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<blockquote data-quote="ArwensDaughter" data-source="post: 7981951" data-attributes="member: 6804968"><p>Is it normal that Gale Force Nine charges for their spell/monster/item cards or is it anti-consumer practice?</p><p>Do you think Gale Force Nine should give you all their cards...and maybe their DM screens for free if you buy the books they take their info from? How is DDB any different?</p><p></p><p>I have no problem with people who decide that DDB isn't worth it to them. It's not everyone's cup of tea. Each of potential customer has to do their own assessment of value and their own budget. In my own case, I have found it valuable; budget realities have meant I've been judicious and modest in my purchases. So, while I am a paying DDB customer, I applaud those who investigate it and decide it doesn't fit their budget or it isn't cost effective for them</p><p></p><p>But I do get frustrated with statements that equate what DDB offers with a pdf. I also get annoyed with the implication that the staff at DDB shouldn't get paid for their work, or that the work involved in insignificant. I'm no programmer or developer, but I have over the course of my life had a couple of opportunities to build relational databases. I know just enough to realize that what DDB has done and is continuing to do with WOTC's content is time consuming and takes a a tremendous amount of thought and work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArwensDaughter, post: 7981951, member: 6804968"] Is it normal that Gale Force Nine charges for their spell/monster/item cards or is it anti-consumer practice? Do you think Gale Force Nine should give you all their cards...and maybe their DM screens for free if you buy the books they take their info from? How is DDB any different? I have no problem with people who decide that DDB isn't worth it to them. It's not everyone's cup of tea. Each of potential customer has to do their own assessment of value and their own budget. In my own case, I have found it valuable; budget realities have meant I've been judicious and modest in my purchases. So, while I am a paying DDB customer, I applaud those who investigate it and decide it doesn't fit their budget or it isn't cost effective for them But I do get frustrated with statements that equate what DDB offers with a pdf. I also get annoyed with the implication that the staff at DDB shouldn't get paid for their work, or that the work involved in insignificant. I'm no programmer or developer, but I have over the course of my life had a couple of opportunities to build relational databases. I know just enough to realize that what DDB has done and is continuing to do with WOTC's content is time consuming and takes a a tremendous amount of thought and work. [/QUOTE]
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