PMBD

well excluding the 3 items you can download for free, and the 30 SETS that are all pay.  I haven't read it all as my french is bad, and I just cba :P

So for those of you with better french, or just want to make the effort to read then here you go ;)
http://www.simsmag.com/shop.html

Yeah I'm trolling through sites tonight, woops I mean this morning >.<

oh good lord. Another target. I hate this. And it's so....girly.

My French is pretty much limited to "merci", "souffle" and "merde"...if someone out there has mad French skills, PM me and we'll figure otu their donation policies, etc.

Not really that good. You can find the same quality or better at MTS2 and other free sites.

Actually, if you click on the pay sets it takes you here:

http://www.simsmag.com/set28.html

Which has english

To buy this content, insert your access code obtained by clicking on your country flag
Then it lists a 1-900 number that charges 5 dollars a call.  Nice.

EDITED to add: if you click on the credit card links, it gives you an english translation where you can also get an access code using a credit card:

You can obtain an access code using a bank card.



1 access code = 2.00 EUR (approx. 2.10 USD)

To use this service you must have

A VISA - MASTERCARD - CB
A valid e-mail address

When your payment has been received you will be sent your
access code.
A copy will be sent to you by e-mail.

No description of the site accessed will appear on
your bank statement or in the e-mail.
You will only be debited once.

The codes can only be used
on the site to be accessed.

Um...

holy fucking shit!

FIVE dollars just for the CALL? Is that on top of the donation price, or is that how they're getting the money? FIVE DOLLARS for a set? They're out of their minds.

My guess is that you have a couple of options.

One-call which is 5 dollars

Two a bank card which is 2.10 dollars or 2 Euro.

Damn it!

Edited: OR you can get a code using text messaging SMS for 4.99$

Obviously a credit card is the way to go.

I think you get 20 days of access for $5.00.  My French is like a fallen souffle.

http://www.simsmag.com/aubureausommaire.html

It appears to me (using my, now, horrendous French) that the price is $5 per set. You seem to be given an access code that lasts for 24 hours that will let you download these (terrible) outfits after you've called the number. I'm looking at the set 5, "Allure" page for anyone that cares. Someone should tell them that people can get piles of poo for free, and that it is not necessary to purchase it.

Ahh, the wonders of reverse engineering.

Their terms in English:

http://www.simsmag.com/englishacces.html

Code Allopass valable pour une durée de 3 jours

Code Allopass is valid for 3 days duration.

I'm not that great with french, did it for 5 years but I seem to have forgotten every little bit of it.

This also appears to be some sort of story or following of them called "At the Office"

"Day after day, let us follow the journalists of Simsmag to the office."

is all im getting

You're buying a magazine? or content? oO I dont know

Ah, there we go, that makes more sense (the monthly payment).
 
I was looking at this statement on the clothing page: "Ce code d'accès Allopass est valable sur ce set pendant une durée de 24 heures", at the top of which it said "To buy this content, insert your access code obtained by clicking on your country flag".

Frankly, I'm not really sure how this crappy page runs, trying to fight my way around it and figure out where stuff is, is an exercise in frustration. I'm pretty amazed that you were able to find the pricing anywhere. I'm assuming half their money comes from people screwing up while trying to buy these "fantastic" outfits.

Heres the site translated to english by Google

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.simsmag.com/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsims%2Bmag%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us

If you go to the bottom of the page they are also hosting a site called Sex Sims & it is also pay with the same pay system, Credit Card or 900 number.

Ah, Google translations. There's really nothing better or more accurate than "The blow of heart of WFP".
However, if you haven't checked the english donate page, every item on this page appears to have a different price and have codes available for different amounts of time. Do only kids that read English get the "fantastic" deal or am I missing something? By the way, if you really want it, set #28 "University" is "the least expensive!".  :roll:

For real fun though, I'm recommending reading the "Courrier" page under Redac. Even if you don't read french very well it's still pretty funny. Basically a load of congratulatory BS from "fans" (I'm assuming they wrote most of them themselves). If they publish yours you get a free set! I'm assuming that "Your clothes suck ass" in french probably isn't going to get me anything.

(Edited to add more jerkiness.)

Since the link seems to be invisible....

With a credit card:
- for the possibility to get reductions

 - for a welcome present
 
a) 30 days subscribtion :  4.50 Euros
 b) 90 days subscribtion : 10.95 Euros    
   (win 2.55 euros !)
c) 180 days subscribtion : 19.95 Euros
   (win 7.05 euros !)

With the phone:

For an access to all the pages, all the stories, all the articles, all the downloads of Simsmag.com as many times as you want for a ten days period, just a simple call is required !

From what I can tell (from the mangled english on that page) that subscription gets you almost nothing. What you seem to get is a "free" gift, a discount off of the clothing in the rest of the site, and a subscription to a Sims newspaper that can clutter up your inbox.
You get access to everything on site (the downloads, that is) for only 10 days after you've subscribed (and even this is probably only available once), after which you can enjoy your fine purchase whilst reading about fake people and saving a buck off of terrible clothes. It seems quite shockingly greedy.

Ugh. Kill, fire, etc. There's nothing on that site that's even remotely worth paying for. Hell, I wouldn't bother with it for free.

Don't this moron understand the value of Euro?! ...or anything.

Shit.. it's all shit! Who in their right mind would pay for something that looks like my dog could have made?

LG

So...it appears that they have no cohesive pay structure...and they just want all the money they can get any way they can get it?

As Mando says, it's "shockingly greedy".

As a Pirate, I find myself of two minds: on one hand, there is no way I'd ask anyone to consider donating a penny to get any of their shit. On the other, the quicker we get it and expose their insanity, the quicker they might die.

Where's that sugar daddy I asked for?

Would you settle for a Sugar Momma?  :wink:

LG

Sure!

Well then.. come here Baby and sit on Momma's lap. You want a sub to that shity site? You gotta work for it! *paws at you*  :lol:


LG

Methinks I just found a pirate after me own heart....

ARRRRRrrrrrrr!RRRRrrrrrRRRRRrrrrrrr...


Yes, everyone, we'll get a room. Sheesh. We're not THAT crass. Or are we?  :wink:

I have 12 years of French under my belt if you need any more translating!

edit: And i have no idea if you do or not, because I think I'm half-dead right now.
But. Those sets are ugly. :(

Ha, I don't think it's necessary. We've figured out that they are incredibly greedy, and I don't know that anyone wants to read any of the amazing free or pay articles on their site.

Well, I am French, and I don't understand much, except there's a price for each set and your code lasts only 24 hours, or a subscription to the magazine which lasts 3 days. A bargain!

This site scares me...
But, for some reason, I laughed at this:
"Where you like to make crac-crac?"  :lol:

I'm french too and the best thing is their mail page, i've try to translate it with google : http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.simsmag.com/courrier.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.simsmag.com/courrier.html%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us%26sa%3DG

no it's impossible ... are they really soooo stupid ??? :shock:
in fact they offer a free set for each mail published !!! aaah... that's why !! :wink:

Yep, I mentioned that mail page before. Best thing on the page and it's free. I love the girl who says that the site never bores her, and that she doesn't have to think (or worry?) about it. Trust me, no one was ever going to accuse her of thinking.

Edit: Oooog! Google really mangled the translation on the one I just mentioned. Ah well.

If the only way that you can anyone to say anything good about your page is by giving them something in return then there probably isn't really too much good to say.
I can just see people sitting at their computers going "Oh, a free gift in exchange for positive emails?", and then looking at the sets and going, "Nah, not worth it".
But yeah, I doubt a single one of those testimonials is from an actual customer.

Jeez-Its flipping extortionate!

France is a big country, they can earn money on this!

Btw. many frenchspeaking countries around, that site should die, die...

Shit! That's some quality stuff indeed.

Good to see you again, .torque.!

*waves*

Hi .torque.! :)
Long time no see! :D

Hey Sunny Day!  :D
Let's not turn this thread into hey torq though, or I'll get my head smashed in.  :D err...which will probably happen anyway.
The paysites still ain't dead yet?  :(

edit: and I still can't type

We keep killing them and they keep getting up.

You certainly won't get your cute little head punched in - there is some missing you posts in Arr?? - lamenting the loss of our little forum pets (you and jesserocket). I personally, am overjoyed to see you.  :)   Look, look, I kept your avi.  :D

Well, Birgit's site is pretty much dead, but she is moving her stuff to TSR.

And Sera is dead. Again.

God that Simsmag Site has disgustingly crappy Items. I have seen much better stuff made by 13 year old kids. I have noticed Alice fashion has removed all their free stuff. They say it will be back soon but come on do we trust Paysites?

Gee, I guess no one was donating because she hadn't updated since March 3rd, or 6th or something, so she tried a different way to make money.  I did love her site, even with the donation sets, but now I think it's shot to the top of my bad paysite list.  And the new layout is really ugly, too.

'Thanks...dinner...shit.'  :lol:  Well, if you ever ate at my house, you've pretty much got the whole conversation covered.  :P

this website is a shame! i'm french and i can grant you that it's very very profitable..

a lot of french simmers don't know other websites so they all stuck there! the quality is really too bad and beside it's very expensive..

the site must die but I don't think that their stuff deserve a place in the booty.. even for free I would never download a such shit!