March Madness 2019

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  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479

    We are now heading to the last week of March Madness; still no exciting or rewarding sales (at least for me) but rather more complains and confusion. 

    My quess is the sale will end April 7th. It's pretty typical for these events sales to start the monday before the month, and go another week past the end of the month. My observation is Daz likes to start Events on a Monday and end on a Sunday. At least over the past 4-1/2 years or so.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,048

    ...well may be able to make use of the Weekend Bonus Banner before its all over.

  • fictionalbookshelffictionalbookshelf Posts: 837
    edited March 2019

    Just above the list of mad artists I am seeing "Every artist returns. Over 200 select mad artist." However, I see nowhere near 200 and some artists are listed more than once.

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  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 12,641

    Just above the list of mad artists I am seeing "Every artist returns. Over 200 select mad artist." However, I see nowhere near 200 and some artists are listed more than once.

    Will inquire.

  • Sorry if this was asked before, but does the Bonus Buyer's "Last Three Days" include the current day?  So if its the 23rd, only purchases from the 23rd, 22nd, and 21st count?

  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 12,641

    Sorry if this was asked before, but does the Bonus Buyer's "Last Three Days" include the current day?  So if its the 23rd, only purchases from the 23rd, 22nd, and 21st count?

    I will ask as I'm not sure, but it is the weekend, so may not have a response right away.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,018
    edited March 2019

    New Bonus item:

    MM19 Bonus Day 27.jpg
    1174 x 486 - 191K
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  • davesodaveso Posts: 7,918
    edited March 2019
    kyoto kid said:
    L'Adair said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...gah, Wisconsin and Marquette went out early, succumbing to the "Curse of the #5 seed" and were upset by their #12 seed opponents in the first round.

    With no dogs left in the fight, looks to be a boring MM on the hardwood as well.

    Hmm…

    Not rooting for the Ducks, I take it. Hubby was a very happy camper when they won. Sorry they took out your Badgers in the process. (To be clear, he roots for any Oregon team. But when it's the Ducks vs Beavers, he roots for whichever one winning has the chance to make post-season play. If neither do, though, he roots for the Beavs! LOL)

    ...was totally displeased by that opening round pairing.  I don't like it when teams I follow are even in the same bracket let alone set to face each other at the outset like this. Wisconsin was pegged as a four seed for weeks prior to Selection Sunday and should have drawn a #13.  The #5 - #12 paring is one where upsets tend to occur the most. Like i mentioned, it is a "cursed" combination.

    Both Marquette and Wisconsin are my true "home teams". With them both out, interest for me wanes quickly, particularly when the Badgers' nemeses, Sparty (Michigan State) and Ohio State (which should not even have made the tournament by how poorly they played this year) are still there (and OSU is currently leading #6 Iowa State 49 - 46 with about 8 min to go in the 2nd half).

    Wisconsin should have been the 12. they've been shooting terrible for awhile. Great D.  Happ has been way down on his game..partly the way he has been defended but he falls apart in a pinch when guarded tight or double teamed. many turnovers. But anyway ... there's always next year. I doubt Happ will make it as a pro. 

    Marquette ... they seemed to fold at the end..their Big East last game wasn;t too great either.  they lost 6 out of 7 last games and only had a win over St. Johns in there

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  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,533

    Could we please take the sports discussion out of the MM thread, I can't see its relevance and its just clogging things up.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,401

    Did the weekend daz original bonus cancel the Daz original sale accompanying Mrs. Chow 8?  I am filling my cart and the accompanying free Daz originals for the Mrs. Chow 8 bundle are not showing fre even though I have two new releases included.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,452
    L'Adair said:

    We are now heading to the last week of March Madness; still no exciting or rewarding sales (at least for me) but rather more complains and confusion. 

    My quess is the sale will end April 7th. It's pretty typical for these events sales to start the monday before the month, and go another week past the end of the month. My observation is Daz likes to start Events on a Monday and end on a Sunday. At least over the past 4-1/2 years or so.

    I'd generally agree with that prediction, but with one major qualifirer - what I've noticed over the last dozen or so major sales is that there'll be a major catch-up sale right towards the end of the month, and then the sale will pcik up for a few more days after that... but there often won't be another catch up sale after that. 

    Not that there's been much to catch up on so far in this sale, however.  Between the average prices of items in most given categories sliding up a bit, the less than spectacular discounts and the blocking off of the Bridgette discounts to only those who purchased that day,  it's been pretty easy to pass on most of the deals offered this year. 

     

     

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,048
    edited March 2019
    daveso said:
    kyoto kid said:
    L'Adair said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...gah, Wisconsin and Marquette went out early, succumbing to the "Curse of the #5 seed" and were upset by their #12 seed opponents in the first round.

    With no dogs left in the fight, looks to be a boring MM on the hardwood as well.

    Hmm…

    Not rooting for the Ducks, I take it. Hubby was a very happy camper when they won. Sorry they took out your Badgers in the process. (To be clear, he roots for any Oregon team. But when it's the Ducks vs Beavers, he roots for whichever one winning has the chance to make post-season play. If neither do, though, he roots for the Beavs! LOL)

    ...was totally displeased by that opening round pairing.  I don't like it when teams I follow are even in the same bracket let alone set to face each other at the outset like this. Wisconsin was pegged as a four seed for weeks prior to Selection Sunday and should have drawn a #13.  The #5 - #12 paring is one where upsets tend to occur the most. Like i mentioned, it is a "cursed" combination.

    Both Marquette and Wisconsin are my true "home teams". With them both out, interest for me wanes quickly, particularly when the Badgers' nemeses, Sparty (Michigan State) and Ohio State (which should not even have made the tournament by how poorly they played this year) are still there (and OSU is currently leading #6 Iowa State 49 - 46 with about 8 min to go in the 2nd half).

    Wisconsin should have been the 12. they've been shooting terrible for awhile. Great D.  Happ has been way down on his game..partly the way he has been defended but he falls apart in a pinch when guarded tight or double teamed. many turnovers. But anyway ... there's always next year. I doubt Happ will make it as a pro. 

    Marquette ... they seemed to fold at the end..their Big East last game wasn;t too great either.  they lost 6 out of 7 last games and only had a win over St. Johns in there

    ...now I would accepted a much lower seeding for Marquette, they totally fell apart since that loss to Villanova back in February.  They were in the drivers' seat, #10 in the rankings, a projected #3 seed in the tournament relatively soft schedule all the way to the finish.  Then *wham"* they went on a 6 loss bender looking more like a D III school.  Ducks were properly placed as they had a pretty abysmal season as well, worse than Wisconsin considering they didn't have the likes of a Michigan, Michigan State, or Purdue to deal with.  The only reason Oregon got off the bubble was winning out the Pac 12 tourney.

    Yeah, I'll admit Wisconsin hasn't been the same since Bo Ryan retired after that heartbreaker against Duke  It took them 74 years to get to the NCAA final, with a team which was built to win it all, only to have their shooting go ice cold in the last couple minutes.  Don't think I'll be around another 74 years for them to get there again. The sad thing is without a coach who is a proven winner and team builder, you don't get recruitment, and without recruitment you cannot play at the level of the Dukes, Virginias, Michigans, and Michigan States.

    __________

    Oh, and the term "March Madness" was coined well before Daz existed, some 92 years before. The term actually goes back to 1908 when it was first used to describe the Illinois State High School basketball tournament.  After 1939 it was "officially" adopted as the moniker by the IHSA for their tournament before CBS applied it to the College contest in 1982.  So "MM"'s roots are in sport.

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,018

    Can we drop the discussion of whicheverball, please.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,018

    Did the weekend daz original bonus cancel the Daz original sale accompanying Mrs. Chow 8?  I am filling my cart and the accompanying free Daz originals for the Mrs. Chow 8 bundle are not showing fre even though I have two new releases included.

    Looks to be working for me - what do you have in your cart?

  • davesodaveso Posts: 7,918
    scorpio said:

    Could we please take the sports discussion out of the MM thread, I can't see its relevance and its just clogging things up.

    the relevance is that it is March Madness, where this got its name ... the namesake of this great sales event. but yeah, it has no bearing on this event here at DAZ. we're such a stiff place here and all. 

    Can we drop the discussion of whicheverball, please.

    the topic is March Madness .... 

    OK ... maybe a new thread should be started for the round ball 

     

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,533
    daveso said:
    scorpio said:

    Could we please take the sports discussion out of the MM thread, I can't see its relevance and its just clogging things up.

    the relevance is that it is March Madness, where this got its name ... the namesake of this great sales event. but yeah, it has no bearing on this event here at DAZ. we're such a stiff place here and all. 

    Can we drop the discussion of whicheverball, please.

    the topic is March Madness .... 

    OK ... maybe a new thread should be started for the round ball 

     

    Which is probably derived from the phrase Mad as a March Hare; which I believe is English, and nothing to do with either Football or the game you play in the USA.

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479

    Did the weekend daz original bonus cancel the Daz original sale accompanying Mrs. Chow 8?  I am filling my cart and the accompanying free Daz originals for the Mrs. Chow 8 bundle are not showing fre even though I have two new releases included.

    @Diomede_Carrara, I applied the coupon to my cart when the purple banner showed up. I just refreshed, and none of the prices have changed.

    There was an issue yesterday that's since been resolved, but it makes me wonder: are the two new releases in your cart from today? Have you tried using two Still New releases to see if the free DOs start showing as free? (Or highly discounted, depending on their total before the $50 is applied.)

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,401
    edited March 2019

    Mrs. Chow pro bundle.

    two new releases, currently Tatum character and sorceress poses, but have tried others.

    added Daz original from selection area, currently the beard, but have tried others.  Beard at full price in my cart.  

    I opened a ticket, but maybe it will get cleared up for me before that.

     

    i will try some of your suggestions.  Maybe still new releases instead of most current.  Thanks for the replies.

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  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479

    Mrs. Chow pro bundle.

    two new releases, currently Tatum character and sorceress poses, but have tried others.

    added Daz original from selection area, currently the beard, but have tried others.  Beard at full price in my cart.  

    I opened a ticket, but maybe it will get cleared up for me before that.

     

    i will try some of your suggestions.  Maybe still new releases instead of most current.  Thanks for the replies.

    If you can verify Still Mad works, but Newly Mad does not, then one of the Mods can report it to Daz and hopefully get that updated while it's still fairly early in the evening.

  • Sorry if this was asked before, but does the Bonus Buyer's "Last Three Days" include the current day?  So if its the 23rd, only purchases from the 23rd, 22nd, and 21st count?

    I will ask as I'm not sure, but it is the weekend, so may not have a response right away.

    Thanks!  I'm kind of assuming, though, that since no one else is complaining about my issue (70% on Bonus Buyer not kicking in), it looks like three days does include the current day.  The last new item I picked up was on the 20th.

    Though it does bring up another question I had about the exact wording.  The adcopy says "Get an EXTRA 70% OFF* the Bonus Buyer Item when you have bought a New Release from the last THREE (3) days"  Specifically, the word I'm look at is "from".  So does the 70% kick in if I buy any New Release on the last three days (for example, if I picked up the Bridget 8 Pro Bundle two days ago) or does it only work if I buy a New Release that has DROPPED in the last three days (for example, if I bought, on any of the last two days, Vampiric Dark Mist Props, which came out on the 21st)?

  • AlmightyQUESTAlmightyQUEST Posts: 2,006

    I believe the item you buy had to have been released in the last 3 days. Not sure on your question about which days count.

  • I only know that my earlier purchase of Mrs. Chow Pro Bundle is again "preventing" me from getting the 40% off "related mad" although I do have two still mad releases in my cart. It's ridiculous that I would get a better price for the whole cart if I would re-purchase Mrs. Chow. Well, this is madness, right.

  • frankrblowfrankrblow Posts: 2,052

    We're about to enter the last week of MM, I expect, and overall it's been an even worse experience than last year's mess. We've mostly had to jump through hoops to get pretty ordinary discounts, when and if they worked. And the store keeps regurgitating the same tried and tired products as 'incentives'.

    Only this little black duck won't play those games. I've wishlisted a lot of the new products, and picked up a couple of new characters, but my spending this March-Mehness was even less than last year's. Actually I'm thinking I spent less this month than I did in either of the last two months of this year.

  • 3DMinh3DMinh Posts: 286

    I don't get the 50% discount when I buy 2 new mad releases. Must be a bug?

  • NathNath Posts: 2,980

    We're about to enter the last week of MM, I expect, and overall it's been an even worse experience than last year's mess. We've mostly had to jump through hoops to get pretty ordinary discounts, when and if they worked. And the store keeps regurgitating the same tried and tired products as 'incentives'.

    Only this little black duck won't play those games. I've wishlisted a lot of the new products, and picked up a couple of new characters, but my spending this March-Mehness was even less than last year's. Actually I'm thinking I spent less this month than I did in either of the last two months of this year.

    I spent half of what I spent last year. This is a good thing, and one I hope to continue for the rest of this year.

  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 12,641
    3DMinh said:

    I don't get the 50% discount when I buy 2 new mad releases. Must be a bug?

    Please always screenshit your cart.

  • NathNath Posts: 2,980
    3DMinh said:

    I don't get the 50% discount when I buy 2 new mad releases. Must be a bug?

    Please always screenshit your cart.

    'i' for 'o' is a very common typo laugh

  • AlmightyQUESTAlmightyQUEST Posts: 2,006
    edited March 2019
    Ah nevermind figured out how to do that too...
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  • 3DMinh said:

    I don't get the 50% discount when I buy 2 new mad releases. Must be a bug?

    Please always screenshit your cart.

    Freudian slip there, eh? laughlaugh

  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 12,641

    Ah, shinola! LOL.

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