I don't see the big deal with stuff you paid a lot for having its price slashed further down the road. Either it was good value at the time or it wasn't. You can't be ripped off retrospectively. 

I'm still trying to figure out how ik counts as the big corporation

OT
Well thanks to the fact that I had to take my dog to the vet for a check up and lab work  there is no chance that I can get in on the pre sale price….
 
I want to get the new Sampletank …hopefully I can catch a sale ….
 
not OT
anyway , I was one of the guys who happened to pick up a few of the 29 dollar Sampletank instruments 
I grabbed the M Philharmonic , SampleTron , Sonic Synth ,  Sampletank and I wished I would of gotten the SampleMoog  (ran out of funds ) 
 
you know , I don't want to get caught in anyones cross hairs around here , the thing is , I'm very happy that IK made those instruments available to me at a price that I could afford at the time 
they sound very good , they work great on both my Mac and PC , and I would not of been able to have afford them under any other circumstance.
 
 
 
Kenny

@ Kenny    Sweetwater is still selling the prerelease till Thursday and they have the boxed option for the same price.
I ordered the boxed upgrade and they don't charge my account (and I get a heads up)until they have them ready to ship, which is supposedly/approximately a week later.
....if that helps, any.
Michael
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ST3up

I too picked up all the IK synths for a 'song'! They all quit working in X2. Not a show stopper, but I'll be happy to get them back up.
T

 I'm still absorbing all the sounds from my recent Komplete 9 purchase, but I still do want the 64 bit version of ST3 and this will definitely be on the top of my next Group Buy list.  

I bought Miroslav philharmonic for 59 bucks in a group buy and get the other 4 free. Upgrade to 99 to st3 is a no brainer for me. Komplete9  is awesome but they don't have everything covered.  Can't wait to have it download on Thursday.

There will be a moment of silence Thursday at Native Instruments I would think. I had all 5 IK's and no Native Instruments when I went 64 bit a few years ago. I recently upgraded to Komplete 9 Ultimate. (not because I NEEDED it but because I read a post by CCLarry saying he "wanted K9U so bad his toes hurt" and I have a very low tolerance to toe pain) I wouldn't even have  been looking if I could have used those five big libraries sitting on my sample drive. The Germans made out like "das Bandits" on me and I'm sure I'm sure I wasn't the only 64bit orphan. I'll be glad when this whole mess is behind us. The one thing I've learned during this long wait is, CCLarry's toes don't lie, K9U is beyond cool.

K9U is amazing... Thanks for reminding me I should really be using it! There might be enough in there to kill time until Sampletank 3. :P

BassDaddy
There will be a moment of silence Thursday at Native Instruments I would think.

I don't think NI will be loosing much sleep. IK seem to have made a decision to go after a different market and not compete directly with Kontakt or Reaktor. The only head to head competion is between Guitar Rig and Amplitube.