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PascalVB · Post by **PascalVB** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:54 pm

In the past I bought most of my plugins at full, regular price.

But during the last winter sales I saw A LOT of very recent plugins (also some of the ones that I bought at full price) that had a 25 to 50 % discount.

Sad as it may sound, I will not buy plugins from "some companies" at full price anymore because their plugins go into sales very quickly.

What are your thoughts? Are sales good or evil?

ariston · Post by **ariston** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:56 pm

PascalVB wrote: What are your thoughts? Are sales good or evil?

Neither... for better or worse, they seem to be a part of the game now. I'm like you, though - I will be hesitant to pay the full price in the future.

murnau · Post by **murnau** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:59 pm

i buy only 2nd hand or when something is on sale (but seems there are always another super-sales afterwards so..)

AudioGuy720 · Post by **AudioGuy720** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:02 pm

PascalVB wrote:In the past I bought most of my plugins at full, regular price.

But during the last winter sales I saw A LOT of very recent plugins (also some of the ones that I bought at full price) that had a 25 to 50 % discount.

Sad as it may sound, I will not buy plugins from "some companies" at full price anymore because their plugins go into sales very quickly.

What are your thoughts? Are sales good or evil?

I learned my lesson years ago. Unless I absolutely 100% NEED a plugin for a project that I'm working on then I will gladly wait until the big discounts during the winter holiday season.

At this point I have most of what I need. But sometimes there are new tools that pop up that I'll gladly buy NOW and pay full price because it truly is "that damn good".

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:05 pm

I've never bought a plugin at full price.. ever.

When it comes to electronic format products, I always wait for the price to drop and it almost always does. Outside of Mario Kart for Wii which is ancient and has only decreased by around 15 dollars.

Then again my hardware I bought on blowout sales or second hand too (outside of my small mixer and the audio interface). It seems odd to spent a premium to have a lot of things brand new.. like a car.. when it depreciates by thousands as soon as you drive it off of the new car lot.

Unless you're doing this for a living, or just have spare cash to throw around, why would you spend top dollar for brand new, non-sale prices?

Lotuzia · Post by **Lotuzia** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:09 pm

PascalVB wrote:In the past I bought most of my plugins at full, regular price.

But during the last winter sales I saw A LOT of very recent plugins (also some of the ones that I bought at full price) that had a 25 to 50 % discount.

Sad as it may sound, I will not buy plugins from "some companies" at full price anymore because their plugins go into sales very quickly.

What are your thoughts? Are sales good or evil?

Well if the plug in was released in November, and has a more important discount during the winter sale than on the intro price, this is something to consider.

Otoh if the plug in is released in february, in all other cases than intro price, you'll have to wait almost one year

, while still not beeing sure to get a discount in Winter, and not knowing the discount. Look at NI, they did not do a winter sale, as many other companies, some other do it one winter and not the other one, and some never do. ( Like mine )

THe big discounts we see nowadays just reflect the crisis. They will end when/if crisis fades away imho.

LtZ

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:16 pm

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:09 am

Yeah I've paid full price a few times. Valhalla stuff for example.

sin night · Post by **sin night** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:16 am

I'd buy full price if I feel the price is fair (this doesn't mean low!) and if I need the thing. A good part of my setup has been bought thanks to discounted sales and special offers/promotion (I wouldn't have been able othewise!) and I usually look/wait for them, but I don't mind paying full price if the product deserves it (though I don't like at all if it gets discounted quite soon after my purchase... if I feel there could be soon such a sale, I usually wait for it to happend unless I really need the thing immediately).

Anyway, if something is often discounted or it receives a really deep (silly) discount, then I find it very difficult to buy it full price... I feel it as devalued (though it's usefulness is all still there).

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:19 am

I bought wogic pwoh 7 at full price in 2006

f**k yeah, 1000 bucks......and it had a dongle

Do I win?

Arglebargle · Post by **Arglebargle** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:20 am

I usually wait for sales except for developers who never put their products on sale, like Valhalla.

noiseresearch · Post by **noiseresearch** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:41 am

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alexfalcao · Post by **alexfalcao** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:53 am

There were not too many offers some years ago, I bought between others, Spectrasonics Atmosphere, Stylus RMX,Komplete 3, Etc.. at full price.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:20 am

I'ma take the deals!

Too many recently, but still, better than full price. Though at times I feel like I should be in that prilosec commercial "hey, we make stuff you didn't even know you wanted!"

twoifbysea · Post by **twoifbysea** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 2:39 am

I ALWAYS pay full price.

For Sknote, Sonimus, ToneBoosters and Klanghelm.

Plugin sales... Do you still buy plugins at full price?