Carrara Heart Attack

Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,298
edited August 2018 in The Commons

I've had Carrara for many years, and never learned how to use it. I saw a current low sale price for Carrara 8.5 Pro and proceded to buy it. The first screen looked fine. My grand total was $22.75. I proceded to checkout and the price was over $200!

I submitted a Help Ticket!

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  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175

    I've had Carrara for many years, and never learned how to use it. I saw a current low sale price for Carrara 8.5 Pro and proceded to buy it. The first screen looked fine. My grand total was $22.75. I proceded to checkout and the price was over $200!

    I submitted a Help Ticket!

    That happened to me this week too :( They REALLY need to fix that. This is the only place that's ever happened to me.

    Laurie

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,298

    I couldn't finish the transaction. I don't want to mess up my bank account.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,337

    go back and refresh if that happens 

    yeah don't ever proceed with bank or paypal side of things always cancel and return to merchant

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,298

    I went straight back and completed the purchase. I got it for $22.75. Like I said, I have a long history of a love-hate relationship with Carrara. I'm dazzled by what appears to be its power, but have never learned how to use it. If I don't learn Carrara this time, I've only wasted a little "Pizza Money!"laugh

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,337

    we have a nice bunch of helpful people on our forum and a heap of lovely free plugins too you can even export Carrara hair as mesh now thanks to Philemo so as a modeler for DAZ studio it makes a nice stable alternative to Hexagon 

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,298

    th3Digit, thanks for the info. I may not really get to play with anything till the weekend. I'm expecting delivery of a 32" 1080p TV that I plan on using as a computer monitor.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    AS you got it to work properly did you cancel the help ticket.   CS do tend to be very busy and every ticket that is cancelled as not needed is going to help their payload reduce.

    Thank you

     

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,298

    Chohole, thanks for reminding me. I'm easily overwhelmed, and was delaying a few things. Now I canceled the ticket.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,163

    OK, color me stupid or blind but where is this Carrara for 22.75.  surprise Heck, I'd be happy if I could even find Carrara at all.  angry

  • ZetharaZethara Posts: 67
    edited August 2018

    OK, color me stupid or blind but where is this Carrara for 22.75.  surprise Heck, I'd be happy if I could even find Carrara at all.  angry

    It is $45.50 here https://www.daz3d.com/carrara-8-5-pro and then when I dropped it into my cart to see, it went down to $22.75 because of Platinum Club. :D 

    Edit: Then I used my $6 Daz voucher on it and it went down to $16.75, so I bought it! Yay!

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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    Chohole, thanks for reminding me. I'm easily overwhelmed, and was delaying a few things. Now I canceled the ticket.

    Thank You

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,298

    I re-joined the PC Club recently. I got a massive amount of discounts this time around. It helps me get started again. I was a year behind on Genesis 8. Floyd 8 & Mable 8 were a dream come true for me. I've always wanted some realistic, older characters!

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,163
    edited August 2018

    Hmmm..., guess I don't  qualify.  I put it in my cart and it shows up as somewhere around $145. frown So, either the sale's over or me not being in Plat club drops me through the cracks. indecision

    I started with Carrara1 (well, actually even before that when it was RayDream5.5) and stuck with it through Carrara8-pro. 

    I'd have jumped at a chance to get Carrara8.5-pro for $29 but even $45 would have been a temptation. yes But no can do $145.sad  However, it doesn't matter because I haven't created anything of value with Carrara since Carrara2. surprise

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  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,298

    LeatherGryphon, I have never created anything with Carrara! I hope in the near future to finally learn something.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    welcome to the carrara smiley

  • CGHipsterCGHipster Posts: 241

    I find hitting the back button on the browser and then refresh then back to cart will resolve the price.  It happens to me sometimes.  I have Carrara, but haven't gotten into it yet, I use Iclone 7 and Blender now for animations but I do want to look at Carrara since it makes easy use of a lot of Daz content.

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,832

    $22.75!

    wow... what a bargain! yes

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