I bought an Elite bundle in a previous group buy promotion.

But I will buy NO MORE of any Sonnox plugins in my life.
This is why:

1. All Sonnox original prices are too high comparing to other high end, pro plugins. The 50% is not enough. Most plugins should be discounted by 60 - 90% to be attractive today.
E.G: Sonnox EQ Native $315 vs DMG Equality $150 or FabFilter Q2 $160. And there are many more!
Same story with other plugins, none of which are unique quality wise.

2. When you decide to sell it, there is an outrageous fee you must pay to sonnox $150 + iLok fee $50 = $200.
3. You can't sell plugins purchased as bundle separately even though they are separate licenses in your iLok account.
4. The upgrade from v4 TDM to Native AAX v5 is $160.

So my Elite TDM I bought for $1300 in Don't Crack Group Buy on December, 2009, today requires another $160 to update to Native v5! So think twice about the value of today group buy promotion by Sonnox.

5. I love Don't crack and purchased other products from them with joy. This is only corresponds to Sonnox outdated policy.
We must first ask Sonnox to change it if they want to sell another 300 license in one drop!

Everything went smooth. Got my Elite TDM. All iLok assets were deposited into my iLok account.
Thanks "Don't Crack" team! Great job.

What you can't wait? Stop being stressed by hysteria!

Would not surprise me if Sonnox changed their mind.
They are the only company left, who have such a strict re-selling / upgrading policy.
Even Waves were changed before an year.
Honestly I think they are just stuck with coupons logistics.
How to make it non transferable and not to have clones.

Everybody who buys Sonnox should know that there will be very expensive upgrade paths in the future.
Examples:
People who owned Sony Restoration Bundle now will pay:
1. The full retail price of the Sonnox Restore is £1,195 (GBP) and the discounted price when accompanied by the surrender of a Sony Restoration Tools licence is £895 (GBP)
This exchange offer is available until February 28th 2010
Well it's only 25% discount.
2. Your Massive Pack 8 contains a licence for the full release version of the Sonnox Oxford Inflator for ProTools TDM systems, compatible with ProTools versions 7.X and 8.X.
lease note that the Massive Pack 8 Sonnox Oxford Inflator for TDM licence is not transferable.
If you wish to add further licences to use the Oxford Inflator with ProTools versions 6.X,
to add Native compatibility for Pro Tools LE, VST and Audio Units, and make the licence transferable, an upgrade is required. The upgrade fee is 80 GBP.
3. [i]Owners of Digidesign Massive Pack 6 - Oxford Dynamics may add further licences to add Native compatibility (for RTAS, VST and AU) and to use the Oxford Dynamics with an older version of Pro Tools - version 6.x
The cost of the Massive Pack 6 Oxford Dynamics upgrade is GBP 100.00

4. You may not attempt to sell your license unless you have written permission from Sonnox. Sonnox, in its absolute discretion, might allow or disallow transfer.
Sonnox will not consider permission for transfer unless the original licence in question was either :
i) bought by the current owner at full individual list price;
ii) bought together with other plug-ins at a discounted price (a bundle) and is being transferred along with all other plug-ins in that bundle.
Free of charge promotional items are not allowable for transfer under any circumstances.
For plug-ins bundled together as part of a special DAW promotion, please check with the promotion 'Terms and Conditions' for advice or contact support@sonnoxplugins.com for clarification.
The transfer will only be sanctioned if the licence is in an ilok.com account. If the licence is only offered for sale in an iLok the transfer is not allowable under any circumstance.

To apply for permission to transfer your licence please contact support@sonnoxplugins.com and quote your iLok account name and the product(s) you wish to transfer.
Once Sonnox has granted permission, and you have found a buyer, you'll need to set-up the licence transfer :
Log on to your iLok.com account and follow the Licence Transfer process. iLok.com charge a licence transfer fee of USD 25.00 per licence, which you pay using a credit/debit card.
From 1st June 2009, Sonnox charges a fixed licence re-registration fee of GBP 25.00 per licence. The maximum re-registration fee we will charge in a single transfer transaction is GBP 100.00. So, if you have 4 or more licences to transfer, the re-registration fee will be 'capped' at GBP 100.00.
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So I will not cry out loud if if this deal will fail.
A 50% discount is cute for such quality plugins....But it's not something so called a bargain in today's pro audio software realm.

I hope that potential buyers should know all these facts.

Still didn't receive any coupon.
Anyone?

OK. With such a massive buy at once, I guess Sonnox could go as low as give it away for 1/3 the price... and still get a good Christmas / New Year "present" for themselfs.
Yes with 66% off and 500 buyers making a purchase at once, average $600 per buyer would give a very nice financial injection of $300,000
And since there might be even more then 500 buyers this amount is not a limit.

So cmon Don't Crack, you already made it for us as 50% discount. Not that we are greedy but another 16% reduction not only be fair for such a massive buyout but also would fit in a new modern software market's reality. If I were Sonnox...well yeah I would do it - seriously!

This is very important question.
If we buy Sonnox plugins using this promotion, would be our iLok assets marked as NFR (not for resale) or none transferable?
Because if they will be NFR, it would be not such a big deal. As Sonnox offer to students and teachers such a discount 50% all the time. And they are NFR.
So I just want to make sure that this promotion is clean and we all get the fully legal and transferable licenses.