Yeah - a coupon as an apology is insidious. It still results in us giving them money - or not using it.
To be fair, most other companies do the same. Not that it makes it better.
Anyway, I think a fair thing to do could have been to let the subscribers choose any one dice set (e.g. via a coupon code) for free. Those who doesn't care about the dice or already have all of them wouldn't care about not getting the perks anyway; and it would have really been a gift instead of a "sorry, please buy more from us now".
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We cast Confusion on our own party about December-January subscriber perks. To say thanks for your patience, please use code FUZZY10 at checkout for a 10% discount on any one book, through 2/7
Through to 2nd of July? Sweet.
(I'm joking of course - I know it's American date format - but they should know by now that the vast majority of the rest of the world don't use that format and so best to use the month by name.)
Where was this posted? I didn’t receive an e-mail..
That banner. You might have dismissed it by mistake. It still is in the source code of the page and here is the copy pasted Text.
We cast Confusion on our own party about December-January subscriber perks. To say thanks for your patience, please use code FUZZY10 at checkout for a 10% discount on any one book, through 2/7
And... They are giving a coupon (to everyone, not just subscribers) as a thanks for your patience, not as an apology. You will still probably get the perks, just with a delay. Not a bad marketing plan... not the best either but a discount still is a show of good will imho.
This thread is titled November The front page is still advertising Decembers perk January is more than half over The original post says you can claim perks "..any time during that month"
This still rings true regardless of the fuzzy dice code D&DB..
10% off giving them more money you didn't intend to spend as most users already have the books they need/want and aren't sitting around waiting for a completely random 10% coupon.....Talk about an empty gesture.
Is it the main reason to subscribe? No. Is a monthly perk part of the subscription offering and used as an enticement to subscribe? Yes.
Too busy, or just forgot is inexcusable for money taking business. Zero acknowledgement until the last few days of the month, despite actually changing wording on the subscription page? Well that seriously makes me doubt the professionalism, and by association, trustworthiness of the site.
That banner. You might have dismissed it by mistake. It still is in the source code of the page and here is the copy pasted Text.
We cast Confusion on our own party about December-January subscriber perks. To say thanks for your patience, please use code FUZZY10 at checkout for a 10% discount on any one book, through 2/7
And... They are giving a coupon (to everyone, not just subscribers) as a thanks for your patience, not as an apology. You will still probably get the perks, just with a delay. Not a bad marketing plan... not the best either but a discount still is a show of good will imho.
Joe said in the Dev Update that they miscommunicated to the community about the fuzzy dice. They are both December and January's perk.
Starting February 8th the perks will go back to monthly.
Ok they cast "confusion". They just got up changed the banner from December to January because they were "confused". Then they give a COUPON. They really dont think much of us customers.
Can we get a confirmation for all of us non-Americans. Is 2/7 the 2nd July, or the 7th Feb?
Small print in the newsletter email says:
"Discount includes pre-orders. Discount does not stack with other discounts.
Code expires 11:59 PM PST February 7, 2022."
Although that makes me wonder, if it does not stack with other discounts, how does that work for us who bought the legendary bundle granting a 15% discount for all future purchases?
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Can we get a confirmation for all of us non-Americans. Is 2/7 the 2nd July, or the 7th Feb?
Small print in the newsletter email says:
"Discount includes pre-orders. Discount does not stack with other discounts.
Code expires 11:59 PM PST February 7, 2022."
Although that makes me wonder, if it does not stack with other discounts, how does that work for us who bought the legendary bundle granting a 15% discount for all future purchases?
I can confirm that it does stack with the discount from the legendary bundle.
I filed a ticket regarding this two days ago. I got a response today that stated that the perk for December 2021 and January 2022 is the Pink Fuzzy Dice.
I filed a ticket regarding this two days ago. I got a response today that stated that the perk for December 2021 and January 2022 is the Pink Fuzzy Dice.
Must be some new definition of the word 'monthly'.
To be fair, most other companies do the same. Not that it makes it better.
Anyway, I think a fair thing to do could have been to let the subscribers choose any one dice set (e.g. via a coupon code) for free. Those who doesn't care about the dice or already have all of them wouldn't care about not getting the perks anyway; and it would have really been a gift instead of a "sorry, please buy more from us now".
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Presumably they'll get us the backdated perk and also the discount code is nice if you use it.
Where was this posted? I didn’t receive an e-mail..
One of the banners at the top of the screen when visiting this page. The bright blue ones.
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That banner. You might have dismissed it by mistake. It still is in the source code of the page and here is the copy pasted Text.
And... They are giving a coupon (to everyone, not just subscribers) as a thanks for your patience, not as an apology.
You will still probably get the perks, just with a delay. Not a bad marketing plan... not the best either but a discount still is a show of good will imho.
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This still rings true regardless of the fuzzy dice code D&DB..
10% off giving them more money you didn't intend to spend as most users already have the books they need/want and aren't sitting around waiting for a completely random 10% coupon.....Talk about an empty gesture.
I also got an email (I've signed up to the newsletter) and they also stated it there
--[ Natural 20 - that's how I roll! ]--
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This whole thing leaves a sour taste.
Is it the main reason to subscribe? No. Is a monthly perk part of the subscription offering and used as an enticement to subscribe? Yes.
Too busy, or just forgot is inexcusable for money taking business. Zero acknowledgement until the last few days of the month, despite actually changing wording on the subscription page? Well that seriously makes me doubt the professionalism, and by association, trustworthiness of the site.
Joe said in the Dev Update that they miscommunicated to the community about the fuzzy dice. They are both December and January's perk.
Starting February 8th the perks will go back to monthly.
Ok they cast "confusion". They just got up changed the banner from December to January because they were "confused". Then they give a COUPON. They really dont think much of us customers.
Can we get a confirmation for all of us non-Americans. Is 2/7 the 2nd July, or the 7th Feb?
It's Feb 7th
Small print in the newsletter email says:
"Discount includes pre-orders. Discount does not stack with other discounts.
Code expires 11:59 PM PST February 7, 2022."
Although that makes me wonder, if it does not stack with other discounts, how does that work for us who bought the legendary bundle granting a 15% discount for all future purchases?
--[ Natural 20 - that's how I roll! ]--
We've stopped this OGL madness, but stay vigilant, they tried it once, they can try it again.
I can confirm that it does stack with the discount from the legendary bundle.
I filed a ticket regarding this two days ago. I got a response today that stated that the perk for December 2021 and January 2022 is the Pink Fuzzy Dice.
Must be some new definition of the word 'monthly'.
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Is 10% sale worth it or should I wait for a better sale? I want the fizban book
Do you want to use the Fizban book now, or maybe in the undisclosed future that might or might not happen?
It's possible that you use the 10% coupon today, and in two weeks there's a sale for that one book that's better.
It's equally possible that you don't use the coupon today and you won't see a better (or even same level) sale for over a year.
It's up to you if it's worth it for you.
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We've stopped this OGL madness, but stay vigilant, they tried it once, they can try it again.
That's the thing. I want it. I need the spells more. but I can wait for the rest.