March Madness 2019

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  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479

    The only new item I am interested in is the hospital hallway... but it's only iray, so I'm deciding whether I want it enough to retexture it... see how I feel after work.  I am about to start homeschooling one of my offspring, so my patience may be thinner on such things than it has been previously :-)

    Well that promo works with any new release. For me, adding a new PC+ item dropped the price of my cart by almost $10 USD. :)

    I did not know that... wish it would say that somewhere!!!!  Hmm.  Maybe I will have to take a look at the new PC+ things... thank you!

    It does say "new" not "Newly Mad." I made that mistake the first time I read it.

    But I've already gotten the new models I was interested in, except for the tulips. They do look nice, but I just bought a flower set and I have a bunch of the Lisa's Botanicals flowers that will probably look just as good once I add the Iray Base shader.

    As a PC+ Member, but without a "Key" product, I paid $2.13 for the tulips. (I'm a sucker for any plants by Martin J Frost. IMO, one can never have too many 3d flower products.)

    Depending on what you want from the Platinummy sale, you could save more than enough to justify the Tulips. Although it may not be an issue for you, the Tulips are also a new release and you'll continue to qualify for the 70% discount for the next three days. Just sayin'…

  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 4,985
    edited March 2019

    What makes me wonder about these NY streets is something different:

    • How does the italian deli do "Homemade" Mozzarella?
    • Do fire escape stairs in NY really go to the front of a building and end up above sunscreens of shops below? It probably is so, but it looks weird from a security pov...

    Slightly off topic, but to answer the above questions in order:

    1) It's apparently not all that difficult: 
    https://www.epicurious.com/ingredients/how-to-make-fresh-mozzarella-cheese-at-home-gallery ;
    https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-homemade-mozzarella-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-174355
    Apparently, you can get rennet tablets online these days; if your supermarket doesn't have it, you can get it at Amazon and it's not ruinously expensive. My.

    2) Yep. https://www.123rf.com/photo_93670183_new-york-city-circa-2017-wide-establishing-photo-of-nyc-walk-up-apartments-above-first-floor-store-f.html

    Pick up NY Stores, Stonemason's older Streets of NY when it's on sale, and New York Brownstones and you can have three whole neighborhoods ... that don't quite go together, but that's not the important part! And Tesla3Dcorp and Digitallab have been doing Brooklyn/Manhattan apartment interiors (which all look like they would be ruinously expensive at NY rental/purchase prices) so you could do some insides! (Ansiko has what I guess is supposed to be a renovated Gilded Age Manhattan loft, which is quite spectacular, and which I can't imagine anyone affording to live in today.)

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,051

    I appreciate the sales and items that have been included in the MM however it feels like 95% of it is geared toward 'people' items. Is there a chance that props, environments, and such will start to be included more in the related madness items. Or could you include more sellers in the Mad Artists section that mainly creates props, environments, lighting and such? Pretty Please.

    ...yes

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,051
    edited March 2019
    Carola O said:

    I really like the look of the New York Stores product, but I can't help wondering if I could actually use it, legally. Atleast some of the names in there is bound to be trademarked I'm sure, the Hennessy one in particulary but likely also The Hog's Head pub. And possible the others, but they weren't ones that stood out for me.

    I always wonder how this whole trademarking business works... like.. Hennessy. Yeah, it's a Cognac. But there's still people whose name is Hennessy, so what would they be supposed to name their business? And "Hog's Head"? Shouldn't there be at least about 10 of those in Britain?

    What makes me wonder about these NY streets is something different:

    • How does the italian deli do "Homemade" Mozzarella?
    • Do fire escape stairs in NY really go to the front of a building and end up above sunscreens of shops below? It probably is so, but it looks weird from a security pov...

    ...in some areas yes they do.

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  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,795

    I have made mozarella at home & it is really easy and the taste is so much better of what you get in the US you wonder why they call mozarella in US stores mozarella. If you buy mozarella in Swiyzerland, Italy and those places then you know what mozarella tastes like already. It's worth a try to made & given the give away prices of US milk it'll probably be cheaper than buying mozarella premade depending on how overpriced the cheese making kit ingredients you buy are.

  • butterflyfishbutterflyfish Posts: 1,497

    Is there really a reason this product: https://www.daz3d.com/urban-chic-outfit-for-genesis-8-female-s "requires" the add-on textures? I bought it anyway and didn't buy the textures, so I guess I'll find out if I have to go back and buy them. But it seems like a weird thing to put in requirements.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,452
    kyoto kid said:
    Carola O said:

    I really like the look of the New York Stores product, but I can't help wondering if I could actually use it, legally. Atleast some of the names in there is bound to be trademarked I'm sure, the Hennessy one in particulary but likely also The Hog's Head pub. And possible the others, but they weren't ones that stood out for me.

    I always wonder how this whole trademarking business works... like.. Hennessy. Yeah, it's a Cognac. But there's still people whose name is Hennessy, so what would they be supposed to name their business? And "Hog's Head"? Shouldn't there be at least about 10 of those in Britain?

    What makes me wonder about these NY streets is something different:

    • How does the italian deli do "Homemade" Mozzarella?
    • Do fire escape stairs in NY really go to the front of a building and end up above sunscreens of shops below? It probably is so, but it looks weird from a security pov...

    ...in some areas yes they do.

    It's actually very logical.  If you look closely at either this picture or one of the product, and you'll see that there are vertical ladders that slides down across the bottom level of the fire escape to the street, and the bottom of the escape extends just beyond the front of the canopys.  Keep in mind that if there's a fire in the inner hall or staircase of one of those buildings, the front side is the only one that has enough clearance for rescue workers to reach any injured, handicapped or others who may not be able to negotiante the ladder.  Not to mention that it makes it a lot harder for nefarious types to use the escapes as a way of breaking in the buildings.   

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,051

    ...ahh bummer, should have held my PA coupon until today, Noggins' store part of the MadArtist sale, and the Ultimate Butterfly Add On is there but almost 11$ I have the Ultimate Butterfly Collection which apparently is no longer offered as there is no store page link in my product library (and also a "404" when I search for it through Google) which makes me I wonder of this will disappear after the sale as well.Sadly there is nothing else to pair it with for a better discount.

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    edited March 2019

    Is there really a reason this product: https://www.daz3d.com/urban-chic-outfit-for-genesis-8-female-s "requires" the add-on textures? I bought it anyway and didn't buy the textures, so I guess I'll find out if I have to go back and buy them. But it seems like a weird thing to put in requirements.

    It looks like the two are linked backwards. The outfit doesn't require the textures, but the page says it does. The textures do require the outfit, but the outfit isn't mentioned as such. Though down at the bottom of the textures page, it shows the outfit as an add on! lol
    laugh

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  • butterflyfishbutterflyfish Posts: 1,497

    Is there really a reason this product: https://www.daz3d.com/urban-chic-outfit-for-genesis-8-female-s "requires" the add-on textures? I bought it anyway and didn't buy the textures, so I guess I'll find out if I have to go back and buy them. But it seems like a weird thing to put in requirements.

    FWIW, I tried out the product, and no, no matter what the product page says, the extra textures are not "required." 

  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 12,646

    It's an error. It happens. It's been reported. :)

    Is there really a reason this product: https://www.daz3d.com/urban-chic-outfit-for-genesis-8-female-s "requires" the add-on textures? I bought it anyway and didn't buy the textures, so I guess I'll find out if I have to go back and buy them. But it seems like a weird thing to put in requirements.

    FWIW, I tried out the product, and no, no matter what the product page says, the extra textures are not "required." 

     

  • butterflyfishbutterflyfish Posts: 1,497

    Thanks, Cris. 

  • What's today's items they don't seam to be there ?

  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 12,646

    It's a catch-up, no new items afaik.

  • XelloszXellosz Posts: 855

    It's a catch-up, no new items afaik.

    So we should see this? Pity but otherwise nice catch up sale.

     

  • James_HJames_H Posts: 1,095

    Am I the only one who finds this approach rather irritating? I bought Bridget 8, but now it looks like I'd have been better waiting until today, when I could catch-up madness items with extra discount. This extra discount only appies if you buy Bridget 8, so nothing for those who own.

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,533
    edited March 2019
    jash147 said:

    Am I the only one who finds this approach rather irritating? I bought Bridget 8, but now it looks like I'd have been better waiting until today, when I could catch-up madness items with extra discount. This extra discount only appies if you buy Bridget 8, so nothing for those who own.

    The whole way the Bridget sale has been handled has left me me feeling an idiot for buying her early, or even at all.

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  • XelloszXellosz Posts: 855
    scorpio said:
    jash147 said:

    Am I the only one who finds this approach rather irritating? I bought Bridget 8, but now it looks like I'd have been better waiting until today, when I could catch-up madness items with extra discount. This extra discount only appies if you buy Bridget 8, so nothing for those who own.

    The whole way the Bridget sale has been handled has left me me feeling an idiot for buying her early, or even at all.

    Earlier there were better deals to buy Related Madness  gen. 8 pro bundles and you got extra banner. None of the atm banners are related, accumulating.

    ps:

    Sometimes I think there should be a "DAZ one plus one" topic that explains DAZ math to people.

  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,137

    I’m finding this sale rather unfair. I purchased the Bridget bundle right away and at the time already owned all the extra 40% off extra items that were offered that day. Now, since I purchased it, there is an extra 20% off and today I want an item in the extra 40% off category but I can’t have it in the cart with something I altready purchased. Also, except for the tulips, I already have all the 70% off items that have been offered for the last several days. This sale is very manipulative and punishes those who purchase early and makes me just want to return everything. 

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,032

    Recyling old images.

    Bonus:

    Key:

  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,375

    The Bridget 8 Pro Bundle had a POST-purchase purple banner (say that fast three times); so, anyone who has made daily purchases has received more savings than they could ever have gotten by waiting until today to buy it.

    And yet I'm still nostalgic for the insanity of past years. O, give me a home on deranged.

  • NathNath Posts: 2,980
    xyer0 said:

    The Bridget 8 Pro Bundle had a POST-purchase purple banner (say that fast three times); so, anyone who has made daily purchases has received more savings than they could ever have gotten by waiting until today to buy it.

    And yet I'm still nostalgic for the insanity of past years. O, give me a home on deranged.

    Oh, I dunno - it looks like I'm going to spend about a quarter of wht I spent last year in March. That's nice too...

  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,375

    The real lunacy seems to be in Barbara Brundon (Bobbie 25) & Sarsa Genesis 3 gear. I missed it because I only searched their stores according to my wishlist, rather than going through and throwing interesting stuff into my cart to see how it tallied. I'm kookoo for cuckoo!

  • gitika1gitika1 Posts: 948
    edited March 2019
    xyer0 said:

    The Bridget 8 Pro Bundle had a POST-purchase purple banner (say that fast three times); so, anyone who has made daily purchases has received more savings than they could ever have gotten by waiting until today to buy it.

    And yet I'm still nostalgic for the insanity of past years. O, give me a home on deranged.

    I disagree with you.  The post banner covered only 2 days of new mad items and 2/3 days of still mad items.  Now the purchase of Bridget covers all the March Madness items and a variety of related products that are not more bundles.  I rebuilt my cart this morning with the same items that were purchased on the 1st day and the total is less, plus I could get the addition percentage off all of the MM items. I also put the 2 items I purchased with the purple banner discount in the same cart and the cost of those products are less as well

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  • ElgyfuElgyfu Posts: 279

    Blimey, isn't this complicated?!

    What is wrong with just having a sale with "X amount off today"?

    I have bought some things so far, including the lovely Bridget and Floyd (adore him!).

    But now I am just getting frustrated.  So much putting things in and out of one's cart to see what the prices actually are. 

    I already forgot to add something I could have had for free with a purchase.

    And then there is the fact that buying something today may not be as good as buying it tomorrow because of future promotions you might want to take advantage of.. but of course can not see the future to know they are coming.  That is really frustrating.

    Oh, and you have to log out of your account to see if you actually have the key items because they don't show up if you do have them and are logged in, which is a bit inconvenient.

    I know I am a bit thick, but surely this is all a tad more complicated than it really needs to be.

  • davesodaveso Posts: 7,918

    a bird in the hand is worth more than two in the bush. 

    But agreed that this sale so far is waaaaay overcomplicated. 

  • davesodaveso Posts: 7,918

    The /Sarsa flash sale... 2.99 or 3.99 then it says get an extra 30% off, and under that PC+ members get extra 10% off ... 
    I put the item in the cart and its 3.99 or 2.99 ... what is this 30% off and the PC+ extra 10% off ???

  • I wish this sale was over. Please Daz end this sale early! Please stop me from buying stuff :(

  • NorthOf45NorthOf45 Posts: 5,733
    daveso said:

    The /Sarsa flash sale... 2.99 or 3.99 then it says get an extra 30% off, and under that PC+ members get extra 10% off ... 
    I put the item in the cart and its 3.99 or 2.99 ... what is this 30% off and the PC+ extra 10% off ???

    ...with any new release.

  • davesodaveso Posts: 7,918
    NorthOf45 said:
    daveso said:

    The /Sarsa flash sale... 2.99 or 3.99 then it says get an extra 30% off, and under that PC+ members get extra 10% off ... 
    I put the item in the cart and its 3.99 or 2.99 ... what is this 30% off and the PC+ extra 10% off ???

    ...with any new release.

    thanks..yeah..i realized a bit ago..then i saw the related madness items and pulled all the Sarsa stuff out of my cart..Skin Builder 8 for $13 ..how can you not buy it?

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