I got the email about this bundle today, and clicked the inviting 'check your price button'. The result was a little surprising: $316 (CAD). Surprising because I already have MTurboAmp, EQ and Delay, as well as the LE versions of Reverb and Comp. So for $316 I get upgraded to full versions of Reverb and Comp. To put it into context, my price for upgrading to MCompleteBundle is $477: I own 66 of 112 items, so would be paying for 46 items.
$316 for 2 items, or $477 for 46 items? $158 per item v just over $10 per item?
Seems odd.
MTurboBundle 22 upgrade pricing
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- KVRAF
- 10372 posts since 2 Sep, 2003 from Surrey, UK
I think that it would be surprising if every special offer covered every combination of products currently licensed by users. The best thing to do is contact MeldaProduction using the Contact form on the web site, explain your circumstances and ask if anything can be done.
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 21 posts since 20 Jan, 2018
I will, I just hoped there would be a simple explanation here. But 'combinations of products' isn't how it works, or at least shouldn't be. The other bundles all list how many products I already have, and Melda know which ones they are and can assign a value to them, and calculate a price accordingly. Judging by the prices I'm offered, that's how it does work. The new bundle notably doesn't list how many products I have, and doesn't seem to work that way at all.
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- KVRian
- 1282 posts since 3 Jan, 2020
Generally, it takes 70% of what you already paid for plugins contained in the bundle and subtracts that from the total.
If you bought a plugin from a third-party reseller, the assumption is that you got a 50% discount. So it subtracts 35% of the regular price from the bundle price. If you bought second hand, no discount applies as far as I know.
Based on that, you should be able to calculate your upgrade price. Since the MTurboBundle isn't offered regularly, there's a chance they made a mistake setting it up and you should contact support if your price doesn't match calculation.
Disclaimer: This is what I remember. There might be an explanation of how this works in your account, but I can't find it at the moment.
If you bought a plugin from a third-party reseller, the assumption is that you got a 50% discount. So it subtracts 35% of the regular price from the bundle price. If you bought second hand, no discount applies as far as I know.
Based on that, you should be able to calculate your upgrade price. Since the MTurboBundle isn't offered regularly, there's a chance they made a mistake setting it up and you should contact support if your price doesn't match calculation.
Disclaimer: This is what I remember. There might be an explanation of how this works in your account, but I can't find it at the moment.
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 21 posts since 20 Jan, 2018
That explains why I couldn't figure it out myself. The two bundle items I don't have are the most expensive ones, and their LE versions don't count, and most of my purchases have been 3rd party, so if I apply your formula it gets me to just over a dollar away from the real price. Put that difference down to currency conversion. I bought the EssentialFX bundle from Melda, so that gives me a bigger discount against MComplete. The only oddity left is, MTurboDelay wasn't a 3rd party purchase, as I got it in EssentialFX. Maybe bundle items also get 35% as they were already discounted.
I won't do the math on MComplete, as Pigments 4 dropped today so I'm off to play with that. Thanks for your help!
I won't do the math on MComplete, as Pigments 4 dropped today so I'm off to play with that. Thanks for your help!