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I miss when Daz3D used to have sales

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  • mr clammr clam Posts: 707

    I was kicking myself earlier for not getting Urban Future 5 for the 50% off sale, but then the deal got even better! Huzzah!!!

    As for sales in general: like everyone else, I miss "buy one pro bundle and get two free" but other than that, there have been some outragously good sales this year. I have a lot of fun shopping here, and if I were honest, I'd have to admit that the bargain-hunting aspect of the hobby is as satisfying as actually using the products. Keep the sales crazy, Daz--I love 'em!

  • davesodaveso Posts: 7,958
    Wendy_Carrara said:

    Well the 3 SM FG items were a nice little snatch yes

    i should grab them just becasue, although i already spent more that i needed to today. 

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175
    edited August 2019

    Is the newest Flash Sale workin'? Cause it's not for me....all that comes up for me is  new stuff.

    Laurie

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  • QuasarQuasar Posts: 684

    The link doesn't work but just filter the store by the artists listed in the ad.

  • DandeneDandene Posts: 162
    AllenArt said:

    Is the newest Flash Sale workin'? Cause it's not for me....all that comes up for me is  new stuff.

    Laurie

    When I clicked, it just sent me to new items.  I had a few of the featured artists' items on my wishlist, so I pulled them up from there.    

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175

    Eh, too much trouble to give my money away ;). Already bought something today anyway....lol. Thanks folks ;)

    Laurie

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 12,027

    I modified L'Adair's link to the other sale and just plugged in the names of the new vendors from the newest flash sale, so this SHOULD work: https://www.daz3d.com/shop#filter_vendor=Mada^Nikisatez^Oskarsson^Sabby^Pretty3D&filter_platClub=0&filter_new=0&filtered=1

  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621

    ...seesurprise This just turned into an error report threadlaugh

  • wizwiz Posts: 1,100
    Dandene said:
    AllenArt said:

    Is the newest Flash Sale workin'? Cause it's not for me....all that comes up for me is  new stuff.

    Laurie

    When I clicked, it just sent me to new items.  I had a few of the featured artists' items on my wishlist, so I pulled them up from there. 

    Actually, it sends you to about half the entire DAZ catalog. The new items simply come first. Keep going, there's 366 pages of older items.

     

  • outrider42outrider42 Posts: 3,679
    edited August 2019
    I hate flash sales that occur in the middle of the night, as well as sales that say they are a limited time...but don't say how long. You need remember there are Daz users all over the world, any 4 hour time span is going to catch somebody asleep or at work. Flash sales suck.

    The Daz pro bundle sales have become terribly lame and they just keep repeating the same tired gimmick.

    On the other hand, they pulled something like ironman13 products for $3 at a random time, and there was no gimmick with them. I cleaned house on that one, and that sale was my biggest Daz purchase of 2019 by far.

    Overall I have spent way less on Daz in 2019 than any previous year for a combination of reasons. One being I own a bunch of stuff already, I don't need to be it again. The main one being the drop in material quality of Daz Original 8s. I don't do dry orange people with excessive normal and bump maps. I don't buy stuff simply because it is on sale.
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  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,502

    I avoid Flash Sales. I have a fixed, monthly income. My purchases usually happen at the beginning of the month. I don't have a lot of disposable money hanging around, waiting for a Flash Sale.

  • algovincianalgovincian Posts: 2,670

    I understand the frustration of missing out on an offer because you weren't around, or whatever (I didn't catch them all, either). That being said, there were numerous offers over the last 24 hours.

    I did manage to pick up assets from elite PAs like Stonemason, RawArt, Aeon Soul, Herschel Hoffmeyer, etc. The deals were better than usual for assets from these artists, so I took the opportunity to pick up some stuff that I really wanted, but didn't necessarily need. It's been fun and I can't wait to find the time to render the new (to me) stuff!

    - Greg

  • davesodaveso Posts: 7,958

    these 50-65% off deals are pretty good...they combine with other discounts, so it can result in a pretty significant savings. The little inconvenience of their links not working is rather minor considering what you can save. 
    A product already discounted 40% will result in 79% off when you apply the current flash sale discount for Stonemason, Faveral, etc
     

  • benniewoodellbenniewoodell Posts: 2,000
    I live in LA but am in Beijing right now and a number of the flash sales yesterday happened in the morning and early afternoon for me, so I was able to snag some stuff that if I was back home I would have slept through. And I'm not complaining here, I actually think it's great that the flash sales are spread around for people all over to get a chance to pick up stuff. Now the whole idea of the flash sales is a different discussion that there are pros and cons for, but if they're going to do it, spreading it around is a good idea for them and people on the other hemisphere.
  • outrider42outrider42 Posts: 3,679
    But if they are going to spread them around like this, why not just do an all day sale anyway? What is the point? Other than agitating those who manage to miss out, what is the point?
  • benniewoodellbenniewoodell Posts: 2,000
    Well, that's why I said the whole idea of doing them is a different discussion altogether. I just made the observation yesterday on something that I never really thought about before until I was in a different part of the world. Personally I'm not a fan of flash sales and agree about making them an all day thing.
  • maikdeckermaikdecker Posts: 3,037
    benniewoodell said:
    I just made the observation yesterday on something that I never really thought about before until I was in a different part of the world.

    Well, maybe the DAZ marketing team should make that experience, too... any chance for them to get send to Siberia mayhaps? devil

  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621
    maikdecker said:
    benniewoodell said:
    I just made the observation yesterday on something that I never really thought about before until I was in a different part of the world.

    Well, maybe the DAZ marketing team should make that experience, too... any chance for them to get send to Siberia mayhaps? devil

    Finland would do just fine;)

  • mwokeemwokee Posts: 1,275
    Bring back the punch sales! Bwahahahaha!
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,681

    There is a thread I thought already for these posts

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/333926/remember-there-s-always-another-sale-report-sales-errors-here#latest

  • cdpro_2831bbd990cdpro_2831bbd990 Posts: 1,430
    Divamakeup said:

    We get sales all the time that don't require a new release purchase, so I don't even get this thread. We even get frequent flash sales. We get surprise coupon sales, etc. We get a lot of sales that aren't dependent upon a new release purchase.

    Yeah, I think so as well...A lot of the sales don't appeal to me...like the more recent Pro Bundle deals.  But hey...lucky me if I don't feel compelled to spend another $30-$60 that day...LOL  If you truly want one of the new releases...buy it.  If not, wait it out for 6 months to a year and see what happens.  As it is, I can usually find a way to spend anywhere from an average of $50 to $100 per month here on Daz if I only buy the super low priced items.  So, no worries if I miss out on a few.  I was pretty pleased to get some of the bargains I've found this month.    And, once in a while, Daz throws you a crazy bargain as well.  But of course, I can find things to complain about if I try hard enough. :)

  • cdpro_2831bbd990cdpro_2831bbd990 Posts: 1,430
    miladyderyni_173d399f47 said:
    maikdecker said:

    Well, sometimes the "buy this and get something cheap" does work for me.. but most of the time the really low prices would like me to buy stuff I have absolutely no use for or that look to me very uninspired.

    But as I still have a lot of old stuff to full my library with in the wishlist, there still are many opportunities to spend my money here ^^

    Like today's "$1.99/$2.99 with 1 of these new releases" sale? All the inexpensive bonus items are from the RDNA catalog and I got most of what I was interested in from them years ago when it was a competitor. There are a few plants but they aren't part of this deal.

    Daz started this "some sort of promotion every day" after March Madness and I don't think Marketing thought it through. I doubt the long 2019 PA, Anniversary, holiday and 2020 MM sales aren't going to generate as much excitement (which means sales) as previous years, because all us buyers will be sick and tired of months of confusing, & often ill-executed, promo deals. In the past, it would be fun to see what gimmicks Marketing came up with during these sales, & some of the promos were really great deals, like PC+ for a Day.

    Well, no doubt that was disappointing for those of us who have picked through the RDNA catalog for years now...and bought just about everything we could use at even lower prices.  Just remember, Daz is a sales game.  Sometimes the prices are awesome...sometimes not so much.  You can have huge price swings on items within a day.  Just keep that in mind if there's anything you want that you can't afford.  It will come down at some time.  If you don't want to play their game, don't.  You'll save the most money by not buying anything.  I have to tell myself that every time I go by the $5 coffee shop...and everytime I decide I need a $20 drink at an airport bar.

    All that said, the 50% and 65% off coupons from yesterday were really nice...gimmick or no.  I got several items off my wishlist for around 3 buck each...no new release required.

  • cdpro_2831bbd990cdpro_2831bbd990 Posts: 1,430
    Divamakeup said:

    I modified L'Adair's link to the other sale and just plugged in the names of the new vendors from the newest flash sale, so this SHOULD work: https://www.daz3d.com/shop#filter_vendor=Mada^Nikisatez^Oskarsson^Sabby^Pretty3D&filter_platClub=0&filter_new=0&filtered=1

    i wonder why Daz didn't have the correct filters on the banners already...

  • wizwiz Posts: 1,100
    edited August 2019
    Richard Haseltine said:
    wiz said:

    I can say, I'm not a big fan of "flash sales" requiring coupons.

    Is there any possible reason for that, other than simply to keep you from using one of your monthly Platinum Club coupons?

    It's one order only, the coupon controls that - and lets you make an order without using the code, if you want to do that first for some reason

    And it appears that I was 100% right.

    You know those "Loyalty bonuses" that have been appearing in banners for years and years? Things like "Because you own FluffyBunny 8 you are entitled to a 20% discount on RagingRaccoon 8 his related items. All items must be in cart at checkout time." DAZ's shopping cart system has always been able to handle that just fine. Doesn't matter how complex the offer is, like "buy X and get 10% off all DAZ originals", or "If you buy X and you own or buy Y,  get 10% off your entire cart. This is a one-time offer".

    Today is the first one that has a coupon. The particular offer folows a template that has been used before, so DAZ already has the logic for it, they've simply added more logic to say "you need all these things you needed before AND you need the coupon". More logic makes more things break, so this helps no one.

    Have you got one reason, just one, aside from the one that I laid down: to prevent you from using Platinum Club coupons?

    Heck, a constant complaint about DAZ is their lack of stacking coupons (something their biggest competator has had for around a decade). Now it looks like they're using this lack to prevent people from using the coupons they might already have. I find the other site's approach to be refreshingly truthful: they simply stating things like "hey, because of the awesome discounts in  this storewide sale, coupons don't apply to it".

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  • mr clammr clam Posts: 707

    I find it hard to be upset with Daz when they replace my PC+ coupons with even better ones.

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 13,033
    edited August 2019
    wiz said:

    Today is the first one that has a coupon. The particular offer folows a template that has been used before, so DAZ already has the logic for it, they've simply added more logic to say "you need all these things you needed before AND you need the coupon". More logic makes more things break, so this helps no one.

    Have you got one reason, just one, aside from the one that I laid down: to prevent you from using Platinum Club coupons?

    I never used Magento, but with other ecommerce systems I have used setting up a coupon with complex eligibility criteria was much simpler and much more reliable than setting up complex rules which apply an extra discount to the cart, even if similar rules have been used in the past. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same for this site.

    Moreover PC coupon has known issues when combined with the "X$ of free DO" offers you get with Pro Bundles, so it would make sense to prevent you to use it on those orders to avoid problems and support tickets.

    Post edited by Leana on
  • wizwiz Posts: 1,100
    mr clam said:

    I find it hard to be upset with Daz when they replace my PC+ coupons with even better ones.

    I wouldn't mind that, either.

    But how about it they replace your PC+ coupon with "nothing". They took an offer that they have been running for basically forever (in tech dog years) and made it require a coupon where none has ever been needed before.

  • wizwiz Posts: 1,100
    Leana said:
    wiz said:

    Today is the first one that has a coupon. The particular offer folows a template that has been used before, so DAZ already has the logic for it, they've simply added more logic to say "you need all these things you needed before AND you need the coupon". More logic makes more things break, so this helps no one.

    Have you got one reason, just one, aside from the one that I laid down: to prevent you from using Platinum Club coupons?

    I never used Magento, but with other ecommerce systems I have used setting up a coupon with complex eligibility criteria was much simpler and much more reliable than setting up complex rules which apply an extra discount to the cart, even if similar rules have been used in the past. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same for this site.

    I would.

    You've described some very broken systems. The win-win in that case is not throttling users, but making the cart work consistently across all use cases.

    Leana said:

    Moreover PC coupon has known issues when combined with the "X$ of free DO" offers you get with Pro Bundles, so it would make sense to prevent you to use it on those orders to avoid problems and support tickets.

    So, you're saying: if you've got a serious bug affecting your system, it's better to fence users off from that bug rather than fixing it?

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 13,033
    wiz said:
    Leana said:
    wiz said:

    Today is the first one that has a coupon. The particular offer folows a template that has been used before, so DAZ already has the logic for it, they've simply added more logic to say "you need all these things you needed before AND you need the coupon". More logic makes more things break, so this helps no one.

    Have you got one reason, just one, aside from the one that I laid down: to prevent you from using Platinum Club coupons?

    I never used Magento, but with other ecommerce systems I have used setting up a coupon with complex eligibility criteria was much simpler and much more reliable than setting up complex rules which apply an extra discount to the cart, even if similar rules have been used in the past. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same for this site.

    I would.

    You've described some very broken systems. The win-win in that case is not throttling users, but making the cart work consistently across all use cases.

    I’ve described market-leading ecommerce software.

    And it's actually a good practice to use coupons instead of complex cart rules: having the complex logic handled by the coupon eligibility check and only simple rules applied to the cart highly limits the risks of having conflicting rules and unexpected loopholes or side-effects.

    Magento has not exactly impressed us with its stability since Daz moved its store to it, so avoiding giving it more reasons to fail is a good idea.

    wiz said:
    Leana said:

    Moreover PC coupon has known issues when combined with the "X$ of free DO" offers you get with Pro Bundles, so it would make sense to prevent you to use it on those orders to avoid problems and support tickets.

    So, you're saying: if you've got a serious bug affecting your system, it's better to fence users off from that bug rather than fixing it?

    No, I'm saying that not offering a half-working feature is often better that leaving it available to users, especially when it's not easy to fix the bug (which they would have done years ago if it was that easy if only because of all the extra work it generates for support).

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,159
    mwokee said:
    Bring back the punch sales! Bwahahahaha!

    ...

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