Hi, I know it says that you will be credited with your purchases if you try to upgrade a bundle (eg, Sourcebook --> Legendary).
However, what I was wondering is that dndbeyond often gives a discount (eg, 20% off bundles).
If we purchase the Sourcebook bundle without the discount (eg, $475) then the Legendary with the discount (eg, $720), do we still get the Legendary at the full discount or do we only get the discount for the books we didn't have.
Is it $720 - 475 ($245) that we pay or is it 80% of $(915 - 475) which is $352?
And is it the same if you buy players then sourcebook then Legendary?
And please don't guess. My group and I are going to be relying on the answer.
Thanks for understanding and I appreciate the answer.
The amount of credit you get towards a bundle is based on how much you have spent on the books in the bundle. If a bundle is discounted, say due to a sale, you will still get the discount. I will provide an example (simplified numbers for easier math):
Bundle A contains 10 books which each cost $10 normally, and has a 10% bundle discount. This means the bundle, that would cost $100 individually, costs $90 (or each book costs $9 instead of $10)
Bundle B contains all the books (20 in total) and has a 20% bundle discount. This means the bundle costs $160 rather than the full $200 (making each book $8 each)
If you were to buy Bundle A, you would get $90 credit towards Bundle B, bringing its price down to $70.
Say there is a sale on Bundles, giving a further 10% discount. This brings the discount on Bundle B to 30%*, making the price $140. If you owned Bundle A, you would still get that $90 credit towards the now further discounted Bundle A, bringing it's price down to $50.
For your specific example, it would be (80% legendary bundle price) - (sourcebook bundle price paid)
* Please note that as far as I'm aware, this isn't how bundle discounts and sale discounts interact, it is just a simplified approach for easier math
@Davyd Thanks for your response. Based on the fact that you are a moderator & that you seem very certain of this, it appears that there is no point in waiting for a sourcebook sale when you plan to buy the legendary bundle on sale eventually anyway. Right? And you have verified this info?
I didn't quite understand your "this isn't how bundle discounts and sales discounts interact"? Could you elaborate? Do you mean that if you buy a book & then later have the legendary bundle that you don't get the 15% on all your previous purchases as "credit" on your future purchases with a 15% discount?
@Davyd Thanks for your response. Based on the fact that you are a moderator & that you seem very certain of this, it appears that there is no point in waiting for a sourcebook sale when you plan to buy the legendary bundle on sale eventually anyway. Right? And you have verified this info?
It is correct that buying a sourcerbook bundle on sale now won't save you anything when you later go to purchase the legendary bundle, as the credit you get to the legendary bundle is based on what you spent on the sourcebook bundle. Spending $100 on Bundle A means you spend $100 instead of $200 on Bundle B that includes A. Spending $90 on A means you spend $110 on B.
I didn't quite understand your "this isn't how bundle discounts and sales discounts interact"? Could you elaborate? Do you mean that if you buy a book & then later have the legendary bundle that you don't get the 15% on all your previous purchases as "credit" on your future purchases with a 15% discount?
I was making a point about my simplified percentage discounts for easy of math. Nothing more that. As far as I'm aware, whenever a percentage discount sale is applied to bundles, the percentage discount is cumulative, not additive. Additive percentages were just easier for demonstrating how things work.
Basically, if you buy 60$ worth of books for 45$, only 45$ gets taken off the bundle price. This has lead some people to have a bundle cost 100$ for a single new book.
If a bundle normally costs 100$ and is 15% off for 85$, but you have spent 50$ buying content, the 15% off will apply to the 50 remaining rather than the 50 spent applying to the 85$ price. Costing 42.50$.
So yeah, best deals is getting the biggest bundle at the biggest discount (like black Friday maybe) with no previous purchases. Hope that helps.
@DxJxC Thanks for the elaboration. It also seems by your example that you could buy whatever but then buy the Legendary at a discount and still get what you would have with the Legendary at a discount.
Also buying the Legendary doesn't mean you get everything does it because everytime a new sourcebook or adventure book comes out you have to keep upping your purchase right?
@DxJxC Thanks for the elaboration. It also seems by your example that you could buy whatever but then buy the Legendary at a discount and still get what you would have with the Legendary at a discount.
Also buying the Legendary doesn't mean you get everything does it because everytime a new sourcebook or adventure book comes out you have to keep upping your purchase right?
Because the discount % applies to the price reduced by previous purchase, the discount amount is also reduced. In my example 15% off 100$ is 15$, but if you already spent 50$ the discount is 7.50$.
And yeah. The legendary bundle is everything out so far, and a discount toward all future books, but you still have to buy them.
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Hi, I know it says that you will be credited with your purchases if you try to upgrade a bundle (eg, Sourcebook --> Legendary).
However, what I was wondering is that dndbeyond often gives a discount (eg, 20% off bundles).
If we purchase the Sourcebook bundle without the discount (eg, $475) then the Legendary with the discount (eg, $720), do we still get the Legendary at the full discount or do we only get the discount for the books we didn't have.
Is it $720 - 475 ($245) that we pay or is it 80% of $(915 - 475) which is $352?
And is it the same if you buy players then sourcebook then Legendary?
And please don't guess. My group and I are going to be relying on the answer.
Thanks for understanding and I appreciate the answer.
The amount of credit you get towards a bundle is based on how much you have spent on the books in the bundle. If a bundle is discounted, say due to a sale, you will still get the discount. I will provide an example (simplified numbers for easier math):
For your specific example, it would be (80% legendary bundle price) - (sourcebook bundle price paid)
* Please note that as far as I'm aware, this isn't how bundle discounts and sale discounts interact, it is just a simplified approach for easier math
Find my D&D Beyond articles here
@Davyd Thanks for your response. Based on the fact that you are a moderator & that you seem very certain of this, it appears that there is no point in waiting for a sourcebook sale when you plan to buy the legendary bundle on sale eventually anyway. Right? And you have verified this info?
I didn't quite understand your "this isn't how bundle discounts and sales discounts interact"? Could you elaborate? Do you mean that if you buy a book & then later have the legendary bundle that you don't get the 15% on all your previous purchases as "credit" on your future purchases with a 15% discount?
It is correct that buying a sourcerbook bundle on sale now won't save you anything when you later go to purchase the legendary bundle, as the credit you get to the legendary bundle is based on what you spent on the sourcebook bundle. Spending $100 on Bundle A means you spend $100 instead of $200 on Bundle B that includes A. Spending $90 on A means you spend $110 on B.
I was making a point about my simplified percentage discounts for easy of math. Nothing more that. As far as I'm aware, whenever a percentage discount sale is applied to bundles, the percentage discount is cumulative, not additive. Additive percentages were just easier for demonstrating how things work.
Find my D&D Beyond articles here
Basically, if you buy 60$ worth of books for 45$, only 45$ gets taken off the bundle price. This has lead some people to have a bundle cost 100$ for a single new book.
If a bundle normally costs 100$ and is 15% off for 85$, but you have spent 50$ buying content, the 15% off will apply to the 50 remaining rather than the 50 spent applying to the 85$ price. Costing 42.50$.
So yeah, best deals is getting the biggest bundle at the biggest discount (like black Friday maybe) with no previous purchases. Hope that helps.
@DxJxC Thanks for the elaboration. It also seems by your example that you could buy whatever but then buy the Legendary at a discount and still get what you would have with the Legendary at a discount.
Also buying the Legendary doesn't mean you get everything does it because everytime a new sourcebook or adventure book comes out you have to keep upping your purchase right?
Because the discount % applies to the price reduced by previous purchase, the discount amount is also reduced. In my example 15% off 100$ is 15$, but if you already spent 50$ the discount is 7.50$.
And yeah. The legendary bundle is everything out so far, and a discount toward all future books, but you still have to buy them.