Purple Bar Screening Process needs a little work

DustRider

Cybersox said:

3WC said:

Well, freebies are more often than not an incentive to buy stuff. Doesn't seem like you need any incentive! :)

 

FSMCDesigns said:

3WC said:

Well, freebies are more often than not an incentive to buy stuff. Doesn't seem like you need any incentive! :)

Agreed. seems like they have most of the store already, LOL

 

No, not all the store....  A bit over half of of it though.   What I am clearing through rapidily is the DAZ originals... of the 13842 currently in the store, I own all but 3003 of them, and most of what's left is texture sets and stuff for the V4 and earlier generations. 

 

Wow!! Now that's impressive ..... or ..... uummmm ....... wow ...

For me personally it was really nice to get a free character because I can't afford every character (probably still wouldn't by everything even if I could cause I'm cheap, and TBH there are many I'm just not that interested in). I can see why they would use a simple query to just identify those who had all the Victoria figures. Doing a query to determine who had exactly what, and offer special deals for specific levels of ownership could get quite complex (and a bit out of control). On the flip side though, for those who didn't have many, or even any figures to choose from, typically get much greater "Loyalty Discounts" than I do. Often I simply don't qualify for a loyalty discounts (or similar) even though I've been buying here for 15 years. I don't buy enough to typically qualify for any big discounts based on my purchase history, except for the occasional specific deals like this one. With this in mind, I can definitely relate to how those who already have everything in this giveaway might feel left out, but it's also important to keep in mind the big purchasers also get big discounts or free stuff on other sales where those who don't/can't purchase a lot get little of no discounts or free stuff.

And don't forget in the US there are also "owners" or recipients of alloted land and owners of a lot of land 

Cybersox

Chohole said:

Cybersox said:

Chohole said:

LeatherGryphon said:

Chohole said:

nonesuch00 said:

I am glad to see I'm not the only one that was taught to spell "a lot" as "alot". That was before educators decided they couldn't be bothering learning how to spell English correctly and so invented all the American spellings. i'm sure they got some book sales in that sleight of hand. It must be a valid dialect somewhere though as I was taught in and the forum SW spell checker doesn't even flag it.

lot

a large number or amount; a great deal.

"there are a lot of actors in the cast"

Are you getting muddled with allot

verb: allot; 3rd person present: allots; past tense: allotted; past participle: allotted; gerund or present participle: allotting

give or apportion (something) to someone.

ps.    Alot does not exist! There is no such word in the English language. If you write it this way - imagine me shouting at you  "No Such Word!"

+1  A troublesome word/phrase that even I get hung up on now and then and ponder which version to say/write  Compounding the problem is the phrase "a lot" meaning a parcel of ground.  eg:  "He bought a lot on which to build his new house."  Or all together now... "The prize company allotted him a lot of building materials and a lot on which to build his new house."

and don't forget the attached Allotment garden.   People in the UK are very fond of their Allotments

Although, if they're whalers, they're more interested in cachalots, and if they're fans of Monty Python, their focus would be Spamalot.  Not to be a zealot about it or anything.  

It's all a bit of a lottery really, isn't it

Enough to make one break out in hives.  Fortunately there's a lotion for that.