Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[Rusty O'Hara]

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[mgw38]

Arturia sent a Black Friday offer for V Collection 6 - mine is 99 eur (from V Collection 4).

I'm guessing that "lowest upgrade price evaah" from last year was straight up BS then

On one hand that annoys me deeply because that original statement was completely unnecessary. One the other hand that also means that I can now safely ignore any intro offer for the next upgrade regardless of what they are claiming.

[dzilizzi]

So I think Output lost me as a customer. I got Movement here for a good price, but not free. My purchase price for the remainder of the bundle was $401 yesterday (or something like that) Today, it is $560. The price for anyone off the street is $562. Even if I had gotten it for free? why would I think that a $2 discount was good? The whole benefit of getting a product for free is gone. It is a lot of money for something I may never use.

[dandezebra]

So I think Output lost me as a customer. I got Movement here for a good price, but not free. My purchase price for the remainder of the bundle was $401 yesterday (or something like that) Today, it is $560. The price for anyone off the street is $562. Even if I had gotten it for free? why would I think that a $2 discount was good? The whole benefit of getting a product for free is gone. It is a lot of money for something I may never use.

Same with me. I wonder why they changed it?!?!?!

[zadillo]

I'm completely baffled by what Arturia has done here.

They absolutely said that $199 was going to be the best upgrade price they'd ever offer. I've absolutely believed them, and I've told people they were making a mistake waiting for a better offer.

I actually went ahead and sold my V Collection 5 and bought 6 at the $249 sale price from NI because I was confident I wasnt going to do better. I was taking them at their word that $199 was as low as the upgrade price would go.

And they're still slapping a "best price guarantee" on there

I unfortunately can't do anything about any of this. I feel like a bit of a sucker though for defending Arturia and telling people they shouldn't wait for a better deal.

I'm genuinely curious how they're going to handle 7 when it comes out. I assume they won't make this promise again.

[Scotty]

You have a good reason for complaint and you should make some noise about it. I didn't believe it when the announced it so I sat on it until today - update for $99 or cheaper from JRRSHOP.

[satYatunes]

Do Captain Plugins ever go on sale?

[zadillo]

You have a good reason for complaint and you should make some noise about it. I didn't believe it when the announced it so I sat on it until today - update for $99 or cheaper from JRRSHOP.

Yeah, unfortunately I don't think there's much I can do about it other than complain and tell Arturia I've lost some trust in them. I sold my older V Collection license and I bought 6 from NI, so there's really no way for me to reverse it. At least it ended up being only a $50 mistake on my part.

My only problem is that they ever made the "best price you'll ever see" guarantee in the first place

[SHall1000]

- update for $99 or cheaper from JRRSHOP.

I can't see an upgrade on JRR. Isn't the upgrade price customer specific?

Uncle E - will you be offering this?

[mgw38]

My only problem is that they ever made the "best price you'll ever see" guarantee in the first place

Agreed, especially since they made such a big deal about it. A respectable company does not have it necessary to lie straight into your face.

Now waiting for Toontrack to follow suit with their constantly repeated "best SD3 upgrade price ever" claim.

[dzilizzi]

My only problem is that they ever made the "best price you'll ever see" guarantee in the first place

Agreed, especially since they made such a big deal about it. A respectable company does not have it necessary to lie straight into your face.

Now waiting for Toontrack to follow suit with their constantly repeated "best SD3 upgrade price ever" claim.

I think they are all forgetting to add "so far" At the time they said it, they probably never planned to go lower. And then they needed money.....

I am waiting for a lower upgrade for SD3 - mostly because although I have it? I don't really use it. I use EZdrummer or AD2. So not a big loss to me if I did miss the "lowest price EVER!" LOL! So stupid to say that.

[mgw38]

I guess what makes me more angry than the situation actually deserves is that I contacted them when they launched V.6. I needed some clarification regarding their intro offer and they made a big deal about the “now or never” statement.

[zadillo]

I guess what makes me more angry than the situation actually deserves is that I contacted them when they launched V.6. I needed some clarification regarding their intro offer and they made a big deal about the “now or never” statement.

Exactly.

And the reason so many people questioned it is that they really doubted they would never offer a better price.

Obviously they made the promise because they didn't want people to hold off upgrading at $199 waiting for a better deal.

[mutantdog]

I remember the Arturia thing being discussed at the time.

This kind of deceptive marketing has put me off buying anything of theirs now.

[Fleer]

Then again, a few versions back the upgrade price for V Collection 4 from any Arturia software or hardware was $69 (compared to $199 now). Upgrade pricing has definitely been upgraded.