yorolpal  - THAT actually kinda made a lot of sence to me.
 
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okay let me get this straight (yeah right).
 
Pre-order period - prices posted on website
Release and Intro price (time frame unknown) - older users will get Jam Points equal to 30% off the Intro Upgrade Price as a bonus?
Regular Price going forward - regular price or sale price if one happens in the future.
 
Pre-Order pricing is best, Release/Into Price will be nice but a bit higher, and Regular price after into price period has ended will be regular price.
 
uhhhhh I thought JamPoints could only be used on regular priced items, or converted to GearCredits that could not be used on sale prices.
 
I am so thoughly confused.

Bit - BUT does it come with a Shark Vacum cleaner?  cause I hear those are the best! (only hear this at 3am when the voices tell me it is!).

IK_Multimedia
We needed the preorder period so people can get their heads around the pricing.  I kid, I kid.

Peter,
 
Can I assume this will be a non-downloadable item - i.e., actual goods shipped to the customer?  I expect 33GB would be a ridiculously lengthy download.

'SampleTank 3 will be available for download in July.'

'Boxed version will also be available after release.'

Weird!

So I decided to preorder it.
 
A 33 GB download - that should be fun!

IK_Multimedia
It means:  Preorder is the lowest pricing available, once released we go to intro pricing.  At that time there will be a bonus in JamPoints for long-time users.  After that, there is the full pricing structure.  I thought it made sense, rereading it now but hey I'm aware directly of all this so of course I get it!
 
Details (except the bonus part) here, which should be pretty clear:  http://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?item_id=4109

Thanks for posting this.  If I read this correctly, the lowest price will be for the pre-order period.  
 
Even as a longtime JamPoint user with still some left, it will be cheapest to pre-order.  Is this correct?

cecelius2
 
Thanks for posting this.  If I read this correctly, the lowest price will be for the pre-order period.  
 
Even as a longtime JamPoint user with still some left, it will be cheapest to pre-order.  Is this correct?

Your welcome.  It will be cheapest to preorder, yes.

Can I preorder now for $99 and get the boxed version?

Just got an email from Sweetwater (for those who want boxed):
 
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/search.php?s=s:new-sampletank-3
 
I assume all the other guys will have it too.

Has it been confirmed that version 3 is still backward compatible with all of the version 2 libraries?