[RacerX]

I by NO means want to see free hack work end... We have what we have in vB now because of the work done by free coders yesterday... I definitely am against the idea of everyone charging or it going completely in that direction, and I can also understand the possible fear that everyone might want to end up charging for every little thing and that will be that...

Again, what I am talking about is either a directory or forum where paid coders can talk about things, advertise or whatnot. Just one small area, and I do think it is totally fair that if they are selling their work via vB.org or any other official vb site they should have to pay to advertise.

Once more, I ask you all this... Would you rather not have a hack at all or have the option of paying for one? That is the real question here for some of you. Because the bottom line is some of these hacks are never going to be created unless someone is paying for it.. I for one can't afford to pay $50.00/hr for 20 hours worth of coding very often.

Originally Posted by Brad.loo

I forget whom brought up the point but, if you would release more hacks if you could promote your services why aren't you doing it now? IMHO the more code you release here for free, the more respected you become within this community, and asuming your code is clean im sure you could snag a few clients because of it.

Brad,
Most people don't have the time to invest into designing the higher end hacks I am talking about. If you are a kid and have hours after school to burn, no rent or other bills, you got the time. If you are out on your own, you have limited time to spend on this type of thing. I know the guy that I contract has made a lot of free hacks around here... He is very well respected... It is also not reasonable to think that he can spend 20 hours on my project for free.

Again, don't take this as a move on free hacks... That's not it at all... BUT how many hacks have been created per request for no charge since vb3 has been released?? Not NEARLY as many and my friends have been asking for simple stuff like someone to port existing hacks... Heck, everyone wants a nice stats program like Bane's but has he even updated / ported it yet? How long have we been waiting? I bet if I wagged $50.00 in his face he or someone else would then do it. So, then we have the hack so many of us have been waiting for. BECAUSE I was willing to motivate someone to do it. Lets take it a bit further. Would that hack be worth $5.00 to you all rather than not having it at all? This would also be motivation to some that are otherwise NOT inclined to work any more..

So... one last time... Would you rather not have it at all or have the option to pay? Do you not see my point?