[Floris]

Originally Posted by PranK

Hi All,

I spoke to DeanC about this before, its not slander, its just the facts about my experiences with The VbTrader (full version).

I was asking about the VbTrader (full) in the lite thread when trafix PM'd me, said I could buy it for $60 USD if i sent him the money in 24hrs... I was hesitant but couldn't see any real working demo as his 'current' support site (www.ozezyhost.com) has closed the trader for new ads, so i could see it, but not play with it. I thought that I have had such awesome experiences with everybody else from vb.org, I'd just do it, which I did.

It didn't work.. to start with, the installation installed the templates into only one of my styles (small problem really) and you couldn't actually view the listings. You could navigate through the trader and whatnot, but if you tried to view a listing (by far the most important feature), you got a blank screen (like a missing template). Anyway, from here, it took him over 3 weeks to help me fix it. He had admin access on my forums AND ftp access. He rarely replied to pm's (when he did, he was mad at me for getting upset about the whole process). So after 3 and a bit LOOOONG weeks, I finally said that I would post this thread on here about it, and he sent back one line of code to change, which fixed that problem. So, I went about making it live, setting permissions and adding templates. Now, unregistered users can post ads which causes sql errors and he has yet again failed to respond to my PM's for the past week.

Basically, these are the facts;

• I am out of pocket $60 USD
• Its been 5 weeks and the thing still doesn't work
• he has replied to approx 1/4 of all PM's - completely selectively
• it is NOT a good hack or addon

This thread is here for only 1 reason, to save other vb.org'ers from making the same mistake i did... I have since purchased another application which works extremely well.

Thanks for reading.

Christian

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience.
I have seen the trader hack on various sites that have replies that are nothing but good. And I believe trafix has good reasons not to be on the internet - jumping on someone for that without knowing what is behind it is not so nice, but I can understand your frustration.

Because you had a bad experience doesn't mean it is a bad or good hack. It just didn't work out for you, unlike it has done for various others.