Dear VSL team.
As some of the above posts states; please reconsider this decision. Atleast allow a compromise. Theres is no doubt that the offer you are making with free extended libraries is a good one, but, the timeframe is just too short. I know you have reserved the right to change to VIP arrangement. But is this really the way you want to do it? Do you really consider this a fair, or let aloine a reasonable arrangement? A three month "warning" and basicly and "ultimatum" to buy or lose the discount.
I do not know what your thoughts about the VIP arrangement has been, but for customers it has been considered something which "protects" their investments, and certainly not thinking that this arrangement would suddenly dissapear. And to have that policy pulled within a three months period is just not right. I can't imagine that keeping the VIP discount path for the old sample libraries, or atleast keeping a longer grace period, will in anyway drive your company out of business.
But stop for a moment and think about what it means for the customers who has already put their hard earned money into your product. If you cannot afford an upgrade now, your chance is forever gone, and we'll have to invested over twice the amount of money. This ofcourse includes buying samples we already have once again. This rules out an upgrade for many of us. As one of the above posters proclaimed; this is actually the most expensive piece of musical "equipment" any of us got access to...and we only own a license.
If my memory serves me right, a similar "grace period" was proposed by Native Instruments, although the product was different. Severel times those arrengements, or deadlines to upgrade, where pushed back to allow more customers to be included. These three months can not in any way be considerd a long or reasonble amount of time considering probably none of your customers even thought you were to remove the VIP arrangement at all!
So Herb and the rest of the VSL team...please...extend the grace period. Atleast the ability to upgrade, not necesserily the free extended libraries. Give your loyal customers a fair chance to use their promised VIP upgrade path.
This is quite litterary me begging...And thats not something I tend to do. But pride doesn't matter here. However 4k and the possibility to get the Symphonic Cube does!
Kind regards
Tom-Erlend Malm