Poll: Do you avoid to buy plugins which can't be transferred? = (NFR: not for resale)

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

would you buy a house you couldn't sell ?? a car ??

£250k or £250...not much of a comparison is it....

using plugins as a kind of 'savings for a rainy day' is also a stupid idea and a poor excuse... but you know that.

the price is not important. your argument was that you shouldn't buy something if you think you'll ever be in a position of needing to sell it.

with me, i only bought plugins that i used, and i never had a laundry list of unnecessary stuff. when everything went tits up, i had to sell things to get me through the rough patch.

i don't buy plugins as savings for a rainy day. i buy them to use, and enjoy. i am just a little more wary now

[elxsound]

It kind of reminds me of couples "in love" making sure that the pre-nup is in place before getting married.

Now, I know that planning for the unexpected is prudent. But on the other hand, it's hard to ignore the irony that you might just be setting the stage for failure.

Hmmm... Not really.

While these days I'm extremely selective with what I purchase, there are occasional times where a great deal is presented for something that may or may not have a place in my workflow, but a limited window for deal doesn't really allow for researching something completely. In that case, sure something being NFR does have to be taken into consideration.

On the other side... I don't think that any potential mate/companion comes across as a limited time sale. And if that were true, then maybe then you've already set yourself up for failure.

Anyway, I know people love to simplify things by comparing to something else, but most often the comparison just gets in the way of what was already simple.

People buy plugins for different reasons, and some people use different ways to measure the worth and value of a plugin, including the option to resell it should they the decide they want to or need to do so.

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

I (and many here) take for granted that the current state of technology allows for prices that I consider to be very affordable. But, unfortunately, that is not the case for many.

a lot of software is very affordable, and there are great deals and freebies to be had. people tend to buy this kind of thing when they are doing well enough to not consider it an issue. but life is not always so straightforward. the little amount of money i made form selling the software i could re-sell, got me enough breathing space to get back on even ground, and stay there for a few years now.

the biggest way the nfr got me was with omnisphere. i had forgotten it was nfr due to being an upgrade. not being able to sell that item, meant i had to sell my apogee duet

[3ee]

I usually avoid NFR plugins

We should be able to resale something once we upgrade our toolbox and some plugs get no more use... simple as that.

[BERFAB]

It kind of reminds me of couples "in love" making sure that the pre-nup is in place before getting married.

Now, I know that planning for the unexpected is prudent. But on the other hand, it's hard to ignore the irony that you might just be setting the stage for failure.

Hmmm... Not really.

While these days I'm extremely selective with what I purchase, there are occasional times where a great deal is presented for something that may or may not have a place in my workflow, but a limited window for deal doesn't really allow for researching something completely. In that case, sure something being NFR does have to be taken into consideration.

On the other side... I don't think that any potential mate/companion comes across as a limited time sale. And if that were true, then maybe then you've already set yourself up for failure.

Anyway, I know people love to simplify things by comparing to something else, but most often the comparison just gets in the way of what was already simple.

People buy plugins for different reasons, and some people use different ways to measure the worth and value of a plugin, including the option to resell it should they the decide they want to or need to do so.

"People get married for different reasons, and some people use different ways to measure the worth and value of a marriage, including the option to remarry should they the decide they want to or need to do so."

FTFY

[UltimateOutsider]

Assuming normal retail prices, I buy what I need when I need it.

If there's a good sale and it's something I'm interested in I'll buy it even if I don't have an immediate need for it. Under $100 is my impulse-buy threshold.

I don't even consider whether software's transferrable, because plugins are usually hella cheap compared to hardware- which I can and do resell as needed.

There are two software things I DO try to avoid:
- Limited activation challenge/response. Give me the NI model or iLok/eLicenser any day over something that I can only activate 2 or 3 times without submitting a support ticket for permission to use software I purchased.
- Subscriptions. I have a licensed copy of Adobe CS4, and it is probably the last Adobe product I will ever use. And when Microsoft first started talking about doing subscriptions for Office, I dropped all of their applications in favor of free alternatives. (I don't even know what their current model is- do they still sell flat-rate boxed copies? Just the idea that they were headed in that direction led me to stop using them.)

[trimph1]

If it works for me I would still get it.



Oh yeah.....


CARP!!!!!!!!