1. Orbx Lancair.... Was very disappointed with that one..

 

2. FSD Commander... Enjoyed the first version, so I thought I would update to the latest in FSX. Not nearly as impressed.

 

3. CaptainSim 767 & Freighter package... found it to be very poor quality which killed my interest.

 

I have other aircraft that I no longer fly, but the 3 above were a complete waste of money (for me at least). I also regret getting the Flight1 Mustang, due to the poor frame rate I get with that. But at least I enjoy flying it, when I can be bothered to put up with the slideshow..

 

G

For me, I've also never really regretted any purchases. I don't regret buying the Wilco Airbus' despite how poor they seem now.

 

The only product I regret buying is the CaptainSim 757. I pray so hard that PMDG will do the 757 one day. I love the plane but nothing in FS has done it justice.

Only plane I regret buying is CaptainSim's 757.

Captain Sim 757, in fact everything I have ever bought from CS was poor

 

Feelthere Ejets 175 195 ,this was just poor but I love the ERJ v2, night lighting aside

 

CLS Oh dear, just eyecandy only

 

Eaglesoft CJ1+ 2.0, The CX750 is one of my favorites but the displays have started to lock up on me and the original coder seems to have moved on so no fix in sight, the CJ1+ 2.0 was not near the same standard and again the coder seems to have given up with it.

 

Just Flight XP800, with a bit more care this could have been good, but they know what their customers will tolerate and build to that standard only.

 

Ariane 737

Ah mate do not embarrass me with that. :blush:

There is your lesson for today kids, stay in school.

 

Seriously though thanks Paul I never even noticed that

 

:lol: Sorry Stephen...just call me a pedantic prat !

 

By the way, drop into CBFS sometime and say hello. http://www.cbfsim.co.uk/CBFS_HOME.php

Pro-ATC/X.

Pro-ATC/X.

We have been expecting you here, what took you so long

 

I gueuse you could not resist after all, who ever started this thread was tempting you.

 

When somebody looking for a place to kick a ball meets somebody spreading his legs, you have one fast ball coming up.

 

Do i here relief anywhere,

The CLS 747 expansion packs... After I bought them I found all of the expansions as freeware on the CLS website. So I got ripped off and I am now REALLY disappointed. :mad:

Stephen, would there be a way to render your post more useful? It comes in like a rant and, if you get CTDs on your system, even a sad one. :mellow: Ventilating frustration?

 

We may agree that a thread starting like that may not end well, or at least helpful for readers. And I have yet to see helpful posts including the words 'rubbish' or 'poor and buggy'. I think you can do better. :smile:

 

 

Haha. Good point.

Ha ha,

 

I think it's positive, helps others avoid/sharing the pain and lost dough.

 

I wish all developers would just use Flight 1 commerce system, allowing try before you buy. My list that I wish I did not purchase due to the issues:

 

CS 707, 757, 727: no useful documentation to get started, and after you can start, the flight behavior is just not consistent.

Various Iris products: incomplete in my view.

EJets V2: The VC is just horrible, a surprise consider the better quality of the ERJ V2

Wilco Airbus: all variances

 

The following are top notch in their implementation, I just regret the purchases because I have no idea what I am getting myself into because they are complex:

 

Leonardo Maddog

PMDG J41 (not ready for this kind of turbo prop)

 

May be later when I have enough time, and more patience, I will come back to these two.

 

Only plane I regret buying is CaptainSim's 757.

+2

 

Looks good, erratic simulator. Sworn off CS for good. I guess I should also take reviews with a big grain of salt. CS 757 and CS 767 earned AVSIM Gold star award, which was the reason that I bought CS 757.

Orbx Lancair - Big disappointment

 

CS 707 - Not logged a single complete flight

Actually, I think this is a very important topic. With all of the developer hype and lies being told by the a really excited user, I have wasted plenty of money on substandard or misrepresented products. God save us from the a really excited user!

 

My list includes, but is not limited to (i.e. the one's that really have my blood boiling):

 

Pro ATC: An overglowing initial review on this site caused me to purchase this non-functioning piece of manure. (I use the word "manure," because I am not able to use a more graphic and more accurate word beginning with "sh") Thirty plus pages of comments following this overglowing initial review says it all.

 

Imangine Sims Atlanta and NMG's Johannesburg and Cape Town. A few months after purchasing the products, the developers release newer versions but do not offer an upgrade. What a ripoff!

 

Wilco's CRJ. Overhyped by the community, but after it is released it turns out to be nonflyable. The default CRJ is much better.

 

Taxi2Gate's St. Louis: Even after downloading the fixes, it remains my most unflyable airport. Framerates are still horrible as it crawls to a stop, and the ILS beacons still don't work. I end up doing visual approaches at about 2 FPS!

 

The truth of the matter is that I am really ###### that many a really excited user have the attitude that we will not say anything bad about defective and substandard products. The end result is that developers get away with releasing substandard and unfinished products. The failure to call them out on this leads many unsuspecting consumers to waste money on them. We are not doing anyone any favors by letting this state of affairs to continue.

 

Guys, the least we can do is be honest with our fellow simmers!

Luckily I'm such a control freak that I research things and procrastinate to such a ridiculous degree that I can't really say I have a single regretted FSX purchase!

Guess I'd be guilty as charged there too :lol:

 

Mind you finding reviews before you buy and assessing the criticism in each review ain't exactly rocket science nor time consuming.

 

I did buy one C172 which everyone raved about the flight model on but for me the eye candy was poor even by FS9 standards and the repaints included underwhelming too. Just uninstalled it.

 

Bought a few that were allegedly "Completey Updated from the FS9 model" and wondered exactly which pixel had actually been updated :angry: ?

 

By and large I've quickly narrowed my purchases to low and slow with nothing bigger than a DC3 and find that I still fly just a handful depending on where and how long a flight.

 

I think that this thread is useful even if they are unqualified opinions because very often some reviews are not critical enough and a bad experience repeatedly posted by different folk should at least prompt further research before deciding to buy.

 

I'm afraid I just don't get the "don't be negative" mantra. Before Ralph Nader started the crusade for consumer rights all manner of sub standard rubbish in every aspect of consumerism was being unloaded on an unsuspecting public. Now there's hardly a country on the planet that doesn't have some sort of consumer protection and the internet has given consumers the ability to post reviews of any purchase. FS add-ons are just another purchase. If it's good there'll be no "negativity" anyway?

 

Geoff

 

Think it's worth stating I didn't add publishers names above because few producers of ANY commodity make all great products and few make ALL bad ones either.

We have been expecting you here, what took you so long

 

 

I was not going to post here.Don't get me wrong I did/do like the idea behind the software.As a matter of fact since the software seemed to be improving (many people were saying positive things) I went ahead and bought it again.But.The minute they realised who it was who bought the software dang they banned me from their forum without me posting there :-) I did not expect the red carpet mind you lol.So that's why I wrote the name of the software here :-).

Remember, no responses to what each person regrets purchasing. Just state YOUR case and move on.

Douglas, I read every page of that pro atc thread and realized at the end how they had released an unfinished product for an extravagant amount of money.

 

Thanks to that thread I went with PFE instead and I haven't been disappointed so far.

 

The philosophy I follow for research is, spend a little time and you'll probably waste your money. Spend a lot of time and its time well spent.