@benbartlett said:
The Cube is no longer on my shopping list, whereas the piece meal packages probably will be. Ultimately, as a professional, I would rather divert my budget towards sessions of REAL strings etc than spend the equivalent to have, lets face it, samples.
That has got to be the strangest post I ever read. By definition everyone here who is complaining about feeling cheated has decided they do need the cube. The issue is not whether they need it, but how much it's now going to cost.
And you respond by telling them they should stop wanting it, and emulate your workflow instead. I doubt whether even the VSL people are going to thank you for defending them by telling people to stop wanting so many samples.
[quote=PaulR]There's a lot here that don't understand the fluidity of business and business models and use strong language like liar - the British having had 11 years of Labour is the only apology of an excuse I can make to VSL on that one.
Why on earth are we apologising? So far there have not been any satisfactory answers to some very simple and reasonable questions. And the word liar, whilst strong, appears to be completely appropriate until these questions are answered. For instance, if the problem, as they claim, is really that it's difficult to run two discount systems simultaneously, then what is the problem with a permanent note on the file of all Pro-Library owners, showing the discount they can expect on the VIs? The only obvious answer is that they actually want the money they will make by taking the current upgrade path away, but they're not prepared to say so.
You're not the only intelligent person here; we do understand the fluidity of business, but some of us believed VSL were different. Some of us genuinely believed they could deliver what they said they could. The revelation that they can behave so deceitfully is not only of concern to those who had been on the upgrade path, but will shake confidence in the company as a whole. I don't think VSL realise just what a disaster this could turn out to be.