yeah, I messaged brad sams...so should be all good.

I left a message as well, Vamps. Hopefully it'll get get done.

I see this as blast in the face. One to cut all the  Master skins at time of announcement isn't cool.  The community would have loved to have some heads ups.  2nd I am a journeyman and had hopes of achieving master status at some date. All that is out the window. Thanks for blowing up my world.

“The Only Constant in Life Is Change.”- Heraclitus

elvee

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“The Only Constant in Life Is Change.”- Heraclitus

 

I just came across this on my computer, the other day..... Glad you shared yours elvee!!  

LightStar

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Quoting Jafo,

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Quoting LightStar,

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I don't know about other Master Skinners naroon1, but I will still try selling my skins to keep helping the poor and needy as I always have. I may try selling on my Facebook page (advertising skins available in the forums here too) but I will only be able to accept payments to PayPal. Once a person orders a skin and I receive an email from PayPal, I will email the skin to the purchasers PayPal email address.

I recently "attempted" to purchase some bicycle parts advertised via Facebook and handed over 130 GBP or around $250 AUD via Paypal....and....

....crickets.....

I put a 'complaint' through the Paypal site portal...and let them do their thing.

Last communication I got from the vendor before he blocked me on Facebook was how I'd sent him a rude email....it was a 'form letter'...you click on the options in Paypal...they send it.

About 4 weeks or so later I got the $250 returned to my account....

Glad to hear you got your money back Paul, I just finished opening a PayPal dispute too. Hope I get my money back!

I had something go on with PayPal awhile back myself. Wasn't really PayPal but somehow someone in California was able to charge stuff using my PayPal. I had a PayPal card then, PayPal took care of me. No complaints.

I am sorry you had trouble getting that Web site going. I hope you can get your money back!

FYI, We (Master skinners) Were actually contacted privately prior to this Post.  

You can certainly continue to skin and can attain Master skinner rank. That has not been eliminated.

Master skinners were offered the choice of leaving their Master skins on WC as unpaid skins, or to remove them without any consequence to their rank, as they saw fit. There are Masters who advertise their skins here, with alternative payment arrangements/private sites, and another chose to stop skinning for the time being.

All that changed was that Stardock found it couldn't continue the Master skin program.

I think it's time for a huge THANK YOU to all the Master Skinners who have contributed so much to WC and the skinning community, not to mention their gorgeous artwork in a challenging medium.  AND a huge THANK YOU to all the non-Master skinners who have done such beautiful work as a labor of love or simply a hobby and shared it with us over the past 23 years.

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Absolutely. I (for one) still remember "Granular"...so thanks, Daiwa. 🌟

yes, very poorly thoughtout...

yet we...the members/customers/subscribers....were not....   

and yes... a huge Thank You to all the Master Skinners who provided so much fun and magnificent desktops for us all to enjoy over the years...     X   however many Master Skinners there are... 

This was confidential communication between contractual/commercial partners.  The General User has no input and should not expect to be included in such discussions....

BTW...anyone beyond the rank of Master [Wizop, Admin] is by definition already a Master so was also notified at the time...

of course we would not expect to be included in those discussions... that would be ridiculous... I obviously did not explain myself extensively enough for the legal-eagle Jafo...  

My point was...that while Master Skinners naturally had a heads up as to the demise of Masterskins.... we, the community...did not.

We could have been given a week...2 weeks... a month heads up...for those who drop in sporadically... to purchase what Masterskins we wanted....
or, if you didn't want the further accounting... just leave the Masterskins up with a notice on them... one indicating that the Masterskin is now free courtesy of the Master Skinner... or remove the Buy button and inform that the Master Skinner now has to be contacted directly to purchase the skin or showing a link to their new/alternative site. That would have enabled the Windowblinds gallery to continue displaying the cream of the crop skins that showcased Windblinds to the best.

Even just doing that for awhile would allow community to sort through and note down the skins and Master Skinner's names to be able to contact them....

As it is now... we are just.. 

You've left the gallery devoid of it's best artistry that also served to look back on the evolution of Windowblinds.
You could have even displayed them in a separate gallery, although inactive, to serve as a history record of Windowblinds skinning...  it's such a shame to have them all gone... poof!..nothing, nada, zip...zilch...

Thank you Kitty & Mike for allowing your Masterskins to remain on WC free...
Thank you Neone for supplying in your Shadowglass thread an alternative to purchase your skins so speedily... impressive site!

Tom... I hope you manage to get a site up and going again for yours and v's skins you have so diligently updated.

While it's naturally Stardock's/WC's prerogative to do as they wish, and we understand Master Skin sales are past the height of their glory days, it could have been so much better handled giving it some thought and perhaps consultation, thus giving consideration to the community that supports it.

C'mon, Syd. Many of the non-master skinners have also produced beautiful work in many apps.

Moreover, there are many other masters whose work remains here, not just Mike's and Kitty's.

How about 2of3 and retiredmaster as well as all the others I haven't named and who are equally part of the history of skinning? Their work (2of3' and retiredmaster's as well as all the unmentioned masters) is any superlative you choose to employ and regularly populate the monthly desktop screenshot thread [shameless plug there].

Even the Masters who've removed their art will be displaying it elsewhere, so it hasn't vanished, and it can still be purchased.

I'll just quote whoever it was who noted, "No telling what tomorrow will bring and it ain't over till the fat lady sings.

Yeah, well ALL my stuff is available on WWW.WINCOSMOS.NET   

I won't because the phrase is attributed to Dan Cook, a sports broadcaster from San Antonio, Texas, who was reporting on a playoff game between his hometown Spurs and the Washington Bullets in 1978.

WHY?????