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  • ElorElor Posts: 1,159
    edited September 19

    I suppose the newly introduced PA only offer textures pack, but the meager description is confusing.

    Edit: the funniest description so far is one with the name of the required product, a link to the other store where the required product was sold initially, and no link to the required product who is now sold here.

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 23,991

    Elor said:

    I suppose the newly introduced PA only offer textures pack, but the meager description is confusing.

    They say things like "for more details see the readme file", but of course Daz doesn't post any readme files for this kind of transfered stuff.

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,191

    Alexaana welcome is a bit of a mess. Never heard of that vendor. One item did seem sort of enticing but it's just a texture and no idea where to find the actual clothing item.

    I sort of resent the lack of effort to make sure one can even get what's needed to use these things. Also resent having to visit other sites to find stuff.

    Daz is supposed to be the top daz content site and some of the stuff they've done for the welcome series feels haphazard and shoddy.

    Not to mention, now, whenever a welcomed artist posts something at rendo, rendo goes "welcome back," as of the vendor actually left. It's just a shell game.

  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 757

    Torquinox said:

    Alexaana welcome is a bit of a mess. Never heard of that vendor. One item did seem sort of enticing but it's just a texture and no idea where to find the actual clothing item.

    I sort of resent the lack of effort to make sure one can even get what's needed to use these things. Also resent having to visit other sites to find stuff.

    ^^ This. I aboslutely respect texture artists, but the texture should be where the base is. And if the base isn't here, the texture should wait to join Daz until it is.

    And it's a pipe dream, but wow I wish there was some obvious standardization in titling the textures. Like, they all start with "texture set" or something. (I say start with because so often you can't see the full title until you click on it.) It's great if the artist has their own internal thing, but keeping track of them all....

  • TomhipTomhip Posts: 333

    Also for a retexturing only, they are quite expensive..

  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 757

    Tomhip said:

    Also for a retexturing only, they are quite expensive..

    I admit I didn't even look at the prices. None of them were things my characters would wear, so... 

  • lou_harperlou_harper Posts: 1,162

    I wonder if DAZ poaching every available Rendo artists is a tactical move, to force the competition out of business.

    On a brighter note, yesterday I finally picked up the Wu Kong bundle at 88% off with five tokens.

  • rokkrrokkr Posts: 97

    Tomhip said:

    Also for a retexturing only, they are quite expensive..

    I did some tests, and if you're making a considerable purchase (my test was ~$80), the item will not only be free but you'll also make some savings (I saved ~$5), so I think it's worth it depending on how much you're buying. Of course, if there were some discounts, it would be great, but life is not perfect.

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 12,647

    Tomhip said:

    Also for a retexturing only, they are quite expensive..

    And unlike previous transfer artists they are not receiving a 50% discount when introduced to DAZ 

  • AlmightyQUESTAlmightyQUEST Posts: 1,999
    lou_harper said:

    I wonder if DAZ poaching every available Rendo artists is a tactical move, to force the competition out of business.

    On a brighter note, yesterday I finally picked up the Wu Kong bundle at 88% off with five tokens.

    I doubt we can say much more, but if you search the threads about this it sounds more like folks are being pushed to DAZ by others, rather than being pulled from anywhere.
  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,191

    Charlie Judge said:.

    And unlike previous transfer artists they are not receiving a 50% discount when introduced to DAZ 

    I noticed that. I thought it was a store mistake. Guess not?

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,191

    All that being said, there are some vendors who came over from Rendo that I am glad to see here. Also AFAIK, none of the vendors who came over from Rendo actually closed their Rendo stores.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 8,950

    Torquinox said:

    Alexaana welcome is a bit of a mess. Never heard of that vendor. One item did seem sort of enticing but it's just a texture and no idea where to find the actual clothing item.

    I sort of resent the lack of effort to make sure one can even get what's needed to use these things. Also resent having to visit other sites to find stuff.

    Daz is supposed to be the top daz content site and some of the stuff they've done for the welcome series feels haphazard and shoddy.

    Not to mention, now, whenever a welcomed artist posts something at rendo, rendo goes "welcome back," as of the vendor actually left. It's just a shell game.

    To top it all off, the 15% off the store advertised when you you have an ALexana and a polish item in the cart together doesn't seem to be working... except on Alexana products.   

     

     

     

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 8,950
    edited September 19

    Torquinox said:

    All that being said, there are some vendors who came over from Rendo that I am glad to see here. Also AFAIK, none of the vendors who came over from Rendo actually closed their Rendo stores.

     

    It's confusing, as a few changed their store names... Luna3D, for example, briefly became Evenstar at Rendo but then changed back to Luna3D again after a few weeks... probably because it was driving a lot of people crazy trying to check if they'd previously bought an item at Rendo.         

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  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 8,950

    SilverGirl said:

    Torquinox said:

    Alexaana welcome is a bit of a mess. Never heard of that vendor. One item did seem sort of enticing but it's just a texture and no idea where to find the actual clothing item.

    I sort of resent the lack of effort to make sure one can even get what's needed to use these things. Also resent having to visit other sites to find stuff.

    ^^ This. I aboslutely respect texture artists, but the texture should be where the base is. And if the base isn't here, the texture should wait to join Daz until it is.

    And it's a pipe dream, but wow I wish there was some obvious standardization in titling the textures. Like, they all start with "texture set" or something. (I say start with because so often you can't see the full title until you click on it.) It's great if the artist has their own internal thing, but keeping track of them all....

    I don't dislike texture only artists, per se, but I do feel VERY strongly that any texture only product should clearly have the words "Textures for" and the name of the base product in the product name.  Ideally, there should be a way to hide them all when viewing the store... at least at Rendo you can just select the "3D model" category in the marketplace and most of the products that don't come with geometry will disappear.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 8,950

    Torquinox said:

    Daz is supposed to be the top daz content site and some of the stuff they've done for the welcome series feels haphazard and shoddy.

     

    True, but let's face it... a lot of the stuff that the DAZ store does in general can be rather haphazard and poorly implemented.  It's a rare week where there aren't multiple issues with the daily ads, not to mention questions as to what verbiage in the text is supposed to actually mean and how the math in the discounts is supposed to work.           

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 8,950

    lou_harper said:

    I wonder if DAZ poaching every available Rendo artists is a tactical move, to force the competition out of business.

    On a brighter note, yesterday I finally picked up the Wu Kong bundle at 88% off with five tokens.

    A lot of it has to do with Rendo changing one of their old policies regarding stores that are exclusive to Rendo no longer getting some of the perks that they used to receive.  At the same time, there have been a lot of DAZ PAs that have moved in either whole or part to Rendo.  That said, I'd say that the recent change in allowing the use of nude figures in the DAZ store was at least in part a way to lure vendors with larger stores over to this store, as it allowed them to move stores without having to redo a significant part of their promotional images.  

  • TomhipTomhip Posts: 333

    Looks like Alexaana items all have now discount of 65% applied. So indeed look like it was error.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 23,991

    So do people who bought early get automatic refunds in cases like these where Daz errors cause prices to be higher than advertised/intended? Or do people who don't continually reevaluate the price of their already purchased cart, just end up paying more than they should have?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 99,525

    Charlie Judge said:

    Tomhip said:

    Also for a retexturing only, they are quite expensive..

    And unlike previous transfer artists they are not receiving a 50% discount when introduced to DAZ 

    They are 65% off in stoe, down to 83% in cart with no tokens applied but owning a Golden Ticket item.

  • joannajoanna Posts: 1,304

    Lighting Deals just offered me https://www.daz3d.com/kei-hd-for-genesis-9-lingerie-mini-bundle for $3.03. I have no interest in lingerie (though I'm sure I'll find use for it, and poses might be useful), but for that price, I got the bundle for Kei alone.

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 12,647

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Charlie Judge said:

    Tomhip said:

    Also for a retexturing only, they are quite expensive..

    And unlike previous transfer artists they are not receiving a 50% discount when introduced to DAZ 

    They are 65% off in stoe, down to 83% in cart with no tokens applied but owning a Golden Ticket item.

    Yes, they are now but that wasn't true when I originally posted. Then they were full price except for getting 15% off with a Polish item. 

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 23,991

    Will a moderator (Richard?) please inquire about my question? Will Daz retroactively correct their errors? Or are customers left to continually monitor hourly pricing corrections and submit individual tickets?

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 8,950

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Charlie Judge said:

    Tomhip said:

    Also for a retexturing only, they are quite expensive..

    And unlike previous transfer artists they are not receiving a 50% discount when introduced to DAZ 

    They are 65% off in stoe, down to 83% in cart with no tokens applied but owning a Golden Ticket item.

    That's happened sometime after my last post at 11:43 AM DAZ time.  Prior to that there was no discount except for the 15% if you have a Polish and an Alexanna item in the cart.      

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 99,525

    Cybersox said:

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Charlie Judge said:

    Tomhip said:

    Also for a retexturing only, they are quite expensive..

    And unlike previous transfer artists they are not receiving a 50% discount when introduced to DAZ 

    They are 65% off in stoe, down to 83% in cart with no tokens applied but owning a Golden Ticket item.

    That's happened sometime after my last post at 11:43 AM DAZ time.  Prior to that there was no discount except for the 15% if you have a Polish and an Alexanna item in the cart.      

    I thought it had been  corrected sooner, when Cris raised it, but maybe that was something else.

    I don't believe this will be auto-amended for existign orders, so yes I would open a ticket.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 23,991

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Cybersox said:

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Charlie Judge said:

    Tomhip said:

    Also for a retexturing only, they are quite expensive..

    And unlike previous transfer artists they are not receiving a 50% discount when introduced to DAZ 

    They are 65% off in stoe, down to 83% in cart with no tokens applied but owning a Golden Ticket item.

    That's happened sometime after my last post at 11:43 AM DAZ time.  Prior to that there was no discount except for the 15% if you have a Polish and an Alexanna item in the cart.      

    I thought it had been  corrected sooner, when Cris raised it, but maybe that was something else.

    I don't believe this will be auto-amended for existign orders, so yes I would open a ticket.

    Thank you for responding.

  • miladyderyni_173d399f47miladyderyni_173d399f47 Posts: 1,657

    Extra! Extra! My budget & the sale both got a little better at the same time! During the catch up last weekend, I picked up an assortment of items I had wishlisted. They were mostly older, as a lot of the recent things in my wishlist haven't been on sale. I got https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-fe-elegant-wave-long-hair-for-genesis-9, https://www.daz3d.com/hs-kelly-messy-curves-hair-for-genesis-9-8-and-81-females, https://www.daz3d.com/ranger-bundle-for-genesis-2-female-s, https://www.daz3d.com/bone-minion-for-genesis-poses-bundle, https://www.daz3d.com/fiends-forever-starter-bundle, https://www.daz3d.com/fiends-forever-male-starter-bundle & https://www.daz3d.com/minos-poses-for-the-minotaur-6.

    I got the dForce hair because it was the new Golden Ticket & it saved me more than $3, so even if I can't use it, I still come out ahead. All the items were in the Recent or Legacy selections, plus the GT and 30% banner discounts and my $6 off $18+ coupon, so I spent around $21.

    And my luck continued. Monday https://www.daz3d.com/mmx-genesis-9-clones-for-all went on sale for $8.75/65% off. I paid < $4 with the GT & 30% discounts plus the 2 tokens from my weekend mini shopping spree.

    The bad news is that this week and weekend is too busy for me to jump in & start rendering. But there's next week!

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,191

    joanna said:

    Lighting Deals just offered me https://www.daz3d.com/kei-hd-for-genesis-9-lingerie-mini-bundle for $3.03. I have no interest in lingerie (though I'm sure I'll find use for it, and poses might be useful), but for that price, I got the bundle for Kei alone.

    Not bad! The figure is the part that interests me least in that bundle, and I'd have bought it too. LDs have been unimpressive for me lately. Last week, I got https://www.daz3d.com/mannequin-bundle-for-genesis-9 for $3.77, but mostly a bunch of offers at 72% off and stuff that interests me not. I'm sure LDs will come around again for me at some point.

  • theflarftheflarf Posts: 139

    Unless i'm missing something, the 10% extra off wishlist isn't much of an incentive, guess maybe if you have the full whack of tokens it would be nice.

     

  • AsuCafeAsuCafe Posts: 30

    Every time this extra discount comes out of the blue I always say "why today" I only have four tokens left today, when converted, it is no cheaper than eight tokens.

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