Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[dandezebra]

Like a slickdeals for Gas.

[D.Wako]

What's the status of PA license transfers? Considering donating some stuff to the second-hand auction but obviously it's not going to work if I can only do one transfer a month.

If you want to transfer / sell any of your PA licenses to somebody else, you can do this here.

Below is a complete list of all your active licenses that are available for you to transfer to any other customer. You can select multiple licenses to transfer, but only one person to transfer them to at a time. If you want to sell various licenses to a number of different people, you can do so, but please read the instructions below!

After you transfer any licenses, the person you transferred them to will have to pay a transfer fee of $20 per plugin before they can activate them. Dynamic Discounts will apply, so the buyer will save up to 60% when activating several transferred licenses at once. If you activate 6 plugins or more the fee goes down to $8 per plugin this way.

We will apply the same stepped discount for activation fees that we apply to plugin purchases, so you'll save 20% on 2 activations, 30% on3, 40% on 4, 50% on 5, and 60% on activations of 6 or more plugins.

Also, you can pay license activation fees with loyalty voucher codes if you have some!

You can now transfer as many licenses in one transaction as you want, and you can initiate as many transactions per month as you want. You cannot transfer inactive licenses or free licenses.

Remaining Restrictions:

You cannot transfer inactive licenses, or inactive licenses which require a fee to be paid.
You cannot transfer subscription bundle licenses!
If you have a license for a multiple versions of a plugin (for example, bx_digital V2 and bx_digital V3), then those licenses cannot be transferred separately.

FREE Licenses can’t ‌be sold, for example the ones you get when you open a PA account, like bx_cleansweepV2, bx_rockrack Player, bx_solo, bx_subfilter, elysia niveau filter, bx_freeranger, etc.

[D.Wako]

Musician's Friend and Guitar Center currently have the XChange Instrument, Recording and Producer Collections for $59.99 each. Older stuff, but still some winners in the mix.

You or anyone know when this deal end?

edited: forget it, it already has ended.

[rockhopper]

I had bought them a few years ago (as a single bundle), and it took weeks for them to actually provide the serial numbers and agree that it was valid -- many e-mails and phone calls. So maybe you're lucky. (or maybe I wasn't -- seems that the special bundle was the issue - and guitar center is still listing it "XCHANGE Epix Bundle 10")

Initially they said:

Sorry to hear about this problem.
I need to speak to you on the phone.
This product cannot be registered.
You have to return it.

Then when pressed, they said

I am sorry to hear about this. We do not make software. We arranged this package exclusively for Guitar Center. The package was reformulated into the three products below. Can you send me a copy of the receipt for this purchase please?

Eventually they did provide the serial numbers, but it was a real hassle.

[D.Wako]

I had bought them a few years ago (as a single bundle), and it took weeks for them to actually provide the serial numbers and agree that it was valid -- many e-mails and phone calls. So maybe you're lucky. (or maybe I wasn't -- seems that the special bundle was the issue - and guitar center is still listing it "XCHANGE Epix Bundle 10")

Yea i heard these stories. But the appeal was too good to miss in that it's cheapest way i found to get Studio One 4. $50 for Studio one producer + 1/2 off on upgrade from producer to Studio One 4($100) for a total of $150. The cheapest I've seen so far. I guess I'll have to pay $200 now.

Was Studio One one of those that took a while to get?

[sqigls]

i don't think PA vouchers can be used for activating plugins anymore.

[edit] i think maybe the vouchers haven't been activated in their system yet? Mine's not working.

[Calenberger]

i don't think PA vouchers can be used for activating plugins anymore.

That would be a really big disappointment.

[sqigls]

a game-changer even


can anyone else confirm their October voucher works or not please?

[deejay2]

october PA vouchers do not work again....there is 09 instead of 10 inside the body of vouchers....obviously this happened not long time ago....so i think they just play a game with customers....not possible to do same mistake all the time...we should ask PA to validate all license fees of all plugins we have not activated so they can learn a lesson

[Calenberger]

My 50$ voucher has a 10 in the code...

[Digivolt]

mine has 10 also, year - month - value - actual code

[BennyG]

My $25 code has a 9 in it. Says the voucher code has already been used when I try to enter it at checkout. I had hoped that changing the 9 to a 10 might fix it, but that just makes the code invalid

[sqigls]

ok, so it's not just user error
same boat brother

My $25 code has a 9 in it. Says the voucher code has already been used when I try to enter it at checkout. I had hoped that changing the 9 to a 10 might fix it, but that just makes the code invalid

[rockhopper]

Was Studio One one of those that took a while to get?

They all came at the same time, several weeks. It's possible that the individual collections (not the all in one bundle EPIC, don't have the same problem, but not sure)

[rockhopper]

It's October! It's the month of the Charity Auction (if you don't know what that is, see last year's: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=512242) Always fun and exciting and for good causes! Plus you can donate to the second hand auction, to get rid of those plugins you don't use for a good cause.