Mystery Grab Bag?

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  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,713

    Stezza said:

    It will take a while for Daz to get it all out... they do have 90% of orders to do as well as the minority of forum user orders to process  devil

    What does that have to do with anything? There are no favorites or special circumstances for adding the packs to the accounts. I think it was being done by script and with 100's of thousands of possible purchases, it has to be run through the process of checking every single order made over the last week or so and pull out the ones who purchase it, do a lookup of that persons account and then access the storage database and automatically add those 13 packs to all the users accounts. Not saying that's exactly how it's done but I'm "assuming" it's a similar process to other databases. It doesn't happen instantaneously. Some users got the packs within a couple minutes of them hitting the button. People are still waiting on another product from one of the buy this pack or spend this much and get this when released for free from 2 weeks ago. The system is still running through all those orders cause there are people who still are waiting on that. It can be a slow processes so patience is needed. You will get it and not being singled out because your a forum member, I promise. 

  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,602

    barbult said:

    What are you people going to do with a baboon?????? I can't imagine.

    Well, here's what I did with a chimp:

    Reveille

    And here's what I did with an orangutan:

    Two Bits

    So really, the world is my oyster.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,085

    barbult said:

    What are you people going to do with a baboon?

    If I only had a nickel for every time someone has asked me that question...

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,758

    frank0314 said:

    Stezza said:

    It will take a while for Daz to get it all out... they do have 90% of orders to do as well as the minority of forum user orders to process  devil

    What does that have to do with anything? There are no favorites or special circumstances for adding the packs to the accounts. I think it was being done by script and with 100's of thousands of possible purchases, it has to be run through the process of checking every single order made over the last week or so and pull out the ones who purchase it, do a lookup of that persons account and then access the storage database and automatically add those 13 packs to all the users accounts. Not saying that's exactly how it's done but I'm "assuming" it's a similar process to other databases. It doesn't happen instantaneously. Some users got the packs within a couple minutes of them hitting the button. People are still waiting on another product from one of the buy this pack or spend this much and get this when released for free from 2 weeks ago. The system is still running through all those orders cause there are people who still are waiting on that. It can be a slow processes so patience is needed. You will get it and not being singled out because your a forum member, I promise. 

    laugh

     

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,257
    Gordig said:

    barbult said:

    What are you people going to do with a baboon?????? I can't imagine.

    Well, here's what I did with a chimp:

    Reveille

    And here's what I did with an orangutan:

    Two Bits

    So really, the world is my oyster.

    Be sure and post your baboon render. It looks like you like the apes. I'm interested to see what you come up with. You'll have 3 now, so you can do the classic "no evil" trio.
  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,257
    McGyver said:

    barbult said:

    What are you people going to do with a baboon?

    If I only had a nickel for every time someone has asked me that question...

    Then you'd have 5 cents, because I bet this is the first time. :)
  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,282
    edited September 2022

    barbult said:

    What are you people going to do with a baboon?????? I can't imagine.

    Monkey around with it, of course.  I'm thinking of dressing three of them up in cowgirl outfits and some nose makeup, then rendering them as a country band called Barbara Mandrill and the Mandrill Sisters.      

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,257
    Now if it was a colorful male mandrill I might be slightly tempted...
  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,282

    McGyver said:

    barbult said:

    What are you people going to do with a baboon?

    If I only had a nickel for every time someone has asked me that question...

    So... you're saying that would be a boon for your finances, eh?

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,282

    barbult said:

    Now if it was a colorful male mandrill I might be slightly tempted...

    TMI!  Do you have this forum confused with Tinder?  

  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,602

    barbult said:

    Be sure and post your baboon render. It looks like you like the apes. I'm interested to see what you come up with. You'll have 3 now, so you can do the classic "no evil" trio.

    I also have the G8 gorilla, but apparently have never rendered it. 

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,257

    Cybersox said:

    barbult said:

    Now if it was a colorful male mandrill I might be slightly tempted...

    TMI!  Do you have this forum confused with Tinder?  

    blush Oops am I in the wrong place? No, no, I meant tempted to purchase. 

  • Still has not appeared in my downloads

  • PerttiAPerttiA Posts: 10,024

    jedijudd said:

    Still has not appeared in my downloads

    It's still the 5th of September at DAZ HQ cheeky 

  • Almost time for store turnover, but the items still aren't in my product library. I wish they'd started adding them to accounts sooner, given how long the process is taking. I'd think an automated method (as has been indicated) could have been set to begin as soon as the day rolled over, or shortly thereafter. At this rate, we might see some of the items in the store while some of us are still waiting for them to be added to our libraries.
  • :-(   cool  It's now well into the 6th, no sign of Baboon and the rest. CC going to rest now until it hears some arrivals.

  • Well, I'm happy with the bundle. The Mousso character is fantastic, as is the robo/cyborg character, the submarine is cool, the shaders are useful, the baboon is groovy and the Earth Wyrm is no ordinary worm. The outfits aren't really my area of rendering but they're there if needed.

    Definitely worth over the $30 price tag.

  • j_jobs_5aed5ee339j_jobs_5aed5ee339 Posts: 90
    edited September 2022

    doubledeviant said:

    Almost time for store turnover, but the items still aren't in my product library. I wish they'd started adding them to accounts sooner, given how long the process is taking. I'd think an automated method (as has been indicated) could have been set to begin as soon as the day rolled over, or shortly thereafter. At this rate, we might see some of the items in the store while some of us are still waiting for them to be added to our libraries.

    Two hours after the turnover and still no products. This is a stunning display of incompetence from their programnmers. And this is a small problem - i lost count of how many tickets i had to file to adjust the purchase value to the correct amount.
    I've had enough with them. My daz+ membership is due next month and will not be renewed. Time to migrate to renderosity.
     

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  • doubledeviant said:

    Almost time for store turnover, but the items still aren't in my product library. I wish they'd started adding them to accounts sooner, given how long the process is taking. I'd think an automated method (as has been indicated) could have been set to begin as soon as the day rolled over, or shortly thereafter. At this rate, we might see some of the items in the store while some of us are still waiting for them to be added to our libraries.

    Same here. Ticket time, I suppose. 

  • It is now the 6th still nothing

  • maikdeckermaikdecker Posts: 3,037

    Rod Wise Driggo said:

    You might find the products in your library. No product pages yet. Did not check DIM yet. See below (hope it's OK to share an image now since those products are finally there.

    Thank You for the pictures smiley

    If any of those items will at later time end up in the shop in a "DAZ+ for a day" deal, I probably take a closer look, but from the first glimpse there's nothing there that I could get tempted to buy at a higher price, just due to the fact that I don't need any of them. Just a personal thing, of course.. all the collectors out there probably see it different

  • doubledeviant said:

    Almost time for store turnover, but the items still aren't in my product library. I wish they'd started adding them to accounts sooner, given how long the process is taking. I'd think an automated method (as has been indicated) could have been set to begin as soon as the day rolled over, or shortly thereafter. At this rate, we might see some of the items in the store while some of us are still waiting for them to be added to our libraries.

    Two hours after the turnover and still no products. This is a stunning display of incompetence from their programnmers. And this is a small problem - i lost count of how many tickets i had to file to adjust the purchase value to the correct amount.
    I've had enough with them. My daz+ membership is due next month and will not be renewed. Time to migrate to renderosity.
     

    I didn't miss Daz+ much, honestly. I have it again now, for a few months, because the quarterly membership paid for itself when I wanted Noa (probably the best-looking Daz Original 8.1 male, with the only real competition being Zale, unless I haven't paid enough attention and missed some other character).

    Without it, I spent less money and time here, bought mostly clearance items (since those are a regular occurrence now), and often didn't bother with the headache of trying to decipher Daz's latest mess of a sale.

    I doubt I'll renew in November, especially after this nonsense with the grab bag. I want to give Daz the benefit of the doubt - they earned some goodwill from me by giving away so many 3D-printing licenses, and they've done some nice things in the past, too. But the problems around here just never end.

    Items still haven't been added, btw. Starting to wonder how we'll know when we need to file a ticket. Is someone going to announce when the process is supposedly complete?
  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,134

    I'm not home so I can't check DIM but I see the items listed in my product library. I like and can use most of it except the submarine, worm thing and baboon. The baboon looks nice but I'm just not sure how I'll use it. I think I already have some similar worm thing and I've never used it. Can't see ever finding use for the submarine. I have no idea what the glass thing is. The Mousso girl looks great, no disappointment there. I have several items very similar to Eve from the same PA but I do a lot of sci-fi so that's fine and it looks great. The outfit is confusing because it says it's a sleeveless dress and I see an image of a nice sexy red sleeveless dress as the outfit but I also see an image of a weird long sleeve white lace long dress that is listed as the breakout item for the dress and is labeled sleeveless but is long sleeved. Did they use the wrong image for the sleeveless dress? I really hope we are getting the sleeveless red dress and not the long sleeved white lace dress.

    All in all, I'm not disappointed .Pretty much what I expected. The submarine is probably the only thing I wouldn't have ever purchased even for $1.99. 

  • This should be resolved once Daz gets into the offices. Aside from the weekend, it was a holiday in the States.

  • Cris Palomino said:

    This should be resolved once Daz gets into the offices. Aside from the weekend, it was a holiday in the States.

    And this was not known when they posted the date 5/9 ? :)

    I understand but this is a regular problem every day with them. Even for the today's sale, the 10$/category discount is not working as it should. People are growing tired ot wasting time every day with checking and posting and waiting for the problems to be fixed, and eventually leave. I wonder how nobody in the management can see that.

     

  • no noseno nose Posts: 315

    I still don't have the items, kinda worrying

  • barbult said:

    What are you people going to do with a baboon?????? I can't imagine.

    Get them drunk on fermented fruit? 

  • Still haven't received what I paid for and was promised. 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  • GhostDog said:

    Still haven't received what I paid for and was promised. 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    reminds me of the time as a teen I was playing the 45 of this and the needle got stuck

  • Still waiting... 

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