“Freebies” page is always empty

Subtropic PixelSubtropic Pixel Posts: 2,388
edited December 1969 in The Commons

I haven't seen anything on this page for at least a month. I'm always logged in with my account, and it's always blank at the bottom.

Is this being phased out, or is it already gone?

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  • FishtalesFishtales Posts: 6,162
    edited December 1969

    It doesn't show the items you already have if you have 'Hide Items I Own' ticked at the top of the main page. If you already own all the items it stays blank.

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    edited December 1969

    That page really needs to have its own "hide items" tickbox — I keep finding the tickbox setting on one page doesn't necessarily stick when I click from one page to another.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,257
    edited December 1969

    ...agreed.

    Even unticking the box on the main page, all I keep seeing are the textures for the clothing content don't have and Reby Sky Magnets. Should see at least this past week's freebie. Been like that for several weeks now.

  • Subtropic PixelSubtropic Pixel Posts: 2,388
    edited December 1969

    Fishtales said:
    It doesn't show the items you already have if you have 'Hide Items I Own' ticked at the top of the main page. If you already own all the items it stays blank.

    Oh wow, do you mean to say that I already have all free stuff past, present, and future? After all I check almost every day and it's been about a month and I haven't seen ANYTHING show up.

    If so, then is this a little bit like the time that Homer Simpson finished reading the Whole Internet? :lol:

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    Should see at least this past week's freebie. Been like that for several weeks now.

    I'm not sure if the freebies page has actually ever been able to see this week's freebie/this month's PC freebie. They must be in different categories, or something. Magento fails again, .gifs at 11... :-/
  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited May 2015

    Yes different sort of freebies. The weekly and Monthly PC freebie need to have specific rules applied to them, as the weekly is free to PC members or to non-members once they make a purchase, and the Monthly freebie is only free to PC members.

    The freebies that show from the rolling banner are free to everyone.

    Post edited by Chohole on
  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 12,911
    edited May 2015

    Kyoto Kid said:
    Should see at least this past week's freebie. Been like that for several weeks now.

    I'm not sure if the freebies page has actually ever been able to see this week's freebie/this month's PC freebie. They must be in different categories, or something. Magento fails again, .gifs at 11... :-/

    The freebies page doesn't show the weekly freebie or the monthly freebie because they are not absolutely free for everybody. The weekly freebie requires either a purchase or PC membership and the monthly PC freebie of course requires PC membership. The ones on the freebie page are all older items and were changing about every 2 weeks.
    If you want to see the current freebies on the freebie page, just log out and then look at the page

    Post edited by Charlie Judge on
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,257
    edited December 1969

    ...logging out of he store alone messes with my forums login to where I have to shut down and restart FF to log back into the forums. Been dealing with this since the site software change three years ago.

  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,330
    edited December 1969

    I don't have that problem at all. Regardless if I'm logged into the store or not I'm always logged into the forums.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,085
    edited May 2015

    Fishtales said:
    It doesn't show the items you already have if you have 'Hide Items I Own' ticked at the top of the main page. If you already own all the items it stays blank.

    Oh wow, do you mean to say that I already have all free stuff past, present, and future? After all I check almost every day and it's been about a month and I haven't seen ANYTHING show up. :

    Many have commented on the apparent deadness of the freebies section. Personally, I've seen no appreciable change for over a month, but some say that they've been changing out one or two items at random intervals, but replacing them with items that have already been given away as freebies since the promo started. In other words, it's pretty much the same thing that they do with the PC bundle sales, where it's the same handful of items that are included in every promotion. It looks great if you're one of the newbies they're trying to lure in, but pays off far less often if you're a veteran customer.

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,610
    edited December 1969

    price low to high on main page, all items, only way I can find freebies

  • CypherFOXCypherFOX Posts: 3,401
    edited December 1969

    Greetings,
    Many browsers have an incognito mode, which you can use to check the freebies without logging off your main browsing session. You'll see there's a lot there, and no it's not stuff that's typically been free on the past.

    It is weighted toward the V4 models, but so is the back catalog!

    -- Morgan

  • Nester751Nester751 Posts: 387
    edited December 1969

    Just curious, been about 4 weeks since it changed. Am seeing a lot of new Daz advertisements about the free models (daily) and friends I am trying to get into 3d art told me the page isn't updating. :( Am hoping it's a minor forgetful moment. They are on the fence about 3d art....

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  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,330
    edited December 1969

    The only stuff that gets listed on that page is the totally free to everyone. The freebies you are seeing in the newsletters is the weekly freebie. It is fee to PC member or with purchase for none PC members.

  • Nester751Nester751 Posts: 387
    edited December 1969

    So it's never updated?

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,045
    edited May 2015

    My understanding is that there's a list of free stuff, and it gets shuffled through from time to time. After a while you are likely to have all of it.

    Keep in mind that there's free stuff all over the internet that you can use in Daz Studio. I mean, I've grabbed free bottle and liquid obj files from free sites, put some glass or liquid shaders on, and bam.

    Also, there are a bunch of other things not specific to the Freebie page that you can pick up over time, all sorts of random stuff.

    Personally, what I do is I go through daily and check 'price low-high' on the shop and look for any free stuff that might be available from something.

    This image, for example? Other than the tablecloth, all the rest of the stuff was free content.

    Post edited by Oso3D on
  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,330
    edited December 1969

    I merged 2 threads since they were on the same subject. DAZ occasionally releases freebie that will show int eh list. It jsut isn't on a time schedule like the weekly freebie.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,610
    edited December 1969

    You lost his render Frank! :long:

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 12,911
    edited May 2015

    New freebies are up on the freebie page and amazingly they include the M4 Hero Pro Pack with a lot of products in the free bundle
    http://www.daz3d.com/m4-hero-pro-pack

    Post edited by Charlie Judge on
  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,085
    edited May 2015

    New freebies are up on the freebie page and amazingly they include the M4 Hero Pro Pack with a lot of products in the free bundle

    ... wow. Literally the only things I didn't already have in that entire set were the M4 version of Treadz and the body suit textures. Oh well, at least it's something and a great deal for the newbs.

    Beyond that, was there anything added this weak... oops I meant week, how's that for a Freudian slip? They all looked the same as to me except maybe the quad tank.

    edit - link removed

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  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,330
    edited December 1969

    You lost his render Frank! :long:

    I didn't lose anything. All I have to do is hit merge. It doesn't edit anybodies posts.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,257
    edited December 1969

    ...all I'm seeing are four textures for clothing I don't have. Also checked my product library, don't have the M4 Hero Pro Pack. When I put the link into my browser, I am taken to my Product Library page.

    Just doing a search for the M4 Hero Pro Pack on the store page pulls it up...

    ...with a 125.97$ price tag. While I have a few of the separate items form the bundle, I don't have all.

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 12,911
    edited May 2015

    Looks like at least some of the items on the freebie page didn't last long. When I first saw it both M4 Hero Pro Pack and Feeling Sick Cold Stuff showed up as the only two free items I didn't own and I grabbed them. Now both have their regular price again.
    http://www.daz3d.com/m4-hero-pro-pack
    http://www.daz3d.com/feeling-sick-cold-stuff

    I'm not sure if they were pulled or if they are supposed to be free.

    Post edited by Charlie Judge on
  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,085
    edited May 2015

    Looks like at least some of the items on the freebie page didn't last long. When I first saw it both M4 Hero Pro Pack and Feeling Sick Cold Stuff showed up as the only two free items I didn't own and I grabbed them. Now both have their regular price again.


    I'm not sure if they were pulled or if they are supposed to be free.


    It looks to me like someone made a big "uh-oh" and they quickly pulled the new items and replaced them with already used freebies again. I'm going through the list and it appears that these are mainly items that have been on the freebies page at least once since November of last year... of course, I actually bought a few or, even more often, received a lot of them as PC freebies, so I can't 100% confirm that.

    edit - link removed

    Post edited by Cybersox on
  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,228
    edited May 2015

    Checking while logged out there are 13 Freebies on the page. I own all but 3 of them. Those are new to the Freebies since yesterday. Most of the other 10 items I picked up as Freebies previously and I own all of them.

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,257
    edited May 2015

    ...what items are they? All I see are the four dress textures (and like several of us mentioned, there is no "Hide/Unhide" box to check).

    As I mentioned, logging out of the store without shutting down FF(or sometimes even rebooting the system) screws up my forums login.

    What happens is if I log out before shutting down, and log back into the store and it will take me right to the store instead of to my account page first. When that occurs and I click an email link to a thread afterwards, I am shown as being logged out again.

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • anikadanikad Posts: 1,919
    edited December 1969

    This is what I see when not logged into the store. I suspect I own all of these already but can't be bothered to check.

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,257
    edited December 1969

    ...thank you. for the SS.

  • Nester751Nester751 Posts: 387
    edited December 1969

    Nester751 said:
    Just curious, been about 4 weeks since it changed. Am seeing a lot of new Daz advertisements about the free models (daily) and friends I am trying to get into 3d art told me the page isn't updating. :( Am hoping it's a minor forgetful moment. They are on the fence about 3d art....

    Ummm I had no image with my post. I think this image is from someone elses post. Not complaining, just I want to give credit to whomever the artist was... :) I don't want them to think I horked their image.

    *horked from the movie Strange Brew, meaning swiped, for those that haven't seen that fun movie :D

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,610
    edited December 1969

    This image, for example? Other than the tablecloth, all the rest of the stuff was free content.

    there was a render here I saw it unless I am going bonkers

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