional benefits as way for
patrons of WinCustomize to help offset those costs even more. However, this
still was not covering the bandwidth costs. So what do we do next? We
either need to increase sales or decrease bandwidth? So the next step we
tried was to do both by putting a cap on they amount of data you can
download from WinCustomize for NON-PAYING visitors. If you have purchased
'Any Product' from Stardock or WinCustomize or if you have purchased a
WinCustomize Subscription you are provided with the benefit of Unlimited
Downloads. We encourage people to try before they buy. That is why all
Stardock Software is available as shareware. To try out all the software
you will want to download skins from WinCustomize so we need to make
downloads available for free. But we also need to place a limit on
downloads to help control the Bandwidth costs. So how much should we allow.
We ran some queries and decided that most people had downloaded less that
25MB's from WinCustomize. So realistically 25MB's is what most people would
need to try out our software. But we did not want to push people away from
WinCustomize either. So we decided to be generous and set the cap fairly
high. We decided on 50MB. Once you have downloaded 50MB you are
requested to purchase a subscription to WinCustomize or at least purchase
the Product in which you are using the skins with.
WOM... it's 50MB now.
m4ch1n3g0d - If the only reason you come here, is for SysMetrix skins, there are other sites........... I'm not saying go away, just saying, you have options.
WOM
Reply #4 Saturday, January 25, 2003 11:59 PM
Reply #4 Saturday, January 25, 2003 11:59 PM
50 megs, when did it change GM? Is it posted somewhere?
m4ch1n3g0d
Reply #6 Sunday, January 26, 2003 12:10 AM
Reply #6 Sunday, January 26, 2003 12:10 AM
I dont think that is fair at all. Yeah, there are other sites, and this site has turned into a whore!! Fine, i wont use this site anymore. Goodbye!!
Sugaree
Reply #7 Sunday, January 26, 2003 12:15 AM
m4ch1n3g0d, If I could Id give you my unlimited amount of dl ing (Lord knows I don't use it)! But I can't...... sorry 
Hi Everyone
Reply #7 Sunday, January 26, 2003 12:15 AM
m4ch1n3g0d, If I could Id give you my unlimited amount of dl ing (Lord knows I don't use it)! But I can't...... sorry 
Hi Everyone
iwontpay
Reply #8 Sunday, January 26, 2003 12:17 AM
Reply #8 Sunday, January 26, 2003 12:17 AM
machinegod again, no problem, im not a moron! Ah well, i still dont feel like using this site, even under a different name, gona go find other sites to use. Probably some better ones out there anyways.
Sugaree
Reply #12 Sunday, January 26, 2003 12:32 AM
Reply #12 Sunday, January 26, 2003 12:32 AM
Hi Randy! Good to see your friendly face again! How you be?
Iben
Reply #15 Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:00 AM
Reply #15 Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:00 AM
i don't know of a better site than this one 
this ones tops with me
this ones tops with me
Mr_Ph00ey2u
Reply #16 Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:01 AM
Reply #16 Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:01 AM
Trying to figure out how ya did that, China 
https://www.wincustomize.com/images/smiles/china.gif
Let's see if that works
https://www.wincustomize.com/images/smiles/china.gif
Let's see if that works
stark23x
Reply #18 Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:04 AM
Reply #18 Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:04 AM
YOU OWE ME, WORLD. I WANT THINGS FOR FREE FOREVER. I DON'T CARE IF THIS IS THE LARGEST AND BEST REPOSITORY OF SKINS, AND I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO FEED SKINS TO THE THOUSANDS OF FREELOADERS LIKE MYSELF WHO DOWNLOAD THINGS FOR MY WAREZED VERSIONS OF STARDOCK PRODUCTS.
SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME.
(The previous words were sarcasm, in case you didn't recognize them. If you are offended, odds are you're a leech and you are probably also stealing software. Bite me. In a friendly way. )
SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME.
(The previous words were sarcasm, in case you didn't recognize them. If you are offended, odds are you're a leech and you are probably also stealing software. Bite me. In a friendly way.
)
goodmorphing
Reply #20 Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:45 AM
Reply #20 Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:45 AM
WOM it was posted somewhere in here...https://www.wincustomize.com/msgboard.asp?BID=WC&id=95770#96287 I think Frogboy posted it.
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Reply #1 Saturday, January 25, 2003 11:52 PM