[Gio~Logist]

Originally Posted by lasto

just because they can code does not mean they wont rip people off.
VB.org wont post details of why someone was banned,but they dont just ban on the spur of the moment as they need to check things out 1st,as was the case when i got ripped off on here.
Besides that minor gripe if u want to start up a fresh site for coders m8 your more than welcome to.
The thing with vbulletin these days is not VB.org but the fact that all coders want paying for anything they do,even if its only a minor hack.In the old days people where proud to release a hack and let everyone install it but nowadays we end up with Lite Versions,which in turn force us to pay for the full hack.

I'm not going to argue the status of coders on this forum and how they make the money, as this thread was not intended for that. Bottom line is, you get what you pay for. "In the old days" the economy also wasn't the way it is. Also, "in the old days" not as many people worked as full-time vbulletin developers. Now you have more professional devs and more quality work. The day you or anyone else can learn to fully program and have the time to develop well-written products for free, more power to you/that person.

Also, i was talking in regards to this particular developer (he's not a coder btw, he's a designer) because i know him personally and the fact that he's not a "scammer". Getting scammed is an issue you face all accross the internet, and it also goes hand in hand with doing your research and also "getting what you pay for". You have members on here doing transactions for $1.50, expect to get scammed.