U-He on Splice Rent-to-Own?

[gondii]

Rent to own has nothing to do with those services that have interest and account management fees etc etc.If an item costs 149€ directly, it costs 149€ as rent to own.

While perhaps not applicable for u-he, most plugins on splice go on regular and sometimes very deep sales. With rent to own you always pay full price. iZotope, Arturia... pretty much anything except Xfer. That's what I meant. But due to u-he's licensing it's out of the question anyway. Instalments could possibly be an alternative?

[schmerzschlag]

Instalments could possibly be an alternative?

Maybe. If you have someone like Paypal Credit handle it all for you, it might be easier than going Splice. But what do I know? I'm not under the impression U-He wants to go that route either anyway. Why would they, if they don't need to? I'd rather got the impression, U-He wants to keep things as simple as possible. And any form of credit, rent-to-own etc. is probably less simple than just click, buy, forget (or play).

[gondii]

Yeah I agree, I didn't mean to imply that they should offer it. Just another option. Simple is good!

[VariKusBrainZ]

I am also not a fan of rent to own, because in 9/10 cases you end up paying more.

Rent to own has nothing to do with those services that have interest and account management fees etc etc.
If an item costs 149€ directly, it costs 149€ as rent to own.

But surely something like Splice takes a cut, theyre not a charity.
U-He would have to pay for the privilege if the customer isnt.

[SynapT!c]

we would like to keep things simple and stick to classic serial numbers and non-intrusive copy protection

Then why not do it like others do? They require Splice as long as it's not paid. After the final payment is done, the buyer receives a personal serial and kinda moves from Splice to your customer.

Agreed. It's a weak excuse. Splice is as simple as it can be.

so is buying it outright

Not an option

why? can't you save money?

These days are gone for good. But let's not go there.

[lunardigs]

Splice must cost something. Either the developer eats it, or the customer does.
If I were running a software company, they'd have to really make it worth my while to do business with them.

[matteoluigiodaro]

we would like to keep things simple and stick to classic serial numbers and non-intrusive copy protection

Then why not do it like others do? They require Splice as long as it's not paid. After the final payment is done, the buyer receives a personal serial and kinda moves from Splice to your customer.

Agreed. It's a weak excuse. Splice is as simple as it can be.

so is buying it outright

Not an option

why? can't you save money?

What a stupid and patronizing answer. You think we have 500 eur to spend each month on vsts at once?

Still no-rent-to-own and no Black Friday deals in 2020, I'll pass (I mean I have most u-he products already anyway, half of them cracked, half of them friends gave me their licence).

Have fun saving/spending money

[AnX]

Then why not do it like others do? They require Splice as long as it's not paid. After the final payment is done, the buyer receives a personal serial and kinda moves from Splice to your customer.

Agreed. It's a weak excuse. Splice is as simple as it can be.

so is buying it outright

Not an option

why? can't you save money?

What a stupid and patronizing answer. You think we have 500 eur to spend each month on vsts at once?

Still no-rent-to-own and no Black Friday deals in 2020, I'll pass (I mean I have most u-he products already anyway, half of them cracked, half of them friends gave me their licence).

Have fun saving/spending money

ok cracker.... I don't have €500 to spend on vsts each month..... if you can afford rent to own, you can afford to save a bit each month to buy it outright, simple maths

you clearly prefer to rip off a dev, and think it's OK to moan about lack of deals and sales? Youre a joke, and then have the gall to call me patronising?

get a life you sad act

[hariossa]

What a stupid and patronizing answer. You think we have 500 eur to spend each month on vsts at once?

Still no-rent-to-own and no Black Friday deals in 2020, I'll pass (I mean I have most u-he products already anyway, half of them cracked, half of them friends gave me their licence).

Have fun saving/spending money

Are you 13 or so? You clearly don't understand business, nobody is obligated to offer discounts, and you're embarrassing yourself here saying that you haven't paid for the developers work. Maybe when you grow up and start trying to make a living you'll get it.

[Hink]

he's a ghost now

[Urs]

Thanks Hink!

(I just remembered that I blocked the guy from editing his post before I had my first coffee, then totally forgot to move to the admin-o-sphere...)

[lostmemories]

What a stupid and patronizing answer. You think we have 500 eur to spend each month on vsts at once?

Still no-rent-to-own and no Black Friday deals in 2020, I'll pass (I mean I have most u-he products already anyway, half of them cracked, half of them friends gave me their licence).

Have fun saving/spending money

You can crack / steal as many plug-ins as you want, as many samples as you want, as many soundbanks as you want, it is only illusion and it will never overcome the lack of talent!

[lunardigs]

What a stupid and patronizing answer. You think we have 500 eur to spend each month on vsts at once?

Still no-rent-to-own and no Black Friday deals in 2020, I'll pass (I mean I have most u-he products already anyway, half of them cracked, half of them friends gave me their licence).

Have fun saving/spending money

You can crack / steal as many plug-ins as you want, as many samples as you want, as many soundbanks as you want, it is only illusion and it will never overcome the lack of talent!

So true ... Music doesn't come from gear. Nor anything else tangible. It lives in your heart!

I love being cheesy.

[pdxindy]

Why is it called cheesy?

[htohgrom]

That's a good question. Seems like there are some hypotheses about that. One is learning every day...