> On hacker news, people seem to care about pinching pennies on marketing emails, but in the real world where people have real businesses that make real money, the cheapest is not going to win the fight.

Oh, tell that to envato[1]. Most companies don't have deep pockets and unlimited budgets.

[1] http://graphicriver.net/ http://photodune.net/ People seem to buy stuff there even though istcokphoto exists.