EastWest Play 2-for-1 special
Buy one or more Play Virtual Instruments between September 5 and October 31, 2008 and get an additional Play Virtual Instrument of equal or lesser value free. But wait, there’s fine print as well.
From EastWest
You can select a free product that has a price that is equal to, or less than, the price you paid for the first product. The free product will be shipped with the purchased product for online orders, and provided both are in stock. Your free product cannot be the same as the product you purchased. iLok security key is required (not included) and can be purchased online (one iLok key holds up to100 product registrations). Promotion excludes NI-powered versions, educational versions, updates and upgrades.
Choose between:
EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra (PLAY — any edition), Fab Four, Gypsy, Ministry of Rock, Voices of Passion, EastWest/Quantum Leap Pianos, Goliath or Stormdrum 2.
BE CAREFUL if you’re taking up this offer with dealers (EastWest advertise that this is possible) - basically, if the dealer doesn’t sell you the product at the full MSRP/RRP (ie, same price as what the online store is charging) you won’t be able to get a free product (unless it’s substantially cheaper anyway). So as a 2 for 1 at full price direct offer from them, if it works for you, it’s great. But most dealers I know don’t charge full price. In fact, I couldn’t find a single dealer (online) in the UK over the weekend who had any of their products at a price that would actually let me qualify for the offer!! This on top of the fact that buying locally for me would mean reduced shipping fees and reduced VAT (UK VAT is lower than Dutch VAT which they charge).
It’s all horrifically confusing because of that, I can’t think of any other company who’s ever placed that restriction on a promo (I just took Arturia up on their buy one get one free offer and it was easy - found my best price on CS-80V and got a free Prophet V, no fine print, no other questions asked, no proof-of-purchase-value etc.
In any case, I think their policy is going to make a lot of resellers/customers rather unhappy - resellers from the standpoint that they’re driving business away from them directly to EWQL and customers if they get stiffed because they didn’t undertstand the fine print.
Anyway, there’s my fair warning! Pointing this out on their own web forum seems to have got my post deleted and my account banned, too, so if you do jump into the EWQL fray (it is good sounding stuff!) - watch what you say directly to them, they clearly don’t like it when you point out their faults..
By terminal3 ~ September 8, 2008 kl 4:57 am
Great info! Thank you very much.
By stiff ~ September 8, 2008 kl 9:50 am