There's Always Another Sale Thread -- Discussions Only Pt 6

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  • felisfelis Posts: 6,286
    edited April 10

    This new product https://www.daz3d.com/drowsy-bunny-pjs-hair-for-genesis-8-81-9-female

    For genesis 8 & 9 has these morphs for genesis 8 (according to file list), which doesn't make sense.

    • /data/VAL/Drowsy Bunny/Hair G8/Morphs/VAL/Base/Freja9_body_bs_Body.dsf

    • /data/VAL/Drowsy Bunny/Hair G8/Morphs/VAL/Base/GenghisK9_body_bs_Body.dsf

    • /data/VAL/Drowsy Bunny/Hair G8/Morphs/VAL/Base/Ivar9_body_bs_Body.dsf

    • /data/VAL/Drowsy Bunny/Hair G8/Morphs/VAL/Base/Joan9_body_bs_Body.dsf

    • /data/VAL/Drowsy Bunny/Hair G8/Morphs/VAL/Base/Kiri9_body_bs_Body.dsf

    • /data/VAL/Drowsy Bunny/Hair G8/Morphs/VAL/Base/Lawrence9_body_bs_Body.dsf

    • /data/VAL/Drowsy Bunny/Hair G8/Morphs/VAL/Base/Michael9_body_bs_Body.dsf

    • /data/VAL/Drowsy Bunny/Hair G8/Morphs/VAL/Base/Minerva9_body_bs_Body.dsf

    • /data/VAL/Drowsy Bunny/Hair G8/Morphs/VAL/Base/Pixie9_body_bs_Body.dsf

    • /data/VAL/Drowsy Bunny/Hair G8/Morphs/VAL/Base/Victoria9_body_bs_Body.dsf

    • /data/VAL/Drowsy Bunny/Hair G8/Morphs/VAL/Base/XiuLin9_body_bs_Body.dsf

    Ah, I realised that G9 has G8 morphs...

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  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,486
    edited April 10

    Nath said:

    SilverGirl said:

    y3kman said:

    Anyone with a working product page for the bundled inactive item?

    https://www.daz3d.com/figure-converter-for-genesis-9

    Clicking your link works for me, but I also own it, so... not sure if that plays into things. 

    It works now, but I got an oops before 

    None-the-less I own all of the Best of Bundling items and the coupon code is not working for me. 

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  • joannajoanna Posts: 2,529

    I do appreciate the freebie warning. Because today is my "skip day" for stars, I wouldn't have necessarily bought anything (haven't started checking out the offers yet) and missed out.

  • y3kmany3kman Posts: 875

    As someone who missed out when it was still available, I finally got ManFriday's Figure Converter. Are vaulted items going to have limited reruns or is this just a marketing mistake? 

  • WolfwoodWolfwood Posts: 944

    I hope 'today's special' gets better tomorrow and sunday or MM will not end with a bang, but with a whimper.

    Spent $15 on specific products and get 30% off only 3 items and it even requires code? Come on!!!

    Very sad, Raw Art new Tails would had been a happy spend to trigger Artist Store discounts.

  • The Monday preview character looks interesting, ~,so I'm going to buy something low priced today to lock that in. Maybe some Daz+, as they're on sale again.

    Am hoping there will be better deals on the Aro bundles over the weekend, so holding off on those. I also want to see if Daz changes the Premier free selection to include any older bundles I like better, since I'm more interested in Aro's add-on than the character bundle.

    Did I miss a good release day deal on Aro bundles or was that mostly dependent on having lots of tokens?

  • TomhipTomhip Posts: 603

    joanna said:

    I do appreciate the freebie warning. Because today is my "skip day" for stars, I wouldn't have necessarily bought anything (haven't started checking out the offers yet) and missed out.

    Careful, you never know when DAZ might add "wih newly mad item" on Monday, given how "FREE" gets used around :D

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 110,075

    Tomhip said:

    joanna said:

    I do appreciate the freebie warning. Because today is my "skip day" for stars, I wouldn't have necessarily bought anything (haven't started checking out the offers yet) and missed out.

    Careful, you never know when DAZ might add "wih newly mad item" on Monday, given how "FREE" gets used around :D

    Free with is not hidden, and so would not apply here - you are doing the with today and getting the freebie on Monday.

  • Cam FoxCam Fox Posts: 401
    edited April 11

    miladyderyni_173d399f47 said:

    Did I miss a good release day deal on Aro bundles or was that mostly dependent on having lots of tokens?

    Aro release day had a deal where 3 carted Newly Mad would add an extra 30% atop the usual discounts. So the best discount stack was premier / tokens / goldstar and any 3 of texture addons / bundles.

    Discounts:

    • 35% off Daz Originals (Premier)
    • 30% off Newly Mad
    • 30% from gold star
    • 20% from 2+ Newly Mad carted
    • 30% additional from 3+ Newly Mad carted (release day special)
    • 45% from 8 tokens

    Aro HD Add-On Bundle example
    $89.99 * .65 * .7 * .7 * .8 * .7 * .55 = $8.83

    A nominal savings compared to buying the same item Still New (now 40% off, sans the release day bonus, also now needs Newly Mad to trigger full discount)
    $89.99 * .65 * .6 * .7 * .8 * .55 = $10.81

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  • joannajoanna Posts: 2,529

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Tomhip said:

    joanna said:

    I do appreciate the freebie warning. Because today is my "skip day" for stars, I wouldn't have necessarily bought anything (haven't started checking out the offers yet) and missed out.

    Careful, you never know when DAZ might add "wih newly mad item" on Monday, given how "FREE" gets used around :D

    Free with is not hidden, and so would not apply here - you are doing the with today and getting the freebie on Monday.

    The same offer is today, and it's not clear whether we have to buy something again today (and then tomorrow) or it's enough to have bought yesterday to receive the figure. Any chance Daz will specify that?

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 13,117

    I understand it as "buy something on one of the days" as if you needed several purchases it would usually have been stated upfront. But a confirmation can't hurt.

  • joannajoanna Posts: 2,529

    Leana said:

    I understand it as "buy something on one of the days" as if you needed several purchases it would usually have been stated upfront. But a confirmation can't hurt.

    I would understand it that way too, except that Daz is horrible with promotional wording, so a confirmation is needed much more than just "can't hurt" level. It's pretty much a necessity.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 110,075

    joanna said:

    Leana said:

    I understand it as "buy something on one of the days" as if you needed several purchases it would usually have been stated upfront. But a confirmation can't hurt.

    I would understand it that way too, except that Daz is horrible with promotional wording, so a confirmation is needed much more than just "can't hurt" level. It's pretty much a necessity.

    That is the intent, by my reading of the information we have been shown. If you buy Friday and/or if you buy Saturday you get it free.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,207
    edited April 12

    ...well, expected to see deals like we had during the first weekend, but apparently that's not to be, 

    The "New Daily Specials" (which require a buy-in) are horror and pirate themed, which seem sort of out of season.

    While the expanded "Still New" section is back (which also occurred about midway through) the "Mad Artist" category still features items from,2024 and older, nothing even slightly more recent, .Was really hoping to see another "unconditional" (no buy in) extra discount (like the 50% off on all wishlisted items at the beginning),  Som it's back to needing a "Newly Mad" buy-in (pirate theme, again) to get an additional % off .

    Seems this is going out with something of a "fizzle". than a big "grand finale bang"

    Will see what happens Sunday, but not holding my breath.

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  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 3,555

    Huh. So... that's it. (Assuming no "surprise" extension tomorrow.)

    Okie dokie, then. In like a lion, out like a lamb, I guess.

    Got some great deals at the beginning, though, and last weekend was quite nice. I hadn't expected anything at all given how the last two years of MM went for me, so ultimately I'm satisfied. Just a bit surprised there wasn't something impressive to see the whole thing off. Feels like it would've made more sense to end with the bang of last weekend.

    Back to our regularly scheduled programming, and I find I'm fine with that, too. No more needing to keep track of and time my OS/QG purchases to keep up stars I wasn't using anyway.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,207

    ...banked up a bunch of tokens in hopes of a big finale extravaganza.  Ah well guess there will always be that "other sale"

    Speaking of which....maybe the Summer D+ sale will be better, though given the way things have been going, expectations are not very high. 

    Just once would like to see a sale where special deals and extra discounts weren't all tied to buying something I don't need or have little interest in.

  • WolfwoodWolfwood Posts: 944

    Really dissapointed on this ending. I'm actually very pissed that this is how daz decided to end MM.

    I wasn't even expecting as good as first weekend in febrary(tho hoped for it), much less the extra double 50% on DO from previous week; but not the garbage 'best of bundling'.

    What is the point of having 'still new' if there is no incentive in adding them? Why not a bit extra for at least 10 items by adding at least one Still New on top the regular New to give an excuse? Just that and I would had spent all my credit (and probably more) on two purchases (that would had meant at least 4 items on release price) to use both coupons.

    Big sales like this one are what keeps most of my spending here, cause i can widen my library with older cheap products. 'Regular schedule' rarely hits the mark for me. If daz insist on messing up like this weekend, then i loose faith and will be less inclined to building tokens. To spend bigger on new and not get very cheap older stuff; i prefer to spend a tiny bit more but get exactly what i want from other sites where i know vendors will get a lot more of the cut.

  • Yeah, this MM has been...not great...for most of its 7 weeks or so, IMO. Mind you, there were some good promos I'd love to see again. Free QG/OS items was a win-win. We buyers got some truly free models (many more recent than the biweekly freebies), but they weren't costing Daz as much revenue as if they were at higher price points, and I'm sure it garnered some goodwill for Daz as well. While it's been done before, returning product to Newly/Still status is a good idea, since it made some discounts possible for people who aren't interested in the last couple days' releases. Not having to buy something every day to keep stars was great. I really liked I could skip up to 2 days and still get in on deals. Hopefully, Daz keeps this for other month+ events, but adds a way to see how many stars you have on the daily page, like with Punches. It was a pain to cart something or look at my Orders page if I lost track.

    Other promos weren't as good, and that's without mentioning the usual problems that crop up with just about every sale. The Mad Door Prizes were nice at first, for those who like G8 & older content. But Daz didn't change the selection much, if at all. Compare Daz+/anniversary/whatever festivals changing the "buy 8 for a few dollars" selections at least once a week. Also, after a short time, Daz let many of the Door Prizes got caught up in various other selections at under $2 each. So buyers either paid less or just ignored the promo altogether.

    A number of forum users didn't seem overly happy with the daily Shooting Stars. People didn't like the styles, were unhappy new skins weren't included, and/or wanted more variety. Since I didn't buy any, I can't address the quality but similarly priced offerings in the fall/winter sales often had more included - makeups, or even extra characters.

    Well, I still ended getting several MM releases at very good prices, plus other very nice products, some even free. And I'm happy with that.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,207

    @Wolfwood ...yeah, if I recall "Still New" items would also unlock extra discounts in the Artist Stores category. That wasn't the case here. Now I usually ignore the New Releases as more often then not they don't interest me (even with the 30% Star bonus) but once in a while there is something that caches my eye (like the London West End Townhouses or a new Stonemason set) so I wait for them to hit the Still New selection, and if with my star discount the price with throwing in a couple tokens is decent I'll get them, If not, I wait...

    Those wishlist discounts at the beginning were great as I was able to get several really nice sets at a decent price.  Now even with a Gold Star and maximum number of tokens, the items on my wishlist still come out a bit high for the budget after all is said and done (would have bene nice to close this out with another."Power Token"  day).

    Again the other disappointment was the newest items in the Mad Artist stores were at best 15 months old.well beyond the Daz 60 day "new" status.  It sort of dampened the enthusiasm as myself, and I'm many sure others, have items on the wishlist which were released in 2025 that would have gone in the cart but never appeared in the Mad Artist's selections.

    I just remember this sale being the premier event of the year,  something worth waiting for with anticipation and money/gift cards in hand.  Save for the Star discount, at times it just felt like "another" Daz sale. As for many, it often came down to picking up some inexpensive item, that was interesting and possibly would be used, just to keep the Gold Star discount going on hopes that "tomorrow" may be better.  

    Maybe it's just that some of us have been here a bit too long and it seems at times it feels we are seeing just more of the same items released over and over.  I mean How many bathrooms, sexy lingerie sets, sci-fi corridors, and Asian schoolgirl dresses does one need?

  • jmucchiellojmucchiello Posts: 1,276

    miladyderyni_173d399f47 said:

    A number of forum users didn't seem overly happy with the daily Shooting Stars. People didn't like the styles, were unhappy new skins weren't included, and/or wanted more variety. Since I didn't buy any, I can't address the quality but similarly priced offerings in the fall/winter sales often had more included - makeups, or even extra characters.

    Variety was the real killer. They were all characters without custom skins. Half the time, they were cartoon characters. I just stopped looking at them. Today's final day has a non-cartoom character. I'm not even going to click on it. I don't need another character morph I'll never use. I'd rather spend that $2.99 in the QC or Outlet, if at all.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,844

    wasn't this supposed to be free for people buying something over a dollar in the last couple of days?

    https://www.daz3d.com/lyra-solenne-hd-for-genesis-9

    I really don't understand DAZ marketing at all

    good thing I actually wanted the outlet item anyway I grabbed knowing there was likely to be a catch if it was like a new item buyin

  • Singular3DSingular3D Posts: 642

    wasn't this supposed to be free for people buying something over a dollar in the last couple of days?

    https://www.daz3d.com/lyra-solenne-hd-for-genesis-9

    I really don't understand DAZ marketing at all

    good thing I actually wanted the outlet item anyway I grabbed knowing there was likely to be a catch if it was like a new item buyin

    Exactly my thought. Well, we'll see. This would have been my first G9 to test.
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,207
    edited April 13

    ...well, it's been an hour and thirty svcen minutes since Daz "zero hour" and Quick Grab is still blank, so maybe system issue as usual.

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,844

    Situation Normal all Fouled Up

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,827
    Are we surprised? No. It is the norm, as Wendy says. Is it disgusting? Yes.
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,844

    OK Solenne free for me now in cart yes

  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 3,555

    I admit, with the tease/heads-up of the free character for today for such a low buy-in, I thought maybe Daz was doing something to lure people to the store for some awesome sale or something today.

    Nope. Just an extension no one is surprised about, with the same terms as the last three days.

    If they're not going to offer anything special I wish they'd just end the thing already. At least with the regular sales schedule there's a chance something might stack nicely across a couple days.

  • garrett_3dgarrett_3d Posts: 294

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    OK Solenne free for me now in cart yes

    Thanks for the heads up. I never even saw anything suggesting it would be free (probably looking in the wrong place). Just taken advantage of that before it ends up costing money as I don't use G9 at the mo, though it may come in handy at a later date yes 

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,486

    barbult said:

    Are we surprised? No. It is the norm, as Wendy says. Is it disgusting? Yes.

    And yesterday was stated as the "last day" of March Madness but is still here with it stated as "final 24 hours". Am I surprised - no; but I am a little disgusted. I could have saved yesterday's purchase for today when I get double tokens.

  • Cam FoxCam Fox Posts: 401
    edited April 13

    Charlie Judge said:

    And yesterday was stated as the "last day" of March Madness but is still here with it stated as "final 24 hours". Am I surprised - no; but I am a little disgusted. I could have saved yesterday's purchase for today when I get double tokens.

    Yeah it's a bit questionable. The shop often features iffy language like "final day of madness in march" or "last 24 hours of the sale" (ambiguously referring to a catch-up sale rather than a longer campaign) But, saying yesterday was the "final day of march madness" was simply false.

    There've been times when a gift card offer is immediately followed by a better gift card offer, or some exclusive launch deal is worse than buying the same items the next day. And the reverse is also true, where skipping a deal hoping for a better one turns out suboptimal. Imo, best rule of thumb is to check out if the deal is agreeable in the moment - win some and lose some.

     

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