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<blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 7769768" data-attributes="member: 82779"><p>I have a limited gaming budget. Heck, I have a limited everything budget. Tell me that I don't have to pay to use material from books I already own and I'll agree there's no re-purchasing of books. If you can't honestly tell me that, then I do effectively have to re-buy the books; maybe for a lower cost than buying another hard copy of the original books, but there's still a reinvestment in content that I already have access to.</p><p></p><p>And yeah, I've heard all the arguments for why DDB can't give me free or discounted access to material I've already bought. As an accountant and a businesswoman, I get that a company (generally) can't give something for nothing (or below cost). That doesn't change the fact that my having to reinvest in content I already purchased is a disincentive. If I already have the hard copies and I'm used to doing things by hand, this disincentive isn't going to make me more likely to want to try DDB. It's going to make me less likely to want to try it; which is basically the definition of a disincentive. I'm not saying they're at fault for not being able to give free or discounted access to content I've already purchased, but by the same token I'm not giving them a pass on the disincentive that puts before me.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If I have to klooge it, I'm probably best continuing to do it by hand. At least then I'll know it's flowing to all the right places. and I won't have to worry about having to use one tool to work around the absence of another. I deal with enough arcane software that I have to double- and triple-check thanks to tax law changes; I'd rather not add complications that don't directly increase the fun of my gaming hobby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MechaPilot, post: 7769768, member: 82779"] I have a limited gaming budget. Heck, I have a limited everything budget. Tell me that I don't have to pay to use material from books I already own and I'll agree there's no re-purchasing of books. If you can't honestly tell me that, then I do effectively have to re-buy the books; maybe for a lower cost than buying another hard copy of the original books, but there's still a reinvestment in content that I already have access to. And yeah, I've heard all the arguments for why DDB can't give me free or discounted access to material I've already bought. As an accountant and a businesswoman, I get that a company (generally) can't give something for nothing (or below cost). That doesn't change the fact that my having to reinvest in content I already purchased is a disincentive. If I already have the hard copies and I'm used to doing things by hand, this disincentive isn't going to make me more likely to want to try DDB. It's going to make me less likely to want to try it; which is basically the definition of a disincentive. I'm not saying they're at fault for not being able to give free or discounted access to content I've already purchased, but by the same token I'm not giving them a pass on the disincentive that puts before me. If I have to klooge it, I'm probably best continuing to do it by hand. At least then I'll know it's flowing to all the right places. and I won't have to worry about having to use one tool to work around the absence of another. I deal with enough arcane software that I have to double- and triple-check thanks to tax law changes; I'd rather not add complications that don't directly increase the fun of my gaming hobby. [/QUOTE]
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