[MPA] Logic Express Pricing from Apple

[Parker Worsham]

your not the only one i bought an upgrade to 6 for $200 (logic pro 
upgrade)
just 2 weeks ago and now they want to charge me an additional $299 for 7
why would anyone with morals keep selling a product for full price that 
they know is already dated?
oh yeah i forgot... big business has no morals.

On Wednesday, October 6, 2004, at 01:04  PM, KathyMac! wrote:

> Just curious - wondering if I'm the only one that thinks this is 
> wrong....
>
> I purchased Logic Express 6 from Apple about 45 days ago. Brand new. I 
> bought it thru the Education Store for $149 (regular pricing is $299).
>
> Logic Express 7 just came out. I thought that since I just made this 
> brand new in the box purchase so recently that an upgrade at no cost 
> would be the appropriate thing to offer customers - say to those who 
> had just purchased their new software within 60 days of this revamped 
> version being released.
>
> On the website there IS an upgrade price of $99 for regular store 
> customers. That's 1/3 the cost of the whole program (at $299). So, I 
> then assumed that the upgrade price for those who paid $149 for the 
> whole program would also be 1/3 - which comes to $49.
>
> There is no "free" upgrade if you just purchased Logic Express 6 
> before the release of 7.
> There is no "$49" upgrade if you want to move up to 7 from 6.
>
> Basically, if you shelled out the full $149 for the brand new version 
> a few weeks ago, you now must pay the $99 upgrade path that was 
> implemented for the $299 pricing OR you might even have to pay a whole 
> new $149 for the new Logic 7 because the $99 upgrade may not install 
> or be compatible with the "academic" priced Logic 6 (although I doubt 
> this theory since the box for Logic 6 still has eMagic on it and Made 
> In Germany and NO mention of Academic on it anywhere - I think Apple 
> just priced it academically but there probably is not any difference 
> in serial numbers etc...)
>
> Before I get branded as a complainer let me say that I do indeed 
> recognize the wonderful educational pricing of $149 for my software. I 
> thought I was making a great savings and great deal. I knew Logic 7 
> would be out someday but could not see it anywhere soon on the horizon 
> so I bought now. I appreciate that I have this at half price from 
> regular retail of $299. But let's be realistic about the rest of the 
> problem: Having to pay the same amount again or even $99 just to get 
> the latest version only weeks later seems quite unfair. If Apple 
> doesn't want to honor a 30 or 60 day arrangement for people who just 
> freshly bought this version of 6, well that's their choice. But at 
> least offer fair pricing for those of us who paid $149 just a few 
> weeks ago. I wouldn't squawk about paying $49 to get version 7. But 
> having to put out almost the same amount of money is ridiculous.
>
> Basically, my purchase of Logic Express 6 in August was a complete 
> burning of money. I have to rebuy it all over again because there is 
> no fair upgrade price or complimentary upgrade.
>
> There are many other software companies out there who offer free or 
> reduced price upgrades to their latest version for those people who 
> JUST freshly bought an outdated version. At the very least, if Apple 
> knew that Logic Express 7 was just weeks away from shipping out the 
> door, what kind of ethics do they have to continue selling Express 6 
> right up to the last minute with NO notice to customers that 7 will be 
> out within a month or so and that their purchase will be honored for a 
> free upgrade? They should have announced this and allowed people the 
> opportunity to either wait for 7 or to purchase now and get a voucher 
> for a free upgrade to 7 or reduced price upgrade to 7 when it was 
> released.
>
> Am I the only one who thinks this timing loophole is a bit unfair?
>
> Kathy
>
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