Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Daz Premium Club: Am I going to be rippred off?

almck1@hotmail.com opened this issue on Sep 16, 2003 ยท 18 posts


rreynolds posted Wed, 17 September 2003 at 3:27 PM

I had the same problem, as have others. Reply to your invoice email as that brings it to DAZ's attention that there was a problem with that order. It sounds as if DAZ was supposed to send an email to confirm continuing the membership and that doesn't seem to have happened for many people. It's a new membership system, so there's bound to be growing pains. Your credit card has probably not been chatged the $7.95 fee. I still haven't decided how long to remain a member of the club. The intro was fantastic, but the trickle of new products makes it questionable how long to remain a member for somebody on a tight budget. The time-limited PC Club Romeo & Juliet costumes add an interesting wrinkle to the membership. It's an added incentive to remain a member if a lot of products don't stay in the club. Otherwise, it's a question of whether it's worth leaving the club and rejoining when there's enough new material to warrant spending another $29.95. A person could rejoin a year later and not have missed out on anything in the club. With some items expiring, it's not that easy. Remaining a PC Club member depends on a lot of factors: 1. How much new stuff comes out: It doesn't matter whether or not the items remain in the club indefinitely or expire. Right now, joining the club is an incredible bargain because there is so much high quality low cost content in the club. Once somebody has bought all the content they need, staying is a question of what's new. Since a monthly fee is being charged, the cost of new models has to figure in that fee. There's a lot of different purchasers here. For somebody who spends $10/month or more on models, they'll stay members. For somebody who hasn't bought a lot of $10 (or higher) models on a regular basis, it's a harder choice. For the latter member, if that person only buys one new product a month, that product costs $10 ($1.99 for the model and $7.95 for the membership). 2. How much DAZ Original content comes out that is worth buying: The vouchers and the 30% PC Club discount are only good on DAZ original products. Since DAZ Originals only account for about 10% of all Premier store products (based on what's in New Releases)), this will only be an incentive if there's a much higher percentage of DAZ Original products being offered on a regular basis. With the initial sale pricing for Michael 3 and the PC voucher and discount, PC Club members got another $23 off the sale price of Michael 3 and the 2 morph packs. That's great, but how many months in a year does DAZ have an Original must get product? 3. Products that don't remain in the club: If not remaining a member means permanently losing out on a good price for some products, it's an incentive to stay. This is still an issue with factor 1. Unless there is a lot of new content every month, it almost doesn't matter whether items expire or not, unless there's a lot of expiring content that somebody really has to have. Like I said, I'm still giving the club a few more months before I decide whether to drop out. It's too soon to make any final determination.