[MPA] Logic Express Pricing from Apple

[Ted Scalzo]

On 10/6/04 2:31 PM, "Jamie Pruden" <m3gunner at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi Kathy,
> 
> Frustrating? Heck yes!
> Unfair? Probably not.
> 
> You might want to take a look at the license agreement that was
> included with the product. I'd be willing to bet that the license
> agreement says something similar to "Educational versions cannot be
> upgraded." This is pretty typical for Educational products. Try reading
> Adobe's license agreement... it also includes a statement that
> Educational software cannot be resold at all.
> 
> In addition, most software companies will upgrade your *new* software,
> but the cutoff is usually 30 days. This really killed me when I bought
> Retrospect Server 5.1 ($549) for my school 40 days before the upgrade.
> They reconfigured the software so that there really isn't a comparable
> product... the "upgrade" (really a new product) price was almost as
> much as the full price on the original product. Ugh.
> 
> I'm not saying that you asked for your situation, because you didn't. I
> am saying that there is no free lunch... and there's a reason that the
> software is so inexpensive for educational customers.
> 
> smiles,
> Jamie "Read your license agreement and weep" Pruden
> 
> On Oct 6, 2004, at 11:04 AM, 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.
> <snip>
>> Am I the only one who thinks this timing loophole is a bit unfair?
>> 
>> Kathy
> 
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Please address your concerns to Mindy Wellner
mwellner at apple.com
She has helped me in the past.

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