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Re: Is Avid including HEAT and Complete Plugin Bundle for perpetual users?
^ from what I heard Avid is going to respect that purchase so long as you have not activated your code. What I do not know is, if you buy from avid.com whether the code is activated immediately or can be saved for later. You better ask.
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Re: Is Avid including HEAT and Complete Plugin Bundle for perpetual users?
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I'll check it out w/support first.
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Re: Pro Tools reinstatements
That's a very good sign. Please Avid bring back reinstatement plan for ever. Knowing that your are covered would bring back my trust in Avid.
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Re: Is Avid including HEAT and Complete Plugin Bundle for perpetual users?
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However, by mistake, redemption/activation happened automatically when my Reinstatement was deposited in my Avid account by the Avid Store, at the time of purchase. This has since been fixed and the FAQ has since been updated. Possibly, by now, one can buy a Reinstatement Code from the Avid Store to use in the future. Hopefully, jeffro or Ben’s CS rep can clarify this. Otherwise, it’s immediate activation/redemption when Avid Store adds the Reinstatement to one’s Avid Master Account. That’s why I said: “Buy from a Reseller and get a Code to redeem in the future, if you don’t want to activate your Reinstatement immediately.” Hope this helps!
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Re: Pro Tools reinstatements
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Having to second guess when they might let you back in - if at all - is really weird. So now we're in a strange twilight zone that if you think in the future you might want to take a break from the tax, you pay more right now and keep the code in a locked safe for when you might - in 7 years time, say - need it. Or maybe you won't ever need it, because they provided great and useful upgrades every year. Who knows?
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Given the entire notion of opting out and then reinstating after some number of years is simply an attempt to "game the system" to pay less than the annual fee, (understandable that people would want to do that) BUT which only benefits those playing that game, it actually does nothing for either Avid or those renewing every year The only thing really weird thing is the notion Avid would/should keep a policy in place, that de-incentivizes annual renewal which makes no logical business sense. The only way in a logical business sense, for permanent reinstatement to not de-incentivize annual perpetual renewal or subscription, would be if it was based on a sliding scale per year of gap based on increasing increments of the annual renewal fee of for example $399 for PT Ultimate .. SO $799 after a 1 year gap, $1199 after 2 years,, $1599 after 3 years and so on. In other words so there is no monetary benefit to opting out and reinstating,,, and the only benefit would being able to decide when you want to pay the fee, not how much you pay..
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Re: Pro Tools reinstatements
I understood it that this Get Current is a one-time deal. Take it or leave it. Better keep renewing, less trouble and more updates.
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Re: Pro Tools reinstatements
+1
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Re: Pro Tools reinstatements
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Adobe excepted who are subs only, almost every other audio company has a license and upgrade system in place. If you pay the upgrade fee, you get the shiny new features. If you don't, you don't - your choice. This, I think, is the part you missed. If - say - 3 years down the line, you want back in to the latest version, you pay for that. Some companies (eg NI) make this amount the same for everyone, others (eg Steinberg) stagger it so the further back you upgrade from, the more you pay. Arguments go both ways here. What - AFAIK - NOBODY does is make you pay for every second you missed as a punishment. What a brilliant system that would be - you pay for everything as if you owned it, even though you didn't. The notion that there is "nothing in it for Avid" to work on these lines seems crazy to me. They want to retain old and lapsed customers, as this current promotion shows. And in fact it's a pretty generous deal - it's only $100 more to upgrade from v9 than it is from a current active plan, so they're clearly not thinking along these crazy punishment lines. They just need to do it in a consistent way. And - of course - if they are providing strong new features, people wouldn't want to lapse anyway
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They only thing I missed was not stating the staggered pricing I suggested was based on PT Ultimate. Obviously the PT standard pricing would reflect being relative it's annual renewal price Quote:
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I would agree with the consistency notion WHICH IN POINT OF FACT. is exactly what my staggered pricing suggestion does It keeps opting out at a consist cost with staying in. Now that is consistent
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