Time to buy ... ask the pros

[stevefromio]

As everyone here is so knowledgeable, I decided to get advice before buying. The array of material out there is staggering and confusing.

 

First, where to buy? The only store I know is Flight1.com. How does that sound?

 

Two, My default FSX install is a little lonely.I want everything that could be included in traffic. Now I hear there are two major commercial releases, but if I remember, there are ways to do the exact same thing for free. I also thought it was more expandable that way too. Any help or suggestions would be great!

 

Thanks,

Steve

[Tom Allensworth]

 

 

First, where to buy? The only store I know is Flight1.com. How does that sound?

 

Sounds terrible, given that there is a store right above... :lol:

 

Check out some of the offerings on the AVSIM Market (http://forum.avsim.net/store/). You will be helping to pay AVSIM's bills by purchasing from there.

[stevefromio]

Sounds terrible, given that there is a store right above... :lol:

 

Check out some of the offerings on the AVSIM Market (http://forum.avsim.net/store/). You will be helping to pay AVSIM's bills by purchasing from there.

 

I DIDN'T KNOW. I am so sorry.

[DetCord]

I use (Just Flight) depending upon product availability (AXE, Q400), PMDG store for their products, and The FS Store for Orbx and REX. I try to keep it as simple as possible.

 

Flight1, IMHO, has a awful site presentation and is pretty unintuitive. The inability to redownload your products from them without jumping through hoops is disconcerting and frustrating. In fact, the only product I have from their storefront is EZDok, and that's simply becasue it isn't sold anywhere else.

 

http://justflight.com/

 

http://www.flightsimstore.com/index.php

[Cooper382]

What's about simmarket.com??

[DetCord]

What's about simmarket.com??

 

Them as well.

[Tom Allensworth]

 

 

I DIDN'T KNOW. I am so sorry.

 

No apologies necessary. Most folks do overlook the AVSIM Market, and do not realize that by purchasing there, they are helping to pay bandwidth and upgrades to hardware and software.

[Don t moderate me this way]

As far as flight1.com is concerned, they offer a 30-day-money-back guarantee. Now, how does that sound, if someone's confused by the sheer number of addons, or if he thinks a product doesn't suit him so well and he'd like to return it?

 

A site not yet mentioned which can be attractive at times (Tuesdays, in particular :rolleyes:) is pcaviator.com.

 

But my true heartfelt recommendation is to buy from the developers' shops as often as possible: Your money goes straight to the people who bring so much joy into your flightsimmer's life. 100% of your hard-earned money. No less. No commissions for publishers and/or retailers.

 

("Tom's software store" ( :lol:) doesn't sound too bad, either, admittedly ... B))

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