kitekrazy1
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Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
Too bad I can't make it a poll. I'm on the fence between the two. I'm usually a pay $149 type courtesy of Mr. Visa or Mastercard.
Your thoughts?
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 19:45:34
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I don't pay carrying charges so it will be a single payment on a credit card paid off when the bill comes in.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 19:52:58
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Lump sum already deposited with Cake.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 19:54:07
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I haven't seen how the monthly payment thing works. Is it an automatic credit card withdrawal?
I've got plenty of cash in my Paypal account so I can do a one time payment but the option to back out of the monthly payments if SONAR Platinum doesn't meet expectations when the drum replacement feature is ready is a nice option to have.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 19:58:37
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Mod Bod
I haven't seen how the monthly payment thing works. Is it an automatic credit card withdrawal?
I've got plenty of cash in my Paypal account so I can do a one time payment but the option to back out of the monthly payments if SONAR Platinum doesn't meet expectations when the drum replacement feature is ready is a nice option to have.
Doesn't Paypal have a feature to set up monthly payments? Otherwise you could just do it manually. As far as the OP I'm going with the thumb up my bum payment plan... that is until I have some actual money to spend. Then I'd pay up front.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 20:03:01
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In the mega thread one of the staffers mentioned accepting paypal for the monthly plan.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 20:06:48
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Paypal is really lame if you're a seller but brilliant as a customer. It's cool Cake accepts it (and pays the associated fees). Quite a few places won't anymore.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 20:56:10
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Paypal is really lame if you're a seller but brilliant as a customer. It's cool Cake accepts it (and pays the associated fees). Quite a few places won't anymore. When I sent money to someone else a while ago, they charged me a fee of about 3%. Is this a similar % to what CW would be charged? From your comment, it also sounds like this fee went up at some point. EDIT: Lump sum. I want to get it out of the way and not have to think about it or be reminded about it every month.
post edited by SilkTone - 2015/01/15 21:06:04
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 21:02:32
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 21:03:06
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I'll do the same I've always done. Single payment. It already costs a lot more with the weak Australian dollar being worth only USD$0.78.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 21:04:25
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 21:06:20
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I'm pretty much set in my mind to not subscribe at all.
However, I would think the lump sum would be best because it is cheaper. Also, once you pay, then all you have to do is sit back and wait for $149 to $199 worth of updates each year.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 21:12:38
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 21:15:39
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kitekrazy1
Too bad I can't make it a poll. I'm on the fence between the two. I'm usually a pay $149 type courtesy of Mr. Visa or Mastercard.
Your thoughts?
I wish we could have polls, but at any rate I'm paying total upfront. Walt
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 21:53:58
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in 2 minds, depends on marketing.. lump sum or nothing.. if they want to offer specials later next year like they have done in the past over they years, then I might bother. if thats done and dusted , then I'll wait as long as possible or not at all
I've not updated a rival's product this year as I felt they offered too little vs what they charged. I waited for a sale on another company and upgraded their thing, and I'll see how I get on with it.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 21:55:55
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It's an ongoing business cost for me, so the cash difference between the two is absorbed into the general mess of that. I'm tempted to do the monthly payment out of sheer curiosity.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 21:55:56
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It's an ongoing business cost for me, so the cash difference between the two is absorbed into the general mess of that. I'm tempted to do the monthly payment out of sheer curiosity.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 21:56:05
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I'll pay in one lump sum. I think most of us are used to upgrading every year anyway, so the payment itself is really no different than it used to be. I like the idea of not having to worry about payments throughout the twelve months and knowing that all of the new updates will be ready for me.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 22:00:42
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 22:05:20
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Lumpy Dumpy, stupid as a rat! One lump sum.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 22:25:36
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I did the Monthly plan. You still get all of the benefits without the lump sum payment.
Pay me or the chicken gets it!
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 22:35:43
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As I've way overspent my gardening income on new goodies, I'll probably go monthly... will let me grab Greg's "Stratosphere" sooner!
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 23:11:39
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Already pre-ordered at Sweetwater. Platinum, baby!
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 23:17:43
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 23:17:53
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Pre-order lump sum payment already made at JRRShop. You get a little discount automatically when you add it to your cart.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 23:31:38
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 23:33:44
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Lump sum already done at Sweetwater-Platinum
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 23:40:57
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Talk about jumping on the bandwagon. It hasn't even pulled up yet.
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/15 23:49:53
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Re: Which way you gonna go? Lump sum or payments?
2015/01/16 00:35:20
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Was going to go lump sum but a little reversal maybe will go monthly. I'll put the added overall cost down to the price for getting in earlier than if I had to save up.
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