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Boycott WinCustomize - share truly FREE sites with others

Boycott WinCustomize - share truly FREE sites with others

If you are one, like me, who was caught off guard by the "Now you have to pay" notice to continue 'trying out' customizations for your PC, you can now have a voice. Reply to this post with sites you have found that offer truly FREE downloads for customizing your PC's look.


http://skinz.org/desktop-themes.phtml - LOTS of links to other sites



I am doing this primarily for the principle of the matter. The issue, for me, isn't necessarily the money (although I could see it being an issue for people with tight budgets - $20 could keep one from going hungry in a two week period). The issue is that NOTHING...ABSOLUTELY NOTHING was mentioned about a 50 meg limit and/or a $20 fee to continue beyond that limit in ANY of the member registration screens or documents, including confirmation emails (I know because I printed them out). If I HAD known about this upfront, I would have left this site and I believe that is the fear of the organization maintaining this site - that if people know about this caveat, they will leave immediately and go elsewhere.

I will monitor my post closely for any type of tampering or censorship by the administrators as there was nothing stated in the registration that the forums are moderated and/or censored. Freedom of Speech laws insure that ALL opinions are heard.
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Reply #101 Top

Jafo, I seriously doubt that when they wrote the constitution they had in mind a dum-dum crying about how upset he is that he cant free-load anymore

Well!!! [hands on hips]....maybe they SHOULD have.....surely they needed to cover every eventuality.

Be nice if the DL cap was wired to some semtex.....[just a thought]....

Reply #102 Top
Be nice if the DL cap was wired to some semtex




BTW Paul, your email seems to be 'delayed' and the server is returning the mail
Reply #103 Top
Yes...I know...my email server has been 'down' for a day or so.....I'm trying to see what's going on.....it's darn frustrating....
Reply #104 Top
#27 by paxx - 3/10/2004 11:20:44 PM I would hope that somebody who survives on a $20 budget for food would not spend 25 MONTHS worth of food on a computer, plus 2 weeks worth of food every month for INternet access...


Reply #105 Top
#50 by Frogboy - 3/11/2004 2:29:37 AM Gotta love it. "It's not that I'm cheap. It's the principle of the matter."The principle of cheapness.




I am cracking up over here!!!

This is sooo funny.
Reply #106 Top
/me still wonders what the big deal is.

After all, that 20 bucks for a WC subsciption equals out to about .83 cents a month for awesome unlimted downloads for 2 years.

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Reply #107 Top
it's no big deal kona.........some folks feel they shouldn't have to pay.......they want everything for free....as if >
Reply #108 Top
Well it's a big deal for me as I have been to other skin sites.

IMHO, none of the other skin sites have such talent, such awesome website navigation, and such good staff.

Well worth the 20 bucks.

But then again... some people just don't get it. takes noney to run this site.

I just wish more people would contibute to this wonderful site in a positive way is all, weather it be by buying something or making skins or helping here on the board.


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Reply #109 Top
These people feel that the world owes them something......I guess