Lee 8

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  • I’m not sure what the marketing dept was thinking here.  This supposed “ deal” is really NOT a deal at all if you already Lee 6 and Lee 7.   I would rather have the price discount that has previously been offered with pro bundles when you own previous generations than a discounted gift card. The selections of possible free items has been offered before to the point that I already have the ones I was interested in.   

    Right now there’s very little incentive to get the pro bundle and that’s really sad because I usually snap up the male pro bundles ASAP in order to increase the amount of male content in my library and also to show support for future development of male content.  This time I really cannot justify doing that. 

    Being as it’s a holiday weekend for everyone in the US, I don’t think waiting until tomorrow is going to bring any favorable changes to the offer either. 

    At this point, I may just pick up the base figure and HD morph and call it good.  Later on the other items I like be be discounted in some sale or other and I will pick them up then.

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,533
    Linton said:

    Good grief, we waited an eternity for Lee 8, and now people are complaining about him? A year has gone by, has no one saved specifically for him in that time despite constantly asking for him?

    Buying him now, I have waited for too long for this character to make a single complaint. IN fact I have nothing but praise for this bundle.

    Korean styling? Check

    Japanese styling? Check.

    Vietnamese and Thai influences? Check.

    Quit compaining people! We won't get another Asian male if you do! Support what we have been desperate to have, so that we may have it again in the future!

    I don't feel people are complaining about Lee 'himself' rather what appears a rather poor deal on the pro bundle considering the previous deals for other figures, coming so soon after the PA and PC sales it seems even more counter productive.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,336
    edited November 2018
    scorpio said:
    Linton said:

    Good grief, we waited an eternity for Lee 8, and now people are complaining about him? A year has gone by, has no one saved specifically for him in that time despite constantly asking for him?

    Buying him now, I have waited for too long for this character to make a single complaint. IN fact I have nothing but praise for this bundle.

    Korean styling? Check

    Japanese styling? Check.

    Vietnamese and Thai influences? Check.

    Quit compaining people! We won't get another Asian male if you do! Support what we have been desperate to have, so that we may have it again in the future!

    I don't feel people are complaining about Lee 'himself' rather what appears a rather poor deal on the pro bundle considering the previous deals for other figures, coming so soon after the PA and PC sales it seems even more counter productive.

     

    this sad

    at the moment no incentive at all for me to buy extra as own both previous Lees and all the i13 sets I want and very little in the free 10 I even want for that matter

    the pro bundle will still end up costing me near $100 AUD

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  • Linton said:
    Kevlar31 said:

    I feel everyones pain - but try paying for it in OZ dollars - we lose 30% in exchange!

    I am an Aussie too and why I also am not exactly jumping 

    G'Day fellow Aussies! -waves from Melbourne!-

    *Waves back from Perth*

  • scorpio said:
    Kevlar31 said:

    I feel everyones pain - but try paying for it in OZ dollars - we lose 30% in exchange!

    I would have thought that they advertised 2 Lee Addons that they would have to honour that offer as it has been published!

    The UK exchange rate isn't exactly great these days either.

    Alas! It's a sign of the times!

  • Linton said:

    Good grief, we waited an eternity for Lee 8, and now people are complaining about him? A year has gone by, has no one saved specifically for him in that time despite constantly asking for him?

    Buying him now, I have waited for too long for this character to make a single complaint. IN fact I have nothing but praise for this bundle.

    Korean styling? Check

    Japanese styling? Check.

    Vietnamese and Thai influences? Check.

    Quit compaining people! We won't get another Asian male if you do! Support what we have been desperate to have, so that we may have it again in the future!

    Nobody is complaining about Lee 8 or the contents of the pro bundle but rather the pricing scheme.  Those of us who have the previous Lee pro bundles are not seeing any of the  incentives/loyalty discounts that we have seen since the launch of the Genesis 8 figures. This also happened with Mei-Lin 8.  Not everyone uses gift cards.  In fact I suspect rather a lot of people don’t .  This is just a really bad deal for loyal and long time customers

  • scorpio said:
    Linton said:

    Good grief, we waited an eternity for Lee 8, and now people are complaining about him? A year has gone by, has no one saved specifically for him in that time despite constantly asking for him?

    Buying him now, I have waited for too long for this character to make a single complaint. IN fact I have nothing but praise for this bundle.

    Korean styling? Check

    Japanese styling? Check.

    Vietnamese and Thai influences? Check.

    Quit compaining people! We won't get another Asian male if you do! Support what we have been desperate to have, so that we may have it again in the future!

    I don't feel people are complaining about Lee 'himself' rather what appears a rather poor deal on the pro bundle considering the previous deals for other figures, coming so soon after the PA and PC sales it seems even more counter productive.

     

    this sad

    at the moment no incentive at all for me to buy extra as own both previous Lees and all the i13 sets I want and very little in the free 10 I even want for that matter

    the pro bundle will still end up costing me near $100 AUD

    Yes, I am in the same boat - do I or don't I?

  • the for a limited time only on the gift card offer makes me wonder if for today only and tomorrow will see some really good offers for owners of Lee8pro surprise damn I hate guessing games angry

  • I know how you feel, things can move quickly or hang around for a while! Hard to say!

  • To get Lee8 Pro bundle and ten items "free" you would have to purchase a $332 gift card, providing you got the 20% off gift card offer, that is. Then use the gift card money to purchase the add-ons and get those incentives as well. Sounds like a plan.....but not for me.

  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,360

    I have decided to interpret the high prices as a glitch that will be rectified Monday at the latest. This way Daz can give refunds to those who bought early without losing face. Otherwise, I would have to think that Daz read the forums and, seeing the inordinate demand for Lee 8, decided to gouge us.

  • LintonLinton Posts: 543
    azoohouse said:

    To get Lee8 Pro bundle and ten items "free" you would have to purchase a $332 gift card, providing you got the 20% off gift card offer, that is. Then use the gift card money to purchase the add-ons and get those incentives as well. Sounds like a plan.....but not for me.

    Pro Bundle was $66. 10 Free items came with the purchase. Total of $66.00. I don't understand the math that got you to $332? You get 20% off the purchase of a gift card. A $10 GC would cost you $8.

  • azoohouse said:

    To get Lee8 Pro bundle and ten items "free" you would have to purchase a $332 gift card, providing you got the 20% off gift card offer, that is. Then use the gift card money to purchase the add-ons and get those incentives as well. Sounds like a plan.....but not for me.

     

    still wouldn't work as must all be in the same cart

    honestly it is doing my head in so much I might wishlist him and buy Marvellous Designer instead

  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,360
    Linton said:
    azoohouse said:

    To get Lee8 Pro bundle and ten items "free" you would have to purchase a $332 gift card, providing you got the 20% off gift card offer, that is. Then use the gift card money to purchase the add-ons and get those incentives as well. Sounds like a plan.....but not for me.

    Pro Bundle was $66. 10 Free items came with the purchase. Total of $66.00. I don't understand the math that got you to $332? You get 20% off the purchase of a gift card. A $10 GC would cost you $8.

    20% of 332=66.xx

  • LintonLinton Posts: 543
    xyer0 said:
    Linton said:
    azoohouse said:

    To get Lee8 Pro bundle and ten items "free" you would have to purchase a $332 gift card, providing you got the 20% off gift card offer, that is. Then use the gift card money to purchase the add-ons and get those incentives as well. Sounds like a plan.....but not for me.

    Pro Bundle was $66. 10 Free items came with the purchase. Total of $66.00. I don't understand the math that got you to $332? You get 20% off the purchase of a gift card. A $10 GC would cost you $8.

    20% of 332=66.xx

    Why not just buy Lee8 Pro, for $66? You get the 10 free items with it, if in the cart at the same time. And the 20% off is off the Gift Card only.

  • It doesn't say that you have to have the pro bundle in the cart when you just buy the add-ons for their incentives. At least for now, it works for me.

  • azoohouse said:

    It doesn't say that you have to have the pro bundle in the cart when you just buy the add-ons for their incentives. At least for now, it works for me.

     

    now that is interesting
  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,398
    edited November 2018

    From the promos, the new Lee 8 figure appeals to me.  Beyond that, I am on the fence even though I like the accompanying content.  For the Pro bundle, my test cart including the HD morphs and enough other add-ons for the i13 incentive was over $100 ($US).  Serious budget buster.  May just get the base figure and HD mophs.  Had been expecting something in the $60 range, and saved up a gift card to that effect.  Buying the Lee 8 Pro bundle will crowd out my Black Friday shopping.  Not sure.

     

    Think I am not the only one on the fence.  I don't see the usual renders by forum folks. 

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  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,360
    Linton said:
    xyer0 said:
    Linton said:
    azoohouse said:

    To get Lee8 Pro bundle and ten items "free" you would have to purchase a $332 gift card, providing you got the 20% off gift card offer, that is. Then use the gift card money to purchase the add-ons and get those incentives as well. Sounds like a plan.....but not for me.

    Pro Bundle was $66. 10 Free items came with the purchase. Total of $66.00. I don't understand the math that got you to $332? You get 20% off the purchase of a gift card. A $10 GC would cost you $8.

    20% of 332=66.xx

    Why not just buy Lee8 Pro, for $66? You get the 10 free items with it, if in the cart at the same time. And the 20% off is off the Gift Card only.

    That is an option, albeit distasteful. I was just showing Linton's mathematical reasoning. For me, the choices available for the 10 free items consist of items that I would not purchase even for 25 cents and a few items that were on my wishlist three years ago. I haven't paid $66 (or even $50) for a Pro Bundle since Darius 6.

  • jakibluejakiblue Posts: 7,281

    *waves from hot muggy it's like hell up here Nth QLD* 

    Kevlar31 said:
    Linton said:
    Kevlar31 said:

    I feel everyones pain - but try paying for it in OZ dollars - we lose 30% in exchange!

    I am an Aussie too and why I also am not exactly jumping 

    G'Day fellow Aussies! -waves from Melbourne!-

    *Waves back from Perth*

     

  • jakibluejakiblue Posts: 7,281

    sheesh, i could never buy anything from UK - aussie to UK is woeful, even worse than aussie to US.  

    scorpio said:
    Kevlar31 said:

    I feel everyones pain - but try paying for it in OZ dollars - we lose 30% in exchange!

    I would have thought that they advertised 2 Lee Addons that they would have to honour that offer as it has been published!

    The UK exchange rate isn't exactly great these days either.

     

  • at this point those bangles with what ever comes tomorrow might be all I get .......

    if a new and still new gets an offer

  • Bundles are a no for for me. I'll pick up Lee 8 and maybe one or to more items. I can't stomach skinny jeans on men.

  • PetraPetra Posts: 1,157

    Not buying for this price.

    And on top of this price, the HD is not even in the bundle, it was not in Meil Lin 8 either, so I am not happy about this. 

    I do spend so much money in this store but I have to take a step back now, I can not afford it anymore, this is just a hobby.

  • Leana said:

    ... freebie offer meaning you can’t use your PC coupon...

    You can use the coupon, and ask for a refund on the lost portion. CS asks thatb you avoid using the coupon on a cart with freebies if you can, but sicne in this case you can't there should be no issue getting the refund.

  • JUJUJUJU Posts: 1,133

    I like him. I like the Pro Bundle...but 66$? No discount on buying Add ons? I hope this is an bug and will corrected at the morning over there (I am in Germany) .... And the Gift Card Deal? Really? I have Lee6 Pro and Lee7 Starter... and I have bougth much Store Credit in Gift Card sale for -15% recently for the comming male character....so I will not buy any Gift Card for a while.... The Ironman13 freebie deal is nice but.... at the moment...it ist all together too expensive....sorry... I am used to do better deals on Pro Bundles, and I have a lot of these.... and this as a "Thanksgiving sale" ????

     

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 12,855
    Leana said:

    ... freebie offer meaning you can’t use your PC coupon...

    You can use the coupon, and ask for a refund on the lost portion. CS asks thatb you avoid using the coupon on a cart with freebies if you can, but sicne in this case you can't there should be no issue getting the refund.

    Yes, but you need to pay first then get a refund, so you spend more upfront.

    Linton said:

    Good grief, we waited an eternity for Lee 8, and now people are complaining about him? A year has gone by, has no one saved specifically for him in that time despite constantly asking for him?

    A year ago people didn't even know if there was going to be a Lee 8 or when....
    And even if people had saved money specifically for Lee 8 for the past year, they probably would have done it for an estimated cost similar to previous Gen8 bundles. However the way Mei Lin and Lee are promoted means that you have to shell out more money than for previous bundles, so what they saved may not be enough.

  • evacynevacyn Posts: 989

    It's great to finally see Lee, but I saw what the add-ons and free items were which was pretty disappointing compared to Mei's launch a few weeks back. Just not enough to get excited about.

  • Patrick TynerPatrick Tyner Posts: 640
    edited November 2018
    Linton said:

    Good grief, we waited an eternity for Lee 8, and now people are complaining about him? A year has gone by, has no one saved specifically for him in that time despite constantly asking for him?

    Buying him now, I have waited for too long for this character to make a single complaint. IN fact I have nothing but praise for this bundle.

    Korean styling? Check

    Japanese styling? Check.

    Vietnamese and Thai influences? Check.

    Quit compaining people! We won't get another Asian male if you do! Support what we have been desperate to have, so that we may have it again in the future!

    Not all of us waited on pins and needles for Lee. I do agree that he is a well designed character set with some great things in and around his pro bundle. That being said some of us are trying to live off of a small income with a family, so when you get used to sales strategies and discounts that seem to always hit the girl figures, that ia a hit or miss if they will show up on the guy characters and then buyers don't respond to the sale for the guys as heartily because they have to pay more than they would on the girls and then it is translated by the sales department that the girls charcater are selling better because people like the girls better it is frustrating. I know on some of the other guy characters this year their sales discounts were underwhelming as well. And while I bought the packs it felt like Daz was trying to talk me out of them.
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  • I am once again saddened by today’s deal. The lack of a discount for those of us who have both previous generation pro-bundles and the lack of any real discount on the add-ons is once again surprising. Maybe this worked last time, who but DAZ knows.

    Now, I did purchase the Lee Pro Bundle, but the 10 free items (I did throw ten items in the cart) honestly isn’t useful. These are 10 items I have passed on countless times in other promotions over the years, but they’ll probably sit on my hard drive and never be used. I also didn’t get any of the i13 items because they just had a big sale on those and I purchased all the ones I wanted.

    I spent roughly the same amount of $ today as I have on other pro bundles and add-one I’ve wanted, but I got less content. Furthermore, this also means I’m supporting fewer DAZ artists. DAZ will still make it’s money, I just see this pricing ultimately hurting artists in the long run. I would think most artists would rather make something off of a discounted sale than nothing off a sale that doesn’t happen. A number of add-ons I would have purchased normally I just skipped because I hit my limit.

    Jason

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