I thought about what you folks said and came to the conclusion that by cancelling the VIP i would in deed take something important away that would help many people to get into VP/VPM. And that was in deed not very nice of me just because a few ignorants are bothering me to death. But im still not sure if the constant stress and trouble is really worth it for ME, because its not only the about the new users that profit from it, its also about ME and my nerves, which noone seems to care about. And then there is that thing with gratefulness and respect, which seems to be unknown for a lot of folks either,...
Just for fun i took the time to make a little 'chart' to compare the facts and to find out what offering the VIP actually means for ME, Phoenixx1771, the AUTHOR of the VIP.
It looks about like that:
Hours spent to make/develop/update the VIP: Cant count them anymore.
Total money spent to make the VIP available for download on my server: Approx. €250.-
Downloads since day one: Approx. 25,000
People that got everything to work with the EIK/VIP: (Estimated) 90%
People that said 'Thank You': Approx. 50
People that offered anything in return: 0
People that blame the application for user errors: Approx. 90%
People that start a fight if im defending the application against untrue claims: Constantly
People acting ungrateful and respectless towards me: Constantly
People claiming untrue things about my character, person, intensions and attitude, etc.: Constantly
People supporting me and the application when i have trouble: Max. 1-2 (if someone at all).
Summa Summarum:
A lot of people are making use of what im offering.
It does a lot of good for all kinds of people out there.
Over 99% are taking it for granted.
0% are offering anything in return. (Just a fact, i dont expect anything.)
90% are immediately blaming the application when there are problems.
A lot of them are even starting a fight if im trying to set the facts straight.
That means the things that are left exclusively for ME are:
Having constant trouble with all kinds of folks for all kinds of the most ridiculous reasons,
Being treated without any respect for what im doing to make the VIP available,
Being accused of totally untrue things all the time,
Constantly having to defend the application and its reputation against untrue claims of users that were doing anything wrong,
Constantly having to deal with respectless and ungrateful comments from folks who think a VIP wasnt needed anyway,
Constantly having to deal with respectless and ungrateful comments from folks who are doing it out of personal reasons,
Being totally on my own with all that crap.
In short: The new and unexperienced users are profiting from it and all the negative things are exclusively left for me, which im totally alone with. And there is absolutely *nothing* that would equalize this a bit,...*nothing* that would make up at least a little BIT for all the negativity that i have to deal with all the time. I certainly didnt make the VIP because i expect a memorial or what, but from over TWENTYFIVETHOUSAND people that downloaded the VIP all that i got was a handful of ThankYous, while the TROUBLE seems to be absolutely constant and neverending, if you know what i mean,...
Bottomline:
Is it worth it for the new and unexperienced users? No Doubt.
Is it worth it for ME? Not as it currently stands!
So what am i supposed to do?
Being egoistic and taking it away to put an end to the constant trouble to save my nerves?
Offering it anyway, and simply ignoring it when someone is about destroy the VIPs reputation which im working for so hard?
Offering it anyway, and simply getting used to the fact that noone cares for the things that i did to make the VIP a reality, which means keeping on fighting the fights and having the constant trouble and being treated respectless and ungrateful? Should i do this even though when this is all that offering the VIP means for me, because im not profiting from it in any way?
I guess i have to seriously think about that before i make a final decision,...until then you can leave the VIP here for download but if i decide not to continue i want to you delete it,...
I will let you know when i made my decision,...