Stationery Pack - 2.3

I mainly use my Mac to communicate and I write tons of emails each day. A few weeks ago I discovered Stationery Pack and ever since I installed the templates I am thrilled. Every mail I send out is getting its personal touch now. I really like the template designs, there is always a template that underlines my mails' content.

Version 1 was $30 - what I thought was a hefty price for a product with a fairly mediocre assortment of templates (given the fact, say, that iWeb, Keynote and Pages, which contain totally professional design templates, are effectively sold at around $35 each ($100 for all 3)

But SP1 did have a few gems mixed in. The lack of customizability of the templates was a frustrating feature - nice backgrounds but one can't delete an obnoxious photo or graphic plopped in the middle.

A price jump clear up to $50US is pretty intense. Add to that - absolutely no discount offered to those of us who supported Equinux and plunked down cash for Stationery Pack v 1 - when it was not a tried & tested product - feels enough like a slap in the face to me to take a pass on this. I hope Equinux will reconsider and offer SP2 to previous users for, say, a $25 upgrade price. Otherwise, I'll build my own in HTML.

This isn't the most impressive Mail add-on I've used that's for sure. The stationary templates are attractive - some more than others - but their BIG downfall is a changed template cannot be saved. For example, if I want to send an e-mail using stationary that enables me to add my company logo and business info, I have to do that EVERY time. It can't be saved as a standard template. Sure, you can save a blank to drafts but what a pain.

Also, I bought the family pack and let me tell you, this company's licensing hoops are the biggest I've ever had to jump through. It's a bloody nightmare. That reason alone, if I'd known, I would not have purchased this software - and never again will I purchase something from equniux - they just make it way, way, way too difficult.

I "was" interested in this...even received an email from their mailing list how they were giving away a free stationery template for Mother's Day. Hey, great and what a way to not only invite me to review and purchase their wares by enticing with template that I could actually readily use for Mother's Day? Are so I thought. After loading up the free template to send off to Mother I as greeted by some of the most crass advertising I have ever seen and positively not worthy to send to any mother, anywhere, period. The entire template is laden with Equinux plugs!

I was a licensed user of another application of theirs: iSale. But, Ieft when they became ridiculous about their upgrades (that I do not have a problem paying for) and the quality of iSale plummeted.

Avoid this company!

This "appears" to be an application that you can download and try out. It is NOT. It is an advertisement that installs onto your computer. When you run the app, you can see pictures of stationery. When you try to use the stationery and see how it works, a pop-up window appears requesting that you buy the software. Again, this is just an advertisement to clutter up your system. Do not download it.