Good to hear but not very sure many if any Masters really care about what you think. You have similar related threads and post you made in 2014, 2015, and now this one 2016. 

So you respect the Masters. Funny all your statements don't show any of that. As far as the quality standard, Jafo answered that above for master skins. 

The free master skin are made with the same quality. One Master here has uploaded many free ones and has the best quality available. As of now he isn't active as his real life came into play. Any Master that makes a free one does it for the community but the quality is the same, paid or not paid skin.

You have been here since 2001. Wow you purchased 1 or 2 Master skins you said above also. That is a lot of testing over the last 15 years. Your eyes must be getting tired. So another reason you no nothing about quality being good or bad.

Since you have been on the same rant for 3 years why don't you just give it a break and let it go. Sure you are entitled to your opinions. However since you don't know what you are talking about they become not opinions but nonsense. If you really respected the Masters or people in general you wouldn't post such bullshit.

Thank you !!!! 

We will, count on it !!  

Master skins are moderated and more closely. I often reject Master skins for quality, several a month at times. This isn't easy as what I think is a good or bad skin can be viewed differently by anyone else. I have to use my best judgement and the opinions from the other WC staff to make a decision on a skin. 

You don't need anywhere close to $150 to get the Master skins in a month, especially considering a great of the updated skins (last month for example) are that....updated skins which are free to download if purchased before. If you purchase a skin and it doesn't work, you can always ask for a refund based on that.

I understand this and all you said below it. I sometimes may not look at the entire picture or understand all the facts. Appreciate you letting me know. 

I have a Master skin I have been wanting to upload for the last 3 weeks. With all that has been going on here and just about Master skins only showing, I decided to just upload another free one. After all even the fine people that purchase them only have so many funds available. 

Not so. There are many older skins that will work fine on Windows 7. Here is one I just tried from 2001 and I have no issues with it. Please don't remove them. 

I think different Masters sell their skins for different reasons.  Some do it as a hobby with a bit of a reward for the occasional skin.....some do it as a sideline to their established careers.....and others do it to try and support themselves doing something creative they enjoy doing full time and try to keep themselves afloat in doing so.  While it's always a nice thank you for a Master to submit a freebie at times... for people trying to support themselves, it may be that it could cause a certain amount of hardship at times to impose a free skins rule... and in this climate of the skinning world shrinking, you wouldn't want to discourage people from continuing to produce high quality blinds. 

I think it's just come to a bit of a head lately with many Masterskins being updated... it looks oversupplied...

JuniorCrooks....

Every Master skinner has given away free skins...typically for several years before attaining 'Master'.

It's a bit chicken-and-egg to suggest they now NEED to continue to do so.

Whether or not they choose to continue to release free skins is entirely their choice, and as with any Master their history of advancement to that level should be enough [opportunity for freebies] for anyone...

Not bothering me at all... I understand your thinking completely and it's admirable Tom does free blinds as well.. it's really keeping in the spirit of the community at which Tom excels and you're a good man to acknowledge and reward that.

What I was trying to get across is that people are in different positions.....where one person might own their own home another might be renting... supporting kids etc... and have differing commitments.  While it's to be encouraged, my point was it shouldn't be a 'rule' as was mooted.  I don't know how long it takes for different skinners to create a blind... but I do know from the days of looking over v's shoulder from conception to completion of a blind... that it was a significant amount of time to be creating something that was not going to generate money towards living expenses when that was the sole income....and with that in mind... can create hardship.

..if you are going to complain, let's see you do better. oh no! he went there!