This is my first post. So really quickly: I've been playing this game forever, and I have been involved in the Sims community as a silent witness since the community began. I have seen bitch fights as early as 1999 (alt.games.the-sims) and as recent as here and now, And god how I enjoy watching a bitch fight, it sweetens my rum! But I personally never really felt the NEED to bitch or even participate. Until now.
September 2006, we are going back 1 whole year. I stupidly bought the donation pack from Holy Simoly, I was desperate for new kitchen sets that did not resemble leggo blocks, and their stuff was nice. I KNOW it was nice because I had emailed one of the creators about just purchasing the 50's fridge and the fridge ONLY and inquired about the cost. She was very lovely, and actually said "Dee, it's cool! Here HAVE the fridges! You don't have to pay a cent! It's so nice to hear wonderful feedback! Don't forget to tell me how they tested!" My jaw dropped and my eye misted behind my eyepatch. SO sweet. So I decided...screw it, I want a new kitchen and the fridges were so lovely and tested well, so I donated. And donated again. I donated for ALL of the donation packs. I was addicted to them, I thought... what a bunch of lovely people! MY god... was a sucker.... :shock:
So it's September 2007 and I have Bon Voyage in my mitts and I click something and the game installs fresh anew and I lose all my downloads and neighborhoods. Arr! Why don't I still back up? Because I'm masochist I guess. So I go back to my Sim D/L journal, and check out all the sets that I had downloaded that were pay. And here comes the plot thickener..
I had found out about this site/board from one of your more popular members who nudged me into the right direction, after I had "sensed" your presence. So I replenished my collection as I saw fit.
Arr Matey. Cheers for that.
But then when it came to the Holy Simoly sets, I couldn't find the Seasons Comp Tranquility
fridge or if it is here in the booty it was my poor eyesight that prevented me from seeing it, so I bit the bullet and emailed Holy Simoly for the fridges telling them that I had paid for the first mesh and even had the free Seasons upgrade back when they were distributing it as a freebie, and now wanted them again because I.do.not.back.up.
Ha! You know what they said? "That was for a limited time only and No you can't have them because we cannot find your name in our accounts."
Esqueeze me? Accounts? F-YOU! I brought it fair and square! So I sent them all of the pay pal receipts, for ALL of the donation packs even through it said Donation pack 2 for two of the receipts, which will tell you that their "accounts" are messed up to begin with. And the stupid monkey STILL said that "your name is not in our accounts... BUT because you provided evidence that you have purchased from us, we can give them to you this time. But just so you know.... your name still isn't on here"
And I'm like...this isn't a retail shop sweetheart. This is you leeching off a gaming community that already pays through the nose for the privilege of playing the game. What happened to the nice girl I talked to a year ago? I played hardball and told her she should check the accounts again if she wanted to, but I didn't care. I had my fridges.
Funny how people and things change, once money exchanges, isn't it?
And all for the love of Fridges! I just really wanted to share that and to illustrate the point... that custom content should be FREE because it offers a PRICELESS connection that BINDS a community. You throw money into it, and shit hits the fan. :evil:
BTW I love this site! Sorry if this was too long!
PMBD
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