i am sad ...i bought live 3 weeks ago

Surreal · Post by **Surreal** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:50 am

the title says most of it.

i REALLY don't have 150 MORE dollars to pay. the 279 was a stretch. if i upgrade now, i will have effectively paid for the program. not cool.

i KNOW i could, in theory, have waited. i am not so much bothered by that, i am bothered that i the upgrade path SCREWS me.

astronmr20 · Post by **astronmr20** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:52 am

Um...

Dont you still get a free upgrade?

Someone help me out...

hereschenes · Post by **hereschenes** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:52 am

astronmr20 wrote: Dont you still get a free upgrade?

Not as far as I understand it. Here are the magic words:

http://www.ableton.com/pages/live_6/pricing wrote: Buy Live 5 now and get a free downloadable upgrade to Live 6 as soon as it is available! This offer is valid to all users who unlock their full version of Live 5 after July 14.

Machinesworking · Post by **Machinesworking** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:56 am

You'll get a discount, I got Live 3, and four was announced about 3 weeks later. I got 4 for $49!

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jamief · Post by **jamief** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:06 am

Machinesworking wrote:You'll get a discount, I got Live 3, and four was announced about 3 weeks later. I got 4 for $49!

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Yes that was then unfortunately then - now there is no Grace period ! I am very unhappy also about this. i bought my live 5 version on 20 th june

i have complained directly to ableton about it and received no answer so far

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:26 am

don't they announce a new version of live at namm every single year?

you should have seen this coming honostly.

deva · Post by **deva** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:30 am

Johnisfaster wrote:don't they announce a new version of live at namm every single year?

you should have seen this coming honostly.

not if you are new to Live... I also just purchased Live5 about 1 month ago... so it goes, but if they offer a reduced price I wont turn it down!

jamief · Post by **jamief** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:33 am

Johnisfaster wrote:don't they announce a new version of live at namm every single year?

you should have seen this coming honostly.

Yes a fare point except in all previous years they had a grace period of approxamitaley a month. Now they havent so i will be paying almost the same price for my upgrades within the space of a month as buying a 2nd instance of live complete. i have been using live since 2001

Inner Loop · Post by **Inner Loop** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:06 am

Man, I just got my copy of Live 5 last Friday. This really blows if they aren't gonna give me a free upgrade.

lowmax · Post by **lowmax** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:37 am

I got Live 5 and activated it on 13/7/2006. I still didn't recieve the box.
I didn't even upgrade from Lite, got sucked into one of the bundles.....
I can't afford any update for the moment.... Feel like crap!!

A couple of weeks grace period seems very reasonable, don't you think?

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:06 am

You guys bought Live 5. Not 6.
Asking for a free update will just pass as noise...

The upgrade is 99€ , which is only 50€ above what the grace period fee would normally be. But remember, those years it costed 150€ to upgrade to the next Live version.

The upgrade price seems fair to everybody now. To Long-term users (who pay the most ALWAYS), recent users and future users that are unaware of Live 6.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:07 am

hoffman2k wrote:You guys bought Live 5. Not 6.
Asking for a free update will just pass as noise...

The upgrade is 99€ , which is only 50€ above what the grace period fee would normally be. But remember, those years it costed 150€ to upgrade to the next Live version.

The upgrade price seems fair to everybody now. To Long-term users (who pay the most ALWAYS), recent users and future users that are unaware of Live 6.

yes i remember those days

i was pretty broke too then.

Surreal · Post by **Surreal** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:18 pm

i could take a $50 jab in the side. i could grin and bear it. but 150 (i like boxes) brings me RIGHT UP to the cost of buying live 6. and 1 month is not really much time difference. i am NOT asking for a free upgrade (although i wouldnt mind) i am asking not to buy the whole program within the space of a month.

klarky · Post by **klarky** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:15 pm

oh come on - the murmers of live 6 have been around for a good few months now - do you REALLY need to upgrade, does live 5 not do what you bought it for?? i researched and had used live 4, and bought live 5 day it came out, it does everything i need, but if i hadnt bought 5 id be paying full whack for 6, instead as an existing registered user ill get an upgrade at a discount no doubt, which i dont have to take if i dont need. to be honest i know of no other company/industry that gives a grace period, i can understand some people being a bit miffed due to bad timing but thats not the companys fault is it!

jamief · Post by **jamief** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:21 pm

hoffman2k wrote:You guys bought Live 5. Not 6.
Asking for a free update will just pass as noise...

The upgrade is 99€ , which is only 50€ above what the grace period fee would normally be. But remember, those years it costed 150€ to upgrade to the next Live version.

The upgrade price seems fair to everybody now. To Long-term users (who pay the most ALWAYS), recent users and future users that are unaware of Live 6.

i can see where your loyalties now lie for obvious reasons. thanks

that will be 240 euro approx for me in the space of 1 month. live user since 2001. So i see you started using this forum in 2004. i am also aware you are an Alpha tester so you feel obliged to back Ableton up now.
I,m rightly pissed off. As you would be

Correct ?