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Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Skadi on 2007 November 14, 20:42:55
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we have more than 8000 members of the free WoodClub, we have the highest visitor counts ever, but the support for WfS is lower than ever, just for some single users the objects are worth for a small amount. Perhaps because the real life becomes harder, perhaps because I lost the right feeling for your wishes, perhaps because the bad dollar exchange rate – but I have to accept it.
Therefore at the moment two steps: I have reduced the prices for the WoodClub membership and I removed the possibility to sign up for more than
2 month, because I'm not sure if I will be able to keep the site alive for a longer time, sorry. Many thanks for your understanding.


May not be open for more than 2 months? Is it a case that she can't keep feeding her starvin' chilluns or is it bandwidth?

Either way we may be seeing a killmark soon...


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: alia on 2007 November 14, 21:16:41
It's not a killmark, unless she blames PMBD for it.

I feel kinda bad for her, WFS things are high quality and I like them a lot.

At least she is informing people that she might be closing in a few months, so she's not trying to scam anyone.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: SamanthaS on 2007 November 14, 21:47:14
Or she's just doing it to get people to feel sorry for her and give her moar monee.

If your bandwidth bill is so much that you're struggling, then you have the wrong host.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Hecubus on 2007 November 14, 23:29:50
I read that email twice hoping for a hint of blame against us. Alas. No killmark...just dead.  In the meantime, she's playing the guilt card. How much you wanna bet she's the enemy's next conquest?


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Requip on 2007 November 15, 00:17:48
Hasn't she sent out emails like this before? Yea, I found the one she sent out on June 26th -

http://phorum.mustnotbenamed.com/viewtopic.php?t=956&highlight=wfs

There's a post in that thread by Duckie regarding another email where she DOES blame us.  :D

I'm a bit tired – for more than five years I try to make a good job, to
make a good website, to offer good things for a low price, some things for
free also, to reply all emails, to help for every problem and what is the
result more and more? The peoples sent us bad emails, talk bad about us, there are pirate sites who offers our stuff and there are respectable
peoples they think this theft is the right way.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Hecubus on 2007 November 15, 00:50:40
Heh...that's right.

Maybe we'll get blamed after all. LOL


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Ry on 2007 November 15, 01:23:58
Well she could easily solve all of her bandwidth troubles by getting a free host.
Seems to me it has to be that her chilluns ain't gettin' enuff ta eats.
Of perhaps she's lost her summer home in The Hamptons?
Bah.
Stay-go....whatever....but I have to admit I'll miss her stuff!


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Sherry on 2007 November 15, 01:33:40
Shame on you all!  Don't you know that life is hard for some people?  Our lives are full of energy and wealth we forgot there a few people out there that experience hardships we ourselves do not endure.  Take pity on this woman and don't think twice about handing her your money, as you are probably just rolling around it in anyway.  Be thankful that you go out to work everyday so you can rake in the cash while all this poor woman can do is sit at home, broke with only her hobby to console her.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Hecubus on 2007 November 15, 01:48:26
Oh my god Sherry, you typed that with a straight face?

Yer killin' me!

 :D


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Duckie on 2007 November 15, 02:06:25
Quote from: "Sherry"
Shame on you all!  Don't you know that life is hard for some people?  Our lives are full of energy and wealth we forgot there a few people out there that experience hardships we ourselves do not endure.  Take pity on this woman and don't think twice about handing her your money, as you are probably just rolling around it in anyway.  Be thankful that you go out to work everyday so you can rake in the cash while all this poor woman can do is sit at home, broke with only her hobby to console her.


Here! Take my money! Take all of it! *runs off crying feeling deeply ashamed*


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: missangelica on 2007 November 15, 05:44:26
With every email she sends out, my rage burns even brighter.  It's atrocious a grown woman is acting like this.. spamming this huge guilt trip to pay for her hobby.  This is not new.  How many times has she sent similar emails like this one?  People should start reporting her emails as a phishing scam because that is exactly what it is.

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we have more than 8000 members of the free WoodClub, we have the highest visitor counts ever, but the support for WfS is lower than ever


What she means is, "8,000 of you were gullible enough to give me your email address so I can spam you relentlessly about not giving me money.  Where is my money for these gifts I'm making you pay for?  Isn't my lowered-but-still-overpriced-items-because-you-shouldn't-be-paying-for-them-anyway objects good enough for you?  I'm going to take all my toys home and go home if you don't pay!!  WHERE IS MY MONEY, BITCHES?!"


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: dietofworms on 2007 November 15, 12:51:56
Quote from: "Hecubus"
I read that email twice hoping for a hint of blame against us. Alas. No killmark...just dead.  In the meantime, she's playing the guilt card. How much you wanna bet she's the enemy's next conquest?


Perversely, I'd rather have her keep enough paying customers to stay an independent pay site  than go over to TSR. Of course the best thing would be if she went free, but she's been in this game a long time.  The bigger TSR gets, the harder it will be for EA to shut them down. They're already in bed together, although it's hard to tell who's on top. :roll:


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Pescado on 2007 November 15, 13:09:34
She already blamed us in an oblique, roundabout way, complaining about her lost revenue. It is killmark-grade.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: AW on 2007 November 15, 15:35:34
Well, if you have over 8000 members as an increase and a decrease in donations/profit....maybe someone's trying to tell you something?


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Anouk on 2007 November 15, 15:50:56
Pffft just ask euro's chickie :)


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Capucine on 2007 November 15, 16:25:08
CRY MOAR, PAYSITE.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Moune on 2007 November 15, 18:24:56
I'm with Missangelica. It's pathetic and even angering. Moan, moan, moan. And it's all your fault, because you're not giving me money. She should be reported for phishing.  :evil:

But just wait and see. Her little guilt trip will probably make a bunch of those 8000 WoodClub members feel terrible enough to take up a sub. And then Nofrena will be happy and rich again.  :roll:

Unless Hec is right (and she usually is) and she's on her way you know where.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Tetsuo on 2007 November 15, 19:30:18
In her own way, Nofrena is a bit of a drama queen too.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: kristalrose on 2007 November 16, 01:52:37
Awww, poor woman. . . the holidays are coming and everything, so two months worth of sympathy. . .yeah, she might get enough to buy a nice Playstation 3 and a Wii!   :roll:


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: SnarkyShark on 2007 November 16, 03:22:18
It might be possible that a good many of those 8,000 members joined up thinking they could download a penis hack of some sort. Somebody really should have exlained the other meaning of "wood" to her.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Yaardarm Monkey on 2007 November 16, 03:41:24
Quote from: "SnarkyShark"
It might be possible that a good many of those 8,000 members joined up thinking they could download a penis hack of some sort. Somebody really should have exlained the other meaning of "wood" to her.


good one!!!    :lol:



seriously, while some wood type furnishings would look good (esp now with the mountain resorts in Seasons).......just how much of wood stuff can a person have in their game....really


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: missangelica on 2007 November 16, 04:43:35
Quote from: "kristalrose"
Awww, poor woman. . . the holidays are coming and everything, so two months worth of sympathy


It's not about the holidays.  It's just pure greed.  Here (http://phorum.mustnotbenamed.com/viewtopic.php?t=956) is a link to a thread in June when she pulled the same crap.  She even used the same catch, "The support for WfS goes lower and lower."

If you notice in that email she also starts making people give their email addresses for the free stuff so she can start spamming more people!

Also to note from that thread..
Quote from: "Duckie"
All that aside I have gotten emails from her in the past saying things similar to the typical paysite owner excuse for charging for content.


So even before June she was begging for money.  The woman has no shame.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Duckie on 2007 November 16, 06:08:54
Quote from: "missangelica"
Also to note from that thread..
Quote from: "Duckie"
All that aside I have gotten emails from her in the past saying things similar to the typical paysite owner excuse for charging for content.


So even before June she was begging for money.  The woman has no shame.


She's been shamelessly begging since the Sims 1 days. That's how long I've been getting these types of emails from her. So, considering she never closed down before when she sent out this kind of email I doubt she will this time. I'm with Hecubus - I think she'll move to TSR instead.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: AW on 2007 November 16, 18:14:56
Quote from: "SnarkyShark"
It might be possible that a good many of those 8,000 members joined up thinking they could download a penis hack of some sort. Somebody really should have exlained the other meaning of "wood" to her.


Snarks - Thanks for making me wear my chili on my clothes all day long!  ROFL!  

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa94/cptsmurphy/thanimatedgif16.gif)


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Quorneater on 2007 November 16, 18:53:47
Quote from: "missangelica"

What she means is, "8,000 of you were gullible enough to give me your email address so I can spam you relentlessly about not giving me money"


ROFL!!


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Pescado on 2007 November 16, 20:10:03
Quote from: "armywife"
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa94/cptsmurphy/thanimatedgif16.gif

In Soviet Russia, shark jumps YOU!


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: AW on 2007 November 17, 03:06:44
*scratches head* I didn't know they had sharks in Russia


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Paden on 2007 November 17, 06:32:08
Just like here, hon, they're called landlords, politicians, and mother-in-laws.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Lorelei on 2007 November 20, 10:10:31
armywife: I love the cartoon and your "clue" sig. ROFFLE.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: naceygirl on 2007 November 21, 06:38:29
Before I realised that she'd pulled this stuff before, I sent her an email about wicken nouk.  Naively, I thought that perhaps help would make it easier for her to keep her site going.  Silly, silly me!

She wrote:

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For many years I searched for the right hosting: this moment I have the best for me. The problem is, that the free part needs much processor power, it's not a traffic or webspace problem. I will try to keep it alive, but the first step would be to close the free part. The WoodClub don't need so much hardware power of course. Then I could downgrade my expensive hosting.


I find it very disappointing, because if she closed her free section, then I'd not download anything anymore.   I refuse to ever pay for custom content ever again.   And she makes such *nice* things, too.  I love wooden surfaces.   :(


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: calalily on 2007 November 21, 07:20:04
Surely if she closed her free section, there would be no inducement to buy without trying.  They don't keep it open out of kindness - but to lure customers to get the rest of the set.  More fool her if she closes it - she'll substantially reduce customers and be the only total paysite (hope I'm right) in existence.  :?


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Renegade on 2007 November 21, 13:17:03
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For many years I searched for the right hosting: this moment I have the best for me. The problem is, that the free part needs much processor power, it's not a traffic or webspace problem. I will try to keep it alive, but the first step would be to close the free part. The WoodClub don't need so much hardware power of course. Then I could downgrade my expensive hosting.


Or, she could ask to be hosted by WickedNouk or elsewhere for FREE - providing she closes the PAY section.

I think that excuse she gave is such bullshit: if it's not a space or traffic issue, why on earth would the free section need to be closed?

If she's all about finding cheaper hosting so she doesn't have to beg customers to "donate" (read: buy) her other shit, then it would make sense to close her "donation" section (paysite-area) and join up with a freehost.

But, of course, this would defeat her whole purpose on trying to suck money out of the Sims 2 community.  Whatever amount of money she gets out of her pity-cry-filled donation scam is more money than she'd get from being part of a free site group.

Also, Calalily is 100% right - paysites need that free section, however crappy it might be, so people can see if they like their crap enough to buy it (so how does Peggy get customers?).  If I ever saw a 100% paysite, I'd never go there again and not even download their junk from the booty.  It could be totally borked or have a million polys for all anyone knows.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Requip on 2007 November 21, 15:31:58
I'm anxiously waiting for a killmark.   :twisted:


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Meganne on 2007 November 21, 19:33:05
Quote from: "naceygirl"
She wrote:

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For many years I searched for the right hosting: this moment I have the best for me. The problem is, that the free part needs much processor power, it's not a traffic or webspace problem. I will try to keep it alive, but the first step would be to close the free part. The WoodClub don't need so much hardware power of course. Then I could downgrade my expensive hosting.




*scratching head* How does the "processor/hard power" impact her hosting bills? I've several accounts and domains with hosting companies (shared and not) and the rates vary according to traffic and space... And why does the free part needs much of that "power" and the paid doesn't? As in quantity?


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: LolcatPirate on 2007 November 21, 23:30:45
It's funny how this thing that claims to be a human lumps big words together when they have no relation to each other whatsoever.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: neriana on 2007 November 22, 01:36:31
Quote from: "Meganne"
Quote from: "naceygirl"
She wrote:

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For many years I searched for the right hosting: this moment I have the best for me. The problem is, that the free part needs much processor power, it's not a traffic or webspace problem. I will try to keep it alive, but the first step would be to close the free part. The WoodClub don't need so much hardware power of course. Then I could downgrade my expensive hosting.




*scratching head* How does the "processor/hard power" impact her hosting bills? I've several accounts and domains with hosting companies (shared and not) and the rates vary according to traffic and space... And why does the free part needs much of that "power" and the paid doesn't? As in quantity?


It must be the goombas.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Pescado on 2007 November 22, 04:23:33
Why does a bunch of HTML pages need processing power, anyway?


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: naceygirl on 2007 November 22, 07:02:38
Quote from: "Pescado"
Why does a bunch of HTML pages need processing power, anyway?


It's speshul HTML in four dimensions.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Markus on 2007 November 22, 07:06:08
Heh heh...just saw the part about the Wood Club.
That sounds wrong on so many levels.
 :shock:


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: deelink on 2007 December 11, 23:07:10
Sorry to drag this out

Don't go all zombie on me

But I just wanted to ask a question (through gritted teeth arr!)

I just went over to her site.. and instead of subscribing once to get all her stuff like I thought you always did (like ATS2) you have to pay for each separate set

Now.. I am POSITIVE you didn't have to do this before...
correct me if I am wrong.

So if she is doing this, it's because more people are sharing and she can't afford her 45th ivory back scratcher this year.

I am so mad! I have ALWAYS hated the pay per set donation bullshit!
It's evil! mean! hurtful to the community!
Server bills my ass!


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Hecubus on 2007 December 11, 23:29:37
Yeah, there was something in the last email about that... I didn't quite understand what she was going on about, but I knew it was something about changing her process.

Truth be told, she'll make more money.

Bitch.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Paden on 2007 December 11, 23:32:17
I say we pull a condom over her and force-feed her some paste. Hey, it's only an idea...


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: deelink on 2007 December 11, 23:40:55
I blocked her email because she was a whiny spamming pain in the ass.
So all of this is new to me.

I like how she justifies it by insinuating that "All other sites do it"

At first you think she's gonna go free:
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the most important news: from today it's not required to sign up for the WoodClub to download the pay objects


I honestly thought she was saying that it's cool to just download her stuff. I really am too naive. I wasn't expecting the Shiv so quickly

Quote
Like on the most other sites you can buy complete sets in the Wood2Shop.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: RaiderGirl on 2007 December 12, 16:26:35
Out of curiosity, I meandered over to her website to have a look...and found all her bank account details, in full! I mean, I know she's desperate to get people to part from their hard earned cash, but is she mad? I didn't think anyone was that stupid on the Net, not any more.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Hecubus on 2007 December 12, 17:04:11
Quote from: "RaiderGirl"
Out of curiosity, I meandered over to her website to have a look...and found all her bank account details, in full! I mean, I know she's desperate to get people to part from their hard earned cash, but is she mad? I didn't think anyone was that stupid on the Net, not any more.


Yeah, that's dangerous. And while she's a whiny paysite owner, she probably doesn't deserve the identity and financial theft that's about a click away, so I sent her a note suggesting she remove that page.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: SnarkyShark on 2007 December 12, 20:51:56
Quote from: "Hecubus"

Yeah, that's dangerous. And while she's a whiny paysite owner, she probably doesn't deserve the identity and financial theft that's about a click away, so I sent her a note suggesting she remove that page.



Hecubus, you're awesome. I only hope that idiot got it down before any damage (which actually could hurt her chilluns) was done.

Oh, and that lil'bitch Shirley Temple called and wants her goody two-shoes back. -  :lol:


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: I Lost My Eyepatch on 2007 December 12, 21:05:42
She'd better move that info before she gets an e-mail from Peggy informing her about her 'purchase' of a lifetime subscription. :o

Quote from: "RaiderGirl"
I didn't think anyone was that stupid on the Net, not any more.
Check out MySpace sometime. :roll:


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Paden on 2007 December 13, 01:01:14
I'VE got a page on MySpace. Your point? LOL!

ETA: I can't fucking spell tonight!


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: RaiderGirl on 2007 December 16, 14:52:09
Quote from: "I Lost My Eyepatch"
Quote from: "RaiderGirl"
I didn't think anyone was that stupid on the Net, not any more.
Check out MySpace sometime. :roll:


See, that's one part of the Net I don't touch with a ten foot pole! All this personal information sharing shit just drives me nuts. I really don't need to know every single freaking detail of some loser's life.

But Paden, before you beat me up, I know you're way smarter than that.  :lol:


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Paden on 2007 December 16, 20:09:39
Well, I will say that you have to be family (ick) or very close friend before you can read any of my stuff. I mean, you can go to my page, listen to my music and view the comments and see the pics, but my blogs are for the most part friend list only and some are set to private. I have been thinking about putting the same kind of lock on my photo albums, though, because I've got some of my artwork there that I don't want some asshole claiming to have drawn.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: RaiderGirl on 2007 December 16, 22:57:29
To tell you the truth, I'd prefer strangers to read my online fanfic rather than friends and family. But I draw the line at putting up photos or a lot of RL info on the net about me.

My old workplace had a brief bio about me on the company website, and I was so upset about it. My only consolations were that it was in my married name and there were no photos. Plus I'm not the only person on the net with my name (thank god for Google!) so I can still hide.  :P


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Phelim on 2007 December 17, 00:03:19
Quote from: "RaiderGirl"
To tell you the truth, I'd prefer strangers to read my online fanfic rather than friends and family.


My family would take one look at my fanfic and probably say, "So, you're even weirder than we thought."

I have a MySpace account, mainly because someone in this household needed to see someone's pictures they'd posted, but I can't recall offhand what I named the damn thing or what the password is.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: RaiderGirl on 2007 December 17, 14:59:42
Quote from: "Phelim"
My family would take one look at my fanfic and probably say, "So, you're even weirder than we thought."


That's exactly what they'd say.  :lol:


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Charlotte on 2007 December 19, 02:31:12
Quote from: "abbigail"
*tiny bit off topic* does this place only supply sims 2 items from paysites? i'm lame and am still way into the first sims. i always wanted the "pay" stuff from WFS but would never pay for some measly pixels. (not talking about habbo!) is there ANOTHER place for sims 1 or am i out of luck? if you can help, thanks :]


Sims File Vault (www.simsfilefault.com) has plenty of sims 1 stuff :D


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Paden on 2007 December 19, 02:54:54
Thank you for coming to PMBD for your complete and exclusively Sims 2 content. May I point out the axe-wielding Mama Hecubus to your right, the mightily awesome booty staff on your left, the FAQ at the top of the section and the hammer holding panther giving you directions? We only have items for the Sims 2, although supposedly there are sites that host things from the original Sims. I think the Sims File Vault would be the best place for you to check for this, however. Enjoy the bottles that will be flung at you and duck out quickly.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Peasant on 2007 December 19, 03:23:35
Quote from: "abbigail"
shame it's not as easy (if at all easy) to get it from there as it is from here :[


Well...you could always start playing Sims 2 and get the booty from here.  I mean, you might as well, seeing as Sims 3 will be out around this time next year.

Just a thought.


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: deelink on 2007 December 19, 04:39:04
Abbigail.. request it over the Sims File Vault... it will come your way
Maybe nto today
Maybe not tomorrow

but soonish. Perhaps around Christmas

Yay!

I used to have all her stuff but I don't play the Sims 1 anymore :P


Title: New email from WFS (wood for sims)
Post by: Requip on 2007 December 19, 15:59:18
There are people at SFV who have some if not all of the WFS TS1 paystuff. You have to request it and then be very patient.  :wink: