Ok time for a rant. I don't usually do this but I have trusted and supported VM for many years, I even made public extensions for it.
Time used to take less than 24 hours to get an issue addressed/fixed in virtuemart.
Ever since VM 2, support has gone downhill, it has been almost 2 weeks since my issue was first posted in this thread.
Why complain about free open-source code and support? TRUST!
Over 900 items in my database and it is upsetting to my client because of lost sales.
Silly me for not testing mass volume orders before trusting virtuemart to be stable and have reliable support.
I am obviously not the only person in need of help on this issue, our clients are loosing money!
VM2 support responses, IF ANY, are now in unintelligible broken English. I am not against international brotherhood/sisterhood but for goodness sake, lets remember what language the forum started in and predominately required by its users! Did we subcontract to foreign support that does not understand basic English?
TYPICAL CURRENT QUESTIONS & REPLIES:
USER: "Feature XYZ does not work, how do I fix it."
NEW DEVELOPER: "Yes, the new version is developed for XYZ feature."
WTF?
WHAT THE HELL HAS HAPPENED TO VIRTUEMART?
This used to be the greatest Joomla Component ever!
At this rate, if LIVE-CART or another top open-source cart ever gets into the Joomla business, VM will be history.
If support is short on help, perhaps a subscription based support is in order? I would gladly pay a small monthly fee of like $5.00 for access to on the spot support. People in the business of installing shopping carts are usually making money, such a small fee would not be a hinder so many would pay.
Ok, my rant and offer to a solution is done.
I really love virtuemart, which is the reason I hate to see it go to crap.
Meanwhile, can someone PLEASE tell us how to fix this cart emptying issue?
Our clients are loosing money and VM is loosing credibility!
Thanks