I first shopped at Envato (well, Themeforest) over ten years ago. I was learning web design and Wordpress and it was an exciting time. I made quite a few purchases, and also bought some books written by Collis Ta’ eed.
It was really inspiring at that time to hear how he and Cyan had started the company.
I returned today to buy a “$27” plugin…the prices are in USD even though they are based in Australia, as I am. I was horrified to see that every payment option had a $2 surcharge. So, the price, is never the price.
Its just completely unethical. If you want to charge more, add it to the cost.
It seems Envato has gone from an exciting creative community of designers to a faceless corporate monopoly.
I am just really surprised that they have so very little regard for their customers that they are prepared to be so blatant about overcharging.
How disappointing.
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