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#4351135 - 04/14/17 04:47 PM SALE!!! Buy something!  
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Looks like 40% off.


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#4351141 - 04/14/17 05:00 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Textanker]  
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Just a suggestion

Avoid:
WW2 asset pack ..... we shouldnt be paying for this any way, it should be part of core game or even normandy map
The hawk , its utter dog poop
C101, unfinished
Gazelle, flight model is very arcade


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#4351154 - 04/14/17 05:58 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Textanker]  
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Sale after sale after sale after sale.

Last week it was bundles for A-10A/Su-25/Su-27/F-15C, before that was Viggen, before that was the F-5/FC3, before that was F-5/CA, then a lull of two weeks, then there was the Fatherland sale... Really makes no sense buying a full-price module anymore as it'll be on sale before your next trip to the bathroom.

I was initially excited by today's newsletter seeing as there was a Hornet on the first picture, sadly there was nothing on the newsletter about the Hornet. Tease!


- Ice
#4351159 - 04/14/17 06:09 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: - Ice]  
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Originally Posted by - Ice
I was initially excited by today's newsletter seeing as there was a Hornet on the first picture, sadly there was nothing on the newsletter about the Hornet. Tease!


There won't be any hornet news until after Normandy has been released to the public.


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#4351169 - 04/14/17 06:39 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: - Ice]  
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Originally Posted by - Ice
Sale after sale after sale after sale.

Last week it was bundles for A-10A/Su-25/Su-27/F-15C, before that was Viggen, before that was the F-5/FC3, before that was F-5/CA, then a lull of two weeks, then there was the Fatherland sale... Really makes no sense buying a full-price module anymore as it'll be on sale before your next trip to the bathroom.

I was initially excited by today's newsletter seeing as there was a Hornet on the first picture, sadly there was nothing on the newsletter about the Hornet. Tease!


Ironically they won't do big sales anymore (75% off and the like) but keep pumping out a lot of these. I'd rather have less frequent sales, but have older modules that have been out a few years drop lower in price. I think they were happy with FC3 sales and figured bundles would be the best way to sell a lot of things, without realizing what made the FC3 bundle so popular. Namely, the aircraft choices and overall price. Now to get the best deals you're straddled with buying a module or two we either own or have almost no interest in.

The only bundle I'd consider buying at the moment would be a Mirage 2000C + NTTR bundle. Not that I wouldn't be interested in the other planes, but at the prices their asking I am fine without them.

#4351177 - 04/14/17 07:24 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Textanker]  
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Anyone that's still going to buy their stuff probably already owns everything. The products have already hit saturation point in the community. Desperate times and all that. Here's an idea to increase sales and interest, treat your already existing customers with the respect they deserve.


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#4351182 - 04/14/17 07:41 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Textanker]  
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I wish the game had a dynamic campaign like Falcon BMS. I'd be compelled to buy everything if it did...

#4351244 - 04/15/17 07:30 AM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Originally Posted by cichlidfan
There won't be any hornet news until after Normandy has been released to the public.

Yeah, but let's go ahead and put a Hornet on the first picture of the newsletter! That's a very good idea!! duh

Originally Posted by Johnny_Redd
Anyone that's still going to buy their stuff probably already owns everything. The products have already hit saturation point in the community. Desperate times and all that. Here's an idea to increase sales and interest, treat your already existing customers with the respect they deserve.

Probably trying to get people who are "on the fence" to finally commit and buy a module.... but they probably don't realize the reasons why those people are "on the fence" in the first place.

Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman
I wish the game had a dynamic campaign like Falcon BMS. I'd be compelled to buy everything if it did...

popcorn


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#4351257 - 04/15/17 10:12 AM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Textanker]  
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personally, I only buy modules when sales are held,

The reason behind this is the conversion between USD and AUD.

$60 USD module equates to $79.20 AUD

on sale, a $49 USD module is $64.68 AUD

I may lose out on bonus points but it's like being locked into a term savings account with a bank......Pay heaps up font to gain on "interest" or in his case "Bonus Points" which can only be spent "withdrawn" basically twice a year

Bonus points are pretty much worthless when paying full price in USD compared to paying in AUD.

#4351304 - 04/15/17 03:53 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Winfield]  
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Originally Posted by Winfield
personally, I only buy modules when sales are held,

And so you are the target audience for the current marketing ploy of ED. smile


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#4351334 - 04/15/17 06:21 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Textanker]  
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The deep sales were probably making the full price seem like punishment for not waiting and they found people only really bought during them. Lesser sales make it less a "don't be a dummy, wait for a sale" effect on the standard price so it's a near equal balance of now vs. slightly cheaper. That's entirely normal pricing as is slowly reducing the price over time to get the customers who will pay the highest at each stage.

The points thing is pretty awful though.

#4351460 - 04/16/17 07:05 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Textanker]  
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Another week ..... another sale

Most of the people that have been around dcs for years has most of the stuff we want already bought



Ferengi Rule of acquisition #1 Once you have their money ... never give it back.

#4351486 - 04/16/17 09:50 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: leaf_on_the_wind]  
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Originally Posted by leaf_on_the_wind
Another week ..... another sale

Most of the people that have been around dcs for years has most of the stuff we want already bought


Are you one of them?

Nate

#4351487 - 04/16/17 09:55 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Textanker]  
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I am....and they sit there in beta, unfinished, virtually unplayed and unable to gift them to anyone else. Bravo.


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#4351489 - 04/16/17 09:57 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Nate]  
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Originally Posted by Nate
Originally Posted by leaf_on_the_wind
Another week ..... another sale

Most of the people that have been around dcs for years has most of the stuff we want already bought


Are you one of them?

Nate



Yes I am one of the people who doesn't buy half finished sh!te anymore

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#4351495 - 04/16/17 10:39 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: leaf_on_the_wind]  
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Originally Posted by leaf_on_the_wind
Yes I am one of the people who doesn't buy half finished sh!te anymore


Good for you!

I look forward to you telling us about the next
"half finished shi!te" you don't buy.

Nate

#4351536 - 04/17/17 06:43 AM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Textanker]  
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List of products i regret buying, in order of regretfulness:

1: MiG-21
2: P-51 (payed $40 for it when it came out...then they gave it for free...)
3: Nevada
4: UH-1


products I don't regret buying:

A-10C
M2000
Ka-50
Flaming Cliffs 3
F-5
Spitfire
L-39

The best deal I ever made:

Mi-8 bought on sale for something like $8, 3 or 4 years ago (I think).
Please note, the Mi-8 reached a very good state of completion recently, but it took literally YEARS.
Now it's one of the finest modules IMO. But I would've been completely pissed off had I paid full price back then.

Same goes for the F-86.

Mig-15 is also very good but never fly it.



I don't own anything else.

Almost all of these, with very few exceptions, were bought on sales.
My level of unsatisfaction is a direct connection between the price I paid, and the level of quality / completeness of the module.

#4351557 - 04/17/17 09:42 AM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Nate]  
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Originally Posted by Nate
Originally Posted by leaf_on_the_wind
Yes I am one of the people who doesn't buy half finished sh!te anymore


Good for you!

I look forward to you telling us about the next
"half finished shi!te" you don't buy.

Nate



I also look forward to the minions of ED coming into that thread with nothing to contribute as usual ....



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#4351558 - 04/17/17 10:06 AM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: leaf_on_the_wind]  
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Originally Posted by leaf_on_the_wind
I also look forward to the minions of ED coming into that thread with nothing to contribute as usual ....


couldn't agree more really.

seems that any comment against the grain attracts the attention of those under the ED spell and they feel the need to respond with nothing other than wasted bandwidth.

I sit back....popcorn at the ready.

#4351602 - 04/17/17 02:00 PM Re: SALE!!! Buy something! [Re: Nate]  
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Originally Posted by Nate
Good for you!

I look forward to you telling us about the next
"half finished shi!te" you don't buy.

Nate

Same here! Please tell us about all the "half finished sh!te" you don't buy!

God knows nobody can come here and talk about a "completely finished sh!te" that everyone should buy... if we wait for that, this forum would be dead. smile


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