Download limit?

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Today, i received this message:

"Thank you for trying out WinCustomize.com! We hope you have enjoyed the skins, themes, and wallpapers available here.

As an active user of WinCustomize.com who has downloaded over 50 megabytes of content from our site, we ask that you help support WinCustomize through the purchase of either a WinCustomize Subscription or registering a Stardock product.

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We thank you for visiting WinCustomize and hope you are able to continue enjoying the site."

Is 50mb a monthly limit, or does that mean i will never again be able to download from you unless i purchase a Stardock product or subscribe?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Is 50mb a monthly limit, or does that mean i will never again be able to download from you unless i purchase a Stardock product or subscribe?

That's my understanding.
If after downloading 50 mb of content you don't think it's worth $19.95 US then one would assume you probably are not interested in the content. I would strongly suggest that if you would miss being able to download material you go ahead and forego a movie w/ popcorn and invest in the website with the savings. Personally, it's been probably the best $20 I've spent since I was in the Navy.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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Yes, it means your 50meg TOTAL dl limit has been reached.....though in your case that's 100meg.

By subscribing and/or becoming a Stardock customer...ie...purchasing the proggies for which 'most' of the site content is provided you will gain access to unlimited downloads....

CursorFX - Customize your Windows cursor
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
hehe. also, you get a higher download cap, equivalent to that of the files you upload. just something i noticed, but i think that the 50 meg cap should refresh every so often, or at least give us BROKE people something!
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
at least give us BROKE people something!


Broke? I can't afford PhotoShop CS2.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i don't think i would spend money on something virtual.


? You mean like a computer ?
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
? You mean like a computer ?


No, computer isn't virtual. Software and files are.

I've never spent money for anything virtual, except for the software that came pre-installed on my comp.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I COULD afford 19.95 for subscribtion, but, i don't think i would spend money on something virtual.


You could burn your skins to a CD.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm curious what people are downloading 100 megabytes of if they haven't purchased any software to use it with. 50 wallpapers and 50 logons?
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm curious what people are downloading 100 megabytes of if they haven't purchased any software to use it with. 50 wallpapers and 50 logons?

There is a free version of WindowBlinds, you know.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Actually, it's a shareware version. The idea is that you can try it out and see if you like it before you buy it. You miss out on some of the best features of WindowBlinds skins with the shareware version. It's well worth the $20, although the whole Object Desktop suite for $50 is an even better deal.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
No, computer isn't virtual. Software and files are.



Without software and files a computer is about as useful as a rock.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Now, now Lantec.... rocks make good paper weight
I've never spent money for anything virtual, except for the software that came pre-installed on my comp.

So what you are saying is that if you need a software either for school or work, you'll get a bad grade or risk loosing jobs just because it didnt come pre-installed on you PC?
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm curious what people are downloading 100 megabytes of if they haven't purchased any software to use it with. 50 wallpapers and 50 logons?



You can only steal so much.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I COULD afford 19.95 for subscribtion, but, i don't think i would spend money on something virtual.



Don't you mean you wouldn't spend money on something that you think you might be able to get for free? I suppose you only watch the television channels that you can get with the antenna? Or have you got "shareware" cable? And how about the electricity that runs your computer? Seems pretty virtual to me.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
So what you are saying is that if you need a software either for school or work, you'll get a bad grade or risk loosing jobs just because it didnt come pre-installed on you PC?

I've never experienced a situation like that. The only software that i've needed in my school work, Word, came with my comp (and i replaced it with OpenOffice.Org).
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think you all raise valid points, I dont really like buying anything online for a start, but to have this amount of downloads to make my computer look fantastic, I recon it would be worth the $20, or in my case, being australian... I think thats $30, no good at currency...
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hum.

Citizen MountainDragon, I only get the channels from my antenna. I see nothing wrong with that. Poor choice to make a comparison with.
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
no good at currency...


$19.95 US = Php. 1,077.30: its really big money for me.
but what is the point of gaining benefit from someone if you do not give something in return....
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think you all raise valid points, I dont really like buying anything online for a start, but to have this amount of downloads to make my computer look fantastic, I recon it would be worth the $20, or in my case, being australian... I think thats $30, no good at currency...


I do understand what you're saying. At first I was hesitant to pay money to a "website", but I went ahead and bought a subscription anways. I don't regret it one bit.

After I got my subscription to Wincustomize, I bought the subscription to Object Desktop. These were two great purchases and if Stardock keeps it up, I will keep renewing.
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
20 US would be about 25 AUS...
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Actually it's a great bargain. The contributors to WinCustomize have created a number of excellent skins and wallpapers and having to pay for something is a small price to keep the site alive. Obviously you've found a lot of stuff that has captured your fancy and think it's worth downloading - is it too much to expect that it's worth something more?

I've been a user of Stardock products from 2000 when I first purchased my copy of Object Desktop. Over the years I've purchased several premium suites, maintained my subscription to OD and paid for the enhanced versions of CursorXP and ObjectDock. I've always believed that if you don't support developers of excellent products, they'll die on a vine.

I don't buy EVERYTHING and I try a lot of different applications. I look for free alternatives first but sometimes you've got to bite the bullet and pay for what you want.

Just my opinion
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'll admit, my first experence with Object Desktop, was a DL from Kazaa. Free in other words. About two days later, I bought it. It has so many different things to offer. I am a WindowBlinds addict. I probably have everyone of them. The WallPaper's are good, and it's just a good place to come see something different. This was back in 2000, when I started Object Desktop. I just bought Object Desktop again for another year. And I just paid for my internet for two years. After all that runs out. I quit. The internet isn't fun anymore. It's just another commercial. P.S. I don't buy virtual stuff anymore. I have bought a couple of things, but now, I want it on a cd at least.
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I also try to find free programs for what I want. I saw in the Sunday paper that The Geek Squad from Best Buy that, for $249, they will come to you're house and take the spyware and viruses off you're computer. DL AVG and Adaware, an it'll do the same thing, and it's free.