And you're assuming that vB 4.x series is worth the purchase price which I insist that it's not
I'm not assuming anything. Each person has to decide for themselves if they want to upgrade or not. Apparently quite a lot of people disagree with you as they have already upgraded. If you don't feel comfortable upgrading at this time then don't. I seem to remember that 3.8 had bugs at one time too. These things get worked out, and they'll get worked out with 4.0 too.
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The OP asked for comments on the cosmetics of the design, not the functionality of vBulletin
You were the one who made the comment about it making more sense to buy a xenForo license. I simply pointed out why they had very good reasons for not doing that, and instead just making their forum look the way it does.
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As for being painted in a corner - my newly redesigned forum has made it into this month's vB.org BOTM voting.
I was talking about AVForums being painted into a corner. Congratulations on your BOTM submission.