Bristol_Jonesey
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I still don't understand the pricing
As some of you may be aware, I initially placed my order with Musicmatter here in the UK, at an inflated cost of £159.
They are blaming both Cakewalk & Focusrite for the hike in price, and also for the lack of download codes but they have offered to cancel my order seeing as how I can get it a lot cheaper by going direct.
So I've gone into the Cakewalk store, clicked on the relevant buying options and the prices I'm quoted is £132.00 + VAT @ 20% (£26.40) making a total of £158.00
MASSIVE saving of exactly £1.00
Could anyone make a suggestion on what I should do next?
Thanks,
Jonesey
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:06:30
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Bristol_Jonesey
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:09:13
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Mike, my sense of humour is being stretched a little thin this morning. But thanks for your advice 
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:11:22
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It cost me AUD195 so I wasn't really joking with you.
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Bristol_Jonesey
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:16:13
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There is something really wrong with the shop. "Welcome, Colin Jones!If you are not Colin Jones, please click here. Click here to access a summary of your previous orders." So clicking "here to access a summary of your previous orders." takes me to another "Log into your Account" screen, and it doesn't recognise me at all, even though the previous page DID recognise me. Mike, £159 equates to 295.71 AUD. Your 195 AUD is about 104 GBP which is what other people in the UK are reporting
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:16:31
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Hi Jonesey,
I got my download code yesterday , bought it from sweetwater for 149 US Dollar,
which are about 128 Euro,this is cheaoer then the update of X3 , where I payed 149 Euro`s.
I can recommend you this sweetwater deal.
the Download via command center works as fast as never seen imo
and X4 platininum works so farreally smooth (tested it for a few minutes till now.
have fun
Pragi
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:16:33
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There is something really wrong with the shop. "Welcome, Colin Jones!If you are not Colin Jones, please click here. Click here to access a summary of your previous orders." So clicking "here to access a summary of your previous orders." takes me to another "Log into your Account" screen, and it doesn't recognise me at all, even though the previous page DID recognise me. Mike, £159 equates to 295.71 AUD. Your 195 AUD is about 104 GBP which is what other people in the UK are reporting
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Pragi
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:16:40
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Hi Jonesey,
I got my download code yesterday , bought it from sweetwater for 149 US Dollar,
which are about 128 Euro,this is cheaoer then the update of X3 , where I payed 149 Euro`s.
Don´t know how much this is in British pound.
I can recommend you the sweetwater deal.
The download via command center works as fast as never seen imo
and X4 platininum works so far really smooth (tested it for a few minutes till now.
have fun
Pragi
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Pragi
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:16:50
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There is a thread about that above in the sonar forum, about how to update the downloads in the sso account or so
post edited by Pragi - 2015/01/22 06:24:31
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cowboydan
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:20:02
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Did you try to order by JRR. They don't charge VAT. I ended up paying 112 euros here in holland.JRR also gave a code "GROUP" and i got 15% off the original price.
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:22:28
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Thanks all.
I'll go & shop elsewhere.
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:23:18
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Just got this in the CW Store for upgrade from X3 Producer to Platinum: Total:£118.80 Includes £19.80 VAT (20% on £99.00).
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Bristol_Jonesey
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:33:38
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Hi Adrian.
Weird it was quoting me £132.00 + VAT
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:34:54
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Was that before you clicked the buy button?
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:35:45
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I went monthly (cake store) and it is £11.89 inc vat so still cheaper than what you have got for the full year membership. Strange indeed!
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:36:51
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I didn't ask me what version I was upgrading from, so perhaps your account is out of sync somehow and it thinks you are upgrading from a different version?
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:41:46
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Hi Jonesey
I just checked out CowboyDan's suggestion of using JRR Shop with the "GROUP" discount code. You have to start with the "Cakewalk Platinum upgrade from SONAR X3 Producer" product, but after entering the discount code during checkout, it gave a price of $125.16 which is a UK price of £82.51.
That's more like it eh?
Let me know how you get on, I've yet to take the plunge myself!
Cheers,
Simon
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Bristol_Jonesey
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:46:07
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I've just ordered it from JRRshop.com.
This is $125.16 so we're on the same page at last!
Now all I need are my redemption codes.....
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 06:50:45
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I think you will have to wait until they open. If you don't get the e-mail with the redemtion code,just go to their site in your account and view your invoice again. They put the codes in the invoice page but forgot to mail them afterwards. Thats how I got my code.
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 07:18:31
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cowboydan
I think you will have to wait until they open. If you don't get the e-mail with the redemtion code,just go to their site in your account and view your invoice again. They put the codes in the invoice page but forgot to mail them afterwards. Thats how I got my code.
Yep this is what I had to do also. Go to my JRR account and get the redemption code from my invoice. [edit] I never did get an email from JRR with my redemption code. [/edit]
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 07:20:33
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Maybe we will get them today.
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 07:21:39
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Thanks Dan! I was forgetting about the time difference. My order reads: License: http://www.cakewalk.com/redeem/ : This license needs to be manually generated. You will be contacted immediately when it becomes available.
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 07:27:07
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You will have to wait until 4 or 5 this afternoon. It should be in there then.
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 07:39:00
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cowboydan
You will have to wait until 4 or 5 this afternoon. It should be in there then.
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 07:48:49
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Manual codes from JJR can take anything upto about 10pm in the uk based on past experience, I guess it depends how busy they are.
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 07:54:34
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Bristol_Jonesey
As some of you may be aware, I initially placed my order with Musicmatter here in the UK, at an inflated cost of £159.
They are blaming both Cakewalk & Focusrite for the hike in price, and also for the lack of download codes but they have offered to cancel my order seeing as how I can get it a lot cheaper by going direct.
So I've gone into the Cakewalk store, clicked on the relevant buying options and the prices I'm quoted is £132.00 + VAT @ 20% (£26.40) making a total of £158.00
MASSIVE saving of exactly £1.00
Could anyone make a suggestion on what I should do next?
Thanks,
Jonesey
That is the straight up price for Platinum when upgrading from an older version of Sonar Pro, (ie. $199) and not the current "special offer price for X3Pro users" of $149. You do have X3Pro don't you? Your sig just says X3c I would say to check your account to make sure X3 is registered properly, but I see you've already bought from elsewhere.
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 07:56:02
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It is almost eight in the U.S.on the east coast.
I did buy from jrrshop. I didn't understand why I could pay less than the early adopters but there you are.
I agree that it is frustrating when well informed loyal customers are randomly charged differing rates.
I do think one of the enhancements on the cake store site was to correctly assess what you were upgrading from. Sounds like you've found your first new bug.
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 07:57:31
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Bristol_Jonesey
Roger Roger
Do you work in the Maritime industry?
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Re: I still don't understand the pricing
2015/01/22 07:57:37
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Buy it from JRR ...I did and I'm in the UK. £84 quid upgrade from X3 Producer. JRR didn't email me the code but it appeared on my JRR account around 10pm UK time last night.
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