On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:16 AM, Martin Spott <martin.sp...@mgras.net> wrote:
> Renk Thorsten wrote:
>
> > FlightProSim does not defraud its customers as far as I am aware.
>
> According to reports on this very list (hint) and elsewhere they don't
> comply with the money-back guarantee they advertize.
I have heard of some people getting their money back, after quite a bit of
difficulty. I have heard of many others who were in the process of trying
to get their money back -- but I don't know the ultimate resolution -- just
that it is far harder than the web site implies.
These guys advertise with a combination of FSX, X-Plane, and Flightgear
screen shots, and lately I've been seeing pictures of large commercial full
cockpit sims. They advertise under a variety of names including names that
are variations of "Flight Simulator X". They blatantly rip images off our
web site and crop the water marks. We haven't been able to pin them down
on an obvious violation of our FlightGear license, but they will do and say
just about anything. In addition, most of the advertising I've seen has
been done under fake accounts. And even the identities on the official
flight pro sim (and virtual pilot 3d) web pages are suspect. Oh, and they
have been filling up the internet with fake reviews and piles of links to
try to game the search engines. Typically when someone pulls the trigger
and purchases the product, they get a download link only. They end up
needing to pay an additional fee to get the software on DVD.
It is a fairly long stretch to say that these guys offer a legitimate
service, or meat the expectations their advertising creates. We haven't
been able to pin them down on a specific technical violation of the gpl,
but that doesn't mean they are legitimate, honorable, and ethical.
Unfortunately, there are new people signing onto the internet for their
very first time every day, and a few of them do fall victim to some of
these wonderful sounding scams.
Curt.
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