Off topic Stuff from Mentor Thread - and discussion of staying on topic

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Originally Posted by tgreer

part of the problem with .org is that it is not professional-grade.

Originally Posted by tgreer

I expect professional-level help and support for the software I've purchased.

Okay, let me ask you a question: "What exactly have you purchased from Vbulletin.org?" I personally have purchased other software from "user's" of vbulletin.org for my website, but everything else i have on my site from vbulletin.org was/is absolutely free.
Now, if you go to Vbulletin.com and tell them you are having problem's with you software, what is the first thing they ask you? "Do you have any hack's on your site?" is what they ask you. If you answer yes to this, they then tell you they cannot help you and that you need to go back to the source of your hack's, and start asking question's of the hack's author, I know this for a fact.
So, if you paid for software and you EXPECT professional-grade service, then go to the site of which you paid for this service. If you go to a site that add's hack's or mod's to your site and you don't have to pay for this service, why can't people then talk about off topic subject's? Are you having a software issue that was caused by one of the hacks/mod's from vbulletin.org?
Anyways, you know the ole saying, "you get what you pay for!!!" and i seriously doubt that you paid to participate in vbulletin.org. I know Most of the hack's and mod's that i have on my site, came from vbulletin.org and were at no cost to me, which i am very thankful for.......

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