New Prices - Huh? Options

[Dfakt]

am I imagining things ?
the current price for the GRM v3 collection is now:
list price: $800
dontcrack.com: $689


From the introductory offer I was under the distinct impression it would be a list price of $1,150, what with that figure being in the headline of the offer.. 'n stuff.


were we misled into buying too early (a beta?) ?
I know for the sake of saving $200 I would not have gone to the extraordinary lengths I went to in order to raise the cash on time, nor would I have done it for the 'privilege' of being an early-adopter....


so someone tell me I'm imagining things please

[DontCrack]

Dear friends,

We understand your concerns but please take the following under consideration :

When ina GRM asked us to take over the distribution of GRM Tools products, there was no such thing as a complete GRM Tools collection. They had the original "Classic" and "Spectral Tranform" bundles and the new "Evolution bundle".

These were planned to be sold at net prices of $400 for the classic and the ST and $500 for the new "Evolution Bundle" which would have been $1300 for all GRM products. These were more or less the prices before we took over and you only had the VST or the RTAS for that price (not talking about the TDM prices)...

From there we talked our friends at ina GRM into making their products available to a wider range of customers suggesting to sell the the "Classic" and "ST" at MSRP $350 and the new "Evolution" at $450 which is MSRP $1150 for the total package.

From there we talked ina GRM into promoting a "total package" with a single installer and activation code with an attractive introductory offer of only $489 which has been pretty tough to negotiate. The only reason why they accepted that deal is because the upgrade paths were not available (and are still not) and we wanted to make an attractive offer to previous owners at cheaper price than through future upgrades which will be $99 for each Classic and ST + Evolution at $450 which will be $648 to fully upgrade with the Evolution bundle ! Yes all of that is quite complicated and yes it is difficult to please everyone :-/

As the promotion did very well (and we thank all of you for that) ina GRM asked us to keep the "Complete Bundle" live for regular distribution. As you'll understand, we couldn't simply make that complete bundle available for the regular price of MSRP $1150 which is the simple addition of the 3 bundles ($350 + $350 + $450 = $1150).

Moreover, we negotiated to sell GRM products at MAP prices with +/- 20% discount which pulls the prices down at $289 for the Classic and ST bundles and $389 for the Evolution bundle which is $967 at MAP price for the total bundle.

That's how we ended up suggesting to sell the "Complete Bundle" at MSRP $800 and MAP at $689 ! All of you that paid $489 for that bundle did get a really good price... We understand that might sound like dirty marketing techniques but at the end we didn't mean to fool anyone. I mean anyone will understand that the regular price announced for the complete bundle at $1150 was simply the addition of all 3 bundles and can expect to see that complete bundle offered at a better price than simply buying all 3 bundles individually, right ?

I think it belongs to customers to appreciate how good a promotion can be and what is a good price for a certain product. I truly believe we did a great job making the GRM Tools products available at such low prices which wasn't planed at all when we started negotiations with the folks at ina GRM...

If you look at it, all of you that paid $489 for the complete GRM Pack which contains 15 plug-ins paid ONLY $32.60 for each of these hi quality plug-ins... I don't think we could have brought a better deal what ever the MSRP price is or will be in the future and that's what really counts at the end doesn't it ?

I hope that answers your thoughts and that you'll appreciate our efforts negotiating good deals to our loyal customers.

Thanks for your consideration and your understanding.

Kind Regards - Peter