palmgear:: how bad can it get

[rhart00]

what is happening to palmgear?!? I can't believe what people are trying to sell on that these days: copied/rebranded software, and now backgrounds!!! (http://www.palmgear.com/software/answernew.cfm?sid=91E2A97C-8789-4C5E-A033E39129880A4E&userIDsel=126808426&searchtitle=Applications%20by%20Shockwave%20Systems%20%26%20Design) Wow! whats next?!?

[rob_squared]

I imagine the eiffel tower.

[Convert]

Is anyone else having problems placing orders? I don't know if it's a firewall problem, but lately I can't complete any order at Palmgear, and the only solution they give me is to call long distance. So I shop at Palmgear and buy at Hnadango.

[jedix]

Brooklyn bridge, anyone?

[iebnn]

This isnt PalmGear's fault. This is the problem of the developers who submit the seemingly useless stuff. (but useful to some... which is why palmgear allows it, since it makes them money.)

I havent seen any copied/rebranded software that survived on PG though. Where?

[Pman]

Originally posted by Convert
Is anyone else having problems placing orders? I don't know if it's a firewall problem, but lately I can't complete any order at Palmgear, and the only solution they give me is to call long distance. So I shop at Palmgear and buy at Hnadango.

I had this problem and found out that I had blocked the Palmgear cookie in IE. Once I allowed the cookie my order went through without a problem.

[Jake K]

Thats terrible of them to charge money for backgrounds. There only pictures. They should be free!

[TheSpies]

I wonder if they have the rights to sell some of those images. Im sure they do not have the copyright for the tree frog image. If they are just grabbing other peoples images of the net and selling then thats messed up.

[iebnn]

Jake K, yeah, but it's completely ok for them to charge for them. (except when they're infringing copyrights of course)

Artists are entitled to mone too :) (but most of those aren't their own work entirely.....)

[TheSpies]

I knew i had seen that image of the tree frog before:

http://www.webshots.com/g/poster/50/35550_poster.html

[clieconverted]

If they are selling original art work then they should at least bundle them together. No way I am going to put an order on my credit card for $1, get real.

[TheSpies]

the photos are all taken from webshots.

[MythoFactory]

1 - If you don't agree with it, don't buy it, don't even make a thread to talk bout it, you're advertising for them

2- Jake K those kind of photos are NEVER free: there's a guy that took them and makes a living by selling them. If you download a pic from a photobank like corbis and use it in your machine, legally, you're stealing somebody's work. it's OK if the guy is giving them for free, of course.

3- if the guy is selling his own photos, you have nothing to protest at.

[MythoFactory]

BTW here is the "company" site adress : www.shockwavesd.com
and the "dev" mail
feedback@shockwavesd.com
if you want to protest

[sindu]

the girl in ron_square avatar...

anyway fully agree with mythofactory. Don't buy if you don't agree but Palmgear has no choice coz they would earn a commision.

[MythoFactory]

Originally posted by rhart00
copied/rebranded software. Wow! whats next?!?

are you referring to GoldenTiger skin? if so, you should know that JBarr agreed with it. I can't agree with GT's selling other people work, but If the author agrees, what can you do? The only way to make them stop selling this skin is JBarr mailing them about the theft and requesting its removal.

[MythoFactory]

... and if you know the origin of the webshots, send a mail to the owner company about someone trying to sell their work, they'll move fast, I can tell you...

[TheSpies]

yah, i already sent an email to David Davis making sure he was aware someone is selling one of his images.

[rob_squared]

Originally posted by sindu
the girl in ron_square avatar...

anyway fully agree with mythofactory. Don't buy if you don't agree but Palmgear has no choice coz they would earn a commision.

So now my name is Ron is it?

[sindu]

Originally posted by rob_squared


So now my name is Ron is it?

Sorry for the mistake RON...oh, hmm I mean Rob. I would also take this opportunity to correct the "square" as "squared".

[Jake K]

You should make your name Rob²

[rob_squared]

Hmm, I think I just might do that.

See, on most websites it doesn't allow special characters so I got used to the _squared.

[rob_squared]

Guess not, I'd have to ask the mods to do it. Not worth it in my opinion.