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fifedawg
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Since I'd have to pay $50 for the box.......

Post by fifedawg » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:40 pm

Any idea when the Boxed-Upgrade will be in stores?

I'd really like to have the digital download, but the extra 50 just to get the box mailed to me is unreasonable. This charge really negates the "discount" that was pitched to me for buying it by March 12.

Based on many of the issues w/ new release-crashing-payment-sluggishness-etc, I will wait this out a few days.

Ableton....Greed is not good. The box '"fee" is a major bummer....

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Re: Since I'd have to pay $50 for the box.......

Post by sparklepuff » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:44 pm

You aren't paying $50 for an empty cardboard box, you dolt.
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Re: Since I'd have to pay $50 for the box.......

Post by H20nly » Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:29 am

you aren't paying 50 to have it mailed to you either...

that will cost you an additional $9.90 :x

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Re: Since I'd have to pay $50 for the box.......

Post by fifedawg » Wed Mar 06, 2013 3:18 pm

sparklepuff wrote:You aren't paying $50 for an empty cardboard box, you dolt.


Hey, grade-schooler, Internet bullying and name calling is not kool. Its my opinion. Keep that bs to yourself.
$50 just to get the box is excessive, and I'm not alone in that thought.
Grow-up "sparklepuff".

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Re: Since I'd have to pay $50 for the box.......

Post by login » Wed Mar 06, 2013 3:21 pm

I don't understand this whining about a f***ing box. You don't need it at all.

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Re: Since I'd have to pay $50 for the box.......

Post by darkenedsoul » Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:06 pm

Some people like the printed manual for its tactile sensation and fresh new smell of the dried ink on the pages. I prefer a manual as well but may see about printing it at work early morning but 600+ pages may be pushing my luck ;-) but the printer is a) color and b) fairly fast.

Also may check out kinko's prices or staples prices. Black and White print job would certainly cost a lot less....hmm $0.08/page...@600 pages, probably going to be more like 9-10 cents/page double sided...so it'll be at least $30+ just to print out a hard copy at local staples.
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Re: Since I'd have to pay $50 for the box.......

Post by darkenedsoul » Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:06 pm

H20nly wrote:you aren't paying 50 to have it mailed to you either...

that will cost you an additional $9.90 :x
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Re: Since I'd have to pay $50 for the box.......

Post by stringtapper » Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:13 pm

Does anyone here actually know what the exact costs are that Ableton incurs for the materials included with the boxed version?

If not, then how can anyone possibly claim with any credibility that their price is "excessive" let alone "greedy"?
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Re: Since I'd have to pay $50 for the box.......

Post by H20nly » Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:20 pm

^ keep your sensible talk to yourself stringtapper. :evil:

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Re: Since I'd have to pay $50 for the box.......

Post by gnurf » Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:30 pm

Some people need a boxed upgrade because they live in a country with a really pathetic bandwidth allotment. I know of some who'd be well beyond their monthly traffic before Live 9 Suite is done downloading.

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Re: Since I'd have to pay $50 for the box.......

Post by -Zero- » Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:40 pm

fifedawg wrote:
sparklepuff wrote:You aren't paying $50 for an empty cardboard box, you dolt.


Hey, grade-schooler, Internet bullying and name calling is not kool. Its my opinion. Keep that bs to yourself.
$50 just to get the box is excessive, and I'm not alone in that thought.
Grow-up "sparklepuff".
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