Are the power up points a real bait for you?
Ruphuss
Posts: 2,631
for me the reward is not worth it
Daz 3D is part of 
Connect
DAZ Productions, Inc.
7533 S Center View Ct #4664
West Jordan, UT 84084
Licensing Agreement | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | EULA
© 2025 Daz Productions Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Comments
I'm not really following this one. I just buy the stuff that I want. I don't know how to check how many points I've got, I've no idea how to find any coupons or discounts that I have earned. The whole thing seems a big vague and I'm not going to but extra stuff just to get points.
If you go to the PC members only forum you will find that there are all sorts of threads about the PC anniversary sale, with discusion and explanations and all sorts of other posts.
You can monitor your points on this page http://www.daz3d.com/pc-anniversary-sale-week-1
Honestly, the power-up points are less of a PC draw than the huge discounts on all the Parkside / West Park items. Those alone have made joining the Platinum Club worth it to me. The various Tier rewards are just gravy.
I am only buying what I see that I am interested in. If they get me points and discounts thats a bonus.
It was but then I find myself today with only three points needed nothing much in todays releases I want, I thought I had another day but there's a lot of confusion and incorrect information floating around.
So I need to decide if I want to buy things I don't really want, or just settle for tier 1 and return a couple of things that I was only half interested in.
Yes, and I have to admit I am as confused as you as to when the week ends, and in the same boat, points wise.
Defenitely for me.
I like the surprise factor in this and I am looking forward to the grand prize at the end of the month, whatever that may be.
The fact that some days have very cheap bundles and new releases every day, is very appealing to me
I guess I just like surprises :)
I dont mind the power up as its like collecting green stamps as it is less restrictive than "buy this and this to get a discount on that" approach, This years approach also seems to inject more diversity and PA products in the offers which is not much different than a typical product release day its initial discount. I guess I was expecting some new big DO releases - like another Gen6 figure to kick off the month though.
This years sales seems like a month of hopeful "Tuesday Mornings" without quite achieving the full climax of the "Tuesday Eve" DO releases.
For me the points are mostly irrelevant. There's just no way I'm ever going to find 10 points worth of interesting product in any one week, and the Tier 1 rewards simply aren't worth pursuing.
It's also kind of a bummer that none of the products in this promotion so far have been compatible with the PC coupon.
what if, they gave us a point percentage for all the dollars we've spent in our order history? reeewards, tee hee.
No, the power up points don't really matter all that much to me.
But the extra 20% discount does.
Maybe I'm just being especially dense here but I thought that was just the general advertising page for the offer.
Are the rewards that are white instead of grey ones I have qualified for? And is that green bar above them my "power up meter" or just a bit of decoration on the page?
If you have a reward box that isn't dimmed out (one of the two boxes underneath the power bar) is the current one you have gotten to. So tier 1 has the left one undimmed while tier 2 will have the right one undimmed. If both are dimmed, you haven't gotten to either.
The bar is "live". It shows you the current number of points in the tier you are earning points towards that you have. So the fact you have a green bar, you are earning points for (or completed if its all the way) tier 2.
For me it is an added bonus, part of the fun, but not something I am desperately looking at when doing purchases. That being said, as I know my shopping pattern ... I will gather quite some power up points for sure.
If you have a reward box that isn't dimmed out (one of the two boxes underneath the power bar) is the current one you have gotten to. So tier 1 has the left one undimmed while tier 2 will have the right one undimmed. If both are dimmed, you haven't gotten to either.
The bar is "live". It shows you the current number of points in the tier you are earning points towards that you have. So the fact you have a green bar, you are earning points for (or completed if its all the way) tier 2.
Thank you for the clarification.
My green bar goes all the way across but I didn't expect it to be full since I haven't bought everything on the page. And I'm sure a couple of the things on the page are things I got for free.
Anyway, I'll just keep on buying the stuff I want and see how well I do. I keep thinking I should stop buying so much stuff here but they keep coming out with stuff that I just must have...
The points are great. We're getting deep discounts on this stuff...and if you get 12 points a week for 3 weeks, you'll get some sort of huge-super-ultra-mega-bonus at the end of the month. I don't think DAZ is looking to p-off any of their customers, so you can pretty much guarantee that whatever it is, it's going to be worth all this money we're spending to get points. (Not that it's a lot.) I've spent $26 bucks and I have 11 points so far. Doing the math, I might have to spend about $75-$100 to get the "surprise" at the end. If it turns out to be a free M6 Pro Bundle, then it'll be worth it.
Also, I'm actually buying stuff I want, you could unlock all the tiers even cheaper by buying all the cheap stuff first. (The $1.59, $2.99, and freebies that count would yield you 12 items for $18.70)
Where did you get the 12 points/week figure? I couldn't find it on the page, the power bar says "6 of 6 products", no mention of any extra credit for 12 points.
I'll just carry on as I am. If I get the surprise at the end then it will be a surprise.
Speaking of the sale page and the "power-up meter", why have the week tab labels been changed to "week 1/2/3/4" from specific dates? The newsletters still show the dates, including where the overlaps are. Taking the dates out of the weekly labels removes information and adds confusion — there are a lot of people in various threads with no idea when the next week starts, which items are eligible for which week, and how long the overlap between weeks is.
Where did you get the 12 points/week figure? I couldn't find it on the page, the power bar says "6 of 6 products", no mention of any extra credit for 12 points.
I'll just carry on as I am. If I get the surprise at the end then it will be a surprise.
12 point per week figure is mentioned here: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/29849/ Basically there are 2 tiers, tier 1 is six points and tier 2 is 12 points per week.
Anything that I have to work at to understand, I'm not bothering with. I started reading all this tier stuff, and wondered why DAZ couldn't make a promotion that simply has dollar cutoffs for the levels. You should (IF you are organized) know the dollar amounts of the stuff included in the promo, and simply add the cheapest, plus some higher priced ones together, and make that the lower tier.
Any promos need to consider paydays, and it's not real smart to have some promo weeks ending right before paydays when you have to buy so much each week. If you did it by money amount spent, regardless of whether it was week 1, week 2, etc, then people could participate more. They could easily see their cumulative amount and know exactly what goal they had to reach. AND KEEP IT SIMPLE- the first rule of marketing.
Frankly, I'm not working toward a prize that is a mystery. I can probably save enough money by not buying all this stuff (that will sooner or later be 60% off, or in a bundle, or anniversary sale) to buy the surprise at a later date, or parts of it that I WANT. I don't want a surprise that has stuff in it I already have. I guess if you've used all the content you've got, or want the latest releases, or something appeals to you (some nice stuff has been offered) then you'd be buying this stuff anyway so you get the bonus regardless of tiers. I've made a concentrated decision to buy very few things from now on and use what I've got.
And consider this possibility- you get a mystery prize- and have to BUY associated products. Yeah, you get this, but you have to BUY this... we'll just have to see. I hope it turns out well for those who are participating :)
And of course, I'm happy if it works for you. The question was, does it work for me... no way. But they are trying new things and it may work for DAZ too.
It looks to me like DAZ is trying to make it as easy as possible to hit the 12 points - as of today there are 11 items under $2 that qualify - and then there are the two $2.99 bundles. This is FAR easier/cheaper than the last couple of years where the major bonus was a result of "buy it all" during the month.
the idea for this thread was:
how much does a bait like these so called Powerpoints convince you just to get the Points.
thinking: oh this product is cheap-i get a Point more-just 3 to Tier 1....
hmmm....do i really need this?
everything was so low at price the last weeks
so for me the bait is not strong enough
Greetings,
Not sure if this is what you're asking, but point-seeking has probably tipped the scales on one texture set. It may have tipped me over on the Farmhouse, but it's a REALLY nice set, and if I'd known how good beforehand, I probably would have bought it irrespective of points. Contrariwise, I think that point-seeking may have tripped me up on the Desert Home, which is really not up to the bar of quality I expect around here. Returns, however, are an easy and effective solution for this and any similar mistake.
Essentially points are an added bonus that makes items an undefinable amount more interesting. They won't make an uninteresting item worthwhile, but something which is on the edge, it can push over into 'buy'.
I am well known for my semi-addictive collecting behavior, however... ;)
I'm not particularly collecting points to get the unknown prize, but rather to collect points. It's fun, and frankly inexpensive as such things around here go. I picked up a discounted GC at the end of the month last month, and I still have around 20% of it left. I'm pretty confident I can hit Tier 2 in the second week, without spending another non-GC dollar, and by the end of that week my next paycheck kicks in.
I trust DAZ to make the prizes interesting, but even if it's not, I'll be having fun, which is worth it to me. I am not, nor do I pretend to be, a PURELY rational buyer. That'd be no fun. :-P
-- Morgan
It is an incentive as far as I figured out pretty quickly that I'd make it to Tier 2 without any trouble if I just maintained by my regular buying patterns, but I'd be a lot more interested if DAZ would actually just come out and explain things now rather than making me wait til the 11th to decide if it's even a good deal or not. As it is, the fact that they're not letting points accrued after one makes the Tier 2 cut off apply to the following week has already given me a reason to skip buying a few items that I might have. And, of course, the ongoing mystery as to exactly what form the rewards will.actually take, what restrictions there will be on them and how long they'll actually be good for hasn't done much to stoke my enthusiasm. That's especially true in the case of the end of month mystery mega-prize, which, given DAZ's recent track record, could end up being something I either already have or have no interest in.
As far as spending goes, I don't think I'm doing any more. If anything I may be doing a little less but I was easily at tier 2 a couple of days ago. I can't buy everything I want due to expenses. I won't get paid again until Friday. I've already have a wishlist going of what I haven't bought yet.
I buy what I want and skip on what I'm not interested in. Pretty much business as usual.
I do like the discounts, the freebies (the mega was nice for me), and the thought of something maybe good at the end of the month. And if it turns out to be a disappointment oh well.
If you were to take this entire process away, I'd probably be doing the same thing anyway.
My only fear is that I'll miss the opportunity to spend my rewards especially this round.
I agree with this. MUCH better approach this year IMHO.
To be sure not to miss a week deadline as obviously how weeks are located on the Dazworld calendar do not correspond with the regular one I use over here ... I did make one inexpensive purchase "just to get the final point" for tier 2. And then they released some more items which I purchased "anyway". So have some spare points that are "lost" I guess, but hay, all the products I purchased because yes I wanted them are working just fine. The Asian faces morphs, the doll shaders, etc plus the other extra items on sales, fun time shopping.
Too confusing for me. It's not DAZ, it's anybody who uses those kind of incentives. Points, green stamps, bogo -none of those things get me to buy. Discounts work, but looks like a lot of stuff is for 4.6 and Gen 2 which I don't have.
Deep discounts, like the bundles and the fabulous mega pack with good old V4/M4 grabbed me. Now I will have to buy some of the expansion textures, which otherwise I'd probably forego. I have several of the Western buildings, and yet that bundle is a very substantial set for an incredible price, It might be worth it to get the missing buildings. To me, that's a bargain I can go for. Did I earn points for stuff I bought? I have no idea.
"PURCHASES FROM THIS SALE CANNOT BE RETURNED AFTER REWARDS ARE REDEEMED"
So I guess you have to return any items you don't like immediately so you can replace them with others, if you want to keep the 6/12 tier. After the "week" is over you can't do that anymore, or you'll lose your reward. At least that's how I understand it.
Greetings,
Yep, which is why I checked the Desert Home, because I know the vendor has had...issues in the past. So I'm not particularly checking the PC items, for example, and OMG have I used (and loved) the Ambient Light stuff a lot since I got it, and I love the Farmhouse.So yeah, if there's any potential question, do check the items and make sure they're something you want to keep BEFORE the 9th, so you have time to return them. I'm something like 2 points over Tier 2 status anyway, so I'm good.
But if you're on the bubble, yeah, it's definitely a concern. Don't let points make you buy or keep something that's not good for you; that'll just make you bitter and angry at the PC, and that's not what this is about at all...
-- Morgan
I am ignoring the points up to a point.
Uhm ...
OK, I am just buying what I want/like and look from time to time at the points. LOL
Knowing the history I wouldn't set too much hope on the mega prize. Maybe I would like to have it, maybe not ...