Producer -> Production Suite For free?

Others paid a lot more than that... These deals come and go. There will be more I'm sure.
 
 
This is a GREAT! NO BRAINER DEAL! for anyone qualified to do it. I don't cause I have Producer Expanded already, which suits my "needs" for now anyway.
 
 
Steve

You chaps are right. I think I just needed confirmation that this isn't a new experience lol. I needed to vent. 
I made the switch from Pro-tools to SONAR back when SONAR 8 was first released and I've never turned back. Obviously for a reason. I'll just shut my yap. lol. 

i got x1 when it first came out and frankly,im very happy,no aurguments or discontent and no deal..lol. 

think of it like a women.there will always be a better one somewhere,but at what cost?
sitting there letting the right one walk out the door while you contemplate "what if" or "but only"

id still send the phone call.

Yup. Between my Studio (place of work) and my home studio, I've dished out well over $2500. I guess that's how the cookie crumbles. I just had to have the PC4K S-Type series. And they delivered just as much as they were hyped for the most part. So far some of the best emulation of classic hardware. So I can't disagree paying the extra dough isn't so bad...
Except the front page of the Cakewalk website is telling me if I would have waited 4 days I'd have it as a free upgrade! And I thought 30% off was a steal! 

If you purchased recently, and would've qualified for the offer, it might be worth contacting Cake and (nicely) inquiring about getting in on the deal.  Never know, maybe they'll give you a break.  They're pretty reasonable like that.  If it's been a while, though, all you can do is chalk it up to the luck of the draw.  It happens to all of us, so you're not alone.  Somebody else got lucky this time, but next time it might be them on the short end.  Like someone else mentioned, it balances out in the end.  Win some you lose some. 
 
It's like walking away from a slot machine that's been eating your money all night, then the next person who sits down hits a big jackpot.  That's life, kid.  If you're gonna eat the cherries you gotta deal with the pits.  ;)

I'm wondering whether cake are going to eventually combine producer and expanded into one product as the flagship? yet still have the optional module addons. Would make thing simpler with the updates.

I agree it's worth a try since it was so close. You have nothing to lose.

You do know that Cakewalk already does offer LOTS of great deals to existing customers? Of course they are trying to entice new customers with freebie stuff, but don't most companies? My cell phone company certainly does not offer me crap unless my contract is up but i get bombarded with ads showing the cool free phone new people get. Cable company offers great deals to new clients...for a limited time. If anything Cakewalk is far more generous than many companies are when it comes to existing customers. When was the last time your internet provider offered you anything other than the initial deal? Has your car dealer called and offered you anything other than a great price on a new car?

Well I upgraded to Producer Expanded a couple weeks ago, which cost me $99 for Producer and $20 for Expanded. I did not get the Production package. If I would have waited it would now cost me $199 for the Producer upgrade which would take me into the Production suite. An extra $100. So I feel I'm better off with the deal I did get. I could upgrade to the Production suite now but that would cost me another $100. I feel the money was better spent on upgrading Guitar Rig 4 to Guitar Rig 5. So I'm doing okay, no klevetching here.

R3V3RB it sounds like your registration had not quite updated when you tried to purchase CL. Did you contact customer support? I suspect they would have fixed that for you. I know results will vary, but I have not had a problem with any of the special deals, even special deals that required me registering another product to be eligible. IS your registration for producer showing in your account now?

I purchased x1 Production suite, boxed version at full cost, no special deal a few months ago. It was a nice surprise to see that Cake was offering their brick wall limiter for just 10 dollars at the time to people making this purchase. After registering x1 online I tried to obtain the limiter and I was told by the Cake website that I'm not eligible and that I'm not a registered owner of x1 Production suite!! Just to add insult to injury I regularly get emails from Cakewalk encouraging me to 'upgrade' to sonar studio I grew a hard shell to 'special offers' since then!

 
All you had to do was call Cakewalk, they'd have taken care of that for you. 

Thanks for the replies guys.  it wasn't my intention to Hijack the thread tho, sry!!

Yeah, it seems my registration exists under the Euro section, and i'm from UK so Cake made a mistake because I registered from inside the installer.
I work nights sleep days, so calling cake up isn't as simple as it seems + the offer was at its very end when I hit the problem!
  Cakewalk if you want to check my Reg and offer me the limiter I'd be happy , and stop sending me emails to  upgrade to music maker etc!!! 
Cheers Guys.

R3V..just shoot them an email. your purchase and registration data is there and I think they will gladly give you the limiter for $10 since it all sounds like a registration glitch.

I will be contacting Cakewalk on Monday morning regarding my issue, thanks everyone for at least letting me know it won't hurt. It's not that it wasn't money well spent... it's just money I didn't "have to" spend. Believe it or not, I already waited. I didn't purchase X1 until the Xc update (Studio Version). Then when Xd was released, I purchased Producer for $99.00.  And then again just last week went to Expanded then purchased the Production Suite modules at the sales price (minus Rapture and Z3ta 2). Then again the more I think about it, I am not so bothered by the idea anymore. 

I'll try getting a hold of Cakewalk on monday. Thanks for the great replies everyone!

I too have always hated things like this. From my cable company to my cell phone carrier, they always seem to give out deals to new customers while we that have supported them for years don't ever get a GOOD break. We may hit a decent deal once in a while, but there's nothing I've ever been a part of where the company made me feel like they appreciated my business.

Speaking of the cable thing. I've been with Comcast since they came around here with 2 other names in the 80's. I asked them recently if they could hook me up with anything for being a customer for so long because there are pretty good deals with other companies. Their reply was "no, sorry, but you can always cancel and just pick up the new deal offered."

Cell phone told me the same thing....simply unreal. I've had the same cell phone company and # since 1996. There are plans out from other carriers that obliterate my plan for way less. I figured I'd call and ask if they could do anything as it's only fair to show your loyalty and ask...as I said, they said the same thing. "You can cancel and just re-apply as a new customer." I guess we're supposed to just switch with each new deal that comes along and you're inconvenienced to go through all the change-over stuff each year or whatever?

At any rate, sorry to go off topic...I've just always been against loyal customers never being treated like they ARE truly loyal. It's not just here though....it's with everything. In my business (call me a bad businessman) I've always taken care of loyal customers or repeat customers by doing a little something extra on the house or being extra fair with pricing. They are worth something...without them, I'd not have a business. Just my take though.

Dub had a good post in #3. The only thing I can say there is...there were quite a few that actually felt cheated with the initial release of X1 as it wouldn't work at all for them. Some had issues until the last few patches...so there are a few people in that camp. I wasn't one of them, but I wasn't an immediate X1 fan. It definitely had to grow on me a bit...but I've never felt cheated. I must admit I hate deals like this new one though. But who knows, maybe there will be something for us loyal guys at some point. We can only hope.

The main thing to remember though...all negativity aside, if X1 works for you and is stable, well in my opinion being in this as a business, you can't really put a price on that. If it works well, you get your jobs done and stability is there, it's worth every penny for me even if I'm not down with some of the company based decisions. :)

-Danny