Annoyed at flash sales
Wildman oS
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I logged in and noticed a flash sale, some nice stuff there, even better with the diego 10% discount
ok i just got a bunch of stuff in the cart, $200+ get to checkout and the prices are all back to normal
well it's DAZ loss, because i'm not paying those high prices
I'm annoyed because I wasted 30 minutes of my precious time bothering to put stuff in the cart
delete cart, and save my money
I notice there's another flash sale up now, i'm not even going to bother looking
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Hahahaha, Blink & You'll miss it! Kind of funny, as much as I dislike flashsales!
Just letting DAZ know that as far as I'm concerned it's counter-productive
It gets me annoyed and I simply don't buy
not only do I noT buY what I was planning to buy
but because they soured the deal I look less favourably on future products
and rather than simply click and buy on release day I wait a few months (or more) until the price is even more favourable, or somethimes don't even bother
You have a better chance of "letting DAZ know" if you put in a support ticket, as they don't check the forums...
I wasted enough time already
If DAZ don't read their forums (which they say otherwise I am sure they are wrong) then it is thier own loss
it is one of thier prime indicators of customer satisfaction
other than sales declining
The latest Flash Sale has an end time listed - that is a big help!
Well it's a slight improvement
I live in Europe what the heck is MDT ?
(sarcasm off)
They SHOULD check the forum. Unless they are not interested in customer reactions, which would make them a rather foolish company. 'Cause not being interested in what your customers think of your business usually means you lose customers and with that income...
I'm also irritated by the complexity of some of the sales. The sort of thing I mean is 'If you buy one of this, you can have two from that selection. Buy three of the first lot, then you can have up to seven from a different selection at a different price..'
Makes my brain hurt trying to get my head round the different options, let alone finding if any of my wishlist items are included. Quite frankly, if there is no way of finding if my wishlist items are included in the sale, I AM NOT INTERESTED in the sale. I simply can't be bothered to fight my way through unnecessary verbiage or unnecessary complications designed to confuse.
The end result is the same as with Wildman oS. I spend less than I would if I were less irritated. More fool DAZ marketing.
Regards,
Richard.
Until November 2nd that is, when U.S Daylight Savings time ends in Utah where DAZ is and it goes back to GMT-7. (I specify Utah because there are parts of the mountain time zone that don't observe Daylight savings time. Yes, it's confusing.)
Kudos to DAZ. They are posting the end times in todays blink sales. And some sales are always better than no sales.
There was one on the first blink sale also.
As far as I am concerned I love flash sales even though that exact same thing has happened to me, but I learned from it and don't have any issues. If I miss out on a sale, there is always another one on the same items around the corner, so no skin off my nose.
Mostly Down Time?
Mucho Dinero Time?
Montevideo Time?
My Damn Time?
Mountain Daylight Time? two hours earlier than EDT (Everybody's Damn Time)
Wow, tks DAZ:)
With the recent FLASH sales, times weren't given it was an issue. With the current BLINK sales, times are clearly posted, so there's no blaming Daz.
CEST (UTC +2, Paris/Madrid time) is + 8 hours to MDT
Sometimes the video game publishers use MDT or PDT (Pacific, UTC -7) when there is a livestream or for the launch of a game.
I love flash sales too and it's not worth getting mad at a missed Daz sale opportunity. There's a Daz sale every day
How is a flash sale better than a daily sale ?
apart from the fact that it's easier to miss which saves you money
https://www.shopify.ca/blog/using-scarcity-urgency-increase-sales
OK I'll rephrase that
How is a flash sale better for the customer than a daily sale ?
and why would one (ie: the customer) prefer it over a daily sale ?
apart from the fact that it's easier to miss which saves you money
My guess is that Daz has been doing this long enough to decide that they make more money doing things this way. Besides, it's a time-proven technique. We want to get items at the lowest possible price, and the retailer uses that to force our hand. If Daz let sales go on for weeks, they'd lose more sales from people procrastinating.
It's a way to "reward" the loyal consumers who spend their day in the shop.
The other consumers aren't enough "addicted".
I often wonder whether anyone ever pays full price? I don't. I always wait for a sale because there's always another sale. Just like my supermarket - there are dozens of items that I will only buy at reduced prices but will never pay full price for them. And, again, there's always another sale. Just have to be patient.
I pay full price when I just need something for a render and I don’t see it going on sale any time soon.
It doesn’t happen super often, but... sometimes
I have so much stuff now that there's always an alternative (or something similar on sale elsewhere). I often find that I discover all those items I bought with a certain project in mind and promptly forgot about. Searching my library for just the right "something for a render" often reveals those forgotten gems.
I buy stuff here at full price often. if I need it for a prooject or a commission, then i buy it. i can justify the price on several levels. One being that 3d models outside of the small DAZ community and at merket price are usually 5-10 times more expensive and with the amount of things i do get on sale, it evens outs to get a few things at regular price.
When I go grocery shaopping, I know what i like and usually get what i want and have it delivered, so if it's on sale, that is a bonus.
I pay full price when I just need something for a render and I don’t see it going on sale any time soon.
It doesn’t happen super often, but... sometimes
And then...
I have so much stuff now that there's always an alternative (or something similar on sale elsewhere).
That goes in the depends category. For clothing, yeah, because that stuff has a huge set of choices of where and for how much. I find TIME is a big deciding factor. I can't always devote that time to scouring the internet(s) for some item and then deal with that sites' registration or purchase/download system. I'd rather just get what I want here and then get back to work.
Sometimes it's things I thought I already owned and I kick myself for NOT buying it at 30% off and holding out for some other crazy percentage off in the future.
Some items ARE worth full price and others, (I think) the full price is a standard and does not truly reflect the 'value' of the item.
But that's also to each their own. Some items you don't understand their worth until you use them.
And see how often you use them.
How is a flash sale better for the customer than a daily sale ?
and why would one (ie: the customer) prefer it over a daily sale ?
I said before, Daz ..
let me rephrase that.
The best customer is one that shops 'out of habit'. I used to walk in some stores with a set budget and spend a little over THAT. I didn't know WHAT I was going to buy, I just knew I was getting something before I walked out. The Daz Store is now something like that. I buy *something* almost every day- probably EVERY day if I look into it. If it's not a new release or a vendor-that's-on-sale or Flash Grab or PC Club+ or a themed- Flash Sale....
Now, with this current set of flash sales, I'm checking in more often and reading my emails to see the news. Then there's ATI with his 'most discounted items'. You can almost always find something.
I think the store is set up to shop at your own pace. Some only buy stuff on Fridays/weekends. Those peoples can wait all week and not really miss anything. You'll always have a chance to get it on a sale that runs over a weekend (like the catch up sale). So no worries. I'd NOT check the store every day if the sales only ran on weekends.
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And then, some of us are collectors and it's a fun hobby to collect stuff and build a library of 3D wares. It's fun to shop and play cart-games to find an awesome discount.
It's NOT FUN to battle the coupons, banners and sometimes the hard-to-understand coupon-speak and Daz-maths.
But THIS, this is an era, an era I'm glad to be part of. I will always remember these times and the joy of a render.
I understand and I have family and friends who just don't think twice before buying what they desire (and also have it delivered). It all comes down to having the means - and I don't so I have to be careful and thrifty. My bonus is that I really don't mind grocery shopping or searching the web for bargains. I'm retired so I have the time.
By the way, justifying a price just because there are stores out there selling 3D models at ridiculously high prices (maybe they are special commissions?) doesn't really make sense to me. If we were limited to those high-priced models, I would have a different hobby. By the way, I watched this video and was shocked to hear him tell us (start watching at 3 minutes in) that he spent $300 on the female figure used in his video tutorial. He really should visit the DAZ store!