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  • chris-2599934chris-2599934 Posts: 1,903
    Sevrin said:

    How long does this sales event usually last? 

    Judging by previous years, the PA sale will probably end some time in early/mid October.

    However, it'll be followed immediately by about a month of PC+ sale, then it's Thanksgiving/Black Friday, then it's Christmas. So we won't get back to the "normal" level of Daz sales until some time in January.

    Oh my poor wallet...

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,254
    Ati said:
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    Wonderland said:

    Has there ever recently been a major sale WITHOUT glitches lol? Seriously, no other online store I’ve shopped with has EVER had any errors or glitches. They have some great deals, but sometimes I wonder if the headaches and trying to deal with CS is worth it... Are they understaffed? I just don’t understand why this continually happens and has for at least the last two years. When I first joined many years ago, Daz was smaller but had no problems. Everything used to run smoothly... What happened?

    Magento (the current store software) happened.  It's extremely complex and many consider it a nightmare to work with.

    I used to work with a Magento site, and based on my experience, I have to say that the implementation Daz has here is rock solid. I have never seen a magento-based site of this size (this many product) this stable. The glitches, I believe, mostly come down to the complexity of the sales: so many different sales running simultaneously. No matter what store engine you use, you can't go around the human factor with setting up the sales. Well, you can--extremely simple sales, one at a time. But would we really want that?

    Personally I'd rather see no sales at all, and fixed reasonable prices instead.  Sales used to be a way to get rid of inventory that didn't sell well, during a short period once or twice a year.  That made sense.   

    That doesn't make sense financially, though. If I only take myself as an example, I know for a fact that if the prices were lower, at say 40% of what they are now, and I could buy whatever I needed, whenever I needed, then I would not have bought half of the stuff I have. Not even a third. Sales make me buy them "now" because who knows when they'll be at this low price again. With a fixed price, I'll buy them when I'll need them. So these sales are great for Daz when the customer is a hobbyist. They buy way more stuff than what they would otherwise. So the hobbyists spend more money. And it's great for Daz when the customer is a professional who needs the items now. They are willing to pay the bigger, full price when they need the items. So the professionals

    Yes, I know how the whole thing works, I just don't think it's a healthy business model, neither for seller or buyer.   

  • BendinggrassBendinggrass Posts: 1,380
    Drip said:

    Of the available items, I liked the dForce JW Clothes Pack for Genesis 8 Female(s). But, I didn't have much interest in the older JW items on offer that I didn't have yet. However, I wanted to buy something mostly because of the free HD morphs. Especially Alexandra's has been leading my wishlist for a while (due to her ribcage being so detailed, that's rather uncommon). That made the 4 items coupon the only useful coupon, even if it would effectively be a 3-items coupon due to it having no effect on the HD morphs. Still, better than nothing, so I just added 2 items from the Gen3 selection that were on my wishlist. Taking a gamble that I won't see any better use for that coupon, or that we'll see more coupons.

    Is that coupon still effective, and if so where is it? I have not yet used it.

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,243
    Bendinggrass said:
    Drip said:

    Of the available items, I liked the dForce JW Clothes Pack for Genesis 8 Female(s). But, I didn't have much interest in the older JW items on offer that I didn't have yet. However, I wanted to buy something mostly because of the free HD morphs. Especially Alexandra's has been leading my wishlist for a while (due to her ribcage being so detailed, that's rather uncommon). That made the 4 items coupon the only useful coupon, even if it would effectively be a 3-items coupon due to it having no effect on the HD morphs. Still, better than nothing, so I just added 2 items from the Gen3 selection that were on my wishlist. Taking a gamble that I won't see any better use for that coupon, or that we'll see more coupons.

    Is that coupon still effective, and if so where is it? I have not yet used it.

    Sorry, nope. Those were one day only coupons. The only coupon I know that is still active is the purple banner exclusive offer Diego thank you one. 

  • MazhMazh Posts: 489

    Anybody else who's missing the DO discount on certain DO items (as a PC+ member), seems to be randomly ?

  • SevrinSevrin Posts: 6,313

    The language about "any new release" needs to be changed.  It's not any NEW release.  It's only the new releases shown on the page.  I mean it's not hard to check, but it's still wrong.

  • mr clammr clam Posts: 707

    Regarding the current Blink Sale: Daz has actually posted the time a sale is designated to end. Is this the end of the world as we know it?!?!

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,182
    mr clam said:

    Regarding the current Blink Sale: Daz has actually posted the time a sale is designated to end. Is this the end of the world as we know it?!?!

    LOL. :) The next step now is to find out the difference between flash sales and blink sales. So far, flash sales used to start in the middle of the day, and end at midnight. Blink sales used to start in the middle of the day, and end a couple hours later, way before midnight. Following this logic, the current sale should be a flash sale. So why is it a blink sale? Not that it really matters. :)

  • DripDrip Posts: 1,237
    mr clam said:

    Regarding the current Blink Sale: Daz has actually posted the time a sale is designated to end. Is this the end of the world as we know it?!?!

    Maybe in 5 years they'll get their hands on some script which client-side converts it into our local times.

  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    mr clam said:

    Regarding the current Blink Sale: Daz has actually posted the time a sale is designated to end. Is this the end of the world as we know it?!?!

    Such explicit details do make their occasional appearance.

  • SBibbSBibb Posts: 600
    Ati said:
    mr clam said:

    Regarding the current Blink Sale: Daz has actually posted the time a sale is designated to end. Is this the end of the world as we know it?!?!

    LOL. :) The next step now is to find out the difference between flash sales and blink sales. So far, flash sales used to start in the middle of the day, and end at midnight. Blink sales used to start in the middle of the day, and end a couple hours later, way before midnight. Following this logic, the current sale should be a flash sale. So why is it a blink sale? Not that it really matters. :)

    I think it's still a blink sale, only lasting a couple hours, since it just switched out. 12 PM (noon) rather than 12 AM (Midnight). I get these two mixed really easily (to the point I try to say noon or midnight to keep from getting them mixed up).

    But my understanding is that blink sales last 1-2 hours, while flash sales typically last 4 hours (sometimes more). :-)

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    edited August 2019
    Mazh said:

    Anybody else who's missing the DO discount on certain DO items (as a PC+ member), seems to be randomly ?

    @Mazh, It's not uncommon for the prices/discounts to fluctuate wildly during an event sale. With Blink sales lasting only a couple of hours, there are a lot changes happening behind the scenes over a short period of time. The correct discounts should show up in the cart.

    If you don't already have it, the Daz Deals plugin is indispensable on days like this.

    Post edited by L'Adair on
  • GalaxyGalaxy Posts: 562

    Added some items to cart. Suddenly sale vanished. I am probably late or the sale last only few minutes. Cart cleared.

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,182
    SBibb said:
    Ati said:
    mr clam said:

    Regarding the current Blink Sale: Daz has actually posted the time a sale is designated to end. Is this the end of the world as we know it?!?!

    LOL. :) The next step now is to find out the difference between flash sales and blink sales. So far, flash sales used to start in the middle of the day, and end at midnight. Blink sales used to start in the middle of the day, and end a couple hours later, way before midnight. Following this logic, the current sale should be a flash sale. So why is it a blink sale? Not that it really matters. :)

    I think it's still a blink sale, only lasting a couple hours, since it just switched out. 12 PM (noon) rather than 12 AM (Midnight). I get these two mixed really easily (to the point I try to say noon or midnight to keep from getting them mixed up).

    But my understanding is that blink sales last 1-2 hours, while flash sales typically last 4 hours (sometimes more). :-)

    Hmm, it's gone. So it was a blink sale. Okay. While everyone was happy about the end time being displayed, that's exactly what got me confused. :D

  • Payat ParinPayat Parin Posts: 1,171

    BLINK SALE! WOW!!! Love you Daz....heart

  • GalaxyGalaxy Posts: 562
    edited August 2019

    This time price range is high enough if I compared to dollar with my country currency. Daz should consider this factor for legacy items at the time of sale. A single item is not a problem but if I need lot of for my current and future projects.

    Post edited by Galaxy on
  • MunemanMuneman Posts: 221
    It's a shame these flash sales are so fast. There were things in the first round I would have bought, just not through my cell phone at work. I hope there's a catch up sale at the end of the day, but that didn't happen last time I waited for that to happen.
  • youri_zyouri_z Posts: 161

    I'm not sure if anyone posted something about this but why is EJ Easy Body Generator at full price? It came out maybe three days ago.

  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 12,455
    youri_z said:

    I'm not sure if anyone posted something about this but why is EJ Easy Body Generator at full price? It came out maybe three days ago.

    Reported

  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 12,455

    Fixed

  • Payat ParinPayat Parin Posts: 1,171

    Another Gift Card sale please...not enough store credit...

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,843
    Habulin Dati said:

    Another Gift Card sale please...not enough store credit...

    LOL, just had one 2 days ago

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,271

    Hmm.  Today's ad says in two different places that if you buy one of today's new releases, you get a select DAZ original creature free. There's even a helpful asterisk stating that all items have to in the cart at the same time.  But do you know what the ad doesn't have?  A list of or link to the select original creatures that are eligible for the promotion.  Can we just select any DO creature we want or did the team putting the ads together forget something? 

  • Payat ParinPayat Parin Posts: 1,171

    The "view these artists together" link opens up Zeddicus store only.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,924

    I'm not getting any new pages, and I've cleared my cache and deleted browsing history. I'm still getting the tutorials page for the current promo that says the wild is calling.

  • Dim ReaperDim Reaper Posts: 687
    Cybersox said:

    Hmm.  Today's ad says in two different places that if you buy one of today's new releases, you get a select DAZ original creature free. There's even a helpful asterisk stating that all items have to in the cart at the same time.  But do you know what the ad doesn't have?  A list of or link to the select original creatures that are eligible for the promotion.  Can we just select any DO creature we want or did the team putting the ads together forget something? 

    After the "The Wild is Calling" appeared on the front page of the store, it took around 45 minutes before any new items actually appeared there.  Now the new items are shown twice, so it looks like whoever did this put new items in place of the DO creatures.

    It would be nice if just once there could be a sale where things actually worked at the start so that customers don't have to come back a couple of hours later to see if things are working yet.

  • NorthOf45NorthOf45 Posts: 5,690
    Cybersox said:

    Hmm.  Today's ad says in two different places that if you buy one of today's new releases, you get a select DAZ original creature free. There's even a helpful asterisk stating that all items have to in the cart at the same time.  But do you know what the ad doesn't have?  A list of or link to the select original creatures that are eligible for the promotion.  Can we just select any DO creature we want or did the team putting the ads together forget something? 

    I think the first section (Today Only!) was for the Creatures.The second section is the real Debut New releases area.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,271
    Habulin Dati said:

    The "view these artists together" link opens up Zeddicus store only.

    It's been doing that, off and on, for a few days.  Maybe Zeddicus slipped someone at DAZ a fiver so he could have all the business for himself.? 

  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 12,455

    The page abnormatlies have been reported.

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    edited August 2019
    Cybersox said:
    Habulin Dati said:

    The "view these artists together" link opens up Zeddicus store only.

    It's been doing that, off and on, for a few days.  Maybe Zeddicus slipped someone at DAZ a fiver so he could have all the business for himself.? 

    The Daz Deals plugin uses the links on the page to create the one link. I've notice the links contain an unexpected "#" and I suspect that's stopping the code from reading all the vendors, stopping at the first "#".

    I'm pretty sure Daz people are aware of today's promo snafu, and working frantically to get it fixed…

    Post edited by L'Adair on
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