Christmas in July

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  • Lissa_xyzLissa_xyz Posts: 6,116
    edited July 2013

    Legionair said:
    Thank you Kattey, your description helped me sort the logic of this out in my head. (Which is insane. The purpose of these promotions should be to get sales, not confuse your customers.)

    I am seeing the discount, but have no idea if it's the promised 70% off or not. The math on this site is so god awful muddled that it makes my hair hurt.


    Post a screen of your cart, or just write in what each item is priced at in your cart, and your subtotal/discount/total values.
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  • Jason GalterioJason Galterio Posts: 2,562
    edited December 1969

    Vaskania said:
    Legionair said:
    Thank you Kattey, your description helped me sort the logic of this out in my head. (Which is insane. The purpose of these promotions should be to get sales, not confuse your customers.)

    I am seeing the discount, but have no idea if it's the promised 70% off or not. The math on this site is so god awful muddled that it makes my hair hurt.


    Post a screen of your cart, or just write in what each item is priced at in your cart, and your subtotal/discount/total values.

    Don't worry about it. I'm not. There was nothing worth purchasing that warranted spending this much time trying to figure it all out.

    I was really trying to figure it out in case something worth while showed up later in the week. But at this point it's not worth the headache.

  • DAZ_KevinDAZ_Kevin Posts: 2,420
    edited December 1969

    Sorry for the confusion. We were not trying to make this sale overly complicated.
    Each day there will be New PA items. Those will be their standard intro price (or like today, a building sale).
    There will also be NEW DAZ O "Christmas in July" Items each day. These will be 70% off IF you buy one of the NEW RELEASE PA items released that day.
    You must have the "Christmas in July" Items in your cart at the same time as the qualifying New release PA item for the discount to show.

    I hope that clears things up. Short summary-- Buy One of the NEW RELEASE PA items, and get 70% off on the "Christmas in July" DAZ O item or items.

  • sfaa69sfaa69 Posts: 353
    edited December 1969

    DAZ_Kevin said:
    Sorry for the confusion. We were not trying to make this sale overly complicated.
    Each day there will be New PA items. Those will be their standard intro price (or like today, a building sale).
    There will also be NEW DAZ O "Christmas in July" Items each day. These will be 70% off IF you buy one of the NEW RELEASE PA items released that day.
    You must have the "Christmas in July" Items in your cart at the same time as the qualifying New release PA item for the discount to show.

    I hope that clears things up. Short summary-- Buy One of the NEW RELEASE PA items, and get 70% off on the "Christmas in July" DAZ O item or items.

    Okay, I thought I understood it at the beginning, but now I am totally confused. What is the list of previously released items called "qualifying new releases" for?

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,214
    edited December 1969

    It's all very simple and can be expressed with the set of equations in the attached image.
    Hope this helps.

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  • KatteyKattey Posts: 2,899
    edited July 2013

    tjohn said:
    It's all very simple and can be expressed with the set of equations in the attached image.
    Hope this helps.


    Is that Friedmann Equation for R(t)? Critical Universe, Einstein - de Sitter part?
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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,214
    edited July 2013

    Kattey said:
    tjohn said:
    It's all very simple and can be expressed with the set of equations in the attached image.
    Hope this helps.


    Is that Friedmann Equation for R(t)? Critical Universe, Einstein - de Sitter part?
    Yep. : )

    And on the whole, just as easy to understand as most DAZ sales of late.
    Meaning I don't really understand either. :D

    Here's my shopping method during the recent sales:
    Place all the items I'm interested in into the cart together >
    Go to the shopping cart and see the total cost and the discount that has been applied >
    If the cost is higher than I want to pay, I remove the least wanted items one by one until the total is acceptable >
    Go to check out.

    It may not be scientific, but it's easier on my poor brain than trying to do the math. : )

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  • KatteyKattey Posts: 2,899
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    Kattey said:
    tjohn said:
    It's all very simple and can be expressed with the set of equations in the attached image.
    Hope this helps.


    Is that Friedmann Equation for R(t)? Critical Universe, Einstein - de Sitter part?

    Yep. : )

    Hehe :)

  • Jason GalterioJason Galterio Posts: 2,562
    edited December 1969

    I am happy to hear that I am not the only one. I thought for sure that I was the only one missing something.

    I have to say that these sales tactics (and the general attitude on the discussion board) has driven me to other sites to purchase content. Something that I would not even had considered a few months ago.

    I wish the powers that be at DAZ (or at least the PAs) would take notice of this. It will eventually hit their bottom line (if it hasn't already).

    Is it so hard to stop trying to be cute and creative? What's wrong with a straight forward sale? Particularly when the webstore itself is already so flawed.

    At the very least, try explaining the sales with something more than one sentence on a single banner ad.

    That promotions page is a nightmare. It just goes on and on and on with no subdivisions, rattling off a half dozen different unrelated deals that may or may not work together. With no explanation as to anything.

    (And if there is another promotion for free products that I already paid for a month and a half ago, I swear I am going to loose my mind!)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    i still don't see any christmas stuff.

    maybe a 'bad santa' suit for M4, like that movie with what's his name.

  • Dream CutterDream Cutter Posts: 1,224
    edited July 2013

    i still don't see any christmas stuff.

    maybe a 'bad santa' suit for M4, like that movie with what's his name.


    Its not about Christmas or the spiriti of giving more like : getting......its the spirit of unbridaled marketing.

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  • DAZ_KevinDAZ_Kevin Posts: 2,420
    edited December 1969

    Those are items you can purchase to activate the 70% off on the NEW "Christmas in July" Items.

    Really it should be simple and straight forward. Purchase one of the Qualifying items (from that list, or one of the NEW PA items released that day) and get 70% off the "Christmas in July" items.
    No tricks, no gimmicks... Only complication is that qualifying items all need to be in the cart at the same time.

    sfaa69 said:

    Okay, I thought I understood it at the beginning, but now I am totally confused. What is the list of previously released items called "qualifying new releases" for?

  • DZ_jaredDZ_jared Posts: 1,316
    edited July 2013

    Hey Everyone,

    Looks like DAZ_kevin has explained how the sale works. Here is a screen grab that I hope will clarify things a bit. If anyone still has questions let me know.

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  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,470
    edited December 1969

    I'd still like to know why I was sent an email yesterday offering Faveral's construction set at 50% of but it is actually only 30% off.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    i still don't see any christmas stuff.

    maybe a 'bad santa' suit for M4, like that movie with what's his name.


    Its not about Christmas or the spiriti of giving more like : getting......its the spirit of unbridaled marketing.


    aww shucks, i was completely fooled. looking for the christmas

  • Jason GalterioJason Galterio Posts: 2,562
    edited July 2013

    DAZ_jared said:
    Hey Everyone,

    Looks like DAZ_kevin has explained how the sale works. Here is a screen grab that I hope will clarify things a bit. If anyone still has questions let me know.

    The confusion came about because you use the same phrase twice to describe two different lists of items. You say buy a "New Release" and get a "New Release" at 70% off. But no where does it ever differentiate between what is one new release and what is the other new release.

    Then when you get to the shopping cart you can't even tell what discount is being taken. Since there's one price (with one discount already deducted) then another deduction later with no explanation of what it is.

    I go to the promotions page to try and figure out the sale and I feel like I am buying a used car. 40% off here, but 50% off if you buy two and if you buy three, then 30% off of these items, and if you buy one of these at 30% then you can have 45% off on these other items. I'm just waiting for you guys to try and sell my floor mats and under coatings.

    If you don't believe me, go to the promotions page and count how many times the phrase "Buy Any New Releases Above..." is used.

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  • Lissa_xyzLissa_xyz Posts: 6,116
    edited December 1969

    I'd still like to know why I was sent an email yesterday offering Faveral's construction set at 50% of but it is actually only 30% off.

    I've been waiting on the answer for that one myself.
  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,470
    edited December 1969

    I got an email someone did answer but removed the post, I can't help but wonder why and who it was.
    I did put in a support ticket with sales but am still waiting to hear.

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,470
    edited December 1969

    I just got an email from sales saying the sale had been corrected and extended for another day, but the sets are still at 30% off -does anyone actually know what is going on in the store, the emails that are sent out or anything.

  • HALO creativeHALO creative Posts: 96
    edited December 1969

    I just got an email from sales saying the sale had been corrected and extended for another day, but the sets are still at 30% off -does anyone actually know what is going on in the store, the emails that are sent out or anything.

    That "2 DAYS ONLY - 50% OFF" in the Daz email was yet another promotions team "mistake". I posted about it here:
    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewreply/379229/

    The graphic in question has since been updated to show "UP TO 50% OFF"

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,470
    edited December 1969

    KJA79A said:
    I just got an email from sales saying the sale had been corrected and extended for another day, but the sets are still at 30% off -does anyone actually know what is going on in the store, the emails that are sent out or anything.

    That "2 DAYS ONLY - 50% OFF" in the Daz email was yet another promotions team "mistake". I posted about it here:
    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewreply/379229/

    The graphic in question has since been updated to show "UP TO 50% OFF"

    Yes I saw your post and posted in that thread myself. Where has anyone from Daz said it was a mistake, sorry if I missed it but even if it was they should still stick to it.
    Sending out an email with an offer only for the customer to get to the store and find that that offer was a mistake really is false advertising.
    I wouldn't mind so much if they did just come out and say sorry mistake but they won't they are just avoiding the fact.
    Britany has replied again asking for a screen shot of the email I got the fact that I sent one attached to the first support ticket seems to have been missed by her.
    I don't know about the consumer laws in America, but I do know they exist, if Daz's marketing isn't careful they might well find themselves on the wrong end of it.

  • icprncssicprncss Posts: 3,694
    edited December 1969

    And we have another outfit lacking footwear. Either the female Genesis/V5 is tottering around the wilds on spiked heels or the G2F/V6 is barefoot. There seems to be no happy medium in all this.

    I don't know about anyone else but this sale has me so confused I threw up my hands in disgust and decided to take my money elsewhere. At least those sites tell you when the sale begins, when it ends, if there are coupons they tell you what you can and cannot use them for. There aren't even any little annoyances of you must have this in your cart to get the discount on that.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,202
    edited December 1969

    ...I totally gave up on it, nor so much because of the confusion as it was items I really would not use.


    I'll just stick to watching the Fastgrab.

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