There's Always Another Sale Thread -- Discussions Only Pt 4

ee_hee269 · August 27

Yeah today's sale is going to be a pass for me and not because of the golden ticket or artist but because of the difference in sales/discount from the previous days with just the usual "Today Only" offerings (With purchase of New or Still New) that are entirely separate from the headliner and golden ticket promotion. So nothing in the store got changed or paired with the headliner. They could've done a clothing or accessory theme today (to go with the headliner artists MO).

miladyderyni_173d399f47 · August 27

First Bastion appears to be one of the featured artists (or whatever they're calling them now) which makes me happy, as I have several of his sets I can get for $6 or less with my 3 token, zero tickets, & zero New stuff.

More stairs for Plus/Premier freebie is probably a pass. I don't need any more stairs unless I decide to do something Escher inspired. LOL

The 50% off no buy in animated selection is mostly Daz+ items and several Iray shader sets.

memcneil70 · August 27

SilverGirl said:

tsroemi said:

Oookay, today I don't even know the headliner, I'm sorry to say, and I'm not getting the 30% off, so I probably don't have much of the other PAs for today either. Is it just me and it's actually a well-known vendor? The golden ticket by them is not appealing to me either, just not the kind of renders I do. So very quick store visit today.

Not a name I recognized, either, so must not go on sale often. I looked at their catalog, and it's almost all sandal and heel shoes. They look to be really nicely done, but not a style any of my folx would wear. They only have one other character, so the GT item is unusual for them. (At least on Daz; maybe they have more inventory other places, and is one of those artists that only partially Red Rovered over?)

Why I buy them I have no idea, I am not a Toon person, but occasionally I want something joyful, so I did buy https://www.daz3d.com/cw-vina-for-genesis-9. She is a toon. I started in the Alpha but had to switch to the Beta for simulation. Both clothing choices decided to explode together before the initial bar had moved to 100%, much less move into the pose. This may have been the pose I selected for Vina. So I went for another outfit that does not require simulation. The shoes from another pack. I did try an assortment of shoes - sandals, heels, sports shoes, and then flats. Except for the sandals, the shoes look weird on her feet. I used a pose from the offered Anime set, https://www.daz3d.com/anime-fighting-poses-for-genesis-9 and then a simple HDRI. You can see one way in the render. But, the character is pretty nice to work with. I liked both of the eyes in the package. For a toon she has nice skin. I don't consider her a bad purchase, rather an interesting one that needs extra attention. I hope the PA continues their work with characters and possibly expand the materials included.

Mary

maikdecker · August 28

maikdecker said:

At least it is coming with a G8 version, which isn't something I expect to happen with many Golden Ticket products. I'm rather ready to spend $ 2.99 for a slightly flawed product I might use than for something I at 99% never will use (aka G9 characters and hair)

Yeah, my expectation is 75% correct after four days

kyoto kid · August 30

barbult said:

I was disappointed to see that Daz chose a Golden Ticket item with Mature Content on almost all the promos. It really shows how the store has deviated far from what I am looking to buy here. Shouldn't a Golden Ticket be more universally acceptable to customers, or are 99% of Daz money spending customers only interested in Mature Content now? I feel like I have to buy something i have no interest in, to lower prices of other things, or just buy nothing. So far, "nothing" has won this battle, but the day isn't over.

...not just that but most now seem to be G9 characters so unless something useful like a prop or vehicle, won't be seeing much of the Golden ticket discount.

Decided to "re-up" my Daz+ membership for this and next month's D+ sale. Found some nice things in the Outlet store like Polish's fighter jet and helicopter bundles for 3.49 ea. Unfortunately most of the Quick Grab iems this week are G9 characters and content.

Oh, and they need to take the Outlet Store tags off of items that are no longer in that category. I have a few on my wishlist that have reverted back to their regular price since the changeover/

SilverGirl · August 30

My wishlist (set at 120 items/page) used to have pretty much the whole first page as Outlet items (most at $1.99). Now it's slightly less than half the first page (verified by switching to 60 items/page, and it didn't go all the way to the bottom). I feel like this wasn't the case this morning when I did my post-changeover scan. A quick glance looks like it lost a lot of the D+ items, like the SE critters, some environments, and shaders.

I'm not necessarily vexed as it means there's a chance for those working with discounts now, but it's interesting to note. Not sure if it was intent or not.

ETA - just noticed this was mentioned on the reporting thread and was intentional. Maybe a clue to an upcoming sale?

tsroemi · August 30

SilverGirl said:

My wishlist (set at 120 items/page) used to have pretty much the whole first page as Outlet items (most at $1.99). Now it's slightly less than half the first page (verified by switching to 60 items/page, and it didn't go all the way to the bottom). I feel like this wasn't the case this morning when I did my post-changeover scan. A quick glance looks like it lost a lot of the D+ items, like the SE critters, some environments, and shaders.

I'm not necessarily vexed as it means there's a chance for those working with discounts now, but it's interesting to note. Not sure if it was intent or not.

ETA - just noticed this was mentioned on the reporting thread and was intentional. Maybe a clue to an upcoming sale?

Thanks for letting us know, I'll check my WL as well. If it's switching over already, that would be much faster than last time, no? I wish they would keep a steady rhythm some place at least ...

Originally I came here to vent how nonsensical it is imo that all items storewide have the same bottom price. Like, seriously, how does it make sense that a G2 outfit after the promo discounts turns out the same price as a G9 one? DOs should also have no bottom price I feel. Not working for me I fear. Played around with a cart a bit, then dumped it.

doubledeviant · August 30

SilverGirl said:

I'm not necessarily vexed as it means there's a chance for those working with discounts now

Unfortunately not, at least for the duration of this sale, as:

"Minimum price after discount: $2.99."

prevents a better discount from being obtained for thousands of items.

It was rather stupid of Daz to unexpectedly pull items from the outlet store before the end of the month. Some warning might have prompted a few purchases. Lost sales, as few are likely to be interested in paying $1-$2 more for these items now.

SilverGirl · August 30

doubledeviant said:

SilverGirl said:

I'm not necessarily vexed as it means there's a chance for those working with discounts now

Unfortunately not, at least for the duration of this sale, as:

"Minimum price after discount: $2.99."

prevents a better discount from being obtained for thousands of items.

It was rather stupid of Daz to unexpectedly pull items from the outlet store before the end of the month. Some warning might have prompted a few purchases. Lost sales, as few are likely to be interested in paying $1-$2 more for these items now.

I was under the impression that tokens could lower it beyond that. $2.99 + the 45% off for 8 tokens would be $1.64.

And one could also apply the monthly coupon to them, yes?

And keep in mind that unexpectedly pulling items causes a FOMO, so might enhance impulse buys in the future.

tsroemi · August 30

I just went through the outlet as is, and I couldn't make out any new items that were added in the 1.99 range, to replace those that have been pulled. Is the outlet just reduced in size now? That would be a bummer.

SilverGirl · August 30

tsroemi said:

Originally I came here to vent how nonsensical it is imo that all items storewide have the same bottom price. Like, seriously, how does it make sense that a G2 outfit after the promo discounts turns out the same price as a G9 one? DOs should also have no bottom price I feel. Not working for me I fear. Played around with a cart a bit, then dumped it.

Definitely agreed. Honestly at this point I hold off on the G2/G3 stuff unless I really need it, as it might come up on Friday freebies or in one of those "special gift, one free item with code" selections. Exception being if I have my DO coupon sitting around and nothing better to use it on. Which is currently the case. I'm hoping for a miracle tomorrow with a bunch of (non-Outlet) DO stuff dropping to a good price, otherwise I guess I just pick whatever.

doubledeviant · August 30

SilverGirl said:

doubledeviant said:
Unfortunately not, at least for the duration of this sale, as:

"Minimum price after discount: $2.99."

prevents a better discount from being obtained for thousands of items.

I was under the impression that tokens could lower it beyond that. $2.99 + the 45% off for 8 tokens would be $1.64.

And one could also apply the monthly coupon to them, yes?

I suppose, but tokens can only achieve a cheaper price for Daz Originals, unless I'm mistaken.

And then you're *using eight tokens* to get slightly better prices instead of buying at cheap outlet prices in the first place and handily earning tokens in the process.

I don't know how the monthly coupons factor into things - one would think they wouldn't work given the language and the way things have worked for various offers in the past. "Minimum price" is rather clear. But then I'd have thought the same about tokens, and they work, so... Perhaps Daz needs to enroll their staff in some writing and communications classes.

SilverGirl · August 30

doubledeviant said:

SilverGirl said:

doubledeviant said:
Unfortunately not, at least for the duration of this sale, as:

"Minimum price after discount: $2.99."

prevents a better discount from being obtained for thousands of items.

I was under the impression that tokens could lower it beyond that. $2.99 + the 45% off for 8 tokens would be $1.64.

And one could also apply the monthly coupon to them, yes?

I suppose, but tokens can only achieve a cheaper price for Daz Originals, unless I'm mistaken.

And then you're *using eight tokens* to get slightly better prices instead of buying at cheap outlet prices in the first place and handily earning tokens in the process.

I don't know how the monthly coupons factor into things - one would think they wouldn't work given the language and the way things have worked for various offers in the past. "Minimum price" is rather clear. But then I'd have thought the same about tokens, and they work, so... Perhaps Daz needs to enroll their staff in some writing and communications classes.

I just dropped a random $2.99 DO from the featured artist selection into my cart, slapped the $6 monthly coupon on it, and it dropped to $0. So clearly coupons work.

Definitely agree that the Daz sales team needs to do better at clear communication, though.

Tokens achieve an overall better price for DO's past a certain threshold, but I have seen nothing that says they work ONLY on DO's.

Regardless, a lot of the shaders and other things I was looking at had better minimum prices previously than the $2 Outlet, so they were off the market for me until they dropped out of the Outlet. Now at least it's possible to reach a price point I'd bite at.

As far as your objection to using 8 tokens for a slightly better price instead of higher prices to earn more tokens... well, I can see how for some people that wouldn't be a great move, but it works fine for me. When I do have tokens, a lot of times they expire before I ever use them. It certainly wouldn't make sense for me to pay a higher price to get a coupon I likely won't use. And now that what I buy mostly comes from the Outlet these days, they're extra useless for me.

doubledeviant · August 30

SilverGirl said:

I just dropped a random $2.99 DO from the featured artist selection into my cart, slapped the $6 monthly coupon on it, and it dropped to $0. So clearly coupons work.

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Tokens achieve an overall better price for DO's past a certain threshold, but I have seen nothing that says they work ONLY on DO's.

I didn't have a coupon to check - I use mine as early into the month as possible, as soon as a great opportunity presents.

Regarding tokens only producing cheaper prices for Daz Originals, I was referring only to the context of outlet items. Even if you can drag a PA item to $2.99 before tokens, the extra 30% from tokens is only going to get you to $2.09 - still higher than $1.99 outlet prices.

Maybe there's some wiggle room for outlet items that were higher than $1.99 - with some rare exceptions for bundles or expensive environments, I don't pay much attention to the higher-priced brackets.

Richard Haseltine · August 30

doubledeviant said:

SilverGirl said:

doubledeviant said:
Unfortunately not, at least for the duration of this sale, as:

"Minimum price after discount: $2.99."

prevents a better discount from being obtained for thousands of items.

I was under the impression that tokens could lower it beyond that. $2.99 + the 45% off for 8 tokens would be $1.64.

And one could also apply the monthly coupon to them, yes?

I suppose, but tokens can only achieve a cheaper price for Daz Originals, unless I'm mistaken.

Tokens apply to both PA and DO items, but they give a higher discount with high-numbers of tokens for DOs (45% instead of 30% for eight I think)

And then you're *using eight tokens* to get slightly better prices instead of buying at cheap outlet prices in the first place and handily earning tokens in the process.

I don't know how the monthly coupons factor into things - one would think they wouldn't work given the language and the way things have worked for various offers in the past. "Minimum price" is rather clear. But then I'd have thought the same about tokens, and they work, so... Perhaps Daz needs to enroll their staff in some writing and communications classes.

miladyderyni_173d399f47 · August 30

doubledeviant said:

SilverGirl said:

I'm not necessarily vexed as it means there's a chance for those working with discounts now

Unfortunately not, at least for the duration of this sale, as:

"Minimum price after discount: $2.99."

prevents a better discount from being obtained for thousands of items.

It was rather stupid of Daz to unexpectedly pull items from the outlet store before the end of the month. Some warning might have prompted a few purchases. Lost sales, as few are likely to be interested in paying $1-$2 more for these items now.

How about paying $10-20 more? Some of my WL items that just went off Outlet are now selling for that much more.

Two are DOs released in 2024 & are currently $13 and $16 for members. The third is a 2019 PA item that's now $23.

paulawp (marahzen) · August 30

Special alert to anyone who, like me, was waiting for a deal on still-new items. Today's offer has 40% off all "still new" with an extra 30% for just a Golden Ticket item. That, plus 8 tokens, is getting 71% off most of these "still new" items from the last few weeks.

doubledeviant · August 31

Richard Haseltine said:

Tokens apply to both PA and DO items, but they give a higher discount with high-numbers of tokens for DOs (45% instead of 30% for eight I think)

In the context of former outlet items which now have a $2.99 minimum under the current sale:

DO item: $2.99 * 0.55 = $1.64

PA item: $2.99 * 0.70 = $2.09

Only the DO ends up with a better price than the $1.99 outlet bracket the items previously occupied, and you need to already have and being willing to use eight tokens to get that $0.35 per item savings. Not a good change, imo.

But as SilverGirl mentioned, coupons work on the items now, so you might be able to swing a better deal if using them.

SilverGirl · August 31

miladyderyni_173d399f47 said:

How about paying $10-20 more? Some of my WL items that just went off Outlet are now selling for that much more.

Two are DOs released in 2024 & are currently $13 and $16 for members. The third is a 2019 PA item that's now $23.

Oooo ouch. None of the stuff I had on my WL that went off was like that. It was all lower end, older stuff, mostly things I wasn't sure I actually needed but had on my list so I could find them if it turned out I did. That was the basis for my opinion on the whole thing. Sympathies to folk who got hit harder than that.

SilverGirl · August 31

doubledeviant said:
I didn't have a coupon to check - I use mine as early into the month as possible, as soon as a great opportunity presents.

Yeah, me too. And yet here I sit wih a coupon left to use.

alan bard newcomer · August 31

I don't see anything in this coupon, which are usally full of disclaimers, but there are none in there.
I have items in my cart (or shall we say HAD) because the coupon won't work probably because they are new items but the coupon doesn't exclude them does it?
Jefferson and Chryyt and Matty are all in the sale
Basically about 40% of the store is 202 pages of 445 total pages.
Not certain about others but I'm not going to go through 202 pages with 120 items on each one.
So the artists lose a sale and I save money.

tsroemi · August 31

paulawp (marahzen) said:

Special alert to anyone who, like me, was waiting for a deal on still-new items. Today's offer has 40% off all "still new" with an extra 30% for just a Golden Ticket item. That, plus 8 tokens, is getting 71% off most of these "still new" items from the last few weeks.

Thanks Paula! Not working too well for me though, sadly. I tried four different Still New that are 40% off right now, and while they do discount with the Golden Ticket (58% off), they unfortunately don't react to the '30 gets you 30' coupon. So if you get a good price or not is really almost all due to how much tokens you have / are willing to spend atm. Personally, II'll rather save my 6 tokens a bit longer and wait till the new stuff that I don't absolutely need/want right now becomes cheaper anyways.

SilverGirl · August 31

Right now I'm just vexed that apparently tokens + monthly coupons (or at least the DO one) no longer stack, and using the DO coupon means you can't use store credit.

I'm assuming it's an error, but with everyone off work today... well, annoying to get all the way to the end of the month, still have that coupon left, and then have issues with it.

barbult · August 31

I've always used both of the Daz+ monthly coupons with store credit. Are you saying that doesn't work for you? Or are you talking about some other coupon?

SilverGirl · August 31

barbult said:

I've always used both of the Daz+ monthly coupons with store credit. Are you saying that doesn't work for you? Or are you talking about some other coupon?

No, that's what I'm talking about, and I have always done so as well (and often also with tokens, when I had them). I assume it's some sort of glitch and reported it on the appropriate thread, I'm just not super hopeful it'll get solved, it being a holiday weekend and all. (Though I'd be happy to be proven wrong!)

Elor · August 31

alan bard newcomer said:

I have items in my cart (or shall we say HAD) because the coupon won't work probably because they are new items but the coupon doesn't exclude them does it?

It does: the Featured Artists Stores are only a limited subset of artists' stores and rarely (likely never) include new releases. Link to the Featured Artists Stores currently active:

https://www.daz3d.com/2025-published-artist-sale#fas

miladyderyni_173d399f47 · August 31

Defintely getting the whale shark. I think I am going ahead & also getting Neanderthal 9 since Quick Grab will (probably) change tomorrow, & I'm not that interested in the rest of the character bundle.

Now I am just deciding what else I Must. Buy. Today! I spent my coupons already, so not a factor. Tempted by the Sleipner bundle which I can get for under $7 vs. $15 for just Sleipner and Sleipner poses, and I can use the other bundle items.

joanna · August 31

I actually spent quite a lot yesterday, getting some "will be useful" items but also two still new releases that I definitely needed—with the discounts, they came to a nice enough price, and in an hour of being bought they were already used.

N-RArts · September 1

I've got Garadula and one of HM's new dresses in my cart, and the LABOUR-DAY-30 coupon isn't working

Elor · September 1

The daily coupons are only for items from the Featured Artists Stores:

https://www.daz3d.com/2025-published-artist-sale#fas

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