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  • y3kmany3kman Posts: 825
    edited April 2018
    Shoxremi said:

    I'm torn, because I don't want Penny 8, yet the allure of getting Kalea 7 Pro Bundle and Lillith 7 Pro Bundle (yeah, I know, I know, but Lillith 6 was a pleasant surprise and I do like some of the items in Lillith 7's bundle) is too strong.

    I looked at this sale from a different perspective. I bought Lilith 6 and Gia 6 pro bundles and got Penny 8 Pro and 2 add-ons for free. Those two were the only pro bundles showing up for me.

    Post edited by y3kman on
  • cherpenbeckcherpenbeck Posts: 1,416

    IH Kang's store is still showing just 40%.

  • captainalvordcaptainalvord Posts: 144

    Just noticed that Stonemason was a featured artist in todays MM.  Really makes me wish the extra 30% off extended to Featured Artists. I would've dropped $100-$200 if it

    y3kman said:
    Shoxremi said:

    I'm torn, because I don't want Penny 8, yet the allure of getting Kalea 7 Pro Bundle and Lillith 7 Pro Bundle (yeah, I know, I know, but Lillith 6 was a pleasant surprise and I do like some of the items in Lillith 7's bundle) is too strong.

    I looked at this sale from a different perspective. I bought Lilith 6 and Gia 6 pro bundles and got Penny 8 Pro and 2 add-ons for free. Those two were the only pro bundles showing up for me.

    This is how I'm looking at it.  I got Kalea 7 Pro and Genevieve 7 pro for about $40 plus the price of two add-ons for Penny 8 and got Penny 8 Pro for free.  Otherwise I would have passed on Penny 8 all together.

  • thistledownsnamethistledownsname Posts: 1,336

    ARRRGGG!  I'm 2 cents short of being able to apply my PC+ coupon.

  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    Charlie Judge said:
    y3kman said:

    Cool. Buying the Penny 8 Pro Bundle gives you 2 pro bundles without additional purchase. yes Adding two Penny add-ons barely change the price which means you also get them for "free".

    Well, that's cool for some but for me there is NO extra incentive because I already own every one of the free items. Once again us loyal buyers are being penalized. nononosad

    I feel your pain, although this time there were two I don't own or don't own lots from em

    I prefer to think of it as newer customers are incentivised. :)

  • tj_1ca9500btj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

    I already said my piece about how the current pro bundle sales have been less useful to those that have been really loyal customers up until now...

    Penny 8 has been sitting in my cart for 2 days now.  I've been waiting to see that extra 10% appear in subsequent sales, that appeared with the last few new pro bundles when they went on sale,  To be honest, it wouldn't hurt my feelings if that 'sales perk' went away, but you get used to something happening, then the Daz sales team changes their approach again, which makes it real hard to plan ahead...

    I like straightforward, and being able to plan ahead with my limited Daz budget.  When the 'framework' keeps changing, though, yeah it is a bit annoying...

    I'll leave it at that.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 107,922
    cherpenbeck said:

    IH Kang's store is still showing just 40%.

    Working at the moment.

  • cherpenbeckcherpenbeck Posts: 1,416

    Thanks, worked, got my stuff bought.

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    Richard Haseltine said:
    cherpenbeck said:

    IH Kang's store is still showing just 40%.

    Working at the moment.

    Thank you.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,923
    Richard Haseltine said:
    cherpenbeck said:

    IH Kang's store is still showing just 40%.

    Working at the moment.

    Love that qualifier. (at the moment.)  Poor Mods, we keep you busy! (And you're appreciated.) 

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 107,922
    Novica said:
    Richard Haseltine said:
    cherpenbeck said:

    IH Kang's store is still showing just 40%.

    Working at the moment.

    Love that qualifier. (at the moment.)  Poor Mods, we keep you busy! (And you're appreciated.) 

    Well, this offer does seem to have a will (or a won't) of its own.

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,237
    Jack Tomalin said:
    Silent Winter said:
    Griffin Avid said:

    So shouldn't the Daddy O and the Bandit list 50's Fab as a REQUIRED ITEM?

    It looks like Daddy O is a Texture set for the other release.

    It is indeed a texture set for 50's Fab (and now lists it on the store page as a required item - guess someone gave the store a kick).

    Yea, it was fine this morning... could be on the user end, where it occassionally drops the reqiured items for whatever reason.

    You're saying it's a browser issue? I've noticed that if it's missing and I then log out, it comes back. Log in again and it disappears again. Same in both IE and Chrome. How consistent this behaviour is I'm not sure though, I've seen some inconsistency other times when I've been experimenting with it.

     

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,923

    Are those flash sales part of the new sale, or was it from last night? It's not discounting the Zev0 items. Didn't know if the sale went off and the page stayed up, or it hasn't done it's thing yet.

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    Novica said:

    Are those flash sales part of the new sale, or was it from last night? It's not discounting the Zev0 items. Didn't know if the sale went off and the page stayed up, or it hasn't done it's thing yet.

    The Flash Sale was 4/12, and pulled at Daz Midnight. Today's sale features Zev0, though, and you can still get 60%… if you buy one of today's new releases and three or more items from the featured artists.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,923
    edited April 2018

    Yeah, I don't think so,  marketing. I could get the discount in the flash sale, but today there's that buy-all-these requirement to get 60%?  No thanks.

    Post edited by Novica on
  • donovancolbertdonovancolbert Posts: 1,421

    Speaking of "marketing". 

    30% off $20 then another 10% off that discounted price is not enough of a discount for an "upgrade" of something I already own to a newer version that supports Genesis 8 to get me to:

    A: Buy that upgrade. 
    B: Adopt Genesis 8
    C: Build my loyalty to the PA offering the discount. 

    When Genesis 3 is still really powerful. I already got burned jumping on release day with Zev0s Growing Up G8 morphs to later have the bundle come out at a much cheaper price. I feel like a real discount on characters, clothes, morphs, iray updates, or other things that exist in a previous generation that you already own should be under $10... in general. If it is an update to a program, I understand... but when I have so much invested in Genesis 2 and 3... expecting me to throw another $1000 or more into Genesis 8 just doesn't excite me. 

    The same thing applies for D-Force updates. I'm not sure I want to pay AGAIN to have some object that now takes twice as long just to set up, because now it falls or drapes more naturally - if it doesn't crash. 

    Good ideas... I'm all for progress. Maybe if I were doing this professionally. I guess that is the thing... I'm spending a lot less because as a hobby so far - this new generation is just too pricey for me. 

    Guess I'lll wait for the next big blowout sale on Genesis 1, 2 or 3 and scoop up the Day Old Bread deals when they come around. 

  • thistledownsnamethistledownsname Posts: 1,336

    Yeah... I mean Molly's nice and all, and the G8 version has a few new things, but even with the green bonus it's still less than 50% off.

  • donovancolbertdonovancolbert Posts: 1,421

    it's still less than 50% off.

    50% off a list price I couldn't justify buying it at in the first place, being that I already own a version that isn't that much different. If the reduced price was the list price and it was 50% off THAT, it would be a no brainer for me. Really, something like this should be a free upgrade for earlier version owners, and sold at a premium price as a bundle or a cross-generaton character to new purchasers. On other stores when updates are free, it builds loyalty with that PA for me. 

  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,133
    thistledownsname said:

    Yeah... I mean Molly's nice and all, and the G8 version has a few new things, but even with the green bonus it's still less than 50% off.

    What green bonus ???

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    edited April 2018
    Wonderland said:
    thistledownsname said:

    Yeah... I mean Molly's nice and all, and the G8 version has a few new things, but even with the green bonus it's still less than 50% off.

    What green bonus ???

    Green Bonus, Orange Banner. Same thing. Owners of Zev0's Molly for G3F got an additional discount on Molly for G8F through the weekend.

    Like @donovancolbert, it wasn't enough to get me to buy something else specific to G8F. (I have purchased G8F stuff, but most of the things I own for G8F are multi-generational, supporting G3F as well. I'm more likely to buy hair and clothing for G8F because I know how to fit them to G3F without auto-fit. It's not the product, just my determination to not spend a lot of money on generation 8, like I did on generation 7.

    I believe Zev0 put a lot of work into Molly G8F and I don't think he should practically give it away to owners of Molly G3F. The man has bills to pay, and needs to eat, just like the rest of us. I hope Molly G8F does really well for him. There are a lot of people realtively new to Daz Studio, who are starting with G8. And to those people I say, anything from Zev0, for the generations you're using, is a good investiment and worth the price.

    Post edited by L'Adair on
  • mtl1mtl1 Posts: 1,508

    I don't know where else to post this, but has the DAZ Deals plugin been malfunctioning lately? I keep getting emails for discounts that aren't actually there, and they're usually during the middle of the day too.

     

    For instance, I'll see that I'll get a wishlist alert. I open the product and there's nothing there. I open it later in the day and there's still nothing there.

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,182
    mtl1 said:

    I don't know where else to post this, but has the DAZ Deals plugin been malfunctioning lately? I keep getting emails for discounts that aren't actually there, and they're usually during the middle of the day too.

     

    For instance, I'll see that I'll get a wishlist alert. I open the product and there's nothing there. I open it later in the day and there's still nothing there.

    No malfunction in the alerts. Very short sale in the Daz store. The low prices were only in effect for a couple of minutes. There's no way to tell if a drop in price is intended or is a glitch, so the alert is sent. If it was only a glitch, and Daz corrects the prices in a very short time, then you need to hurry to catch that low price.

  • mtl1mtl1 Posts: 1,508
    Ati said:
    mtl1 said:

    I don't know where else to post this, but has the DAZ Deals plugin been malfunctioning lately? I keep getting emails for discounts that aren't actually there, and they're usually during the middle of the day too.

     

    For instance, I'll see that I'll get a wishlist alert. I open the product and there's nothing there. I open it later in the day and there's still nothing there.

    No malfunction in the alerts. Very short sale in the Daz store. The low prices were only in effect for a couple of minutes. There's no way to tell if a drop in price is intended or is a glitch, so the alert is sent. If it was only a glitch, and Daz corrects the prices in a very short time, then you need to hurry to catch that low price.

    Thanks Ati. Glad to know it's nothing wrong with the plug-in.

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,182
    mtl1 said:
    Ati said:
    mtl1 said:

    I don't know where else to post this, but has the DAZ Deals plugin been malfunctioning lately? I keep getting emails for discounts that aren't actually there, and they're usually during the middle of the day too.

     

    For instance, I'll see that I'll get a wishlist alert. I open the product and there's nothing there. I open it later in the day and there's still nothing there.

    No malfunction in the alerts. Very short sale in the Daz store. The low prices were only in effect for a couple of minutes. There's no way to tell if a drop in price is intended or is a glitch, so the alert is sent. If it was only a glitch, and Daz corrects the prices in a very short time, then you need to hurry to catch that low price.

    Thanks Ati. Glad to know it's nothing wrong with the plug-in.

    This really was a very short sale, at least at the lower price. Not the shortest I remember, but I see that many of you were not able to see the lower prices. Did anyone manage to still catch the better sale?

  • tj_1ca9500btj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

    I'm finding that I'm appreciating the 'lull' r.e. killer sales.  There's stuff I wouldn't mind having, but I can wait for better sales...

    There's been some fairly good deals this week, but ultimately I have passed so far.

  • ArtsyDragonArtsyDragon Posts: 682

    DAZ tells me they dont want my money by releasing a bunch of girl focused stuff. Thank GOD ... I got an extra payment in on my loan. WOOT

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,843
    illysArt said:

    DAZ tells me they dont want my money by releasing a bunch of girl focused stuff. Thank GOD ... I got an extra payment in on my loan. WOOT

    That was actually me telling DAZ I needed more female items, LOL

  • cdpro_2831bbd990cdpro_2831bbd990 Posts: 1,430
    L'Adair said:
    Wonderland said:
    thistledownsname said:

    Yeah... I mean Molly's nice and all, and the G8 version has a few new things, but even with the green bonus it's still less than 50% off.

    What green bonus ???

    Green Bonus, Orange Banner. Same thing. Owners of Zev0's Molly for G3F got an additional discount on Molly for G8F through the weekend.

    Like @donovancolbert, it wasn't enough to get me to buy something else specific to G8F. (I have purchased G8F stuff, but most of the things I own for G8F are multi-generational, supporting G3F as well. I'm more likely to buy hair and clothing for G8F because I know how to fit them to G3F without auto-fit. It's not the product, just my determination to not spend a lot of money on generation 8, like I did on generation 7.

    I believe Zev0 put a lot of work into Molly G8F and I don't think he should practically give it away to owners of Molly G3F. The man has bills to pay, and needs to eat, just like the rest of us. I hope Molly G8F does really well for him. There are a lot of people realtively new to Daz Studio, who are starting with G8. And to those people I say, anything from Zev0, for the generations you're using, is a good investiment and worth the price.

    I agree with the sentiment that Zev0 makes good products.  However, I am getting tired of rebuying items for G8.  I think it's a better deal for new buyers.

  • donovancolbertdonovancolbert Posts: 1,421
    edited April 2018

    Yup. No argument that Zev0 is one of my favorite PAs, and I have no problem supporting him... 

    But getting $5 from me by selling Molly G8F as an UPGRADE to previous owners while still selling to new people at full price is better than getting NOTHING from me because the best discount brings Molly to $11, and I already have her for a previous generation. 

    More than that... alienating me with bundles that punish me for being a day 1 buyer and trying to sell me at full price what should arguably be an upgrade for loyal customers is a way to make me get very hesitant about buying any new product from a PA, as well. Especially when lots of other PAs actually seem to be doing things like releasing cross platform updates for their content for free. 

    As a consumer, no matter how much I like an artist or admire their work, I have to pay attention to details of how they do business like that. 

     

    Post edited by donovancolbert on
  • donovancolbertdonovancolbert Posts: 1,421

    And at the other end of the spectrum we get some PAs who seem to release the exact same thing with different material maps and charge as if it is a new and unique item. Artists like that lose my interest really quick... 

    "My all new character figure!" 

    Wait... that is just your LAST character figure with thinner, arched eyebrows and freckles...

    "Yeah, but it took a lot of work to do that, and I named it something different... so... $19.99!" 

    Nope. 

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