12-10-2018, 10:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-10-2018, 10:39 AM by JackOfHearts.)
(12-10-2018, 06:35 AM)Shannon Wrote:How many actually use a software to do that?, I was working in IT before and I didn't even think about doing that. Hard to believe. There is always someone cheating I guess. But to think that a large amount of people are doing it seems surprising to me. I know a few here on this forum who won't hesitate but that a large amount knows how to do it, seems unlikely.(12-09-2018, 10:00 PM)lano1106 Wrote: How does the December sale work?
I just saw SM3 at $170 sunday afternoon. I was unsure to come back to DMSI or continue with SM3 when I'm done with AM6 but at that price it was making the decision a no brainer...
So I decided to purchase SM3. I did just let the page open. I came back to the page in the evening and the price was now $355. When I saw the new price, it did slow down my enthousiasm and I did put on hold my idea to buy the program.
Right now, the price did change again. It is now $435. I'm even less interested now.
Since, I'm refreshing some catalog page, I see the other items price fluctuate like this. I think that I saw AM6 at $445 sunday afternoon, now it is $280.
So what is the december sale concept? prices are random and changes multiple times per day? Is it how it works?
It's called a ridiculous Sale because the prices can be ridiculous, but the fun of it is to create random changes that allow people to play "Easter egg hunt" for bargains. It's also fun for me to be so silly with prices once in a while.
But we have some people who have decided to use software to monitor the store for discounts of X or more and snipe them, which I'm not going to allow. I don't mind losing some money on a ridiculous sale by pure chance, as it tends to be made up over the course of the sale and we come out with a reasonable amount. But having people auto-snipe kills that and make these sales much less profitable for us. Since I don't know of any way to prevent people from doing that, this will be the last Ridiculous Sale.
Originally, it was supposed to be a "win-win" situation. I guess there is always going to be someone who has to push it too far and screw it up for everyone by being thoughtless.
Unless we find a way to detect and prevent that, this will be the last Ridiculous Sale, and the rest of our sales will be a static amount off.