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+1HCMarkus wrote: I like Leo, too, but find that when I'm in DP, I don't interface with the OS very much, so Tiger causes me no pain. And my system is (recent hard drive death excepted) very stable these days. I'm gonna' stick with Tiger until I move to Intel, which will not happen until Snow Leopard is purring smoothly while DP roars.
I don't know. It only works on the second checkout screen as mentioned. I didn't really even bother to question the origins of this code. I certainly hope this was some sort of special code not meant for the public or anything. Maybe the OP can illuminate us?grouse wrote:Since it came up regarding the posting of deals like this one (and I missed out!) can I ask what this particular promo code is about? Is it supposed to be specifically for vendors or another specialised group or is it a free-for-all, so to speak.
I just re-read his posts and and I don't see that at all. He seemed to be talking about endorsing specific vendors like Musician's Friend, Sweetwater, etc.grouse wrote:I originally thought that's what mhschmieder was getting at, the divulging of the promo code.
Maybe mhschmieder is confusing forum policy with my sparring with Brad at Sweetwater? I regret giving him (Brad) ANY grief in the past and now know his intentions are purely professional and helpful. I shop Sweetwater often and greatly appreciate his presence here. I wish other vendors would do the same, but since Brad is participating, he'll get my business first. Oooops! Is that an endorsement?James Steele wrote:I just re-read his posts and and I don't see that at all. He seemed to be talking about endorsing specific vendors like Musician's Friend, Sweetwater, etc.grouse wrote:I originally thought that's what mhschmieder was getting at, the divulging of the promo code.
DO you think it's that tightly controlled? They want to make the sale and if they are offering a package to 500 people, I'd bet they'd be happy to sell 750 units at the same 'low' price. You know, once the software is written and packaged (assuming it's not a download) then it's pure profit once the overhead is recovered. Think of it as royalties are to music. It's not like you;re stealing. You are still giving them $$$ for their product.Tobor wrote:That's why they have the promo code box. I'm sure multiple promotions are going on simultaneously.
For example, this weekend (ends today?) they were having their red white and blue sale and if you called them and said "blue" you got a discount. There was 15% off purchases up to 499 or something, so if you purchased Komplete 5 with the "blue" promo it would have cost you $340.
Tobor
True. Not to mention, Native Instruments is literally DUMPING Komplete 5 on the marketplace. You can get it from THEIR OWN web shop for the $399. I imagine they have slashed the cost to the retailers. It's also pretty darned smart, because I could see this potentially expanding the Kontakt user base, which frankly doesn't necessarily bode well for MachFive as someone else alluded to earlier.MIDI Life Crisis wrote:DO you think it's that tightly controlled? They want to make the sale and if they are offering a package to 500 people, I'd bet they'd be happy to sell 750 units at the same 'low' price. You know, once the software is written and packaged (assuming it's not a download) then it's pure profit once the overhead is recovered. Think of it as royalties are to music. It's not like you;re stealing. You are still giving them $$$ for their product.Tobor wrote:That's why they have the promo code box. I'm sure multiple promotions are going on simultaneously.
For example, this weekend (ends today?) they were having their red white and blue sale and if you called them and said "blue" you got a discount. There was 15% off purchases up to 499 or something, so if you purchased Komplete 5 with the "blue" promo it would have cost you $340.
Tobor
To MLC: You're confusing me with someone who's disagreeing with you. It's a dump/fire/economy sale for sure.James Steele wrote:True. Not to mention, Native Instruments is literally DUMPING Komplete 5 on the marketplace. You can get it from THEIR OWN web shop for the $399. I imagine they have slashed the cost to the retailers. It's also pretty darned smart, because I could see this potentially expanding the Kontakt user base, which frankly doesn't necessarily bode well for MachFive as someone else alluded to earlier.MIDI Life Crisis wrote:DO you think it's that tightly controlled? They want to make the sale and if they are offering a package to 500 people, I'd bet they'd be happy to sell 750 units at the same 'low' price. You know, once the software is written and packaged (assuming it's not a download) then it's pure profit once the overhead is recovered. Think of it as royalties are to music. It's not like you;re stealing. You are still giving them $$$ for their product.Tobor wrote:That's why they have the promo code box. I'm sure multiple promotions are going on simultaneously.
For example, this weekend (ends today?) they were having their red white and blue sale and if you called them and said "blue" you got a discount. There was 15% off purchases up to 499 or something, so if you purchased Komplete 5 with the "blue" promo it would have cost you $340.
Tobor
I called a friend of mine earlier today to hip him to this deal since he doesn't own Kontakt either and figured by virtue of the fact that he's actually a REAL keyboard player who recently bought a new Mac Pro he'd be all over this, but he didn't sound too excited. He had just bought Omnisphere but hadn't installed it yet.
