vB Designers extincted!

[AlexanderT]

Trying to find the vB-bug that kills all the designers...

• We all know Corey, who has apparently not only ripped other ppl off, but who is also R.I.P. himself now.
  Btw, his Portfolio is still available and you can tell me what you want, but I think Corvey did the best vB designs out there!
  
• Do you know Design Devise? R.I.P.!
• What about InsideThePixel? The maker of AlienSoup and WiredGamers, Dameon White, declared that there won't be any more vB skins. Ripped off customers and R.I.P!

Now there are still some designers out there, who seem not to be killed by the bug yet:

• vBdesigns.de (missing the professional touch)
• DirectPixel (never saw actual designs of his)
• vBPanel.com (never saw them, anyways, their site seems down now - the killing bug again?)
• vBSkinners.com (cheap, but again, missing the professional touch)
• vBevolution.com (only few pre-paid skins, don't seem to be updated since 3.0 Gamma/Beta 7, bad customer practices)
• vBulletinStyles.com (one of the more active designers, though haven't seen any custom job of theirs yet)
• vBSkinz.com (Pank has a lot of fans, though I am not so convinced about his style - especially if you look for a professional design - haven't seen any custom job yet)
• vBmechanic.com (one of the newer vB designers, has some nice testimonials, but still lacks a portfolio with fully featured custom forum designs)
• vBDesk.com (Chris made one nice custom forum, alfaowner.com, but also lacks a portfolio where I could judge the designer's general capabilities; I heard of at least one unsatisfied customer )

So is there any way out of this dilemma? I am planning on hiring a designer for my own site, and looking at what we have here, I think I will go for a traditional one and try to do all the vB-template coding myself :disappointed: